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Choose Peace and Happiness — My Summer Recommendation!

It's getting to be summer, and in Washington, DC where I live, the climate is still polarizing and often filled with fear and stress. So - for those of you working toward what I call money harmony and other kinds of harmony as well, there are two books I would recommend (besides my own, of course!) to help you learn to experience a state of gentle self-acceptance, peaceful serenity and self-love and to extend this wonderful state to those around you, both near and far.

Susyn Reeve has written a wonderful book, Choose Peace and Happiness (I intend to buy a bunch of copies to lend and give away to my coaching clients, lend to others, etc.) It's a 52-week guide to practicing principles that lead to this vital state of mind and being. You can do it by following that map, or open it anywhere and still learn something useful. You can read it in very small doses or in one sitting as you choose. It talks about principles I hold dear - gratitude, focusing on the positive, learning how not to take things personally (a whopping challenge for super-sensitive types like myself!) and many other useful techniques.

Second, Tara Brach's wonderful book, Radical Acceptance, has been a comfort and a blessing to me and others around me in recent months. Tara is a therapist and Buddhist meditation teacher in the DC area who embodies peace. I wholly recommend this book as well.

Recent Events: I had a wonderful time speaker at NAPFA (for fee only advisors) National Conference in Toronto; at the University of Maryland laste week on Money Harmony for Women, and at client appreciation events in the DC area and in other states as well. I feel truly blessed in my work, and try to "let that in" as often and as deeply as I can.

I still hope to launch a radio show (Money Talk with The Money Gals) instead of "The car guys"...) and am talking to the folks at NPR about a monthly guest interview spot on one of their weekend shows. So stay tuned!

Happy spring and coming summer to you all!