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    My Book Reviews of 2021: Mind, Body, and Spirit
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    My Book Reviews of 2021: Mind, Body, and Spirit

    Looking for a good book to read or to give as a gift? Here are my recommendations of books I reviewed in 2021.
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    Add These Beach Reads to Your Summer Reading Days
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Jun 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Add These Beach Reads to Your Summer Reading Days

    Looking for a good book or two to read this summer? Here are a few. You have until Labor Day to turn a lot of pages.
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    Review of Susan Fowler’s Memoir Whistle Blower
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Review of Susan Fowler’s Memoir Whistle Blower

    Review of Susan Fowler's memoir Whistle Blower. If you have been sexually harassed and bullied in the workplace, this memoir will resonate.
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    Review of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 4 min

    Review of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action

    Review of David Fajgenbaum's Chasing My Cure, a memoir of family, love, resiliency, hope, and always questioning and following the data.
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    Review of I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • May 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Review of I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor

    Maria's story of survival and resiliency is compelling and powerful. Her positivity and faith help her to bounce back and run again.
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    Review of Charlie Engle's Memoir: Running Man
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Dec 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Review of Charlie Engle's Memoir: Running Man

    Running Man is a compelling page-turner chock-full-of jaw-dropping harrowing stories of alcohol and drug addiction, the saving grace of runn
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    Looking for Inspiring Running Books? Here's a Great Selection!
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Oct 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    Looking for Inspiring Running Books? Here's a Great Selection!

    Reviews of running and endurance books by elite and ordinary athletes and runners. They will motivate you to lace up your shoes and run!
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    Reborn on the Run: Review of Ultrarunner Catra Corbett's Memoir
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Jun 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    Reborn on the Run: Review of Ultrarunner Catra Corbett's Memoir

    "I had to be a drug addict to become an ultrarunner. I had to find a passion to overcome my addiction," writes Catra Corbett in he
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    Gratitude in Motion: A Review of Colleen Kelly Alexander's Memoir
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Mar 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Gratitude in Motion: A Review of Colleen Kelly Alexander's Memoir

    Triathlete Colleen Kelly Alexander's astonishing and arduous journey of survival and resiliency after being run over by a freight truck
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    Running and Writing: An Interview with Rachel Cullen
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Feb 26, 2018
    • 5 min

    Running and Writing: An Interview with Rachel Cullen

    Rachel Cullen, author of Running for My Life, offers insight on balancing life as a runner, writer and mom, tips for writing a memoir, and m
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    Running for My Life: A Review of Rachel Cullen's Memoir
    Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
    • Feb 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Running for My Life: A Review of Rachel Cullen's Memoir

    If running has given you new life, you will identity and empathize with, and be inspired by Rachel Cullen's journey in her memoir, Runni
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