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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Thursday, January 16, 2020

The BRAVE Way -- Now available

The BRAVE Way: Where will your BRAVE take you today? by Ellen Duffield is now available. Perfect for a gift or as a study-group guide for International Women’s Day.

Weaving stories, stats, and exercises The BRAVE Way teaches us to find and use our voice in world-shaping ways.


"This book is a masterpiece!... A practical, well-researched guide for anyone interested in finding their confidence and voice... I encourage anyone who wants to evolve, and support the growth of others, to read this book in community." 

- Courtney Lynch, Esq., Founder, and CEO of Leader Star. 
NY Times best-selling author of Spark and Leading from the Front. 


Order now at bravewomen.ca

Friday, February 16, 2018


BRAVE WOMEN: Building Bridges to Transformation, a Compendium

Coming on March 8th, 2018 (International Women's Day), this new title from Ellen Duffield of the Leadership Studio at Muskoka Woods asks and answers three questions:
  • How can we develop women’s leadership confidence?
  • How do we create environments in which both men and women can thrive as Bridge Building Leaders?
  • How can BRAVE Bridge Building Leaders positively influence their world?
Pre-order link will be available this coming week. Please check back soon. 
Ellen Duffield, author of BRAVE WOMEN: Building Bridges to Transformation


Monday, January 1, 2018

Now Available

Fifty Things to do While Your Child is in Foster Care, by Sheila Webster is available now at fiftythingsbook.ca, or here.

About this book:
This book is designed to help anyone who has had their child put in foster care. Part self-help, part resources and workbook, it also carries a bittersweet narrative of one young man’s story. The “fifty things” do not have to be done in order – a person can do any of the fifty things and improve their situation. Ms. Webster comes from a stance of parenting being one of the biggest but most rewarding challenges of life. “We all have bad parenting moments, days and sometimes seasons.” Her belief that anyone can change their life is reflected in the name of her company – LifeRewrite.

Coming Soon

Brave Women: Building Bridges to Transformation, a Compendium, by Ellen Duffield, is the newest non-fiction title from Shadow River Ink.

From the Author:
BRAVE Women, Bridge Building Leaders addresses the high personal and social costs of women’s low confidence. The antidote? Bravery, Resiliency, Advocacy and Action, Voice and Expanded Perspective, Skillsets and Influence. Weaving 25+ years of research, stories, personal reflection and group exercises it targets the mindsets, models and practices necessary for women to change their world …and offers strategic insights to those who know their organizations and communities would be stronger if they were more conducive to attracting and retaining BRAVE Bridge Building Women Leaders.

Stay tuned for more information.

Monday, March 7, 2016

Upcoming Books

Stay tuned for more details on poetry and nature photography by Douglas Butson.

Sheila Webster's Fifty Things to do While Your Child is in Care, is coming in early April.

The Education of Sarah Ashton, an illustrated coming-of-age novel by Catherine Ditchburn is coming this summer.

Photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/ouadio/