{"id":13033,"date":"2019-12-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=13033"},"modified":"2019-12-06T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T22:00:00","slug":"janice-landrys-latest-book-silver-linings-details-uplifting-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=13033","title":{"rendered":"Janice Landry\u2019s latest book, \u201cSilver Linings\u201d, details uplifting stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FALL RIVER: <\/strong>The latest writing from Halifax author Janice Landry is all about life\u2019s \u201cSilver Linings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landry\u2019s\n recent release, from Pottersfield Press, details stories of gratitude \nand resiliency from the 15 inspiring Canadians from five provinces and \ntwo special guests from south of the border who are featured in the \nbook. She asks them each \u201cwhat are you grateful for\/\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the \n17 that Landry, a CTV Live at 5 alum, spoke to was Dr. Bob Emmons, \nconsidered to be the world\u2019s pre-eminent expert in the study of \ngratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting the chance to interview him was a highlight in writing the book for Landry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\n have everyday citizens in the book, but there are also experts like Dr.\n Emmons in it that talk about the scientific background of gratitude and\n how it can help us,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving him in the book is a really \nfeather in my cap. I believe what he tells readers is really essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landry\u2019s\n own gratitude practice took a hit when both her mother and a close \nfriend, assisted-death advocate Audrey Parker, died within weeks of one \nanother while she was writing \u201cSilver Linings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude and \nresiliency are key cornerstones in the field of mental health. \nScience-based evidence, discussed by Dr. Emmons and others, underlines \nthe importance of developing and practising gratitude. Research proves \nbeing grateful is good for us, both mentally and physically. Gratitude \ncan improve our resiliency before challenges occur in our lives, which \nthey inevitably do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI set out to write a book about gratitude, \nand then during the course of working on the book both my mom, Theresa \nLandry and my friend Audrey Parker, died,\u201d said Landry sitting inside \nthe cozy feeling Good Day Cafe. \u201cIt was like the universe was saying \u201coh\n you want to write a book on gratitude do you, well we\u2019ll throw you a \nmajor curve-ball and these two people you love dearly are going to pass \naway in the middle of the writing process.\u201d That was really tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\n silver lining in it for me, which I never knew when I set out to do the\n book, I did the interviews while mom and Audrey were living, but I had \nto finish it up and editing after they had died. The benefit I had was I\n read and re-read these beautiful uplifting stories over and over again \nwhile I was finishing the book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said hearing the gratitude stories from others helped her in her healing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt helped me in a moment of deep grieve,\u201d said Landry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n people featured in Silver Linings discovered that gifts may actually \nemerge from life\u2019s toughest challenges. And that\u2019s what makes it a great\n read to pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSilver Linings\u201d is available at most bookstores and online retailers such as Coles, Amazon, and Indigo, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on her writings checkout Landry\u2019s website, www.janicelandry.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FALL RIVER: The latest writing from Halifax author Janice Landry is all about life\u2019s \u201cSilver Linings.\u201d Landry\u2019s recent release, from Pottersfield Press, details stories of gratitude and resiliency from the 15 inspiring Canadians from five provinces and two special guests from south of the border who are featured in the book. She asks them each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[216,2,938,50,939,940,941],"class_list":["post-13033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","tag-book","tag-fall-river","tag-good-day-cafe","tag-halifax","tag-janice-landry","tag-pottersfield-press","tag-silver-linings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}