I love books that keep me up at night. I'm constantly trying to get into a good, healthy bedtime routineâbut I am also constantly sabotaging that effort by finding books that I simply canât put down. The feeling of being drawn so deep into a story that the hours slip away is easily one of my favorite feelings in the world. I also love books that make me wake up in the middle of the night, books that slide into my brain and plant new ideas there. As an author, I am always striving to write those books. I can think of no higher compliment than âI stayed up all night reading it.â
When I was a kid I was very excited about wolves. Not in the sense that I knew a lot about wolvesâI didnât study them and learn about themâso much as I felt certain, in my heart of hearts, that if I met a wolf, we would understand each other in a way no two creatures ever have. Feed Them Silence is a book that returned me to that sense of certainty, but with a more fundamentally realistic understanding of the nature of animals as existing outside of human understanding. I couldnât put it down, and the hours slipped right past me.
Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.
What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman animal? Or in Dr. Sean Kell-Luddonâs case, to be in-kind with one of the last remaining wild wolves? Using a neurological interface to translate her animal subjectâs perception through her own mind, Sean intends to chase both her scientific curiosity and her secret, lifelong desire to experience the intimacy and freedom of wolfishness. To see the world through animal eyes; smell the forest, thick with olfactory messages; even taste the blood and visceraâŚ
As a woman physician who struggled with depression, the words âPhysician, heal thyselfâ have particular resonance for me. In my own quest for healing, Iâve explored alternative modalities like acupuncture and reiki, as well as conventional psychotherapy. Iâm always interested in reading about other women who faced the ever-present sexism of medicine, as well as those who dealt with mental health challenges and traumatic events before and during their medical training. I want to know what the factors were that helped them and healed them. Therapy? Other healing modalities? Mentors, friends, lovers? Finding a loving life partner? We all have so much to learn from each other.
This novel by a neurologist/palliative care physician appealed to me because of its highly idiosyncratic yet spot-on accounts of many things I experienced in my own medical training.
I found her writing style challenging because of the novelâs highly fragmented structure, but I appreciated her trenchant observations and stunning language. Like other authors Iâve recommended, her protagonist comes from a devastatingly traumatic background. I could really relate to this fictional medical traineeâs struggles with despair and suicidality.
Reading this book was like a dash of ice water to the face, and I pondered it for weeks after I finished it.
Wealth Odyssey is a summary work based on a 12-hour adult education course I taught for 10 years. Itâs important to me to educate people through my 29 years in the profession (1994-2023), my focus has always been on helping people first understand that retirement means youâre wealthy enough not to work anymore â working is optional. You donât need to be rich. Wealth is scalable for any income level and comes from foundation income and investments to supplement that foundation to support your desired lifestyleâs Standard of Individual Living (SOIL) for as long as you live. Your focus should be on your plan and apply a few concepts grounded in well researched evidence.
This is a wonderful book organized around four main concepts, each valuable in their own right: 1) The Theory of Investing; 2) The History of Investing; 3) The Psychology of Investing; and 3) The Business of Investing.
The latter, the business section makes it clear the stockbroker is not your friend, even though theyâre friendly (by design). Having started my career on the sales side of the business, I quickly learned the agenda is less about the customer and more about product sales, even though I was also a Certified Financial Planner ProfessionalTM.
I dropped sales licenses and became a fee-only advisor and member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) where the focus is on planning and helping clients achieve their wants and goals.
The principles in Bernsteinâs book marry well with those of both Swedroeâs and Statmanâs books (above) in the application of growingâŚ
This new edition of the bestselling guide brings sophisticated investors-including institutional and individual investors, investment bankers, and those who want to follow in the footsteps of legends like John Bogle-up to date on ETFs, risk management, neuropsychological investing concepts, and more
Since its original publication two decades ago, The Four Pillars of Investing has become a classic guide for serious investors. The practicalities of investing, however, have changed dramatically, particularly pertaining to ETFs, and thinking has evolved about a host of key issues, such as lifecycle finance, the nature of risk, and basic finance and neuropsychological concepts. This new editionâŚ
