Tagebücher & Memoiren

The world has defined an established system of "right" decisions and actions that will lead to success, and who doesn't want success? And, for people-pleasers, following this system creates opportunities for external validation, something we crave deep in our souls. But always doing the "right" things, as defined by others, has a way of burying our true passions under layers of expectations and "shoulds." A tension is created. We can do the right things and receive validation, or do the unright things which lean into our passions but risk upsetting people in our lives.Steve Fredlund is a life-long people pleaser who developed a deep internal dependence on external validation. But even after discovering this, he spent decades continuing to do what made other people happy, unwilling to take the steps needed to define and live the life he truly wanted. Now, at the age of fifty-three, Steve knows what it takes to do the unright thing, to follow his passions, and to not let his need for validation pull him back into a life focused on meeting the expectations of others.

In the quiet moments before dawn, a remarkable odyssey begins. Within the pages of this book, you will journey through real-life, captivating short stories of shattered trust, harrowing escapes, and the unyielding spirit's triumph over adversity. Discover the secret to surviving and thriving as you fasten your seatbelt for a voyage that redefines potential and inspires you to defy the odds.

A darkly funny memoir and investigation into the charms and crimes of the untrustworthyRomance scams, pyramid schemes, bogus debts and fake news, the world is awash with confidence tricksters and swindlers. But what happens if the fraudster is your lover?It has been said that trust is a risk masquerading as a promise and, as Hemingway suggested, 'The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them'. Once we have fallen under the spell of malevolent hucksters, their power is real, as is the loss of self and hope when the spell breaks.A hybrid memoir and a personal detective story, Trust is an exploration of what it means to trust, why we trust, and what happens when trust is betrayed. With a particular view to fraud and corruption within the hallowed walls of sandstone universities, Ryckmans brings to light the oft subtle, brutal nature of control that fraudsters have over their victims, and shows the deep impacts their actions have on others personally and professionally. The cover up - sometimes said to be worse than the crime - has insidious effects.Trust is a fractured fable. It is darkly funny, wistful, and spare in tone and approach.

This is a book with a single purpose; to help people to become happier in their lives. It is not a dry academic look at how to deal with problems nor loaded with terms designed to impress. In plain language, it sets out the way to climb the Happiness Index using tried and tested techniques and it is designed to leave nobody behind. Happiness can be measured and it can be boosted. There are ways to manage real life problems and the stress that comes with them. Prof. Williams does not preach nor blame. He writes from first hand experience of life's most difficult problems and reveals techniques to deal with them. Although well researched and supported, this speaks directly to the reader in a way that is unusual in books of this type. In fact, there are no other books of this type including as it does excerpts from his fictional works that neverthless underline the core messages which are: You don't need to suffer, you can be helped and whatever your circumstances may be, they can be improved in every case. This is not hyperbole, this is the science of human nature harnessed to best effect. Whatever your current status, you could be significantly happier. One life, one chance. That's all we get.

In Becoming Home: Journeying Through the Rooms of My Past to Reclaim My Story, Ashleigh Stevens' memoir takes readers back in time to the rooms of her past. She revisits the memories that bring her the most sorrow as well as joy, to show that no matter how painful the room may be, there is always light and a lesson that lies underneath. Her rooms explore difficult topics as she relives the abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather as well as a past boyfriend. She enters rooms of illness and the death that changed her family forever. The more rooms she enters, the more aware she becomes. The doors into her mind begin to change and so does the author. Through therapy, written in beautiful prose, author Ashleigh Stevens shows readers how to embrace our darkest memories to live a life full of light.

As humans, we have a tendency to suppress our emotions in order to suit other people, especially if we are empathetic and highly sensitive. Heidi Marja Norman is one such person, and she has all too often put the feelings of others before her own.But emotions are energy, and they cannot simply be ignored. In her book "The Carousel of Emotions", Heidi guides readers through the journey she took to accept her own feelings and get back in touch with her heart.Through her story, her readers too can get to know the feelings of pain, anger, fear, sadness, joy, love and happiness.Today, Heidi is devoted to aiding women who have encountered trauma in regulating their nervous systems and reconnecting with their innate feminine power."Follow your heart, and you will never go the wrong way".

Tankarna kring hur livet var förr när vintrarna var kalla och snöiga även i Värmland väckte ett intresse att berätta om min släkt och dess livshistoria innan historierna försvinner. Så se denna bok som en beskrivning av min släkts historia med framförallt fina bilder. Men se den också som en dokumentär om hur livet tedde sig för snart 60 år sedan och att historien har mycket att lära oss.Boken innehåller foton, berättelser och anekdoter om och med mina släktingar på 1940-1950-talet, men också mycket fakta om tiden i stort.

The British South Africa Police of Southern Rhodesia has been fortunate in having many members who wrote interesting accounts of their experiences in the Force, especially in the early days.One of the greatest of these, if not the greatest, was Eben Mocke. Writing under various non-de-plume, such as "1437"! (his regimental number) and "Pioneer", he was one of the most prolific contributors to the BSAP Magazine, The Outpost, whose editor, Alan Stock, met Eben and escorted him to Bulawayo to meet the bushman, Cwai, whom Mocke had not seen for fifty years since they had encountered each other during the curse of a patrol described by Mocke in his master-piece description of bush-patrolling-Kalahari Patrol.Eben's stories spanned the years from the Boer and First World Wars on into the seventies. In his submission to the National Archives of Rhodesia he gave valuable information on the late Pioneer period of the country.Letters from his contemporaries are included in this book, some of them critical, but all confirming what a great veldsman he was.

In October 2006, Ruth Wood was a successful singing teacher and singer. By December she was in hospital diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis, a rare neurological condition, leaving her disabled from the waist down. By the end of January 2007, after another attack, her arms and trunk were also affected. This is the story of the first year of her disability - a tale told with humour and a refreshing lightness of touch. Some of the feedback comments so far : "a good read"; "I couldn't put it down"; "So good to know I'm not the only one"; "I never realised what it was like". She feels it is very important to highlight some of the problems encountered by those who, like herself, are suddenly "struck down" with a variety of conditions, and to bring hope to others who may find it all overwhelming.

Renata's time on the farm allowed her to learn how to tame skittish cats. Learn how she did it in this book.

This memoir traces the author's first decision to pursue a career in medicine and tracks the associated wonder, terror, and fulfillment from the pre-med years through medical school, post-doctoral training, and the ups and downs of academic, group, and solo practice.

Rodolfo Barone Biza es el nombre ficticio de un personaje especial. Sin embargo, uno más de los tantos Playboys argentinos que nació a principios del 1900 y vivió intensamente "Los Locos Años 20", la Era del Jazz, época en la década del 1920-1930 en la que ser argentino en Europa era sinónimo de opulencia y riqueza con todo lo que ello significaba. Nuestro personaje fue un ejemplar "bon vivant" de aquellos tiempos, en los que a él le sobraba fortuna y le faltaba moral... Su accionar le valió el mote de "leyenda": negra o dorada... Su estruendoso final se hizo como él mismo lo quiso, cinematográfico.

I asked my high school English teacher, Father Elliot, how I could improve my literary style. He told me to be quiet, to keep my hands out from under my knees, and to stay after school to write for the Roger Bacon Yearbook. I mostly heeded that advice, taking to heart his pejorative urging, "Write what you know." Junior year an infatuation died potato-famine-like and Phoenix-like I climbed from the ashes to a full-time, long-term relationship promising roses and romance. Puppy-loved Ann Honnert tipped me over but kindly poured me out and back into the dating teacup with Kathy Eder. I went from desolate and dateless to my arm around this brunette in the backseat of a '56 Chevy en route to McAuley's Junior Prom. A bumpy, pot-holed start eventually smoothed to a lengthy relationship spawning an abundance of inspiration for my creative soul. Thus, the big reveal of the following pages unfolds-a rescued raft of poems written from what I felt and what I knew about myself and the lovely young girl who became the love of my life, Kay Fahey. A metered, rhyming name like that had to be glorified in iambic pentameter. Poems followed Tom and Kay from high school, through college, into marriage and our early life together. They bear no resemblance to literary excellence, but they are genuinely a reflection of heartfelt emotions. Father Elliot said to write what I know. Love for Kay is what I felt, what I knew. Blame it on him, but enjoy it anyway. No Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are my wife and me; but there are some yellowed, dog-eared testaments to the elegiac emotions of each being both inspiration and inspired. The next few pages offer proof that the bard's muse tickled Kay's imagination as well as mine. Enjoy the work of the trained dietician of the couple, proving that love knows no bounds to the writing of a good verse.

In a long and successful career, Roger Summerill OAM worked with many of the biggest names in Australian Radio as an Announcer and later in station management. In this frank and revealing memoir Roger chronicles his life and career. He reflects on the many big personalities he encountered along the way from radio stars like John Laws, Malcolm T Elliott and Richard Glover to the biggest show business names of the last fifty years from Australians like Normie Rowe and John Farnham (and a pre-fame encounter with the Easybeats' Stevie Wright) to international superstars like Roy Orbison and Elton John.He also discusses the importance of family and community , and the role that faith has played in his life.Roger worked in the Australian Radio industry for more than fifty years as an announcer at Sydney's 2UE and 2UW, in the 1960's and 70's, before transitioning into senior management roles in NSW and Western Australia. He also helped train a later generation of radio personalities and managers in the early days of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.in 1999 he was awarded an OAM for services to regional tourism and to the Shoalhaven region of NSW.

Hans-Bernd Meyer erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens, die zugleich eine Geschichte dieses Landes im Kleinen ist. Bombennächte, Verluste, Zerstörungen. Und dann der Wiederaufbau, das sich Einrichten in das neue Leben, berufliches Vorankommen und privates Glück, Familiengründung. Diese private Lebensgeschichte fühlt sich erfüllt an und ist zugleich eine, die sich millionenfach in dieser Republik abspielte.Es ging aufwärts, die Ruinen wurden abgebaut, Wohnungen gebaut, die Städte glänzten im Licht der Schaufenster, man lebte und sparte und gönnte sich etwas. Man arbeitete hart und feierte mit Freunden und Familien. Manches zerbrach, es gab Leid und Zerwürfnisse, es war nicht immer leicht, aber es war ein erfolgreicher Weg mit vielen schönen Augenblicken.

In vielen ostdeutschen Familien wird bis heute nicht unbefangen über das Leben in der DDR gesprochen. Die Filmemacherinnen Sabine Michel und Dörte Grimm haben für dieses Buch Großeltern und ihre nach 1982 geborenen Enkelkinder miteinander ins Gespräch gebracht. Dabei prallen nicht nur unterschiedlichste Prägungen und Wertesysteme aufeinander, sondern buchstäblich die Zukunft und die Vergangenheit. Die aufwühlenden Begegnungen zeigen exemplarisch, wie ein Dialog zwischen den Generationen in Bewegung kommen kann, und helfen zugleich, aktuelle politische Entwicklungen in Ostdeutschland anders und besser zu verstehen.

Wer in den 1920er­-Jahren in Berlin etwas auf dem Kerbholz hatte, ließ sich von Erich Frey verteidigen. Der bekannteste Strafverteidiger seiner Zeit war nicht nur Jurist, sondern auch Literat, dessen Lebenserinnerungen einen Witz und ein Tempo haben, die ihresgleichen suchen. In diesem Band berichtet er von einem seiner spektakulärsten Fälle.

This book, My Journey to the Kumbla Nayaks Royal Heritage, is a journey of the author, Kumbla Shrinivas Nayak--from the idyllic paradise village of Kumbla to the city of opportunities, Mumbai, and then going full-circle back to the royal heritage of the Nayaks of Keladi. The book is an attempt to provide a glimpse into his life and reinstate the forgotten contributions of these kings and queens--their bravery, architectural and military prowess, business sense, and other amazing contributions to the country. The forts, temples, and dams built centuries ago still stand as a testament to the great Keladi rulers.

Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent. More of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And a lot of the time, I just used the person's first name and a letter for their last name.From this book, a person might get the idea that I used to drink a lot and hang around with a lot of alcoholics. The main reason for this is that I used to drink a lot and hang around with a lot of alcoholics. But if it wasn't for all of these idiots, this book would not be possible. After all, how much fun could a person write about a group of guys sitting around playing chess? Huh? Huh? Now you get that same group of guys sitting around guzzling down beers and betting one another on how many chess pieces they can eat in one sitting. Well, that's just funny and something to write about.

A Life at the Crossroads tells the story of a Minnesota farm boy who became an inner-city pastor, high-profile denominational executive, and the last president of the world's most historic seminary (Gettysburg Lutheran). Cooper-White, who is also a commercial pilot and flight instructor, pursued journalism following his ministerial career. In clear and winsome prose, he shares his personal autobiography along with a treasure trove of twentieth-century ecclesiastical history. From facing machine guns in Chile and El Salvador to taking on church controversies over sexuality and ecumenical initiatives, to leading consolidation of two rival seminaries, Cooper-White's is the story of a cleric who took seriously the call to be a public theologian. The consolidation of the two institutions, which had failed in a half-dozen previous attempts, offers a case study in patient and persistent long-term leadership.

Book Synopsis: I Almost Gave Up, But Giving Up Is Not an Option Anymore! It was fascinating to think how my life appeared so well put together by so many other people, but deep down inside I knew the threads were coming apart at the seams. Several events and/or experiences of years past and present brought this notion to mind to share with family, friends, and readers the tremendous blessings of endurance. It is especially important to focus on the fact that you can be a Preacher's kid and grow up all your life in church and still find yourself in a dark place of no return. This book has been written primarily for the person who is hurting and the enemy has told them that there is no way out. It is critical for you to be aware that it is OK to feel out of touch at times, but also to know you don't have to face your fears alone. There were scriptures and stories used in this book for demonstration from the King James Version of the Bible. This book comes from the depth of my heart knowing now that we can survive our trials and tribulations one step at a time. This is not a full or complete account, but it definitely depicts a portion of the important ways God protected me and showed His Love in so Many ways even when I didn't see Him. God still specializes in things that seem impossible and can do what no other power can do. There Is Nothing In Giving Up!!! Peggie "P.J" Ingram-McPhee is a retired Social Worker; Child Abuse Investigator; Juvenile Probation Officer; Family Self-Sufficient Counselor; and Paralegal. As you can see I have had a very exciting working career full of adventure but there was still something missing from my life. It was at the end of my frustrations and hardship that I found completeness. It is my sincere wish that somehow through my story and/or reflections that others can discover the dreamer living inside of them as well.

This is about how a simple change in jobs changed my whole life forever. I thought I had it made, but unbeknownst to me, my life was about to change and my journey had only just begun. Oh, there were plenty of ups and downs in my life, but I didn't expect it to turn out the way it did in a place I thought I would never have gone. Funny how things work out--after all, a love story has its beginnings, a middle, and an end. You just never know where life will take you.