Bibliomaniacs: Recent Episodes
Allan Williams
Hello! And welcome to the Bibliomaniacs podcast. I am your host Allan Williams. This podcast is based on the Bibliomaniacs book club, and here I'll meet with members of the club and we'll discuss how our book of the month relates to our lives and how we can apply some of the teachings from the book. A bibliomaniac is described as someone who loves to collect books. If you're an avid reader and book collector like us come join the family as we learn and grow through books!
In this weeks episode, Asha and I sip wine and discuss Set Boundaries, Find Peace written by Nedra Glover Tawwab. We review the methods and best practices that Nedra talks about for setting boundaries and as why it's important to have healthy boundaries in all areas of our lives. From the workplace to romantic relationships, boundaries are vital to living healthy lives and maintaining relationships.
In this episode I meet with longtime family friend and the face behind Twistedlit, Asha Gibbs. During the pandemic, Asha started her own book club where she invites guests on here Instagram live and they discuss their current read while enjoying a drink of their choice (no milk). Asha and I talk about when our love for reading began and what made us start our book clubs. For the month of April, Asha and I will be reading Set Boundaries, Find Peace written by New York Times Best Seller Nedra Glover Tawwab.
Twistedlit book recommendations:
Memoir: Zami by Audre Lorde
Sci-fi: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
Novel: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi/ The deep by Rivers Solomon
Essays: Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be by Nichole Perkins
Young Adult: Children of Blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi
In this weeks episode, I meet with book club member Joshua Rainey and we share our thoughts on Getting to Neutral by Trevor Moawad.
This week I sit down with book club member Jahmek Murphy and we discuss chapters 2-4 of getting to neutral by Trevor Moawad. I’m chapter 2 we’re given some insight on how Trevor was able to downshift to neutral when he found out he had cancer. He takes us through his thought process as he was getting ready to embark on what would be the toughest battle anyone has ever fought. In chapter 3 we take a look at how we should determine what our next right step in our decision making process. Lastly, in chapter 4 Trevor talks about the importance of determining your values and how we should be guided by them.
Trevor Moawad was a renowned mental conditioning expert and strategic advisor to some of the world's most elite performers including Russell Wilson, Marcus Stroman, Nick Saban, Kirby Smart and Jimbo Fisher. In 2017 he was named the "Sports World's Best Brain Trainer" by Sports Illustrated. In chapter one, Trevor introduces neutral thinking to us and explains what it means to think neutrally. He explains the difference between just being positive verses being neutral while also emphasizing not being negative. Most of the time you may think, "well if I'm not negative I must be positive." and that’s not always the case and that is exactly where neutral thinking fits in. In this episode, I meet with book club member Noah Villeroel and we discuss how and where we can apply neutral thinking in our everyday lives.
Hello! And welcome to the Bibliomaniacs podcast. I am your host Allan Williams. This podcast is based on the Bibliomaniacs book club, and here I'll meet with members of the club and we'll discuss how our book of the month relates to our lives and how we can apply some of the teachings from the book. A bibliomaniac is described as someone who loves to collect books. If you're an avid reader and book collector like us come join the family as we learn and grow through books!