From “being gagged, bound, and crammed” in her car trunk, to being raped and brutalized, traveling the rough road of PTSD and the justice system, and finally transcending all these to tell her story, Michelle Corrao merits every reader’s deep and abiding respect and empathy. In “Found, Triumph over Fear with Grace and Gratitude, The Michelle Corrao Story”, Michelle simply and compellingly describes the interventions which helped her journey from being a “victim” to transcending her trauma, and emerging as a “survivor”. This book illustrates the power of the human spirit to rise above tragedy, supported by divine grace and strength, and appropriate professional strategies. If you are drowning in an abyss of trauma-induced terror and need to come up for air, this is the book for you. If you are a helping, law enforcement, or legal professional, parent, spouse, sibling or friend of a person victimized by crime or any trauma, this book spells out what you “must avoid” and what you absolutely “must do” to enable your loved one to re-enter “life.”  If you are paralyzed by fear for any reason, and want to taste freedom, learn from the wisdom that led Michelle Corrao out of hell into the heaven of empowerment.

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What does one do when handed a diagnosis to a disease that one knows nothing about? Where does one begin? Nowhere are these questions more skillfully answered than in Ann S. Woodbury’s empowering narrative, Surviving Myotonic Dystrophy, A Mother’s Struggle to Care for Her Family with a Rare Disease. The author comprehensively describes the systemic impact of a mystifying disease on every facet of her life, and that of each of her four children and husband, all five of whom are diagnosed with DM. Ms. Woodbury’s resilience, persistence, positivity and sensitivity to each of her family member’s unique needs provide a road map for other parents dealing with multiple physical, mental and emotional struggles in their families. The book is rich with tried and tested innovative ideas, and useful reference information for individuals diagnosed with progressive illnesses like DM, as well as caregivers, medical professionals, and support groups.

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Semmelweis By Anthony Valerio

Anthony Valerio has written an eye-opening, riveting, and truly feminist book about a champion of suffering women, the story of a Hungarian physician Ignaz Philipp Dr. Semmelweis. A discovery of scourge called childbed, or puerperal fever causing young women to die due to the unsanitary practices in hospitals of the 19th century to reversing with the simple treatment of physicians to have to “Wash their hands” to stop these deaths and getting rid of the problem changing medical practice.

Jerry (G. Gaynor) McTigue is an infectious writer professionally know business writer, award-winning copywriter, journalist, author and scriptwriter offers his best advice for Business Blather – “Stop using words that sound good but say nothing!” The wordsmith makes words come so easily together in perfect sync as he gives advice to writing killer Ads, presentations, websites, LinkedIn profiles, email blasts, press releases, white papers and more. A must read for anyone who has to write for business

The Legacy Planning & Conversation Guide by Chris Bentley gives us a Workbook for End-of-Life Planning great for anyone planning their estate of helping making their loved ones have an easier time when they are going as Bentley words “Preparing for end-of-life is a heroic act of unselfish love.

There is an urgent cry for Heroic Citizenship . Constitutional Democracy Under Stress is a well produced collection of essays written by experts expressing civic potentiality of public expression of an individual's moral capacity to redeem freedom and democracy that is currently being lost and compromised. Read the book and form your own moral path towards keeping us free and democratic as our world transforms our new world "new norm" with new definitions

  What does one do when handed a diagnosis to a disease that one knows nothing about? Where does one begin? Nowhere are these questions more skillfully answered than in Ann S. Woodbury’s empowering narrative, Surviving Myotonic Dystrophy, A Mother’s Struggle to Care for Her Family with a Rare Disease. The author comprehensively describes the systemic impact of a mystifying disease on every facet of her life, and that of each of her four children and husband, all five of whom are diagnosed with DM. Ms. Woodbury’s resilience, persistence, positivity and sensitivity to each of her family member’s unique needs provide a road map for other parents dealing with multiple physical, mental and emotional struggles in their families. The book is rich with tried and tested innovative ideas, and useful reference information for individuals diagnosed with progressive illnesses like DM, as well as caregivers, medical professionals, and support groups.

Brightside Book Review By Ramona Kar

This book is a recipient of the  Brightside Empirical Review Award. 

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 From “being gagged, bound, and crammed” in her car trunk, to being raped and brutalized, traveling the rough road of PTSD and the justice system, and finally transcending all these to tell her story, Michelle Corrao merits every reader’s deep and abiding respect and empathy. In “Found, Triumph over Fear with Grace and Gratitude, The Michelle Corrao Story”, Michelle simply and compellingly describes the interventions which helped her journey from being a “victim” to transcending her trauma, and emerging as a “survivor”. This book illustrates the power of the human spirit to rise above tragedy, supported by divine grace and strength, and appropriate professional strategies. If you are drowning in an abyss of trauma-induced terror and need to come up for air, this is the book for you. If you are a helping, law enforcement, or legal professional, parent, spouse, sibling or friend of a person victimized by crime or any trauma, this book spells out what you “must avoid” and what you absolutely “must do” to enable your loved one to re-enter “life.”  If you are paralyzed by fear for any reason, and want to taste freedom, learn from the wisdom that led Michelle Corrao out of hell into the heaven of empowerment. 

Brightside Book Review By Ramona Kar

Awarding winning Fiction novelist captures a Quantum leap interest with her book that’s packed with so much wisdom producing a ripple effect of Reiki, Japanese energy, healing systems, transcendental Meditation with wrapping of Quantum Science of Rebecca’s discoveries and us the readers. Brilliant fiction collective of Quantum Leap for young adults.

 Brightside Reviews and our Empirical Review Awards Nominations are based on our review of the 9 Brightstar Rating – E-experience, M-motivation, P-presentation, I-ideas, R-relevancy, I-innovation, C-creativity, A-accolades, L-leadership.