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Pour une santé et un bien-être éclatants – podcasts, conférences, méditations, livres, sites web, ressources – Cerveau, Corps

For Vibrant Health, Wellness – podcasts,lectures,meditations,books,websites,resources – Brain, Body

February 15, 16, 17, 19 2026 /  le 15, le 16, le 17, le 19  février 2026 Avignon, FRANCE

Good day to you / Bonjour à vous

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I wish you and everyone around you … excellent health, peace, and happiness, always.

Je vous souhaite, ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui vous entourent, une excellente santé, la paix et le bonheur, toujours.

I thank everyone who has been kind to me and to the people I love.

Je remercie tous ceux qui ont été gentils avec moi et avec les personnes que j’aime.

I thank everyone who has taught me how to pay attention to brain-body communications.

Je remercie tous ceux qui m’ont appris à prêter attention aux communications entre le cerveau et le corps.

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What do these practitioners / healers have in common?

Qu’est-ce que ces praticiens / guérisseurs ont en commun ?

Their knowledge in nutrition (real food) , in movement, in brain-body communications.

Leurs connaissances en nutrition (les vrais aliments) et en mouvement en communication entre le cerveau et le corps.

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Chiropractor Dr. Kerry Lilley’s podcasts  https://m.youtube.com/@HealthyByChoicePodcast

Dr. Kerry and her journey to becoming interested in the holistic approach to health and wellness and the preventative path to pain-free living.  She says: “Natural solutions to everything. Health(y) is a choice. You Hold the Power to Heal.”

In Dr. Kerry’s first podcast… at 13 minutes and 10 seconds into the podcast … ” ….I always believed that there is a natural solution or treatment to anything having to do with the body…   I truly believe that disease starts in the gut… and prevention is always the strongest medicine… what that has in common with chiropractic … is prevention”

Dr. Kerry Lilley has 2 offices – in Benicia and in El Cerrito, California https://chiropracticbenicia.com/

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Dr. Michael Moskowitz and Dr. Marla Golden and their team have created new beautiful graphics – education on the brain  https://www.neuroplastix.com/

Neuroplastix is dedicated to curing the disease of persistent pain in all people who suffer by unifying brain and body as the focus of treatment. The neuroplastix.com website is ranked number one for all major search engines for Neuroplastic Treatment, Neuroplastic Pain Treatment and Neuroplastic Pain Therapy. This ranking was accomplished by providing professionals and people living with pain a compelling experience based upon scientific content, consumer friendly information and highly navigable web design.

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Dr. Amy Grace Lam https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com/ says:

“Through energy psychology, we can quickly assess these holding patterns, release what you are ready to let go of, rewire your brain for new patterns, and reconnect you to your core self.”

Dr. Lam’s Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@vibrationalenergywellness

https://www.youtube.com/@vibrationalenergywellness/videos

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Stephanie Wilger, NC and Health Happens LLC  https://stephaniewilgernc.net/

Hover your mouse over the tab “Healing Exercises”  https://stephaniewilgernc.net/healing-exercises/  to choose an exercise.

Stephanie Wilger says:

“As an internal organ and reproductive organ specialist, I feel the way your internal organs, tissues, fluids, energy, bones are responding, and gently assist to coordinate them for better communication and function.  You relax and let go of tensions, stored emotions, becoming more vibrant, more yourself.  Adhesions and scar tissue:  from C-sections, surgery, accidents, are also released for more energy flow and movement.”

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Dr. Victoria Sweet says:

“I went to Stanford and majored in mathematics, minored in classics. I was always split between science and the humanities. Then I started a PhD program at Harvard in psychology, but realized that medicine would work better for me than basic research. Because to be a good doctor you have to be a scientific humanist and a humanistic scientist.

https://www.victoriasweet.com/ On Dr. Sweet’s website home page, look for the recording of  her 15-minute-and-20-second presentation: ”Dr. Sweet at the Guggenheim Museum on December 15, 2016, addressing healthcare executives.” (What a spellbinding talk! I learned what “veriditas” is)

https://www.victoriasweet.com/news/blog/

Dr. Victoria Sweet is the author of:

Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing

God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

a book on the twelfth century mystic and medical practitioner, Hildegard of Bingen: Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky: Hildegard of Bingen and Premodern Medicine (Routledge, 2006)

and her essay,  “Hildegard of Bingen and the Greening of Medieval Medicine,”(Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1999).

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Dr. Norman Doidge https://normandoidge.com/

Dr. Doidge’s Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@normandoidge6991

Dr. Doidge’s second book

The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

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https://azureskychiro.com/meet-the-team/#jae-reed

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In FRANCE

Marie-Christine CORNET https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/ says:

“I offer a body-based approach for healing and wellness. My commitment is to meet you where you are; to help you experience something new and different from your usual patterns; to create the right conditions for shifts to occur that reflect ease, harmony and wholeness . I enjoy providing the needed support for this process. Together, we’ll find the healing path with the essential stepping-stones of respect, safety, and awareness.

“Connecting to your body and its wealth of intelligence and wisdom is the portal to living Life deeply and authentically.

“I’m honored to be part of your Journey towards more capacity for contentment, function and aliveness.”

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In USA and in FRANCE www.chineitsang.com      http://chineitsang.marin.free.fr/

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My blog post “Brain / Pain Scientist Professor Lorimer Moseley uses humor to help us understand Dark Side of Pain”

https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/brain-pain-scientist-professor-lorimer-moseley-uses-humor-to-help-us-understand-dark-side-of-pain/

contains my notes from –

“Getting a grip on pain and the brain – Professor Lorimer Moseley – Successful Ageing Seminar 2013?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6sbi_0lLc

Professor Lorimer Moseley says:

“What we now understand about pain.

“The mechanisms that cause us to change in a good way can also cause us to change in a way that makes our lives more difficult and more unpleasant.

“If you have a brain, you will experience pain. If you don’t have a brain, you won’t experience pain.

“We feel pain in our body, and, we feel it in a particular location, but, it is impossible to feel pain without a brain, and, it is completely possible to feel pain without the body part.”

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Danielle Rosenman, M.D. says:

“The brain changes itself constantly throughout our entire lives. All of our experience changes the brain.

“Everything that we experience, think, feel, believe, and learn changes the physical structure of the brain, the chemicals in the brain, and electricity in the brain.

“This ability of the brain to change is called neuroplasticity.

“Neuroplasticity lets us learn through our entire lives.  The more often we repeat a task, the better we learn it. Repetition helps us learn things like reading, adding numbers, or playing a musical instrument. We often call this type of learning ‘practice’.”

During neuroplasticity coaching, Dr. Danielle Rosenman instructs:  “Smile for yourself and talk out loud to your brain. When you learn to talk to your brain, you are opening up a new life.”

https://www.medicalcounseling.net/resources

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Loduskia (Dusky) Pierce, LMFT says:

Hi I’m Dusky. Welcome to my world of wonders.

I’m so glad to share with you some discoveries about our planet, its inhabitants and the universe that I have found to be awesome, funny, or just plain weird.

Did you know that spending time feeling appreciation or amusement is good for us? The more we purposely tune into moments of positive experience, the easier it becomes to notice them because we have literally made changes in our brain circuitry. This website is my way to immerse my brain in wondrous things.

As a psychotherapist with an office in Oakland, California and also seeing clients on Zoom, every day I’m aware of the impact that brain circuitry makes, creating our habits of mind and feelings. Learn more about my therapy practice.

Otherwise, have a great time wandering through the world’s wonders.

Enjoy!

http://www.duskyswondersite.com/

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During a long episode of illness, my Brain was soothed by seeing photos and movies of vibrant self in Paris. Thank you to all my friends who had taken those photos and movies of me; you provided sweet medicine.

photo of LeYung by MYW 2016 La place des Vosges, Paris; brain graphic from www.neuroplastix.com 2020

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Thank you for reading my blog post  “for Vibrant Health, Wellness – podcasts, lectures, meditations, books, websites, resources – Brain, Body”

Merci d’avoir lu mon article de blog “Pour une santé et un bien-être éclatants – podcasts, conférences, méditations, livres, sites web, ressources – Cerveau, Corps”

Thank you, Linguee DeepL and Google Translate.

Merci beaucoup, Linguee DeepL et Google Translate.

I wish you and everyone around you … excellent health, peace, and happiness, always.

Je vous souhaite, ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui vous entourent, une excellente santé, la paix et le bonheur, toujours.

Teresa Jade LeYung  

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

12:17 mercredi (Wednesday) le 5 février (February) 2025 Paris (City of Light), FRANCE

– 01:49 mardi (Tuesday) le 4 février (February) 2025 Paris

13:02-15:50 lundi (Monday) le 3 février (February) 2025 Paris

01:10 mercredi (Wednesday) le 8 janvier 2025, 01:10 Aix-les-Bains, FRANCE

22:10 mardi (Tuesday) le 7 janvier (January) 2025  Aix-les-Bains

Bonne année!

Je vous souhaite, ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui vous sont chers, une année 2025 de paix, d’excellente santé, de prospérité et de bonheur.

Happy New Year!
I wish you and everyone you care about a 2025 of peace, excellent health, prosperity and happiness.

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Aix-les-Bains est une station thermale située au bord du lac du Bourget, en Savoie, dans l’est de la FRANCE.

Aix-les-Bains is a spa town located on the shore of Lake Bourget (the largest natural lake in France), in Savoie, in eastern FRANCE.

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https://www.aixlesbains.fr/La-Mairie/

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https://www.auvergnerhonealpes.fr/

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Plus grand lac naturel de France avec ses dix-huit kilomètres de long, le lac du Bourget est entouré par le massif de l’Epine, le Mont du Chat, la Chambotte, le Mont Revard et les Bauges.? Ce lac, chanté par les plus grands poètes offre des plaisirs nautiques et balnéaires dans une eau pouvant atteindre les 26°C l’été.

The largest natural lake in France with its eighteen kilometres long, the Lake of Bourget is surrounded by the Epine massif, the Mont du Chat, the Chambotte, the Mont Revard and the Bauges. This lake, sung by the greatest poets, offers nautical and seaside pleasures in water that can reach 26 degrees Celsius in summer.

https://www.aixlesbains.fr/

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https://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/grands-lacs/lac-du-bourget/

My one minute and 23-second movie:

Auspicious church bells ringing, Christmas Day 2024 L’église Notre-Dame d’Aix-les-Bains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSVVlrGr5zY

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My 54-second movie:

Christmas lights, north section Square du Temple de Diane, Aix-les-Bains, FRANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrrBCmXPu4E

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My one minute 8-second movie:

l’Hôtel de Ville, Place Maurice Mollard, Square du Temple de Diane, Aix-les-Bains, FRANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afmOO81FFA0

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View from the balcony of an apartment in a hillside section of Aix-les-Bains (a place of serenity).

Can you see Lake Bourget in the right half of the photo?

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Paris (City of Light) is the capitol city of FRANCE

https://parisjetaime.com/

Paris par quartier / Paris by Neighborhood

https://parisjetaime.com/decouvrir-paris/paris-par-quartier-i153

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En français

https://www.france.fr/fr/destination/paris/

Paris ? C’est un monde ! Chacun de ses quartiers s’explore comme un pays, de Montmartre la villageoise au quartier latin en passant par le berceau de l’île de la Cité. Et chaque pierre nous parle d’art, du séculaire musée du Louvre à la futuriste fondation Louis Vuitton. Car Paris est une fête permanente pour la culture, y compris pour la gastronomie. Ce n’est pas Alain Ducasse ou Pierre Hermé qui nous contrediront !

In English

https://www.france.fr/en/destination/paris/

says:
Welcome to the mesmerizing realm of Paris, city where every cobblestone holds whispers of history and every avenue unfurls a tapestry of experiences. Each neighborhood is a world of its own, a unique chapter in this epic novel of art, culture, and life. From the bohemian spirit of Montmartre to the timeless elegance of the Latin Quarter and the ancient heartbeat of the Ile de la Cité, Paris city is a kaleidoscope of emotions waiting to be explored. It’s not just a city; it’s a realm where even the stones are storytellers, where every corner is a masterpiece, and where every bite is an ode to gastronomic delight, guided by the ingenious pastry maestro, Nina Metayer, awarded as the world’s best pastry chef in 2023 !

View from an apartment in the 11th arrondissement 75011 in Paris.

My 30-second movie “Notre Dame d’Espérance church bells ringing, Sunday January 26, 2025, 11th arrondissement Paris”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybsWLmglk4

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La Tour Eiffel (aka “The Iron Lady”) 75007 Paris

Notre-Dame d’Espérance 75011 Paris

https://www.notredameesperance.com/

My 43-second movie:  “La Tour Eiffel, Notre-Dame d’Espérance foreground, la Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in far distance, Paris”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoCM-Iy5RsI

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Looking at Place de la Bastille, 75004 Paris

https://parisjetaime.com/transport/place-de-la-bastille-p1985

Au centre de la place de la Bastille se dresse la colonne de Juillet, surmontée du fameux Génie de la Liberté, commémorant la révolution de 1830. Mais c’est pour une autre révolution que la place est bien connue : celle de 1789. À cette époque, elle était occupée par la prison de la Bastille, symbole du pouvoir absolu de l’Ancien Régime. De cette geôle, détruite peu après la Révolution française, il ne reste rien.

In the centre of the Place de la Bastille stands the July Column, surmounted by the famous Genie de la Liberté, commemorating the revolution of 1830. But it is for another revolution that the place is well known: that of 1789. At that time, it was occupied by the Bastille prison, a symbol of the absolute power of the Ancien Régime. Of this jail, destroyed shortly after the French Revolution, nothing remains.

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Mon cœur danse quand je suis à Paris.

My heart dances when I am in Paris.

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Sign points to Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75011 Paris

https://parisjetaime.com/transport/faubourg-saint-antoine-p1876

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 Looking toward La Seine from Avenue Ledru-Rollin 75011 Paris

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Bonne Année! 

Je vous envoie de joyeuses pensées d’Aix-les-Bains et de Paris, FRANCE !

Happy New Year!

I send you happy thoughts from Aix-les-Bains and Paris (City of Light), FRANCE!

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Sincerely / Cordialement

Teresa Jade LeYung

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

Auteur / Blogueur / Consultant en matière d’histoires / Historien de la photo

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos for short short movies of Aix-les-Bains and Paris, FRANCE 2024 and 2025; Portland, Oregon USA 2024; Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 2024

https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts for “shorts” I have created.

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

Love Made Of Heart ®

Blog post #616

2022 October 1, California;  October 3, 22:22

I, Teresa Jade LeYung (formerly Teresa LeYung Ryan), celebrate the 20th anniversary of my mother-daughter novel LOVE MADE OF HEART.

This is just the first of a series of Thank You as I continue celebrating LOVE MADE OF HEART and the kindhearted souls (teachers, librarians, booksellers, media folks, community leaders, friends and colleagues, mentors, readers and more readers) who have helped me speak up about:

– honoring courageous immigrants 

– inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas

– helping survivors of family violence find their own voices

– speaking from the heart

What does “love made of heart” mean?

In the Chinese written language … the word “heart” is inside the words “grace,” “forgiveness,” “perseverance,” “compassion.”

The word “heart” is inside the word “love”…   one of the themes in my mother-daughter novel.

I shall dedicate the entire month of October to thank everyone who has helped me delivered my first novel into the world and all the readers. Many people have helped me but have never broadcast their kindness; I don’t know who they are; I thank everyone from my heart.

then Teresa LeYung Ryan, co-presenter with Elisa Sasa Southard and Kathi Kamen Goldmark at San Francisco Writers Conference - photo by Cheri Eplin 2004

Love Made of Heart: a Daughter, a Mother, a Journey Through Mental Illness
http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Love-Made-of-Heart-a-Daughter,-a-Mother,-a-Journey-Through-Mental-Illness.html

I begin my thanks to:

My mother and all family members, and, the characters (Ruby Lin, Vivien Lin, Mrs. Nussbaum, Dr. Thatcher) who inspired my story.

The teachers who taught the 10-week course “Writing Children’s Literature” where I met critique group members Evelyn Miche, Cat (before she moved to Maine), Theresa Stephenson, Olga Malyj (who joined us for a few months).

To Kim McMillon who believed in me … way back when, long before I started writing. Dr. Kim McMillon, poet, activist, with over twenty years of experience producing theatre, is now an author and Black Arts Movement historian.

Everyone who orchestrated the 1997 Jack London Writers’ Conference, members at the California Writers Club and the Women’s National Book Association.

Everyone at East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) where I had a full-time job at headquarters; to my boss at the time – Robert Doyle – who said “yes” to my request for a 6-week leave-of-absence to complete one last rewrite of my manuscript.

Susan Canale (at EBRPD), Luisa Adams (author), Martha Alderson (author) for reading my last rewrite and giving criticism and praise.

Everyone at Regional Parks Botanic Garden when I got a transfer to a part-time position, especially my boss Steve Edward, Ph.D.

To my then spouse Lyle Ryan for supporting my decision to take a part-time position.

To literary super agent Stacey Glick (now VP at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC) who said that my manuscript LOVE MADE OF HEART was the gem she had rescued from the slush pile.

To acquisition editor/director John Scognamiglio, president Steven Zacharius, publisher Laurie Perkin, art director Louis Malcangi, and everyone at Kensington Publishing Corp. in New York

To artist Linda Christensen for giving me a lovely author-photo.

To my sister (author Maria Kawah Leung) and all my friends who gave me courage to NOT hide behind the book.

To everyone who has “pitched” me to folks at their favorite libraries, book stores, groups, clubs, organizations, radio, TV, online programs … so that I could deliver the messages the themes in my book Love Made of Heart.

Thank you, Maria, for making Love Made of Heart birdhouse wind-chime.

Thank you, Claire Lomax, for handcrafting bookmarks that had my book cover and book spine on them.

Thank you, artist Chandra Garsson, for painting your rendition of the book cover onto my bookcase – one of my most cherished treasures. (attention-grabbing book cover that Louis Malcangi at Kensington Publishing Corp in New York had created)

Thank you, dear California Writers Club fellow-member, for gifting me your gorgeous Chinese robe which I have worn to many book events.

Thank you to all California Writers’ Club members!

Thank you to all Women’s National Book Association members!

Thank you, Elisa Sasa Southard, for teaching me how to create talking-points and talking-taglines, attention-grabbing press releases, memorable bios, and, how to have fun in the crazy world of book promoting!

More thanks to Elisa Sasa Southard, Margie Yee Webb, Luisa Adams, Martha Alderson, Angie Choi, Linda Joy Myers, Mary E. Knippel, Lynn Scott, and all the other talented and kindhearted authors who have co-presented with me since 2000.

Thank you, everyone, for reading and also buying Love Made of Heart for your friends, and, inviting your friends to my events, and for going to my events more than once.

Thank you, everyone, for writing reviews.

Thank you to the teachers / educators, including Professors Victor Turks, Miriam Queen, Patricia Costello, Dan Haytin, Sheryl Fairchild and their delightful students.

Thank you to each reader!

Publisher’s description of LOVE MADE OF HEART

The Chinese word for ‘love’ is made up of many brush strokes. In the center of the word ‘love’ is the word ‘heart.’ Love is made of heart…” Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Lin has what many women envy: a beautiful apartment in one of San Francisco’s best neighborhoods, a busy social life, and a coveted position as manager of special events for the tony St. Mark Hotel. But it’s Ruby’s personal life that’s become unmanageable ever since the day her mother’s emotional breakdown forced Ruby to hospitalize her, shaming the family. Now, Ruby is caught in the crossroads between two vastly different cultures–one in which she is the American girl, raised on kitschy television shows and black-and-white movies, and one in which she is known only as Daughter, the eldest, fulfiller of responsibilities. In putting together the pieces of her mother’s life, Ruby finds herself exploring the wounds of her own past. Starting with a forbidden locked tin box and the yellowing photograph inside, Ruby embarks on a startling journey of self-discovery that takes her through a family history rife with violence, betrayal and loss that reaches back through generations, from China to America, and finally to the secret pain of a mother’s sacrifice. Like the Chinese calligraphy that adorns her walls, Ruby comes to see that “life is not a straight road, ” but a language drawn with many brush strokes, where every misunderstanding must yield to the simple message of the heart. Filled with warmth and wisdom, this luminous debut novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction as it explores the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, the choices that divide us, and the love that brings us home.

The above is book jacket text written by author Libba Bray for Kensington Publishing Corp. New York for my novel LOVE MADE OF HEART

In my blog posts of October 1, 2013 and November 29, 2013, I said:

“Thank you to authors Frank Baldwin, Carol Schaefer, Lydia Kwa, and Gus Lee for writing lovely advance praise for my book cover. I am so grateful!”

“Special thanks to Martha Alderson, Luisa Adams, Susan Canale, Elisa Sasa Southard, Margie Yee Webb, Kim McMillon, Vicki Weiland !”

“I thank powerhouse Stacey Glick (VP at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management) who found insightful acquisition editor John Scognamiglio (at Kensington Publishing Corp. New York) who guided my mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart to the Sales Team, good-energy publisher Laurie Perkin, president Steven Zacharius, Debbie Tobias was Sales Director, Lou Malcangi was art director, by the way . . . booksellers do judge a book by its cover, Libba Bray, who is now a New York Times bestselling author of young adult books, for book jacket copy, Jacquie Edwards for copy editing, marketing team, production team, Jessica in Sales, Michelle who was Webmaster,and EVERYONE at Kensington and their associates, especially Nancy Suib & Anne Shulenberger, and Kensington Publishing Corp.’s superstars Lydia Kwa, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Mary B. Morrison, Mary Monroe, Carl Weber . . .

If not for these people, I would not have had the opportunity to experience the publishing industry from the author’s perspective . . .  which then gave me the credentials to talk about “who” really is the most qualified person to build the author’s platform and fanbase.

Author’s Note to Reader on the last page of LOVE MADE OF HEART

Thank you for letting me share Ruby Lin’s story with you.  Many readers have asked me what the characters in the novel have done for me.  My answer is this: I’ve learned that behind every face is a compelling story.

Please remember me as a writer who says YES! to compassion for mental illness and NO! to domestic violence and child abuse.

Who is Mrs. Nussbaum?  She lives in all our hearts.  Just as we have the “child within,” we also have the “wise elder within.”  May you always embrace your compelling story and allow your Mrs. Nussbaum to embrace you.

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung Ryan (now Teresa Jade LeYung)

Happy 48th anniversary to Kensington Publishing Corp in New York!

https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/pages/about/ says:

“2022 marks Kensington Publishing Corp’s 48th year in business, and it is one of the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback books. From the time our very first book (Appointment in Dallas by Hugh McDonald), became a bestseller, Kensington has been known as an astute and determined David-vs.-Goliath publisher of titles in the full spectrum of categories, from fiction and romance to health and nonfiction. In addition to the close to 500 new books, the company releases through its diverse imprints per year, it has a backlist of more than 5,000 titles. Kensington is considered a leader and innovator in such areas of publishing as African-American, cozy mysteries, westerns, and of course, romance.”

Author and Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung--photo by author Lynn Scott

Love Made of Heart:

– a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Awards

– recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association

– used in Women in Psychology, First-Year Composition college course, Advanced Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes

– read by students at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful institutions

– archived at the San Francisco History Center

– available at public libraries

This is just the first of a series of Thank You as I continue celebrating LOVE MADE OF HEART and the kindhearted souls (teachers, librarians, booksellers, media folks, readers and more readers) who have helped me speak up about:

NO to domestic violence and child abuse!

YES to kindness and compassion with mental illness!

YES to speaking from the heart!

I wish everyone wellness, kindness, happiness!

Sincerely,

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Teresa Jade LeYung

Story Theme Consultant / Photo Historian / Author / Public Library and Public School Advocate

http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com goes to Teresa’s Blog

Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says: “I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”

Love Made Of Heart ®