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Shelley Hitz’s “21 Days of Gratitude Challenge”: Gift This Book to You and Others

August 23, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

Book Review 21 Days of Gratitude Challenge: Finding Freedom from Self-Pity and a Negative Attitude by Shelley Hitz “ . . .take simple steps of intentional gratitude . . .and watch and see what God does.” Shelley Hitz, from 21 Days of Gratitude Challenge Shelley Hitz’s new book, 21 Days of Gratitude Challenge: Finding Freedom from Self-Pity and a Negative Attitude uses the idea that if people practice a habit for 21 days, they can create a new pattern of thinking and living. Hitz chose to implement this strategy in her own life after a season of loss and…

Week of Gratitude Giveaways: FREE download August 22 only

August 22, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

I met Shelley Hitz through an online writer’s group. Shelley is the author of 11 books, including the newly released 21 Days of Gratitude Challenge: Finding Freedom from Self-Pity and a Negative Attitude. Book Description (Written by Shelley Hitz): During a season of transition in my life, I found myself overwhelmed with negative emotions like self-pity and a complaining spirit. It was as if a dark cloud had descended over me. I prayed and asked God for wisdom on how to overcome these negative emotions. And I sensed Him leading me to do this 21 days of gratitude challenge. Over…

Week of Gratitude Giveaways Aug. 20 to 24, 2012

August 20, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • 59 Comments

I, along with two other gratitude writers, are excited to bring to you a Week of Gratitude Giveaways, where you’ll be able to win prizes, get inspired and more! Join best-selling authors Julie Saffrin, Shelley Hitz and Heather Bixler for some great prizes. Monday – August 20 – enter to win print copies of BlessBack®: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life, by Julie Saffrin. Wednesday – August 22 – Download a FREE Kindle copy of 21 Days of Gratitude: Finding Freedom from Self-Pity and a Negative Attitude by Shelley Hitz AND enter to win a gratitude journal with thank-you notes. Friday…

A BlessBack Book Review From Tobin Wilson

August 10, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

“It is a poetic read, tethering together masterful storytelling, research, goodness, gratitude, thanks and activism in a world of brokenness that creates a powerful mosaic of Beauty.” from a review of BlessBack by Tobin Wilson, pastor of Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington. Pastor Tobin Wilson is one interesting person and I miss his weekly presence. He was pastor of my church Hope Presbyterian Church in the ’90s before he went to pastor Lake Burien Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington. His idea of offering “Barneys” on a mission trip is featured in BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life which you…

Irene Christiansen – An Illuminator

August 9, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

They stand mostly abandoned now, these one-room country schools. But as the following story by Florence Smallfield reveals, they were places held in high esteem, where community happened and children of all ages received instruction in education and a way to go in life. Florence’s story of her family’s farm in Flandreau, South Dakota came to me through my mother. Both women attend church together. You can read her moving account of her family’s BlessBack in BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life by purchasing a copy of the paperback version here. Or, if you prefer, the e-book version of BlessBack is FREE for…

How to Feed a Starving Dream

August 8, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • 2 Comments

Kathy Brunner, author of Finding Your Fire, and I are a bit like Helene Hanff and Frank Doel in the book, 84, Charing Cross Road, a story I tell in BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life. (The movie version of this book is charming and worth your time as it features Sir Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.) You can read about Helene and Frank by purchasing BlessBack, the book’s paperback edition here or get the e-book for Kindle readers edition FREE from Wednesday August 8 to Friday August 10 here. Kathy and I have never met in person and I don’t know that we will.…

Come join me at The Refine Conference September 21 to 22 in Bloomington, Minnesota

August 1, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

If you have followed BlessBack’s blog, you know that BlessBack’s mission is to encourage people to give a BlessBack, change your life, change the world, and that one of my goals in life is to help people recognize how important they are to the world by using the power of gratitude to thank the significant people in their lives. Last week I met a woman, Teri Johnson, who so believes in helping women lead empowered lives that she put together The Refine Conference (www.TheRefineConference.com) September 21 and 22, 2012 at the DoubleTree Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota, a national conference to help women become…

A BlessBack Guest Post

July 28, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

Michell Lim who writes Thoughts on Plot featured me yesterday on her FanFriday! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/PReIoB Thanks, Michelle.

A Turning Point for BlessBack’s Facebook Fan Page

July 27, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

BlessBack has 100 “Likes” on its Facebook’s fan page. Want to help me make that 125? Let me know by leaving your contact info in the message area (not the wall, to protect you for confidentiality reasons) of the BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life Facebook fan page if you are No. 125 of those who “like” it. I have a BlessBack surprise for you. 🙂 And thanks to all – you put a smile on my face every day. I would be nothing without your support. I will also BlessBack the person who gets BlessBack’s number to 150. Why? Because we’re celebrating the…

New review on Goodreads from author of Jackie Kennedy allegory

July 26, 2012 • Julie Saffrin • Leave a Comment

BlessBack just received a nice review on Goodreads from Kristin Elizabeth Marshall, author of The Eternal Waltz of of Jacqueline Kennedy. To read Kristin’s review and leave a comment on Goodreads, click here or just read it below. “There is a class of books that carry a profoundly simple message that can lead to a profound life change. Blessback is one of those books. It promises that with a few small changes in our behavior each of us can change – rather dramatically – how we feel about ourselves as we pay forward a lifetime of goodwill. Like forgiveness…

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