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The Top 20 Percent
Plus, a new health section and what you're reading now
Yasmine S. Ali, MD
August 22, 2025
“Find the good and praise it.”
Hello again!
I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer! Mine has been productive, as you’ll see in the sections below.
I want to welcome all the new subscribers to this newsletter who’ve merged from my “Speak for the Heart” health newsletter! You’ll see that I’m adding a new “To Your Health section” to this newsletter, and there will also be “To Your Health” episodes in my “Positive Vibes: On the Sunny Side” podcast! (In fact, the first such health episode was released last week and has received some nice feedback. I’ll include a link to it in the health section below.)
And speaking of the podcast, would you please do me a favor? Go to any podcast platform (Apple, Spotify, etc.) or to my YouTube channel, and hit “Subscribe” or “Follow,” if you have a chance. That helps my podcast gain visibility on the platform and will help it be discovered by others. Thank you so much!
And thank you again for being part of the Positive Vibes community!
Cheers,
Yasmine
What I’m Feeling Good About
The “Positive Vibes: On the Sunny Side” podcast is live and going strong! In case you’ve missed the first few episodes, you can find them here:
On all major podcast platforms:
Apple podcasts specifically: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/positive-vibes-on-the-sunny-side-with-yasmine-s-ali-md/id1829785432
Spotify specifically: https://open.spotify.com/show/7qrCM7356NOT9tSdDheS0e?si=08bf5728311b44f8
On YouTube:
I’m also excited to report that my debut novel, The View from the Cliffs, is in the top 20% of all new titles released in the US this year, in terms of copies sold! It has also now been read on 3 different continents, and has received international acclaim; it was even nominated for an international book award!
You can get your copy (e-book, print, and limited autographed copies; audiobook coming this fall!) at my online bookstore, www.LastSkyWriting.com :
Finally, stay tuned for the release of my 2026 calendars with all new designs! I’m happy to say that the popular “12 Months of Christmas” calendar WILL make a return this year, as will the “Book Lovers” calendar, and maybe one more! 😉
What You’re Feeling Good About
I want to thank everyone who wrote in to tell me about what you’ve been reading this summer! (As for myself, I ended up reading The Scarlet Pimpernel, which was actually quite entertaining, and now am halfway through Frank Delaney’s Ireland.)
Here’s what Positive Vibes subscribers have been reading:
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And several of you even said you were reading my novel, which is very kind!
In other subscriber news, Larry Zetterlind wrote in with an account of his latest train-watching adventure! He, his friend Steve, and his wife’s dog, Bella, went to Bryan, Ohio, for a weekend to watch the trains, and saw 108 trains in 49 hours!
As Larry said: “I had loaned Steve your book Walk through Fire and we discussed at some length safety aspects of it for us train watchers. Our vehicle for watching trains is normally the family motorhome. That way all conveniences are close by. It was a great weekend. . . During our stay we always eat at least once at the Third Rail Saloon. It is the early Bryan train station restored, but original inside with a serving area. . . The food and atmosphere is great, kind of a train bar instead of a sports bar.”
 Steve with Bella in front of the Third Rail Saloon in Bryan, OH |  Larry in front of his motorhome, set up for train watching |
(This section is where I’ll be featuring good news, tips, and bits of wisdom from readers—so please reply to this email and share some with me! It can be anything, big or small. Whatever you’re feeling good about.)
To Your Health
Last week’s episode of the “Positive Vibes: On the Sunny Side” podcast featured the podcast’s first “To Your Health” episode (with more to come)!
And, in case you missed it, I was the featured expert in this article in Parade.com:
More Good News
Pawsitive Vibes
One Positive Vibes member, Heather, has a lovely and adventurous cat, Remy, who enjoys nighttime in her TX garden! Pictured here in front of some Coreopsis:
Got a pet or animal pic you’d like to share? Please feel free to reply to this email!
Riddle Me This
They fill me up and you empty me almost every day; if you raise my arm, I work the opposite way. What am I?
Answer at the bottom of this newsletter.
For Your Playlist
The French version:
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Answer to the riddle: A mailbox.
