I am a voracious reader and every week I come across either a book, online piece or website I want to share with others. I’ve decided to curate these gems and highlight them on Friday. I hope you find these faves as insightful as I do.
- An important reminder – Breathe. Lesley Alderman discusses how in “Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing.”
- “The truth was that Cohen felt as lost as anybody. What gave his work its uncommon gravitas wasn’t that he knew the answers but that he never stopped looking.” Read Dorian Lynskey’s poignant tribute in “Leonard Cohen – he knew things about life, and if you listened you could learn.”
- I love Nina Badzin’s friendship column. Her advice is practical and effective. Check out this week’s reflections on “Hearing Gossip a Friend Said About You.”
- How do famous women deal with anxiety and sadness? They tell you how in The Cut’s, “25 Famous Women on Dealing With Anxiety and Depression.”
What were your favorite reads this week?
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too.
Not sure if you got my comment or not about Kristen Bell’s quote on the last article. My computer went haywire.
Every one of these looks like an interesting read. Thank you for sharing.
I enjoy curating these finds every week. Glad they are interesting to you. Thanks, Sarah!
Thank you again for including me in this always stellar list!
My pleasure, Nina. Love your column!
I love Nina’s column!
Ok, so much good here with the anxiety article and the Leonard Cohen. Happy Reading to me!
Yes! I am using the break to catch up on my reading too.