by Lissa Rankin | Feb 5, 2015 | Relationships
He broke your heart, violated your trust, betrayed your confidence, ignored your needs, and disrespected you. When you tell your friends, they shake their heads, clucking, shaming. You’re better off without him. He doesn’t deserve you. You can do better than him. You...
by Lissa Rankin | Jan 15, 2015 | Mental Health
My next book The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage As Medicine For The Body, Mind & Soul comes out February 24! What inspired me to write The Fear Cure? After writing Mind Over Medicine, I had a post-publishing epiphany. I realized that it’s all well and good...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 22, 2013 | Relationships
A friend of mine called me to confide in me about how she was struggling in her marriage, and after listening to her story and meeting it with compassion instead of the judgment she feared, I confessed that my marriage wasn’t going so well either. I shared with...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 13, 2012 | Relationships
When I started working on my latest book about how fear makes you sick and how courage helps you heal, I had the nerve to tell Matt I was writing the book for fearful people like him. (Note to self: Keep some thoughts private.) Not surprisingly, Matt got offended and...
by Lissa Rankin | Jul 23, 2012 | Mental Health, Spirituality
Colorado teen Jarell Brooks just wanted to see a movie about superheroes. He didn’t realize, as he entered the fated theater in Aurora to see the latest Batman movie, that he was about to become one. The 19 year old was ready to high-tail it outa dodge when the gunman...