The Blog Has Moved!

THE BLOG HAS MOVED! I’m still posting, but over on my other site. You can find it at www.timringgold.com/blog, or just CLICK HERE to check it out!

Black Friday Stress Relief

‘Tis the season to be jolly…

IF you haven’t completely become a symbiote of Amazon.com, you may just find yourself driving to and from stores on Black Friday. You may just find yourself competing for parking spots and waiting in check-out lines. Gosh, a recipe for stress!

Here’s a

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Holiday Survival Guide… (The Power Play List)

Holiday Survival Guide… (The Power Play List)

One thing I share about in my book and when I’m speaking at a conference or retreat is the Power Playlist.  It’s one of those ‘hacks’ that’s so simple, it’s easy to underestimate its power. Pick three songs that put a smile on your face or lift

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Myth Busting 101

Myth Busting 101

When teaching my course on using music for your mental health, I found that there were a number of myths out there around music AND around mental health.  I’m going to share a few of these along the way on the blog here, because myths are powerful because people don’t realize

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Podcast of the Month: Broken Record

Podcast of the Month: Broken Record

I’m a pretty big fan of the author Malcolm Gladwell. If you’re not familiar with his works, he’s the author of several NY Times best sellers including Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and most recently, Talking to Strangers. A couple of years ago, he began producing a podcast (which

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Book of the Month Recommendation: How to UnF*ck Yourself by Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN

What Amazon says: 

A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hell-bent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide. 

Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes―having melt downs, getting addicted to things,

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Podcast of the month Review: Hidden Brain

This month, I want to bring your attention to the NPR podcast, “Hidden Brain,” hosted by Shankar Vedantam. The description on the podcast reads, “Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices, and direct our relationships.”

After listening to the podcast for probably

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Book of the month: The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8am by Hal Elrod (2017)

Book of the month: The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8am by Hal Elrod (2017)

What Amazon says:

What’s being widely regarded as “one of the most life changing books ever written” may be the simplest approach to achieving everything you’ve ever wanted, and faster than you ever

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Book of the Month Recommendation: “Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones” by James Clear

This is Angelique, Tim’s wife. You may not know this but recently I started to manage a lot of the behind the scenes pieces of the business……including scheduling these emails.  I decided it wasn’t fair to let him have all the fun so I decided to do a Guest Book Review. Yay me!

For

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Podcast Review: Recovery Revolution

Recovery Revolution is a podcast by a life coach in long term recovery named Omar Pinto. The podcast began as the SHAIR Podcast, and has been rebranded. Omar is several hundred interviews into this podcast, so there is a wealth of inspiring interviews and stories to be found in the archives.  His interviewees are

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