by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 13, 2015 | Books
At the end of 2014, I wrote an article for Conscious Divas called Being Still: It’s Not What You Might Think, and in it I talked about a phenomenon called JOMO (the joy of missing out.) It’s a concept that has become paramount in my own life, and dare I...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 29, 2014 | Books
I always had my nose buried in a book. Reading for pleasure was never something I had to make space or time for. In fact, everything else in my life revolved around it. (Confession: I once almost got caught reading Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s...
by Taslim Jaffer | Oct 7, 2014 | Books
When I first heard that Serena Dyer wrote a book, I was intrigued to know what she had to say. After all, she is the daughter of Dr. Wayne Dyer – a man whose teachings I have admired for years. I wondered what it was like to be raised by someone like him. To be...
by Taslim Jaffer | Aug 18, 2014 | Books
How can we help our kids who are growing up in a time of constant pressures – to do this, to be like that, to study this, to excel at that – and whose childhoods are slipping through their hands without the ‘luxury’ of just being kids? I find...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 18, 2014 | Books
As soon as I submitted my review of Wayne Dyer’s memoir, I skimmed the titles in Hay House’s Book Nook for another great read. What caught my eye was a big surprise to me. Slimming Meals That Heal by Julie Daniluk is part science lesson, part cookbook and...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 1, 2014 | Books
A behind-the-scenes look at the ‘making’ of Dr. Wayne Dyer, internationally-acclaimed speaker, writer and teacher, this memoir is one beautifully told story after another. At the end of each vignette is a carefully drawn-out, enlightening analysis of how...