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Snapshots In Time is a compilation of a lifetime's worth of poetry by Robyn Lindsey. Read it today to experience the depth of emotion that can only be portrayed through poetry.

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Journal Toward your Joy is a guided journal handbook to bring joy back into the forefront of our oh so busy lives.

Samantha Green's father died when she was very young. Her mother was bedridden before she was in middle school and passed away while she was in her teens. Sam learned from an early age that life was easier if she didn't let anyone in. She built up walls and closed herself off to protect herself from the possibility of being hurt. That is... until she started to struggle with her own mortality. Sam struggles with a question that eats away at her soul: did her life ever mean anything if there is no one left to mourn her after she is gone? This is a book about finding your own soul, about accepting life's losses and allowing them to color your world. It's about sharing your light with not only yourself, but also allowing others in to bask in it.

A book of quotes and photos encouraging you to adapt to the same qualities as water, bringing the flow, strength, persistence, tenacity and peacefulness into your life.

In 2010, I created and taught an online Artist Empowerment Class. Each class was 6 weeks long, with lessons and homework each week, and 3 pages of stream of conscious journaling each day. This book is based on that class, with the sections being topics we covered. I have dropped the emphasis on artists. Each and every one of us is on a journey, and it is either moving towards empowerment or towards giving our power away. My wish is to help you move strongly towards empowerment.

Journal Through Your Grief is a workbook to help guide you through your grief. Grief can be debilitating, can make you feel lost. These carefully chosen prompts will help you stay afloat.

Despite the neurophysiological and genetic underpinnings of stuttering, there is a pervasive assumption that stuttering is the result of being nervous, anxious, or unintelligent. This misconception yields detrimental quality-of-life consequences, with many persons who stutter experiencing interactions in which they are ridiculed, discriminated against, and stigmatized. After repeated exposure to negative exchanges, individuals may develop self-deprecating behaviors, such as post-event processing. Post-event processing, defined by self-critical rumination following a stressful communication event, is significantly associated with depression, isolation, and reduced quality of life. However, despite its relevance to the stuttering experience, to date, only a few studies have investigated post-event processing among adults who stutter, and no study has identified clinical and psychosocial predictors of post-event processing. The purpose of this study was to determine the contributions of clinical markers of stuttering and psychosocial variables to post-event processing through three specific aims. Aim 1 identified the influence of clinical markers, including the experience of stuttering, self-rated stuttering severity, and observer-rated stuttering severity on post-event processing. Aim 2 determined the influence of psychosocial factors, including self-perceived performance, self-esteem, and social anxiety on post-event processing over and above clinical markers. Aim 3 evaluated the influence of trait and state self-compassion on post-event processing over and above clinical and psychosocial factors. To achieve these aims, adults who stutter (N = 96) participated in two, virtual sessions. After completing a standardized social stress task in Session 1, participants completed measures of post-event processing, clinical markers of stuttering, and psychosocial characteristics in Session 2. Hierarchical linear regression was used to identify clinical and psychosocial predictors of post-event processing. Results indicated that a more negative experience of stuttering, higher self-rated stuttering severity, and greater social anxiety predicted more post-event processing. Greater self-perceived performance and state self-compassion predicted less rumination. Observer-rated severity, self-esteem, and trait self-compassion were not significantly associated with post-event processing behavior. Taken together, findings provide a starting point for formulating a clinical and psychosocial profile that can be used to assess and mitigate post-event processing behavior in adults who stutter and bolster resiliency to social stress. Empirical, clinical, and quality-of-life implications are discussed