Dear
Barb:
Answers to Your
Everyday Questions
By Barbara Godin
Do you sometimes feel like you need a second opinion, but you don't
want to tell anyone what's going on in your life? "Dear Barb:
Answers to Your Everyday Questions" provides a common sense approach to
dealing with many of the issues of daily life. For example, Dana
is intimately involved with both of her roommates and her ex-boyfriend
wants to reconcile, what does she do? Patty doesn't know what to do
since she feels she's in a marriage of three? Jessica's mom is
downsizing and wants Jessica to take all her stuff, Jessica doesn't
want her mom's stuff, how does she tell her mom without hurting her
feelings? Big Red wants to know if it's all right to watch porn. Pat
put his dog down and now he has second thoughts about whether he made
the right decision. Melinda lost her younger brother to cancer
and doesn't know how to move on without him. These are some of the
questions included in "Dear Barb: Answers to your Everyday
Questions."
Barbara Godin has been answering questions since 2003 when she
responded to a call for an advice columnist for The Voice
Magazine. Barbara submitted a sample column and was chosen as the
new advice columnist. Barbara had always been the" go to person"
for her friends. A difficult life provided her with the experience to
be able to write over 500 Dear Barb columns and ultimately create a
book that everyone can relate to.
Book review: Dear Barb Continues Advice Tradition in
Book Format
Amazon book review: 5 out of 5 stars:
Loved it! I read this book in one sitting and thoroughly
enjoyed it. Barb Godin gives sound advice, and in a gentle and
respectful way. I admired the way she acknowledged the inquirer’s
challenge first, and then provided practical, doable advice. You can
tell she’s a very caring person – not to mention wise! I
recommend Dear Barb to anyone
who enjoys reading advice columns, or is looking for advice on
families, dating, relationships, loss, addiction and so much more
– even the COVID pandemic.
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Email: barbgodin53@gmail.com
Read Barbara's
award-winning and moving article: Mary's Story.
Watch for Barb's new book:
Glimpses in Time - a collection
of memoirs and more... coming soon.
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Table of Contents
Part 1 - FAMILY
- “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the
family.” – Anthony Brandt
Part 2 - ADDICTION
- "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu
Part 3 - HEALTH
- "Health is the greatest possession, contentment is the greatest
treasure, confidence the greatest friend. Non being is the greatest
joy." - Lao Tzu
Part 4 - FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
- "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." -
Confucius
Part 5 - DATING
- "To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love." -
Jane Austen
Part 6 - MARRIAGE & CHILDREN
- "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving
someone deeply gives you courage."- Lao Tzu
Part 7 - WORK
- "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your
life." - Confucius
Part 8 - ETIQUETTE
- "There is nothing more frightful that ignorance in action." - Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
Part 9 - PANDEMIC
- "There is nothing like staying home for real comfort." - Jane Austen
Part 10 - LOSS
- "Those who die without being forgotten get longevity." - Lao Tzu
Part 11 - CHRISTMAS
- "Christmas isn't just a day it's a frame of mind." - Valentine Davies
(Miracle on 34th street)
Part 12 - PETS
- "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." -
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