We are obsessed with time – with speed! Life is full of “hacks” and shortcuts and efficiencies to garner more time and do things faster. But what do we do with the time we supposedly save? Often, we spend it chasing more speed. We fill the gaps with more tasks, more scrolling, more rushing. The promise of happiness through acceleration is seductive, but it rarely delivers.
This short book explores some ways we can think about slowing down. It is not a zillion pages long with complex theories and filled with words that end with ´ism´ or ´ology´. The idea was to write something simple. It is mostly a reminder! because life is so full, we often forget about these things.
Make Peace With Life Podcast Episode #2: Positive Talk
What did you do good today?
It sounds like a simple question, but it's one that many of us struggle to answer. In Episode #2 of the Make Peace With Life Podcast, "Positive Talk," we explore how easy it is to overlook our daily victories. Whether it's helping a friend, completing a task you've been putting off, showing patience in a difficult situation, or simply getting out of bed and facing the day with a positive attitude, these small wins matter. Too often we focus on what we didn't accomplish rather than what we did. This episode encourages listeners to shift that perspective and begin recognizing the positive actions they take every day, because building a happier life often starts with appreciating the good that's already there.
The conversation also dives into the vision behind Make Peace With Life. What started as an idea is growing into a community built around connection, positivity, personal growth, humor, and real conversations. Our goal isn't just to create a podcast or a website—it's to create a place where people can engage with one another, share their experiences, and support each other on their journey through life. We discuss future plans for community growth, live events, and even traveling to meet members of the Make Peace With Life family. We also explore one of life's biggest truths: balance. Life isn't all sunshine and rainbows, and it isn't all challenges and setbacks either. The good and the bad exist together, and learning to navigate both is one of the keys to making peace with life.
To wrap up the episode, we take a musical detour and discuss the legendary Sly and the Family Stone, exploring their influence on music and asking whether they were truly ahead of their time. It's a fun reminder that inspiration can come from unexpected places and that music often carries messages that remain relevant decades later. We invite you to listen to Episode #2 and join the conversation by subscribing to the Make Peace With Life Podcast on YouTube and your favorite podcast platforms. Be sure to visit MakePeaceWithLife.com where you'll find additional podcast episodes, shortcasts, blog articles, community discussions, books, merchandise, and more. We're just getting started, and we'd love to have you join us on the journey.
She came to Sealight Cove for a quiet fresh start.
What she found was murder… and a dog who talks.
After walking away from the life she thought she wanted, Nora Hale arrives in the small coastal town of Sealight Cove hoping for peace, second chances, and a place to begin again.
Instead, she finds a cozy candle shop, a town full of secrets, and Rufus, an unusually clever rescue dog with a habit of noticing things other people miss.
Very unusual things.
When a longtime local is found dead beneath the old lighthouse, the town quickly calls it a tragic accident. Rufus disagrees.
And when Rufus starts sharing observations no ordinary dog should know, Nora begins to suspect the death was no accident at all.
The deeper she digs, the more she uncovers buried grudges, missing records, and whispers about a decades-old dispute someone would kill to keep hidden.
In Sealight Cove, everyone knows everyone.
That makes secrets even more dangerous.
The Lighthouse Lie is a warm, fast-paced cozy mystery short read featuring a talking dog, a charming seaside town, and an amateur sleuth who may be in over her head.
Perfect for readers who love:
coastal cozy mysteries
paranormal pet mysteries
small town secrets
clever animal companions
short, satisfying mysteries
The workplace has shifted from location of work to the engine of civilization: The crucible where technology, humanity, and global systems collide. In Future Realities of Workplace, Dr. Elijah Ezendu delivers a groundbreaking exploration of how emerging forces of AI, robotics, bionics, cultural values, mobility, regulation, ethics and sustainability will redefine how we work, live, and thrive.
Drawing on decades of foresight, global case studies, and bold scenarios, this book maps the drivers of transformation and the impacts on the world system. It shows how the future of workplace will determine the following.
The global economy and competitiveness of nations.
The recalibration of education into lifelong learning ecosystems.
The relevance of talent in a world of automation and augmentation.
The optimization of industries across all sectors.
Sustainability of the planet, as workplaces become frontline actors in net-zero and wellbeing economies.
With visionary clarity, Dr. Elijah Ezendu blends analytical depth with future scenarios and vivid case studies. Each chapter moves beyond theory, offering a rich narrative of how humans, machines, and hybrid beings will share, and sometimes contest the future workplace: A portending potpourri of asymmetry between non-human workforce integration and equitable human advancement. If a responsive global governance stoke the fire of order, fittingly structured regulation shall definitely ensure dominance and continuity of human control; conversely, slow or apathetic governance approach in the face of rapid technological innovation will be an invitation to catastrophe.
At its heart, Future Realities of Workplace is a blueprint for leaders, professionals, policymakers, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and workers who want to design the future, instead of walking blindly into its pitfalls. It calls for workplaces built on adaptability, fairness, innovation, sustainability and human-centred purpose.
The message is clear: The workplace is not a side stage of history. It is the determinant of economic prosperity, human dignity, and planetary survival. To shape the workplace is to shape the future of civilization.
Maya Lin believes in data—not destiny. As the lead algorithm engineer behind HeartSpark, the world’s most successful dating app, her entire job revolves around proving that love can be measured, calculated, and optimized. But after a humiliating breakup goes viral, her company’s reputation—and her confidence—take a devastating hit, leaving Maya convinced that love, at least for her, is something better solved with science than trust.
Enter Eli Torres, charismatic host of the internet’s favorite podcast, The Anti-Love Experiment. His mission? Prove dating apps manipulate emotions and ruin authentic relationships. And HeartSpark is his No. 1 target.
When Eli launches a public challenge encouraging listeners to date without algorithms, HeartSpark panics. To repair the company’s reputation, Maya is forced to work closely with Eli—publicly and professionally—putting the face behind the algorithm directly in the path of its loudest critic. What begins as damage control quickly becomes something more personal, especially as Maya starts to realize she may have miscalculated him—and love itself.
Only one problem:
Maya didn’t expect Eli to be funny.
Or thoughtful.
Or devastatingly sincere.
Or someone she could fall for—fast, when falling is the one variable she’s sworn never to risk again.
As they navigate bookstore meet-cutes, awkward “old-fashioned” dates, and viral challenge videos, the chemistry between them becomes impossible to ignore. But the closer they get, the heavier Maya’s secret becomes… and the more terrifying the idea of losing Eli feels, because when he fully understands who she is and what she represents, the fallout threatens everything—her career, his platform, and the fragile belief that love might be more than data after all.
In a world where love is automated, what happens when two people choose to follow their hearts instead?
Perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis, The Soulmate Equation, and The Unhoneymooners, The Algorithm of Us is a hilarious, heart-squeezing, slow-burn romance about modern dating, second chances, and the magic that can’t be calculated.
The true story of Margeurite Roberval (nicknamed Daisy) has been told for almost five hundred years. When eighteen-year-old Daisy is forced to sail from France to Canada in 1541, her secret lover gets a job as a settler and follows along. When their affair is discovered, Daisy, her lover and her handmaiden are abandoned on a remote island on the Saint Lawrence River. Facing brutal winters, starvation, predatory beasts, and despair, the three must summon courage, ingenuity, and unbreakable bonds to survive.
Meticulously researched, Queen of the Island plunges readers into the intrigues of Renaissance France. It unveils King Francis I’s hidden motives for sending Cartier westward, the royal court that sealed Daisy’s fate, her surprising influence among the powerful, and the astonishing events awaiting her upon an improbable return home.
Fed up with getting ‘advice’ from a minister that has a mistress on the side? Or a ‘man of the cloth,’ that suggests you must ‘live with and deal with’ being married to an abuser, a philanderer or a spouse whose sole career goal is to not HAVE a career? Are you still nurturing a mate that has been unemployed more years in his life than he’s been employed? Tired of psychoanalysts that are just plain ‘psycho and anal’ themselves? Frustrated by a therapist telling you to put your fears to ‘bed,’ as he tries to get YOU to bed? Real Advice For Real Women is the book for you if you’re ready to be the Powerful, Purposeful, Passionate woman you’ve envisioned yourself to be! Are you ready to take a step in the direction that encourages you to abandon the backward beliefs of an era past it’s time and that doesn’t acknowledge you in your prime? Learn to generate and create positive benefits in the four most important relationships in your life: •Relationship with YOU•Relationship With Your Children•Relationship With Your Spiritual Self•Relationship With Your Spouse/Lover/Mate
