3 X 5's: Index Card Wisdom from Best of Books

COMPUTER COMFORT Paul Linden (2000). Comfort At Your Computer:                                           Body Awareness Training for                                          Pain Free Computer Use. Linden is a PhD in physical education, holds a black belt in Aikido, and developed the Being in Movement mind-body training (he has a free e-bok called Reach Up on body awareness training: https://www.being-in-movement.com/resources/). the essence of the book is to FEEL your body...ware of when and where there is discomfort and gently moving in ways that promote stability, comfort and well-being...there are many exercises to try out on nearly every other page of the book. practically, everyone can take advantage of Linden's advice...take re...

QUESTIONS Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana (2011).       Make Just One Change:       Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Rothstein has a doctorate in education and Santana an MA in Human Services, both are educators. The book is based on 20 years of piloting, testing, and refining the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), which was inspired by a parent comment in a PTA meeting: "We don't know what to ASK, or, we don't know how to ask questions. The steps for the QFT are deceptively simple, and the rules must be followed for the technique to empower, motivate, and allow students to develop their divergent (generate a diverse set of questions), convergent (assess and focus on a few questions), and metacognitive (explore reasons for their choices) thinking muscles: 1. Produce Questions based on teacher stimulus...this could be a word, phrase, picture, recording, etc. (the stimulus should be:  simple, clear, provocative)   using the foll...

PENCIL TO PAPER Dani Shapiro (2013). Still Writing:                                             The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life. Shapiro wrote many books (mostly novels) and taught creative writing workshops for over 20 years. She lays out her life, her heart is here, she writes with honesty and realism on what it is like to be a writer... i love the feel and look of the book--the cover is a watercolor image that simulates old parchment with simple hand lettering for the title, the inside matting is slightly raised, and the author bio on the back flap shows a caricature of the author typing instead of a glossy professional photo...how i wish my listening book could have this kind of feel... Shapiro provides many helpful practices for writers to consider. Some of the many ideas/advice for writers include: Start simple, get a notebook, a pen, a...

HAVENING Kate Truitt (2022). Healing in Your Hands:                                       Self-havening Practices to Harness                                       Neuroplasticity, Heal Traumatic Stress,                                        and Build Resilience.  Truitt has a PhD and MBA and is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuroscientist. Self-havening is a light, gentle, stroking touch on one's body, especially the palms, arms, and face. When combined with "protocols" (e.g., breathing, positive affirmations, imagery), it creates documented empirical electrochemical changes in the body-mind via neuroplasticity to calm and heal w...