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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 3 | Podcast Episodes About Healing

August 27, 2021

I guess it makes sense that I have healing on my mind right now. I’m not actively working on To Be Made Well for the

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 2

August 13, 2021

Some of my favorites…a new recipe, a book, and a podcast! Recipe Favorite new recipe: I made this one up when we were trying to

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 1

July 30, 2021

Week 1 of sharing with you a few of my favorite things, which this week include a place, a resource, two essays, and a TV

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AJB Recommends: Kids’ Books About Disability

July 23, 2021

If you’re looking for some books to read with your kids that introduce them to characters with disabilities, here are my top three for upper

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AJB Recommends: Movies for Family Movie Night

July 16, 2021

Family movies get harder as kids get older. We’ve chosen lots of inappropriate movies that we remember only for their humor or poignant moments. We’ve chosen

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AJB Recommends: The Gifts of Imperfection

July 9, 2021

As a recovering perfectionist, I don’t know why I had never picked up Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I wrote my own memoir about

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AJB Recommends: Resources for How to Stop Pain Loops

July 2, 2021

Sometimes pain gets stuck in our bodies when it doesn’t need to. Our brains try to protect us by telling us we are in pain,

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AJB Recommends: 3 Newsletters That Offer Wisdom and Insight

June 25, 2021

We all have way too much information coming at us all the time on way too many channels and platforms. In the midst of this

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AJB Recommends: 4 Great Novels by Mildred Taylor

June 18, 2021

Summer reading recommendation: check out Mildred Taylor’s lesser-known novels. Novels by Mildred Taylor Many people have heard of Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,

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AJB Recommends: Learning About Uncoupling Dignity From Achievement

June 11, 2021

“I want to sever the connection between dignity and accomplishment altogether.” So says Justin Hawkins on The Lucky Few Podcast last week. Uncoupling Dignity from

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AJB Recommends: Resources About Critical Race Theory

June 4, 2021

Parents are worried about their kids learning Critical Race Theory in the classroom. Some are concerned about indoctrination. Some are worried about kids only learning

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AJB Recommends: When Is Healing a Placebo?

May 28, 2021

Emotional, social, and psychological stress causes a lot of pain and illness. Migraines, backaches, auto-immune disorders, skin conditions, gastrointestinal distress—all of these can arise from

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AJB Recommends: Healing From a Year of Covid-19

May 21, 2021

I’ve read several resources lately about healing from a year of Covid-19. Did you see that New York Times article about languishing? Multiple friends sent

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AJB Recommends: Podcasts About Segregated Schools and Social Healing

May 14, 2021

What should we do, corporately and individually, about the reality of America’s segregated schools? How does engaging the truth of our horrific past help lead

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AJB Recommends: Spiritual Practices for Personal and Social Healing

May 7, 2021

It’s hard to heal myself. It’s hard to even admit I need healing, much less figure out how to do whatever it takes or what

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AJB Recommends: The Hiding Place

April 30, 2021

A single, middle-aged woman living with her sister and father in Holland does not sound like the makings of a riveting story. Add to this

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AJB Recommends: One Book You Must Read, and Five More That I Recommend

April 23, 2021

If you’ve been tracking with me for a while in this space, you’ll want to go buy Dear White Peacemakers (or ask your library to

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AJB Recommends: Watch, Read, Listen

April 16, 2021

Looking for something to watch, read, and listen to this weekend? Here’s one of each that I recommend:  1. We just started watching The Chosen,

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