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The Braided Prescription

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:38:51 +0000

What if an ancient ritual could transform the way you live today? In her beloved first book, Braided, Dr. Beth Ricanati shared how making sacred bread, challah, every Friday for over a decade transformed her life. Now, in The Braided Prescription, she shares insights from her subsequent challah workshops with groups all over America and [...]

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Misjudged

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:27:05 +0000

Born to Holocaust survivors and trained in the black-and-white world of law, veteran gang prosecutor Karen McKinney believed in justice, punishment, and moral certainty—so when she was asked to oppose the parole of a man she sent away for life twenty years earlier, she expected to confirm his ongoing danger. Instead, she was confronted with something she had [...]

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Cartography of Loss

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:26:27 +0000

When her husband is diagnosed with glioblastoma, Karen Paul becomes a full-time caregiver overnight. Their marriage, the landscape of which had always shown fractures, is instantly and radically transformed. Years after the long vigil of illness and his death, Karen faces the uneasy recalibration that follows and a new identity she never asked for: widow.Told [...]

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Into the Flow

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:25:42 +0000

What would you let go of to be free—to live a life that feels truly yours? When loss and burnout upend her life, Kathleen Branigan launches a quest for truth . . . and ends up with an existential crisis. She questions her Catholic faith, devours self-help books, goes skydiving, earns a master's in religious [...]

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What Do I Tell My Daughter?

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:25:00 +0000

Katie Trexler was at the top of her game—thriving in her high-profile job as a local television news anchor, raising healthy young twins, and a leading a nearly idyllic life with her husband in the suburbs of Denver. Then believing it was the right decision for her family—and unaware of the toll it would take [...]

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Unfolding the Heart

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:16:39 +0000

At the age of ten, Rosanne Annoni had a vision of Christ calling her to become a nun—only to have her devout Catholic mother respond to this news with a slap across the face. Traversing the time between that childhood vision and a solitary winter in Pema Chodron’s cabin at Gampo Abbey, Unfolding the Heart [...]

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All You Need Is Balle Balle

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:08:39 +0000

When Sarina Jain lost her father, she turned grief into fuel for a lifelong mission: to celebrate her Indian heritage and help others live longer, healthier lives. Born and raised in the United States, Sarina carved a unique path as the first woman to bring Indian dance fitness—Masala Bhangra—to the global stage. In All You Need [...]

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Living in the Long Shadow

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:01:27 +0000

Living in the Long Shadow is a poignant memoir told in dual timelines: the formative years of Suzanne’s childhood and the two weeks following her mother’s suicide when Suzanne is eighteen. With honesty and grace, Suzanne traces what it means to grow up in the shadow of mental illness—navigating her need for guidance and belonging, [...]

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Our Long Goodbye

Brooke Warner — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:59:38 +0000

From the moment Teri Drobnick’s father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she feels like he’s slipping away. As she grapples with an uncertain future and the steady erosion of his memory, Teri leans on Uncle Bob—her dad’s best friend of eighty years. As Teri navigates the emotional limbo of caring for a parent with dementia, she [...]

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The Emotional Side of Money

Brooke Warner — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:07:25 +0000

For fans of Brené Brown, Suze Orman, or Lynne Twist comes this compassionate, transformative guide—an essential roadmap to uncovering the emotional roots of money struggles, transforming relationships, and finally finding true financial peace. Have you ever wondered why you handle money the way you do? Why anxiety creeps in when you check your bank account, [...]

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