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In the age of robotics and artificial intelligence, Karin Kiser wants us to point the finger at ourselves–because we are all robots in more ways than we imagine.

In Unplug Your Robot: The Secret to Lasting Happiness, she says we can break the spell that restricts our enjoyment of life. How? By finding the human in us. How do we do that?

In an easy-going writing style, Kiser guides readers through a series of activities and explorations that are meant to reveal who we are and how we became the person we are. Like robots, our bodies are wired. We are conditioned from birth to conform, to hide our real selves in lives dominated by thoughts that dwell on the past and on the future. Instead of where we actually are–the present.

“I have heard that before,” you say. So have I, many times. But not in words that Karin Kiser offers. Just the term “robot” unlocks my ability to recall and act upon her suggestions. It is a brilliant word choice that resonates.

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I am excited to announce that, three years in the making, my third trekking adventure book is published. I want to thank you for following Books and My Backpack and for your interest in my writing.

The John Muir Trail, which is one of eight distance paths I have been fortunate to walk, was so different than the others. It was 246 miles of wilderness beauty and challenges in California’s Sierra Nevada, one of the world’s most stunning landscapes.

This book is much more than a trekking story. A cast of intriguing characters enhance Hoofin’ It on the John Muir Trail, which holds new twists around every corner and over mountain passes that top 13,000 feet. It answers the question: Would I overcome my fear of heights and conquer Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental USA? As usual, my wife Sue walked with me and helped make this book possible.

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Your support means more to me than you can imagine.

My appreciation, always.

Happy trails,

Reg