by Kristine Madera | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg Book Review by Kristine Madera What is normal and who gets to define it are the central questions in Jenara Nerenberg’s Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston Book Review by Kristine Madera I found this while looking for the latest book by Richard Preston, whose true epidemiological tales read like thriller fiction. In a similar vein, Douglas Preston is a novelist,...
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 | 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...