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Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point

Posted: March 4, 2025 in Announcements, guest post, Press Release, Promo, Recommended Reading, Showcase, Spotlight
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Synopsis:

Named one of the world’s leading experts in belonging, Dr. Beth Kaplan is sharing her insights on navigating the rapidly changing, modern workplace landscape. Her nonfiction book, Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point, combines groundbreaking research with engaging storytelling to offer a comprehensive guide for both employees and senior leaders to transform their work environments. Dr. Kaplan provides a clear, actionable framework to help individuals and organizations cultivate a sense of belonging at work while promoting mental health.

Belonging is fundamental to our humanity, and the profound consequences of failing to foster it are clear. Gallup reports that more than 80% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going across the board – at work and beyond. Braving the Workplace offers a valuable roadmap for many, from individuals grappling with personal belonging issues to senior leaders tackling leadership challenges and driving inclusivity.

In this heartfelt and helpful book, Dr. Kaplan shares her personal journey of discovery, guiding readers through the importance of belonging in workplaces, while offering compassionate insights and practical wisdom. Braving the Workplace serves as both a mirror and a guide, helping readers recognize unhealthy work environments and providing them with the tools to make informed decisions about their professional and personal lives.

Praise for Braving the Workplace:

“Stop trying to fit in. You don’t have to mold yourself into something you’re not so that other people like you. It’s time to be who YOU are and go after what you want. Let this book be your guide to get you there.”

— Mel Robbins, bestselling author and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast

“It’s no wonder that Beth is the world’s leading expert on belonging. She is a true leader, and ‘Braving the Workplace’ will change your life. The world needs Beth’s message and she will transform the way you show up in your own life. Everyone needs to read this book, EVERYONE!”

— Chester Elton, bestselling author of The Carrot Principle

Author bio:

Dr. Beth Kaplan is a visionary thought leader, researcher, and keynote speaker who has redefined the intersection of belonging and leadership development. She empowers companies to enhance employee engagement and retention while significantly lowering turnover costs. Kaplan is a sought-after consultant and advisor for Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, government, and educational institutions. She is currently pioneering a groundbreaking belonging tool with the University of Pennsylvania designed to measure belonging and predict the propensity to thrive. Drawing from more than two decades of experience as a workplace executive and extensive research on belonging and workplace trauma, Kaplan distilled her expertise into her debut book Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point. Dr. Kaplan holds an M.S.Ed and Ed.D in learning and leadership strategy from The University of Pennsylvania. She currently lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. To learn more, please visit DrBethKaplan.com.

Purchase links:

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About the Book

Title: Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point

Author: Dr. Beth Kaplan

Release Date: March 4, 2025

Publisher: Mango Publishing

Price: $32.99 USD (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1684816958 (hardcover)

Pages: 244

Tangles

Posted: December 3, 2024 in Announcements, guest post, Now Available in Paperback, Press Release, Promo, rafflecopter, Recommended Reading, Showcase, Spotlight
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Synopsis:

Oppenheimer was just the beginning. When a harpooned whale offers proof the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is endangering all life in the Columbia River Basin, Luke Hinson, a brash young scientist, seizes the chance to avenge his father’s death but a thyroid cancer diagnosis derails Luke’s research. Between treatments, he dives back in, making enemies at every turn. On an overnight trek, Luke discovers evidence that Mary, his former neighbor, embarked on the same treacherous trail, and her disappearance, a decade prior, may be tied to Hanford’s harmful practices mired in government-mandated secrecy.

A love story wrapped in a mystery, this stunning Cold War home-front tale reveals the devastating costs of the birth of the nuclear age, and celebrates the quiet courage of wronged women, the fierce determination of fatherless sons, and the limitless power of the individual.

Praise for Tangles:

“Although fiction, Tangles reveals many truths about our radioactive legacy…a brilliant, captivating ride. ” –Joshua Frank, Award-winning investigative journalist, NYT contributor, author, Atomic Waste

“In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a punch and hits close to home.” –Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Tracy Crosswhite Series

“Kay Smith-Blum’s prose is haunting and hopeful, capturing the complexity of emotions that go with loss, love, and the quest for justice. She effortlessly shifts between narratives and the fear-filled decades of the Cold War.” – Readers Favorite

Author bio:

An Austin, TX transplant and lifetime environmental advocate, Kay Smith-Blum has resided in Seattle for more than four decades. Since selling a family-owned high-end fashion business in 2016, history buff Smith-Blum spends her days creating stories set in the mid-20th-century. The recent upheaval over leaking waste tanks at the Hanford site in Washington state compelled her to write a Hanford story in a way that would educate and entertain readers, resulting in her debut novel, Tangles. A companion short story to Tangles is featured in the 2024 anthology, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women, which Smith-Blum co-edited. She has published a variety of other short works that can be found in multiple literary journals. Smith-Blum works out her writer’s block in her sons’ gardens and the nearest lap pool. To learn more, please visit KaySmith-Blum.com and follow the author on Instagram @discerningksb, TikTok @ksbwritesfiction and Facebook @kay.smithblum.

Purchase links:

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About the Book

Title: Tangles
Author: Kay Smith-Blum
Release date: December 3, 2024
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Price: $21.95 USD (paperback)
ISBN (paperback): 9781685135065
Pages: 286

Olaf and Essex

Posted: October 15, 2024 in Blog Tour Hosting, guest post, Now Available in Paperback, Press Release, Promo, Recommended Reading, Showcase, Spotlight
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Synopsis:

Olaf and Essex is set in an alternate New York City where witches live among humans, distrusted and scapegoated by the “Conflict Resolution Department.” A pair of disgruntled witches, Mabel Blackthornudder and her husband, Harvey, kidnap the Chief Magic Detector’s infant daughter. They are intent on filming a ransom video in Central Park to force him to dismantle the Magic Detection Unit until a huge bear appears, and Harvey and Mabel are suddenly more interested in not getting eaten by a wild animal.

Olaf, the bear, bonds with the baby. He’s overcome with the need to protect her, since his mother was killed when he was a cub. When he and his best friend, a fox named Essex, find who they presume to be the parents and attempt to return the baby, they witness Mabel, in a fit of pique, turn Harvey into a frog. Mabel then realizes the baby is an “amplifier”—never before had she been powerful enough to turn her husband into an amphibian! All her lofty goals of helping her fellow witches fly out the window, and she’s consumed with lust for power.

With help from a Shakespeare-loving tree, a pair of (relatively) good witches who’ve tangled with Mabel over many lifetimes, and the spirits of Olaf’s and Essex’s loved ones, the animals set off to find the baby’s mother. Like many twosomes in charge of a baby, they argue over how best to care for her. But when Mabel transfigures herself to look like the mother, and the Chief Magic Detector discovers his daughter is the “amplifier” needed to power the department’s “Vocal Cord Eradicator,” Olaf and Essex must put their differences aside to save the baby and the witches of New York.

Praise for Olaf and Essex:

“This funny, sentimental, and heartfelt tale highlights the importance of family, multi-species or otherwise. Calkosz’s story definitely tugs at the heartstrings before it ends with a memorable denouement.” – Kirkus Reviews

“OLAF AND ESSEX by Patti Calkosz is a beautifully warm and heartfelt story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.” – IndieReader

Author bio:

Patti Calkosz was born in Manhattan and grew up in Queens. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in English. In search of her creative niche all her adult life, Calkosz spent 27 years moving back and forth between New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Being diagnosed with a chronic illness was a wake-up call that set her on the path to both fiction writing and conscious spirituality. The middle grade fantasy book, Olaf and Essex, is her debut novel, which reflects her current spiritual understanding. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with her cat, Sweetie. To learn more, please visit PattiCalkosz.com or follow her on Instagram @PattiCalkosz.

Purchase links:

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org

About the Book

Title: Olaf and Essex

Author: Patti Calkosz

ISBN: 9798990143371 (paperback)

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Publication Date: October 15, 2024

Price: $12.99 USD (paperback)

Pages: 372

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