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Duct Tape Purim
Skip to main content Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. Review By – February 27, 2023 If you are looking for a new approach to creating Purim crafts with children, Duct Tape Purim is a great place to begin.
Brilliant Books Club: The Upside Of Being Down — All Hail Kale
The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life By Jen Gotch (Gallery Books) When Jen Gotch, founder of the multi-million-dollar lifestyle brand, ba.do, graduated from college and was back living with her parents, she hallucinated that her skin was green. The result was her first mental health diagnosis.
VIRTUAL EVENT: JEN GOTCH - The Upside of Being Down
VIRTUAL EVENT Tuesday, May 5th at 5PM Author JEN GOTCH speaking & signing The Upside of Being Down In conversation with creative entrepreneur, artist, and founder of #bossbabesATX, Jane Hervey EVENT & TICKET GUIDELINES Tickets are required to join this live event. Each ticket bundle includes a link granting you access to the live event (to be emailed to you the day of the event).
Jen Gotch on overcoming productivity-shame and embracing inconsistencies on Apple Podcasts
53 min Author of The Upside of Being Down and founder of ban.do Jen Gotch discusses overcoming shame with our inevitable inconsistencies, being actively not busy, giving ourselves grace, the myth of perfectionism, and how enjoyment can be found in the most unsuspecting places. 53 min
Catlady by Leah Goren: 9783791385990
“Whether you’re looking for short, poignant essays about influential cats, or simply beautiful illustrations of cats, Catlady: A Love Letter to Women and Their Cats is sure to please.” —Cats and Coffee “What better way to show your cat mom how much you appreciate them by celebrating their true nature?
Week Of Women: March 27-April 2, 2020
March is coming to an end, and good riddance—as we move into April and stay inside, here are some new books, albums, and more to get you through the next week. We’re in this together. MOVIES/TV How to Get Away With Murder After a mid-season hiatus, Shonda Rhimes’ acclaimed legal thriller is returning to ABC for a final stretch. New episodes will begin airing April 2.
I used to feel guilty about crying at work. Now I embrace it
By Jen Gotch10 minute Read Hi, I’m Jen Gotch, and I cry at work. I also cry in the shower, in my car, on the kitchen floor, in the dressing room at Nordstrom . . . you get the picture. I’m told that crying at work is controversial in some offices, but since ban.do, the lifestyle and apparel company I founded in 2008, is my only office experience outside of my short-lived temp job, I wouldn’t really know. At ban.do, emotions are part of our DNA, and I take full credit, or responsibility, for that.
THE UPSIDE OF BEING DOWN
More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom. In her third book, Doyle (Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. “Four years ago,” she writes, “married to the father of my three children, I fell in love with a woman.” That woman, Abby Wambach, would become her wife.
P&P Live! : Jen Gotch - The Upside of Being Down
This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series. Join Jen Gotch, founder and CCO of ban.do, for a discussion on her new book The Upside of Being Down addressing the stigmas surrounding mental health. Gotch will be in conversation with Tyler Calder, Director of Content at Girls’ Night In. Tickets for this event are $10, or if you purchase the book from Politics and Prose, you will receive a coupon that grants you free entry.
Book Review: “The Upside Of Being Down” By Jen Gotch
If you are familiar with the ban.do brand, then you are absolutely familiar with founder, Jen Gotch. Well, Jen just wrote a book and it is everything we need in a world where navigating your mental health has become a full time job all in its own. I was lucky enough to be able to read Jen’s book before it is released later this month. A huge shoutout and thank you to Lucy at Simon and Schuster and Amy at La Rue for this. I’ve always adored the ban.do lifestyle brand.
12 Things Only Professional Cleaners Know
No one likes to clean the toilet, but Melissa Maker has a trick for taking away some of the gross-factor: After brushing, “close the toilet seat on top of the toilet bowl brush handle so it can drip-dry into the bowl (for about 10 minutes or until dry) before setting the brush back in its holder. Even though I’ve shared this tip for years, when people hear it for the first time, it’s like a lightbulb goes on for them.
10 Unexpected Natural Cleaners
Rice Use it to: Clean the inside of a vase or a thin-necked bottle. Fill three quarters of the vessel with warm water and add a tablespoon of uncooked rice. Cup your hand over the opening, shake vigor-ously, and rinse.
Alternative Things to Do in LA
Just three blocks west and 2 blocks north from where the Hollywood Walk of Fame ends at the Hollywood-La Brea Gateway, is the entrance to Runyon Canyon Park at the end of Fuller Avenue (Map). The canyon runs through the Hollywood Hills from just above Hollywood Boulevard north about 2 miles to famed Mulholland Drive. You can also park on the Mulholland Drive side and hike south. There are multiple dirt roads and trails with varying degrees of difficulty, but they all involve hills.
How to Be Fine
A humorous and insightful look into what advice works, what doesn't, and what it means to transform yourself, by the co-hosts of the popular By the Book podcast. In each episode of their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take a deep dive into a different self-help book, following its specific instructions, rules, and advice to the letter.
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