Let’s Take a Walk by Gina K. Trehus

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXQQV19D

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A piece of paper can be flattened out, but it will always have those crinkles in it. It will never be the same again.

Amalia Rose grew up in North Dakota with those words from her father etched into her heart—a reminder that while we can heal from life’s hardships, the marks they leave remain. She never expected that a simple walk to clear her head in California would leave her with a scar that would last a lifetime.

After witnessing a crime that upended her world, Amalia spent eleven years living in the shadows. To protect the people she loved, she accepted a life of silence, hidden away in protective custody where her past was a secret she carried alone.

Now, she has finally returned to the familiar horizon of her hometown. She has built a life of peace with a husband who supports her and a daughter to raise. But as the ghosts of her past are released back into the world, the safety of her new home is threatened. Amalia must decide if she will keep running or if she is finally ready to stand her ground.

In this poignant story of memory and resilience, you will find:
The Complexity of Healing: A moving look at how we carry our past into our future.
A Journey Across Landscapes: From the fast-paced uncertainty of the West Coast back to the steady, golden fields of the Midwest.
The Strength of Home: An exploration of what it means to truly belong and the lengths we go to protect our sanctuary.
Let’s Take a Walk is a quiet, powerful reflection on the paths we choose, the detours we endure, and the hope that waits at the end of the road.

Follow the road home. Order your copy today.

The AI-Human Paradox: What Artificial Intelligence Reveals About Consciousness and the Future of Being Human by Bruce D Randall

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1960346946

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We’re teaching machines to think. Who’s teaching us to be conscious?

Although AI can process a billion data points in seconds, it lacks any capacity to sit in silence and know that it exists.

At this time in world history, humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads. Artificial intelligence is reshaping every dimension of life–how we work, create, connect, and even understand reality itself. However, in the race to build smarter machines, we’ve neglected the deeper question: What is the intelligence that no machine can manufacture?

The AI-Human Paradox explores the territory between the algorithm and awareness, between computational power and the quiet force of consciousness. Written by a software consulting professional with decades of experience in the technology industry–who is also a mediator and Reiki Master–this book bridges two worlds that rarely speak to each other, and as such reveals why their conversation is the most important of our times.

Inside, you’ll discover:

Why the rise of AI makes human consciousness more essential–not less.
The paths that artificial and human intelligence may walk together–or apart.
What meditation, energy work, and contemplative traditions reveal about the limits of machines.
A vision for a future in which technology serves awakening rather replacing it.
This is not a book for technologists or spiritual seekers alone. Instead, it’s for anyone who has felt the tension between a world moving faster and a should asking to go deeper.

About the author
Bruce D. Randall has spent thirty years inside the technology industry and twenty years sitting still.

That tension —enterprise software leadership at companies like Oracle and AT&T on one side, two decades of contemplative practice on the other — is what his books are built to hold. He writes about artificial intelligence and quantum computing with a combination almost no one brings to the subject: the fluency of someone who has actually sold and deployed these systems at scale, and the skepticism of someone who has spent years watching his own mind and knows the difference between a capability and a claim.

His work is deliberately anti-hype. Where the industry promises revolution, Randall asks for the evidence — and when the evidence isn’t there, he says so, on the page, in plain language. His books are fact-checked to a standard most technology writing never attempts, because he believes readers deserve to know which claims are proven and which are merely sold.

He currently serves as fractional CEO of a technology group, so the questions he writes about are not abstract to him — they are the ones he is answering in the room, under real stakes, right now.

Across The AI Human Paradox, The Quantum Human Paradox, and The QAI Human Paradox, he traces a single widening question: as machines grow more capable, what remains distinctly, irreducibly human? In The End of Smart, he turns the lens on intelligence itself — and on what happens to a society built to reward it when intelligence stops being scarce. What his experience revealed about getting a job today.

One line runs through all of it: Power seizes. Consciousness receives.

Bruce holds a Data Science certificate from MIT and also holds an AI product management certification, and lives on the coast of Massachusetts.

Love, Helen: Letters to My Mother: Creating a Loving Connection after Loss by Helen Fernald

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DJNF31BH

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What if the pain of loss became a path to rediscovered love?

In Letters to My Mother: Creating a Loving Connection After Loss, grief memoirist Helen Fernald shares a heartfelt collection of personal letters written to her late mother. Through this intimate and emotional healing book, she explores the deep mother-daughter relationship that continues to evolve even after death. As she navigates sorrow, suppressed grief, and spiritual awakening, Fernald’s writing becomes a powerful tribute to enduring love.

Written over three decades, each letter is a journey through healing after loss, reflecting on emotional milestones, family memories, and the spiritual connection after death. This memoir beautifully balances raw vulnerability with inspirational strength, guiding readers through their own grieving process. Blending poetic reflections and true-life storytelling, Helen’s letters demonstrate how personal letters can serve as therapeutic tools, helping others uncover strength in the face of absence.

For those mourning the death of a loved one, especially a parent, this grief memoir is a beacon. It validates pain, encourages emotional expression, and gently offers hope. Whether you’re searching for solace, looking to understand your own journey through bereavement, or simply drawn to stories of deep love and loss, this book will resonate in your heart.

Begin your journey of emotional recovery—write your own letter, and find your own peace.