Tuesday, June 30, 2026

The Amazing Benefits of Wearing a Make Peace With Life Shirt

  what Happens to a  person after they get their make peace with Life shirt.



The Amazing Benefits of Wearing a Make Peace With Life Shirt

Can a shirt change your life?

Well... maybe not in the same way that winning the lottery, discovering buried treasure, or finding out Bigfoot has been secretly following your podcast would change your life.

But you'd be surprised at what can happen when you put on a shirt that carries a positive message.

At Make Peace With Life, we've always believed that energy matters. The thoughts we think, the words we speak, and even the messages we choose to wear all contribute to the energy we bring into the world. When you put on a Make Peace With Life shirt, you're doing more than getting dressed. You're making a statement. You're telling yourself—and everyone around you—that life doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. You're choosing positivity, growth, humor, and a little bit of metaphysical perspective before you've even had your morning coffee.

One of the first things many people notice is how often the shirts start conversations. A simple message can spark a smile, a compliment, or a meaningful discussion. Complete strangers may ask about the shirt. Friends may ask what Make Peace With Life means to you. Some people will simply smile when they read it. In a world where many people are rushing through their day, it's amazing how a positive message can create a connection. We've already experienced it ourselves. From compliments in grocery stores to conversations with cashiers and fellow travelers, these shirts have a way of bringing positive interactions into everyday life.

Of course, there may be a few other benefits that science hasn't fully confirmed yet. Some wearers report increased confidence. Others report higher energy levels. A few have claimed improved moods, stronger motivation, and a mysterious desire to spend more time outdoors enjoying life. While we can't officially guarantee any of those results, we can say that it's hard to feel completely negative while wearing a shirt that reminds you to make peace with life. Sometimes all we need is a simple reminder that life is happening for us, not against us.

The truth is that the real transformation doesn't come from the shirt itself. The transformation comes from the person wearing it. The shirt is simply a symbol of a decision. A decision to focus on possibilities instead of limitations. A decision to grow instead of staying stuck. A decision to choose happiness more often than frustration. A decision to see life as an adventure rather than a problem to solve.

And perhaps the best part of all? Every Make Peace With Life shirt helps support something bigger than fashion. A portion of our profits helps support charitable causes, allowing the positive energy created by the movement to extend even further into the world. So when you wear a Make Peace With Life shirt, you're not just investing in yourself—you're helping others too.

The before-and-after images featured here aren't really about clothing.

They're about possibility.

They're about growth.

They're about becoming the best version of yourself.

And while we can't promise that putting on a Make Peace With Life shirt will instantly transform your life, we can promise this:

You'll look pretty awesome while working on it.

And that, my friends, is one more way to Make Peace With Life.



 


Sunday, June 28, 2026

Visions, Values, and Virtual Assistants; AI needs you more than you need to fear it

 Train coming down the Tracks


Visions, Values, and Virtual Assistants;

The freight train of AI is moving at terminal velocity. Are you steering it, or just sitting on the tracks?

In the rush to capture short-term margins, organizations are deploying Virtual Assistants as digital walls, unintentionally eroding the very brand equity they spent decades building. When a customer is trapped in an automated loop, or a grieving family member is "processed" by a bot, the cost isn't just a lost call—it’s a lost soul for the brand.

In Visions, Values, and Virtual Assistants, Dr. Kendall Williams provides a scientist-practitioner’s roadmap for the Dual-Environment. Drawing on over 20 years of operational leadership and a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, this book moves beyond the hype to offer a framework for Human-in-the-Loop automation.

This book will help you: • Move from fear to confidence in the age of AI. • Lead your team through AI-driven change without losing their trust. • Identify which parts of your job make you irreplaceable. • Recognize when AI helps your customers, and when it doesn’t. • Identify which customer interactions should never be handed to a bot.







Friday, June 26, 2026

The Canine Intervention

   Dog Under a Shining Light From Above



A self-described non-dog-lover has his life changed forever when he meets a mysterious and her special dog.
“Even if you don’t like dogs you may like this story. If you do like dogs you’ll LOVE this story.
The Canine Intervention: “Because life can change in an instant.”




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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Make Friends With The Dragon: During The Dissertation Journey (Dissertation Series)

 Woman Studying with Dragon Behind her


 

Make Friends With The Dragon: During The Dissertation Journey (Dissertation Series)

Make Friends With the Dragon: During the Dissertation Journey is an encouraging and practical guide for doctoral learners, graduate students, and dissertation writers who are navigating the emotional, academic, and personal challenges of completing a doctoral program.

In her previous book, So, You Want to Be a Doctoral Learner Huh? Are You Nuts?!, Dr. L. A. Davis shared the struggles, lessons, and survival strategies she learned while completing her own dissertation journey. Now, in Make Friends With the Dragon, she returns with a deeper reflection on life after earning her doctoral degree and on the challenges many students continue to face as they move through the dissertation process.

Inspired by her own experiences, as well as comments and concerns shared by students on her alma mater’s support board, Dr. Davis explores the “dragons” doctoral learners may encounter along the way. These dragons may appear as fear, procrastination, self-doubt, confusion, isolation, frustration, academic pressure, or the overwhelming demands of dissertation writing.

Rather than running from these challenges, Dr. Davis invites readers to make friends with the dragon. With honesty, humor, and hard-earned wisdom, she guides students through the different stages and chapters of the dissertation journey, helping them recognize obstacles, build resilience, and keep moving toward completion.


This book is ideal for:

  • Doctoral learners and PhD students
  • EdD candidates
  • Graduate students beginning the dissertation process
  • Students struggling with dissertation writing
  • Online doctoral learners
  • Dissertation coaches, mentors, and academic support groups

Make Friends With the Dragon: During the Dissertation Journey offers encouragement, motivation, and practical insight for students who need a reminder that the dissertation dragon can be faced, understood, and conquered.






Tuesday, June 23, 2026

FIND ME IN YOUR DREAMS: WHEN DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES

    Man looking over balcony at beach



FIND ME IN YOUR DREAMS:

WHEN DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES


Have you ever wondered what dreams are truly made of? Ethan lost his wife. His children lost their mother and in many ways, their father too. The family was left in pieces, scattered by grief. Evan and Sophie begin to question the impossible. Are dreams more than fragments of the mind? Could they hold a doorway, a way to make their broken family whole again? While they search for answers in the waking world, Ethan journeys elsewhere chasing whispers of a place called the City of Dreams… where, they say, the lost can be found.









Saturday, June 20, 2026

Rising from the Ashes: A Survivor's Truth (4 book series)

 All 4 Books of the Series



Disclaimer: This memoir series contains discussions of childhood abuse, sexual assault, military trauma, addiction, depression, self-mutilation, suicidal thoughts, family estrangement, infidelity, and other mature topics. Reader discretion is advised. This four-book memoir series is a raw and honest account of Lawanda Glenn’s life journey through trauma, loss, broken relationships, addiction, depression, self-destruction, and ultimately healing through Jesus Christ. Closed for Business explores childhood abuse, family dysfunction, military service, and the events that shaped her early life. Sex Please shares the pain of deception, betrayal, and discovering devastating truths within her marriage. Sindarella examines family conflict, adult-child estrangement, the challenges of military life, separation from her children, boundaries, and the heartbreak of losing precious time with loved ones. Healed By His Hands tells the story of faith, restoration, and the healing that began when she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. The first three memoirs were written during some of the darkest seasons of her life, when she poured her thoughts, pain, struggles, and experiences onto the pages without holding anything back. The fourth book was written from a place of healing, faith, and transformation. For the full story, the books are intended to be read in order, as each one builds upon the events, struggles, and lessons of the previous book. Together, these books tell a story of survival, resilience, redemption, and hope. The first three books reveal the pain. The last book reveals the healing. The rest, you’ll have to read for yourself.



 





Friday, June 19, 2026

Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing: Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm

    Man and Woman with a scale balancing work items


Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing:

Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm


Why are the most qualified candidates often the first ones rejected?

In Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing, tech veteran D.T. Crawford pulls back the curtain on the "invisible machinery" of modern hiring. Through the eyes of Dorian Caldwell and a collection of raw, real-world stories, this book exposes a system that values optics over outcomes and "culture fit" over actual capability.

From the high-speed filter of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to the disconnect between recruiters seeking keywords and managers seeking "vibes," Crawford reveals why meritocracy is often a myth. But this isn't just an exposé—it’s a roadmap for reform.

Discover the ARC Theory (Adaptability, Rigor, and Contribution), a revolutionary human-centered approach to hiring that replaces checkboxes with conversations and mirrors with windows. Whether you are a jobseeker tired of being "algorithmically ignored" or a leader ready to build a team based on true potential, this book is a call to reclaim dignity in the workplace.

It’s time to stop auditing for compliance and start hiring for character.



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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Own the Room: How to Communicate to Be Seen, Heard and Respected

     Book Title on Multicolored Cover with Heart Lines


Own the Room:

How to Communicate to Be Seen, Heard and Respected


Own the Room is not a book about public speaking. It’s a book about human perception. Why do some people command attention the moment they walk into a room while others struggle to be heard? Why do certain leaders, salespeople, creators, and communicators create trust instantly while others feel forgettable—even when they’re more qualified? Because communication is never just about words. Before people evaluate your ideas, they evaluate you. Your confidence. Your certainty. Your emotional control. Your authenticity. Your presence. Human beings are constantly making unconscious decisions about who feels trustworthy, capable, safe, persuasive, and memorable long before logic enters the equation. In Own the Room, communication strategist Jake Stahl breaks down the hidden psychology behind influence, authority, trust, and presence in a way that is both deeply practical and psychologically precise. Drawing from decades of experience training professionals across industries, along with principles from behavioral psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, and NLP, Stahl reveals how subtle emotional signals shape every interaction we have. This book explores why people react differently to the exact same words depending on who says them, why approval-seeking weakens persuasion, how insecurity leaks through communication, and why emotional congruence matters more than rehearsed perfection. Readers will learn how to create psychological trust, regulate tension, project grounded confidence, and communicate in a way that makes people feel seen, understood, and certain. Whether in business, leadership, sales, relationships, negotiations, interviews, podcasts, presentations, or everyday conversations, Own the Room teaches readers how to stop performing and start communicating with clarity, authority, and emotional precision. Because the people who truly own the room are not always the loudest, smartest, or most charismatic. They’re the people who understand how the room works.




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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Long Way Home: A Student’s Story of Survival

 Scared Looking Young Female


The Long Way Home:

A Student’s Story of Survival


When war breaks out without warning, childhood ends instantly. In The Long Way Home, a young schoolgirl is forced to flee when violent conflict erupts during the Congo–Rwanda war. Separated from her parents and stranded far from home, she begins a dangerous journey across the country—alone, frightened, and uncertain if she will ever see her family again. As she travels through villages and cities scarred by violence, she witnesses the brutal realities of war through the eyes of a child: loss, displacement, fear, and survival. Her journey reflects the experiences of countless children whose lives are reshaped by conflict they did not choose.











Monday, June 15, 2026

What Will Make Peace With Life Do For You?

  Woman holding Make Peace With Life Book Above her head

What Will Make Peace With Life Do For You?

What if the life you've been searching for isn't waiting somewhere in the future? What if happiness isn't hidden behind a bigger paycheck, a perfect relationship, or some magical moment when everything finally falls into place? In Making Peace With Life, Dr. Rob Alex invites you to step off the endless treadmill of "someday" and discover something far more powerful—the ability to find meaning, purpose, and peace right where you are. Through humor, honesty, personal insight, and metaphysical wisdom, this book helps you see that life isn't something to conquer or perfect. It's something to experience, learn from, and ultimately embrace.

Inside these pages, you'll explore the lessons hidden within life's greatest challenges and its most beautiful moments. You'll discover why there is no finish line to chase, why comparison steals joy, how energy connects us all, and why asking better questions may be more important than finding perfect answers. Whether you're navigating change, searching for direction, recovering from setbacks, or simply trying to understand your place in the world, this book offers a refreshing perspective that reminds you your life already has incredible value. It's not about becoming someone else—it's about understanding the incredible person you already are.

Most self-help books promise to give you answers. Making Peace With Life offers something even more valuable: permission. Permission to breathe when life feels overwhelming. Permission to grow without demanding perfection from yourself. Permission to appreciate your journey without comparing it to everyone else's. And most importantly, permission to make peace with life exactly as it is while still creating the future you desire. If you're ready to stop racing, stop chasing, and start truly living, then this book may be exactly what you've been looking for.






Sunday, June 14, 2026

Music Is Your Superpower: How Music Changes Lives

 Colorful shapes on Black Book cover with Title of Book



Music Is Your Superpower, a compelling exploration of how music influences the brain, the body, and the stories we carry through life. Blending accessible science with real human experiences, Stein offers readers a fresh, uplifting perspective on why music matters, not just as entertainment, but as a fundamental part of who we are.
In clear, engaging prose, Stein breaks down the latest research on memory, rhythm, identity, and emotional well-being, showing how music shapes us from childhood throughout our lives. Alongside the science, she shares personal stories and interviews that reveal the profound, often unexpected ways music impacts everyday lives.
“Music is one of the most powerful forces we have,” Stein says. “It connects us, grounds us, and helps us understand ourselves. You don’t need training or talent to feel its effects, you just need to listen.”
What Readers Will Discover • How music rewires the brain across the lifespan • Why certain songs feel like emotional anchors • How rhythm and melody influence mood, memory, and creativity • The role music plays in identity, connection, and resilience • Practical ways to use music intentionally in daily life

Stein’s approach is warm, relatable, and rooted in both research and lived experience. The result is a book that speaks to musicians, music lovers, educators, and anyone who has ever felt changed by a song.
About Sammy Stein Sammy Stein is a respected music writer known for her insightful, emotionally intelligent work across jazz, creativity, and the human experience. With six previous books and a strong presence in the music literature world, and commissions from the Library of Congress and Reader’s Digest, she brings a unique blend of scientific understanding and narrative warmth to her writing.



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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Laurel's Diary: A Memoir of Trauma, Intimacy, and the Work of Reclamation

 Person With Tape on Mouth


Laurel's Diary:

A Memoir of Trauma, Intimacy, and the Work of Reclamation


Laurel's Diary is a psychologically rigorous memoir that examines the long aftermath of sexual assault-not as a single event to be overcome, but as an ongoing condition that reshapes perception, intimacy, and moral judgment. Structured through diary entries, emails, and reflective prose, the book preserves the fragmented logic of trauma as it unfolds, resisting retrospective coherence or redemptive framing.

Rather than charting a linear path toward healing, Laurel's Diary documents the work of reclamation as a process marked by negotiation rather than resolution. The narrative traces how agency, trust, and desire are slowly reassembled in the context of intimate relationships, where consent must be relearned in practice and safety is provisional rather than guaranteed. Particular attention is given to post-assault intimacy, illustrating how trauma persists not only in memory but in the body, in language, and in relational misattunements.

The memoir also interrogates contemporary trauma discourse, questioning the limits of validation, the social expectations placed on survivors to perform recovery, and the ethical tensions that arise when injury becomes identity. These reflections emerge organically from lived experience, grounding critique in consequence rather than polemic.

Unsparing yet restrained, Laurel's Diary avoids sentimentality and resists closure. The "work of reclamation" it depicts is incomplete, uneven, and ongoing-less a return to what was than a careful effort to claim what is possible. The result is a case study of trauma's persistence and the moral complexity it introduces into love, friendship, and self-understanding, suited for general readers as well as clinicians, educators, and students seeking an honest account of trauma's impact on individuals and relationships.









Friday, June 12, 2026

ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS:

     Earth with Lighting running through it.


ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS:

Science Fiction Thriller Suspense Novel:


What If Humanity’s Peaceful Future Already Exists—But Is About to Be Erased?
At a time when war, division, and environmental crises dominate headlines, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters imagines a radically different future—one where humanity has overcome conflict and built a peaceful global society.

Set in the 26th century, the novel follows Commander Maxilon Renner and a team of time travelers sent back 500 years to protect a manuscript believed to have shaped humanity’s future. But when the mission fails, operatives are lost, Renner suffers partial amnesia, the author disappears and the manuscript vanishes—threatening to erase their utopian world from existence.

The lost document, The Manifesto of Eleven Elements, contains ideas that ultimately guide humanity toward environmental stewardship, global cooperation, and lasting peace.
Early reviews have praised the novel’s ambitious vision and philosophical depth.

⭐Readers’ Favorite calls it “a brilliant start to an epic sci-fi saga.” (Five - 5-star Reviews)
📚 BlueInk Review describes it as “both exciting and intellectually stimulating.”
📰 Kirkus Reviews calls it “plans for a better Earth packaged as a time-travel SF thriller.”

Beyond its time-travel premise, Eleven Elements explores broader questions about humanity’s trajectory. Can civilization consciously choose cooperation over conflict? Are lasting peace and environmental balance truly impossible—or have people simply stopped imagining them?

The book is the first installment in Joshi’s planned seven-volume Eleven Elements saga, a speculative series examining how human decisions shape the long-term destiny of civilization.
For readers drawn to science fiction that combines philosophical inquiry with high-concept storytelling, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that dares to imagine lasting peace.

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

The Lighthouse Lie: A Small Town Cozy Mystery with Secrets, Lies, and a Talking Dog

 Cute Dog sitting in front of Harbor




She came to Sealight Cove for a quiet fresh start. What she found was murder… and a dog who talks. After walking away from the life she thought she wanted, Nora Hale arrives in the small coastal town of Sealight Cove hoping for peace, second chances, and a place to begin again. Instead, she finds a cozy candle shop, a town full of secrets, and Rufus, an unusually clever rescue dog with a habit of noticing things other people miss. Very unusual things. When a longtime local is found dead beneath the old lighthouse, the town quickly calls it a tragic accident. Rufus disagrees. And when Rufus starts sharing observations no ordinary dog should know, Nora begins to suspect the death was no accident at all. The deeper she digs, the more she uncovers buried grudges, missing records, and whispers about a decades-old dispute someone would kill to keep hidden. In Sealight Cove, everyone knows everyone. That makes secrets even more dangerous. The Lighthouse Lie is a warm, fast-paced cozy mystery short read featuring a talking dog, a charming seaside town, and an amateur sleuth who may be in over her head. Perfect for readers who love: coastal cozy mysteries paranormal pet mysteries small town secrets clever animal companions short, satisfying mysteries



Three Book Cover of the 3 Part Series