PETERBOROUGH - BOBBIE WAYNE & SY MONTGOMERY DISCUSS LIFELINES

Please join us as

BOBBIE WAYNE & SY MONTGOMERY

discuss and read from Wayne's book,

LIFELINES: Daily Antidotes to Animus and Angst

Increasingly, people feel, (as the great musician Joni Mitchel wrote), “… broken, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.”

LIFELINES, Daily Antidotes to Animus and Angst, functions as a map; each page bringing us closer to our destination. The book began as a daily exercise the author developed to recover from a severe anxiety disorder. Having worked as a music therapist, an artist, a musician, and a writer, Bobbie Wayne used her skills to create simple tasks, or “lifelines” anyone can follow. Each is interesting, often whimsical, constructive, and fun, and designed to make the world a better place.

Date:Sat, 6/7/2025

Time:11:00am - 12:00pm

Place:

The Toadstool Bookshop Peterborough
12 Depot Square

Bobbie's new book "Lifelines" is available from Amazon.

^{“Lifelines is a timeless book that arrived just in time! It’s filled with simple, positive, live-affirming acts that bring focus, purpose, and meaning to the very moment.”}

^{–Jay Ungar, fiddler and composer of “Ashokan Farewell”}

^{“I could immediately relate to Lifelines. I have often described my challenges with anxiety and depression as sometimes needing to ‘fight the funk.’ Bobbie Wayne has given us a gift by prescribing specific, meaningful steps in this effort. When in a funk, it’s often hard to find motivation, but Lifelines reminds us that joy can be found in simple acts of kindness or thoughtful self-reflection. Even more, Bobbie reminds us to focus on today — the now. And right now, I encourage people to pick up Lifelines.”}

^{–Cheryl Hamilton, founder and director of Stellar Story Company}

^{“I love everything about Lifelines. Even if your life is crazy-busy–and maybe especially if that’s the case–each of these eye-opening lifelines will improve your focus on the task that really matters: our real job on the planet, of making this world a kinder, better place. Each of these lifelines helps us feel both empowered and humbled. Each helps us free ourselves from helplessness. And by completing each of these lifelines, we practice compassion, and thus harness the greatest force for change for good. BRAVA!!”}

^{–Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals}