by Kristine Madera | Aug 22, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood Book Review by Kristine Madera The best speculative authors, like Atwood, take a modern trend or problem and spin it out to an extreme “solution” that serves as a social commentary enlightening readers about the absurdity...
by Kristine Madera | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Book Review by Kristine Madera Normally, I shy away from novels this dystopian since life is dystopian enough, but this was recommended to me by enough people that I give it a whirl—and I’m glad I did. Woven through...
by Kristine Madera | Jul 11, 2023 | Articles, Blog
Wild Things First published in WNC Woman Magazine Whenever we go for a hike in the woods, my husband carries a stick that he claims is for taming a bear. Wisely, the bears have steered clear, but the gleam in his eye speaks to a vision of himself as a sort of Grizzly...
by Kristine Madera | Jul 11, 2023 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia, New Earth Solutions
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Book Review by Kristine Madera The Ministry for the Future reads like modern life—a few narrative threads interspersed with breaking news, social media feeds, sudden technological breakthroughs, secret...
by Kristine Madera | May 9, 2023 | Articles, Blog
Trapped in Time First published in WNC Woman Magazine Mother’s Day Issue Have you ever listened—really listened—to the stories your mother tells about you? They can seem to trap you in time. Like the story my mother often told about me as a toddler who slipped...
by Kristine Madera | Mar 14, 2023 | Articles, Blog, Hypnotherapy
The Glass Ceiling of the Heart First published in WNC Woman Magazine Sheryl Sandberg’s newish book, Lean In, discusses how the glass ceiling for women has raised many rungs but still stalls the upper levels of success, which remains largely a boy’s club with a few...
