Showing posts with label Self-Help. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 3, 2025

SPOTLIGHT - NONFICTION - THE B.G.C. FORMULA & THE NO CHILL COMEDY BIBLE by Ebony the Ebonizer & Jeff “Mr. No Chill” Baylock

Unlock your inner potential and achieve your goals with The B.G.C. Formula 

&

Pick up some just straight comedy game with The No Chill Comedy Bible 


The BGC Formula: Belief. Grind. Consistency.
by Ebony the Ebonizer
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Personal Growth


Believe Hard. Grind Smart. Stay Consistent. No Excuses.

 

The BGC Formula reveals the powerful blueprint for achieving personal and professional success through three key principles: Belief, Growth, and Consistency. In this book, you'll learn how to:

 

*Cultivate unwavering belief in yourself and your vision.

*Embrace continuous growth to evolve both personally and professionally.

*Build consistency to take focused action and create lasting success.

 

Packed with actionable insights and practical exercises, The BGC Formula provides the tools you need to unlock your potential and achieve your goals. This is your guide to a purposeful and successful life.

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The No Chill Comedy Bible
by Jeff “Mr. No Chill” Baylock
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Comedy Business



Where Funny Has No Chill and the Truth Hits Hard.


The No Chill Comedy Bible" is the ultimate, no-nonsense guide for aspiring and seasoned comedians looking to master their craft, build a powerful brand, and dominate the stage.

Packed with raw insights, real experiences, and unfiltered truths, Jeff "Mr. No Chill" Baylock breaks down the art of comedy—covering everything from writing and delivery to branding, marketing, and the business side of stand-up.

Whether you're just starting out or trying to level up, this book will challenge you to think bigger, grind harder, and turn your pain into punchlines that leave a lasting impact.

No chill, no shortcuts—just straight comedy game.

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Ebony "The Ebonizer" & Jeff "Mr. No Chill" Baylock

The Powerhouse Duo Redefining Realness Through Laughter, Lyrics, and Legacy

Ebony "The Ebonizer" and Jeff "Mr. No Chill" Baylock are the dynamic husband-and-wife duo taking the stage-and the world-by storm. Together, they blend soulful storytelling, unapologetic humor, and transformative energy to inspire, entertain, and empower audiences everywhere.

The Ebonizer, a certified speaker, author, and award-winning entertainer, brings a powerhouse voice and a bold mindset movement with her signature B.G.C. Formula: Belief. Grind. Consistency. From gospel stages with legends like Yolanda Adams and Celine Dion to coaching entrepreneurs and creatives to elevate their lives and businesses, Ebony's mission is clear: transform mindsets, spark purpose, and help people build legacies with confidence and heart.

Mr. No Chill is a fearless comedian, writer, and creative force behind The No Chill Comedy Bible-a raw, hilarious, and unfiltered guide to breaking barriers in comedy and life. Known for his gut-punch punchlines and authentic delivery, Jeff brings the real with a side of laughter, making space for joy, truth, and unapologetic self-expression.

Together, they co-founded the Ebonized Chill Tour, a groundbreaking music and mental health experience blending R&B, comedy, and conversations that matter-touching lives in cities across the country and soon, across the globe.

Whether they're on stage, on screen, or behind the mic, Ebony and Jeff are proof that love, laughter, and legacy-building don't have to be chill-they just have to be real.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

SPOTLIGHT - SELF-HELP - RAISE IN A BOTTLE by Kristina Hermann


Raised in a Bottle:
FREE yourself from a childhood with alcoholism
by Kristina Hermann
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help



FREE yourself from a childhood with alcoholism
Growing up in a family with alcohol abuse can leave you significantly scarred as an adult.
The addiction robbed you of a caring, nurturing, secure and playful childhood, forcing you to become an adult too early.
A lack of attention and compassion stifled your ability to grow into a whole person.
As an adult, you might experience personal and professional problems related to feelings of abandonment or loneliness, relationship problems, low self-esteem, unhealthy coping strategies, and lack of clear boundaries.
If you have felt traumatized, anxious, and depressed throughout your life, this is the book for you.

Through in-depth chapters and exercises, you will:
· Understand how families are shaped by alcohol addiction
· Gain insight into how trauma affects your body and your mind
· Learn how to build your self-esteem and become aware of your own feelings
· How to identify unhealthy patterns and relationships and break free of them
· Reshape your thoughts and beliefs about yourself and your future

This book offers extensive insight into the dynamics and consequences of growing up with addiction.
It provides the help and compassion that addiction stole from you when you were a child. In short, Raised in a Bottle offers new hope for reclaiming your own life.

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Kristina Hermann is a psychotherapist and author with a clinic in Copenhagen, Denmark.

She has worked with families afflicted by alcohol abuse since 2000 and has written extensively about adult children of alcoholics.

In 2015 she published a self-help book in Danish: Du er ikke alene: en opvækst med alkoholproblemer ("You are not alone: An upbringing shaped by alcohol problems"), now in its third printing. Raised in a Bottle: A Workbook for Adult Children of Alcoholics (in progress) is her first book in English.

She received her Master in Psychology from the University of Aarhus, Denmark in 2012. In addition to her work as a psychotherapist, she also teaches seminars, conducts workshops, and is a supervisor of the work of other therapists.


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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

SPOTLIGHT - SELF-HELP - FOR BETTER OR WORSE: To The Woman Who Loves an Alcoholic by Merideth Deeds

For Better or Worse 
To The Woman Who Loves an Alcoholic 
by Merideth Deeds 
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help 

Marriage can be hard at times. Loving your alcoholic husband for better or worse is even harder, sometimes almost impossible; That is, until you look to God and His Word. There you will find all that you need to know in order to navigate through this journey that unfortunately, has many unknowns. He is the source of your strength in what feels like such a hopeless situation.

God will never give you anything that you cannot handle with Him by your side.

You are to be admired for staying committed to your husband despite his sickness and for honoring the marriage vow that you made not only to your husband, but above all, to God. Take heart! God raised Jesus from the grave! He can and He wants to deliver your husband and heal both of your hearts from the heartache that alcoholism brings into lives. 

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I am a native of Texas, born and raised in a small town. I graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas in 2008 with a Bachelor's degree and from Tarleton State University in 2019 with a Master's in English and Curriculum. I currently am a full time teacher, mother, and wife.

God has put writing on my heart in order to inspire and encourage others that are currently or have experienced similar tribulations in life. My hope is that my stories will give others hope and comfort through the trials they face throughout their lives.

My first story, Lonely Road of Faith, is inspired by real-life events and me and my husband's broken paths that eventually led back to each other and to God. 

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

SPOTLIGHT - NONFICTION SELF HELP - EXPOSE YOURSELF by Erin Louis

EXPOSE YOURSELF
by Erin Louis
Genre: Nonfiction, Self Help, Humor 

After her first two books about the stripper world and her memoirs, Erin Louis offers us her new self-help book promoting critical thinking and self-confidence through humor, challenging insights, and her own true stories. A cross between "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "The God Delusion", Ms Louis titillates as she enlightens readers. You will learn how to find the freedom to be yourself, find confidence to take risks, and change your life. This book will show you how. As she says, you don't even have to get naked to do it, she's done that for you. 

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Growing up in Southern California, surrounded by beautiful people, I struggled to find my identity. Every one else seemed to know who I was supposed to be, and how I was supposed to act, but their Idea of who I was didn’t quite fit with how I felt inside. I knew I was just different somehow. Expressing my true self came with criticism which caused me to question myself, and so began my search to find myself and the life I wanted to lead. Years of taking risks, enduring judgments, and self-doubt taught me that to be truly happy meant rejecting mainstream society’s idea of who I was supposed to be and what I was supposed to believe. 

Somehow through all this, I have found the courage to show who I really am to the world. I hope to help lead others down the path to their own self-acceptance. My mission now is to help people live their best lives without the need to please other people who may be miserable in their own. Whether it be discarding dilapidated belief systems, unrealistic ideals, or simply the fear of judgment, finding the courage to be yourself can be daunting. By sharing my stories, I hope to show that you are ultimately in control of your own life, and that you alone have the power to control your own happiness. I hope to provide that little nudge you may need to tell the world to kiss your butt, because you are awesome just the way you are. 

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

SPOTLIGHT - SELF-HELP- THE POWER OF YOUR PAST AND THE TRUE CALLING OF YOUR SOUL! by Angelika Schulze

THE POWER OF YOUR PAST AND THE TRUE CALLING OF YOUR SOUL!
by Angelika Schulze
Date of Publication: March 5th 2020
Publisher: Angelika Schulze
Cover Artist: Angelika Schulze
Genre: Self-Help
Number of pages: 320
Word Count: 24.725


Tagline: Become aware of your full potential

BLURB
Yes, You Can Overcome The Demons Of The Past And Lead A Fulfilled, Happy Life - This Book Will Show You How!

Take a deep breath and think about your past. What are the first things that come to mind?

Fear? Abuse? Pain? Failure? Trauma?

You might hear your mother threatening to abandon you if you're not good enough.

You might sense your father's anger or see the face of the person who bullied you at school. You might have even more terrifying flashbacks.

But do you know that these traumatic experiences aren't just painful memories?
They continue to shape your life even now.

They make you blind to life-transforming opportunities.

They undermine your relationships with the people you love most. They limit your creative potential and smother your intuition.

Are you doomed now?

NO.

You don't have to be a victim if you don't want to.

You can break free from the demons of your past and live the life you've always wanted.

This life-changing book by Angelika Schulze will show you how to do it.

Each chapter will take you on a journey into the very depths of your mind. You will face your fears and self-limiting beliefs - and this time, you won't let them control you!

This book will empower you to:

•         See your past as your source of strength, not pain
•         Stop sabotaging your own success
•         Open your heart to love yourself and others
•         Recognize and develop your unique potential
•         Cultivate and train your intuition
•         Lead an authentic and fulfilling life
•         Achieve your goals - whatever they are

Each chapter comes with visualizations, practical exercises and mantras - personal transformation has never been so practical and simple!

Are you ready to take your first step towards freedom?

Start on your path to liberate your inner self!


Excerpt:
How often do we get stuck in past situations in which we were hurt? Perhaps we feel exploited, disregarded, neglected, or powerless, which makes us think, whether consciously or unconsciously, that we don’t have power over our own lives and that other people decide our whole lives.
Most of the time, it is precisely these situations where we can discover our strength that is needed to make progress. In this lesson, I will show you how you can leave unconscious victimhood behind and find the strength to take control of your life.

What Does It Mean to Be a Victim?

Victim awareness is when you are currently blaming yourself or someone else for a situation from your past. This can happen subconsciously.
It means that you hand over the responsibility of creating your best life to a past situation or another person - without taking responsibility for yourself.
This is what mainly prevents you from really moving forward in your life.
Because currently, you are giving someone else or a situation power over you.
In the same breath, you also give away your own strength because you are so focused on allocating the blame you are experiencing.
However, you need strength for yourself, and you need the power to live your life to the fullest. It's like someone or a situation is keeping you from doing this - but only because you have handed the power over to them.
There is a wonderful saying that pretty much sums up how we should feel about our past:  "You can forgive, but you don't have to forget."

Why Should You Forgive Someone Who Hurt You?

All of us have experienced things that have hurt us. Every single person has caused hurt and experienced it.
Whether they are women or men or were abused when they were children, they have gone through many different kinds of abuse.
And yet, they hand over this power to their abusers. Even years later, they still haven’t processed what happened and need to find someone to blame.
I’m not just talking about people that have experienced abuse, which is the extreme end of the spectrum.
Many people have been hurt by other things, or they regret what they did in the past.
You’ll forgive this person, not to do them a favor, but to help yourself, find peace and improve your health and emotional wellbeing.
Your forgiveness is for you, and only you!
Know and recognize that this is an important first step. It is all about your happiness. Don’t let anyone take that away. Your emotional wellbeing is the highest form of wealth you can have. When you forgive someone, you do it so you, yourself, can move forward. If you don’t, you allow that person to take away the joy of your present moment. This is why forgiving someone is the first step to leave victimhood behind and take back your strength. This strength will help you find bliss and happiness.



Author Info
Angelika Schulze is a personal development coach currently based in Sweden. She specializes in teaching self-worth, self-love and holistic self-care.

Angelika grew up in an abusive, dysfunctional family, and experienced several traumatizing events that severely undermined her feeling of self-worth. However, she managed to overcome the victim mentality, restore her self-worth and transform trauma into triumph. Now, she helps others do the same.

She also seeks to empower moms and dads whose traumatic childhoods make parenting a challenge. By overcoming and transforming their own painful childhood experiences, her clients can finally break the intergenerational cycle of toxic parenting and raise happy, self- confident, self-motivated children.

Some of Angelika's favorite techniques include meditation, visualization, chakra healing, and mindful self-exploration. By combining these techniques into well-rounded self-healing programs, she has already helped countless people reconnect with their true selves, rebuild their self-worth, break free from limiting beliefs and transform their lives.


The Book Junkie Reads . . . Interview with Angelika Schulze . . .

Where would you spend one full year, if you could go ANYWhere, money is not a concern? What would you do with this time?
I would travel the world! During the first six months, I would visit Thailand and India to practice meditation. Within the other six months, I would see and experience as much as possible on our planet.

How would you describe you style of writing to someone that has never read your work?
Straightforward! Short but with brimming information.

Have you ever felt that there was something inside of you that you couldn't control? If so what? If no what spurs you to reach for the unexperienced?
I tend to lack patience and take action without to double-checking. I meditate every day for at least five minutes to connect with my soul and to ask what the important task of my day is and what I need to focus on.

Do you feel that writing is an ingrained process or just something that flows naturally for you?
This is my first book and my first time writing a nonfiction book based on my own experience was special. I am a spiritual person and felt all the time that I am connected to my heart and the creative process throughout the book is a natural flow.

What mindset or routine do you feel the need to set when preparing to write (in general whether you are working on a project or just free writing)?
Finding a spot where you are sure not to be disturbed and disconnected from the social world. In a nutshell, I would take a notepad, and a pen, and find a peaceful place where I would connect with my soul and the writing flow will pick up naturally.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

SPOTLIGHT Audio - SELF-HELP - LIFE IS SHORT DEATH IS FOREVER by S.A. Hartman PhD Narrator Marc Louis Mintz

Audiobook Blog Tour: Life Is Short/Death Is Forever by S.A. Hartman
Finding joy and pleasure in each day without hurting anyone along the way

LIFE IS SHORT DEATH IS FOREVER
by S.A. Hartman, PhD
Narrator: Marc Louis Mintz
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Released: January 10th 2020
Publisher: Steve A. Hartman
Genre: Self-Help; Memoir



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S.A. Hartman's Top 10 Reasons to Listen to Life Is Short/Death Is Forever
  1. It will make you laugh at least a couple of times per chapter, and this is really good for your immune system
  2. You will learn new things you probably never cared about; yet you’d be surprised when you repeat them to friends.
  3. Find out curious and surprising facts and beliefs about the human connection to religions as they developed over the past million years.
  4. Take a moment to wonder and appreciate the amazing diversity and complexity of life all around us on Earth.
  5. Understand why sexuality is so essential in human development and interpersonal relationships like never before, including little known facts.
  6. Put into perspective aging and why it’s so critical to find joy and pleasure in each day.
  7. Reduce any fear you may have about death by taking more control of those things that contribute to this anxiety.
  8. Experience what’s it’s like having a loaded gun pointed at you without being at risk of being shot.
  9. Check out why women are superior to men.
  10. Discover how you probably face a horrendous death daily and can help avoid it from happening; it’s not a virus.




Steve Hartman’s inspirational and motivational memoir is peppered with research-based observations, pointed questions, hilarious anecdotes, delicious - and terrifying - sexual escapades, and genuine concern for his fellow humans, indeed for all creatures great and small. His periodic Socratic approach often challenges acceptable norms and beliefs. Looking at life through the lens of his uniquely personal experiences and thoughts, Hartman shares valuable lessons on how to live a joyful pleasure filled life without lecturing to the listener
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S.A. Hartman has written and produced two award winning short films, “Home from War,” depicting the impact of war on returning vets, and “Before it’s Too Late,” which stars two Academy Award Nominees, Robert Loggia and Eric Roberts. This film illuminates the danger of driving beyond one’s ability as skills and reflexes diminish. In North Hollywood, he produced a new original theatrical musical comedy, “Reunion,” to mostly full houses during its six-week run to excellent reviews. He also published a sci-fi novel, “Sorry, it’s a Boy.” Steve has written several other feature scripts, one of which, “Charioteer,” was optioned for a TV series. The production company’s option expired permitting the renewed search for another production opportunity. His latest project, a non-fiction book, “Life is Short/Death is Forever,” now on Amazon, is best described as an autobiographical self-help book based on his unusual experiences and skills. Contrary to the title, many have commented that it is truly “a fun read.” He was a consultant for many years helping international and domestic companies manage and grow their businesses in a variety of industries including; int’l finance, robotics, aerospace, textiles, computer technology, hospitality, and served as an investment banker for Vanguard, a New York firm. Steve earned a Master’s Degree in Oceanography and Marine Biology at Long Island University, and has a Ph.D. in Biophysics from NYU in New York City. He was an adjunct faculty member of Columbia University- appointed by the president of Columbia University to the International Seminar on Pollution and Water Resources, and served there as an advisor to the World Bank as a representative of the Columbia University Faculty.
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Narrator Bio
Marc Louis Mintz is a baritone voice artist, actor, and audio engineer. Marc took the long way back to his professional home. Building on his roots in the LA area as a clinical therapist, Marc produced motivational workshops, served in AT&T Management Development and Computer Operations, and started I/Opening Productions to bring desktop computer animation to advertising and movies. Marc also founded one of NM's longest-lived IT training and consulting groups while publishing 13 cybersecurity books. Now Marc operates his own Voice Over Artist and Sound Studio in Santa Fe, where his voice can be heard in commercials, eLearning, and audiobooks. Marc can be reached at marc@marclmintz.com 


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