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Taking Care of Yourself
Releasing the Illusion of Control
It's amazing how easy it is to convince ourselves that we're in control of everything in our lives. When it comes right down to it, what we eventually learn is that we are in control of only two things: our own thoughts, and our own actions.
We can fool ourselves into thinking that we can control our spouses, children, friends, employers, etc. But are we really in control? We can plot, manipulate, connive and cajole in order to get our own way, but ultimately the other person makes their own decision. We didn't force anything to happen. We may have encouraged it, but we didn't cause it.
Releasing the Illusion of Control
Truths About Manifesting MoneyThere is no fast way to get and keep a large sum of money if you have never had it. Although the Law of Attraction could double your income or help you win a lottery tomorrow (it sometimes happens), if you don't know anything about money or investing you won't be able to hold on to it.
Does this mean you should give up on manifesting? Not at all. This means that you should start learning about money and make a plan for what you will do with it. If you don't have enough interest to start learning about money, you won't be able to get into the right frequency to attract it. We recommend Robert Kyosaki or Dave Ramsey, or Suze Ormond. And, the classic, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill should be part of your library. This will help you with the VISUALIZE part of manifesting money. You will be visualizing investment paths rather than spending paths!
Truths About Manifesting Money
You already have experience with this although you might not have realized that it is a law of the universe as relentless and powerful as the law of gravity. The old expression, "Be careful what you ask for because you might just get it" is a result of the Law of Attraction. The phenomenon of receiving a phone call or accidentally running into someone you have just been thinking about is another example of the Law of Attraction in action.
The Law of Attraction For Beginners
Quantum PhysicsThe Law of Attraction For Beginners
Quantum Physics
Single Mothers At Greater Risk For DepressionIf you are a single parent you already know what I am about to say. If a non-married, childless adult observed all that a single parent does throughout a day, they would need two days sleep to recover from watching such an exhausting day in the life of a single mom.
A single mother often does the work of three people on any given day. Now, ask that single-mother to take time to reduce a stressor and increase her social support system and boy are you in for a fight! There does not appear to be a way out. It's love, duty, hard work and little sleep for single moms.Single Mothers At Greater Risk For Depression
Tools for Creating Inner Peace
With so much uncomfortable change going on around us, it's easy to buy into the fear of the wounded ego. Your wounded ego is that voice inside that pulls you into the drama of distress, frustration, anxiety, struggle, and confusion. It keeps you paralyzed in fear and robs you of your personal power.
Just as a key unlocks a door, dropping out of your head and into your heart is the key to inner peace. Below are some keys I have found for opening the door of peace within.
Tools for Creating Inner Peace
10 Fun & Easy Ways to Relax With Simple Pleasures
Simple pleasures are one of the best, fastest and easiest stress management tools! They soothe mind, body and spirit and are easily accessible to most everyone. Special occasions receive much attention; however, most of our lives are lived in the days in between.
Learn to make those days special as well by adding simple pleasures/treats throughout the day to look forward to with anticipation. Below you will find ten fun and easy ways to relax and pamper with simple pleasures/
10 Fun & Easy Ways to Relax With Simple Pleasures
Deactivate Difficult PeopleAnger is not an emotion. When we are angry, we are attacking. We only attack someone if we're scared. The emotion under anger is fear. Anger itself is our attack so we can be safe. So, someone is angry, frustrated, irritated, or annoyed with you. Why? Aren't you a safe person to be with?
Remember, their anger means they are scared. With coworkers, kids or partners, their anger is not about you. It's about their fears. Don't get defensive. Just agree that they have the right to feel what they are feeling. Listen. Really listen. In an amazingly short time, they will be talking about their fears. Then you'll have truly proven that you are safe to be with, and given them an opportunity to experience what working through their anger is like. They'll remember it. And they'll want more.
Depression
Coaching, Medication, Therapy or All Three?I'm going to jump right into this controversy because it keeps coming up in my coaching practice. My specialty is Emotional Intelligence. I don't think we're combatant as much as confused.
If you suffer from depression can you "treat it" with Emotional Intelligence, exercise, diet, and willpower?
The answer to that question is "it depends." My understanding of depression is that you don't "have it" -- which makes us think it's the result of a loss, or betrayal, or sad feelings, but that you "suffer from it" -- it's a lack of serotonin, the "feel good" chemical. Either we aren't manufacturing enough serotonin, or are not able to utilize what we have.Depression
Coaching, Medication, Therapy or All Three?
Self-Divine-ation
... Defining a divine future!In some of my counseling and coaching sessions, my clients ask me to perform a reading to tell them their future. In many cases, my response is, "why don't you tell me your future?" They stop and stare, speechless. Of course, that sounds sarcastic and demeaning, but indeed, you know your future better than anyone else!
I am in no way knocking the psychic arts, but I'm presenting you with the fact that you have the ability to define and determine your future and outcomes as much as any psychic. "Divination for personal use" is merely a way to vocalize and symbolize that which you already know about yourself!
Self-Divine-ation
... Defining a divine future!
Too Stuck To Pray?Prayer is a powerful way to open the heart when you are stuck in anger, fear, self-judgment, resistance or depression. When you can sincerely pray for spiritual help in opening your heart and taking responsibility for your own feelings and needs, help is there.
Spirit will find some way to support you when you really desire the help. Spiritual help may come through words that pop into your mind, through images, feelings, dreams, or through other people -- but it will come. However, what if you are too stuck to pray? What if you are in resistance to opening to spiritual help, or what if you don't believe in prayer or in God?
One Minute 'Wake-Ups'We all get frazzled. We all get overwhelmed and snappy. And we all need to re-center before we share that feeling with the rest of the world. Here are a few one-minute wake-ups that will help you to re-focus on what's important.
The Joy Of SpiritI have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. All this experience has resulted in the development of a profound healing process, called Inner Bonding, which anyone can learn and use throughout the day (free course available - see resource box at the end of the article).
One of the results of practicing the Inner Bonding process is much more joy in your life. What brings you joy? What really brings you joy, as opposed to what you think brings you joy?
We have all been taught that we will be happy when we: find our soulmate, make money, work at something we love. Or, we will be happy and fulfilled when we have a house, have a child, do service. Yet I have worked with people who have and do all of the above and are still not happy, and I know of people who have little or none of the above and are frequently joyful.
Autumn Soul SnacksSoul Snacks are spontaneous time-outs; creative ways you can nurture your spirit in 15 minutes or less. Here are a week's worth, especially for this season of beauty and transition. Now make up your own soul snacks...something you can do that nurtures your spirit in 15 minutes or less.
7 Effective Strategies for Dealing with Negative People
Have you ever been around a chronically negative person? How does he or she affect your mood in that moment? More than likely you will feel drained of energy or you'll find yourself carrying around your own negative energy. Negative people make us feel angry and challenge our ability to stay positive. Whether your child or spouse has an occasional negative day or you deal with a family member, friend or co-worker that is chronically negative, there are things you can do to remain positive in the face of negativity.
Take the time everyday to stop and smell the roses, watch children laugh and play, and listen to the birds chirp in the morning. Read inspirational material and listen to joyful music. Connect with your spiritual self. Do whatever you have to do to remain positive and joyful despite the negativity you face. The world will be a better place because of you and your attitude. And you never know, you just might help a negative person make the transition to a better way of living.
7 Effective Strategies for Dealing with Negative People
Coaching YourselfIf it's midwinter in the Northeast, gardening wouldn't be very appealing (you might consider some interior work like stripping wallpaper and redecorating the guestroom). Maybe coffee keeps you awake at night, even decaffeinated coffee! So that's not a good choice. You eliminate several options just because of the current circumstances; that's why it's a good idea to have a lot of them.
Finally, one option sticks. It feels just right. That's the one you are really willing to do, and do properly. That's the one that is most likely to bring you fascinated second glances when you show up at your reunion looking even more attractive than you did 20 years ago. The attraction could be the weight or it could be the inner knowing that you have the power to create what you really want for yourself. That's attractive!
The Midlife Question
Did You Factor Yourself In?It's common at mid-life to have the feeling that you didn't factor yourself into your own life. In fact I got that phrase from a client who, at 47 years, had noticed that she hadn't. You think your goals and plans were all about you, but at mid-life we often have the feeling that we were living someone else's life, and following someone else's goal because the ones we achieved, or didn't, don't seem to have the meaning we thought they would.
We are our feelings, and when we take a break and stop to feel our lives, we may find they're missing. What we thought would bring us joy hasn't. What we thought would feel like "arriving" doesn't. In fact for many, it may be quite a while since you asked yourself how you felt about anything, I mean REALLY felt, and also, sadly, that no one else has asked. Nor have they asked you what you WANTED.
The Midlife Question
Did You Factor Yourself In?
8 Secrets to a Happy and Motivated LifeWhether you want to lose weight, end emotional eating, overcome stress, or move beyond sadness and depression, creating any major change in your life can create feelings of discomfort. You are here, and you want to be there. As enticing as the outcome of your goal appears, you cannot instantly jump into a happy, motivation filled life.
Instead, achieving happiness and success means that you have to venture out of your comfort zone into an unknown journey. On your path between here and there, you will most likely face many obstacles, experience setbacks and failures, feel emotions you don't want to feel, and discover you must learn strange new ways of thinking, acting, and behaving if you want to reach your outcome.
8 Secrets to a Happy and Motivated Life
Embrace Longevity & Romance with These 10 Feng Shui Secrets
Your bedroom is the most important room in your home. It has the greatest effect on your health and well-being. While you sleep, your energy fields are particularly receptive to the effect of any imbalance in your surroundings.
Feng Shui can help you create an environment where your well-being is enhanced, not compromised. These secrets will enhance the energy in your bedroom, improving your health and impacting romance in your life.
Embrace Longevity & Romance with These 10 Feng Shui Secrets
Harnessing the Power of the UnknownThe Unknown -- it is scary territory for many, something to be avoided for others and shameful for those who feel they are supposed to know everything. What is your relationship with the Unknown? Take a moment to ponder it because your attitude towards and experience of this is what governs your ability to create, to innovate and truly bring more of yourself out into the world -- in short to be successful.
If you are going to create something new in your life " in your career, your relationships and your creative endeavors you will be walking into unknown territory. Learning how to navigate this territory effectively and with power is what makes the difference between having a full, rich experience of life and work you enjoy, relishing the adventure of every day or living in frustration wondering why the same thing keeps occurring repeatedly.
Harnessing the Power of the Unknown
Abusive Relationships -- Why Are They Hard to Leave?
From the outside looking in, I'm sure that your loved ones have repeatedly questioned you on your decision to stay with a partner who is emotionally, physically, and/or verbally abusive towards you. What they don't know, is that he/she has not always been, and most likely is not always, like this.
There was a time when your partner wooed and courted you. During this honeymoon period, you fell helplessly in love. Now let's, fast forward to today, after your last abusive bout with your partner you found yourself saying, "I wish it could be the way it used to be when we first fell in love."
Abusive Relationships -- Why Are They Hard to Leave?
Beware! It's Time for SAD
(Seasonal Affective Disorder)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects about 5% of us severely and perhaps 25% of us more mildly. Women and young adults are more likely to suffer from it. It's a form of depression that, according to the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), is a real illness with sometimes severe symptoms. It's worse in January and February, though starts as early as September.
SAD is believed to be caused by melatonin, a sleep-related hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the brain. Melatonin production increases in the dark, so in the winter, when the days are shorter and darker, production increases, causing symptoms of depression. SAD is extremely rare for people living within 30 degrees of the Equator, where daylight hours are long and extremely bright.
Beware! It's Time for SAD
(Seasonal Affective Disorder)
Ways to Avoid or Overcome Career BurnoutIf you realize that you are burned out with your career, this doesn't make you bad or alone. Most folks have experienced career burnout at least once in their work lives. However, it is not a fun or freeing feeling. Luckily, you can avoid or overcome career burnout. The following are suggestions to help you stay away from the big, bad, burnout!
As you go through your career travels and experiences, just remember that no job or career is 100% perfect. There are challenges in every situation. However, it is possible to avoid or overcome business or career burnout.
Ways to Avoid or Overcome Career Burnout
How to Accept and Be Strong in Times of DisappointmentUnfortunately, we are not perfect. We have billions of people we can blame for our own shortcomings and failures. We do not get endless good times. When disappointment, failure or hopelessness attacks, we need to fight back. Here are some weapons:
How to Accept and Be Strong in Times of Disappointment
7 Ways to Supplement Your Income During Career TransitionIt is important to your peace of mind to have a supplemental income while you're working on starting up your own business. Before you make any decisions, create an inventory of your skills and knowledge. This will be important when you start looking for ways to earn extra cash. Once you have a list in front of you, go through the suggestions below for ideas.
Here are just a few of the things you can do to supplement your income until your business becomes profitable. Look through your local newspaper to get more ideas for the work you can do while growing your business. Be careful NOT to get into thinking of this as "looking for a new career". Simply think of it as a temporary job until you grow your business income to where it can completely sustain you and your family.
7 Ways to Supplement Your Income During Career Transition
Discovering Your Passion And PurposeDiscovering our passion and purpose is vital to our joy and well-being. The problem is that many people have lost touch with any sense of their passion and purpose and have no idea how to access this information. The blueprint for this information lies within our core Self, our essence, the true Self that is often buried during our early years.
If our true Self was not seen and validated by our parents, teachers, or other caregivers, it is likely to have gone underground. The self many of us know as our "self" is generally our wounded self, our ego, the self we created to get love and avoid pain. Our wounded self has within it all of our fears and false beliefs, and does not have access to what is true for us.Discovering Your Passion And Purpose
Take a Stand for YourselfMaintaining balance in your life is a common concern these days, usually posed as an issue of work/life balance. People who seek work/life balance often want to work less and have more time and energy for family or for other interests. However, I'd like to look at balance through a different lens.
At its core, I believe that maintaining "balance" means examining how fully we value and honor ourselves. And to fully value and honor ourselves, sometimes we need to take a stand. We already take stands for causes we believe in, we advocate for our children, and champion our friends as they go after their dreams. Yet sometimes we forget that the most important person to take a stand for is the one we greet daily in the bathroom mirror.
Heal Your Home Clean
How deep cleaning can create -- a turnaround in the health of -- your home and your enjoyment of itEvery now and then a story in the newspaper pops up about a sick building. The structure may be overgrown with mold or suffer from an abundance of radon gas. Fortunately most homes don't have these kinds of afflictions, but many of them are sick. But, what they do suffer from is a lack of true, thorough cleaning and repair.
In the rush to get the next project done, ferry kids to soccer practice, or handle some household emergency, our homes suffer from attention deficit. That is, we don't spend enough time with them simply making them clean and keeping them in good order. Sure, we pick up the big stuff, and the dishes get into the dishwasher, but when was the last time your home had your undivided attention? Can't remember? If so, you might have a sick house on your hands.
Heal Your Home Clean
How deep cleaning can create -- a turnaround in the health of -- your home and your enjoyment of it
Feng Shui Tips for Beating the Winter Doldrums
Some people love this time of year. The leaves are changing color, the heat of the summer is gone and there's a bit of a brisk chill in the air. Others see it as the beginning of the end with the Winter coming. Cold weather, ice and snow and decreasing sunlight with the days getting shorter and the nights becoming very long.
People begin to lack energy, stay in more and, just like some animals, literally go into hibernation. Others actually suffer depression from it and get what is called SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder. Doctors recommend medications for those that get depressed but what can you do to stop the depression before it actually sets in?
Feng Shui Tips for Beating the Winter Doldrums
Dog Safety - Holidays and Pets
How to Keep Your Pets Safe and Your Holidays HappyThis discussion of dog health and dog safety is not just for the holidays. It is for every day of their lives. I do not claim that the list below is a complete list of all the things you should be aware of to protect your pet. Most of it is just common sense. A mistake involving any of the following items will probably create the need for an emergency trip to your vet and perhaps something even more serious.
If you learn just one thing that will protect your pet from illness, surgery or death then this writing will have been worth my time and yours.
Dog Safety - Holidays and Pets
How to Keep Your Pets Safe and Your Holidays Happy
Christmas Safety TipsChristmas Safety Tips. Here are a few quick safety tips to help you, your family, friends and pets have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
Top 10 Tricks for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain!
Ah, the holidays! Wonderful time of the year -- you see family and old friends, people are in a good mood and especially at parties, food and drink are waiting to attack you!!! Most people gain 3--5 pounds during the holidays. If you turn into a Hoover vacuum and start sucking down food like there is no tomorrow during the holidays -- there are some simple ways you can avoid the holiday poundage whether it is at home, work or parties. There are many, but here are my favorites.
Top 10 Tricks for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain!
Top 10 Countdown of the Benefits to Exercise
I love David Letterman's Top 10 Lists! They are always so fun - So I decided that I would create a Top Ten List of what I think are the best benefits of Exercise! Here we go! I hope this gives you some ideas and inspiration for yourself. If you have any questions or I can be of any help, please let me know! I love to talk about this stuff with people!
Top 10 Countdown of the Benefits to Exercise
A Safe And Happy ChristmasAs we all know many accidents happen in the home all year round, but at this time of year when there are often more people than usual in the house and we are more likely to be distracted by a friend dropping in or a phone call from a distant relative, it is more important than ever to take the extra care to ensure a safe and happy Christmas for our families and friends.
Mind Over Matter
The Power of ThoughtsOne of the greatest challenges in life is understanding just how powerful our thoughts are. Many of us learn this the hard way -- myself included. After spending most of my early life caught up in negative thought patterns, it occurred to me that I had created exactly what I had been thinking about all those years.
I worked at a stressful, unfulfilling job. I had an extremely low income, and no matter how hard I tried to improve my financial situation, I was always broke. I struggled with various addictions. I was alone, and felt I deserved to be alone for the rest of my life. Obviously, I had no self-esteem. It took me many years to realize that I was creating ALL of it. Why would a person want to create such frustration and hardship? I didn't want to, I just didn't know how NOT to. I didn't realize I had a choice in the matter.Mind Over Matter
The Power of Thoughts
A Magical Holiday SeasonHas the anxiety over your holiday plans started yet? Have you got a knot in your stomach at the thought of your mother-in-law's cooking? Do you feel the pain in your pocket at the thought of all of the money you'll be spending?
If this sounds familiar, take heart in the fact that you are not alone. You are among tens of thousands of people who start to feel pangs of dread descending upon them and stress levels rising as the holidays approach.
You may wonder if all this holiday fuss is worth it as you consider all of the things that need to be done, schedules to coordinate, people to see, phone calls to make, cards to send, food to cook and purchases to make. If you're like many, you can't wait until the holidays are over.All of these suggestions speak of quality vs. quantity in your celebration of this holy time of year. Pick one or two tonight and get started on your family's most memorable holiday season ever!
5 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays More!5 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays More!
Energize For A Happy Holiday Season
Four Tips For MomsDecking the halls and spreading good cheer takes a lot of energy, and no one knows that like a mom. Here are some tips to make sure you enjoy every last fa-la-la.
Energize For A Happy Holiday Season
Four Tips For Moms
Sweeten Up Your Life
Sometimes life experiences can be like a lemon-flavored Tootsie Roll Pop. Hard and sour on the outside. Soft and sweet on the inside. Take getting dumped in a relationship for instance. Facing life alone can be tough for many people. Yet, there are behind-the-scenes benefits to every predicament! There's even a sweet treat hidden within the experience of losing a lover.
Yep, situations aren't as bad as you initially think they are. The hidden advantages may not be obvious to you for days--or even years. But rewards do exist. You'll find the sweetness by looking behind the surface appearance of your situation. By looking deeper from this new perspective, you can discover how the loss of a relationship can restore your trust in life. Or how losing your job or health can propel you closer to your dreams!
The Top 10 Ways to Prepare for Safe, Yes, HOLIDAYSHey, the Christmas decorations are out. The holidays are just around the corner. You're going to get very busy, preoccupied, tired and scattered. There will be new things and people in your house. So ... take some time now to start safety-proofing the house, starting with the fire alarm.
The Top 10 Ways to Prepare for Safe, Yes, HOLIDAYS
Take the Fear Out of RetiringEver get the feeling that people stop listening once you tell them you're retired? One of the hardest parts of retirement life is realizing how your job made you feel appreciated, competent and maybe even powerful. Your talents, skills and gifts didn't evaporate when you walked out the door on your last day. The first step is recognizing what you got out of the job " it was more than just having a place to go every day. Step 2 is finding new outlets for all you have to offer.
Now's the perfect time to live out that long hidden dream, learn a new skill, take a class or pick up that hobby you dropped because you just didn't have the time. If anything seems the least bit interesting, learn more about it. Become an expert in something. Learn to cook Indian food. Try Tai Chi. If you don't like it, try something else!
Computer Users: Carpal Tunnel Begins in Your Neck
Not in Your WristIf Carpal Tunnel Syndrome comes from typing on the computer all day, why didn't people who typed on typewriters get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Because there were no computer screens to draw their heads forward, chins tilted up, necks strained. Typewriters were placed lower than desks and typists tilted their heads down not forward.
The culprit in Carpal Tunnel pain, the Median nerve, exits the spinal cord from the lower part of your neck, travels through neck muscles under the collar bone to the front of your shoulder bone, then makes its way down your arm, past your elbow to your wrist where it passes through the Carpal Tunnel and into your hand.Computer Users: Carpal Tunnel Begins in Your Neck
Not in Your Wrist
The Ten Most Effective Tools to Become -- More Conscious, More Calm and More GroundedWhen we breathe slowly and deeply into the bottom of our lungs we are using the most powerful tool there is to get ourselves out of the Fight or Flight Response, and into a more calm, relaxed state.
By practicing slow, deep abdominal breathing on a regular basis, we become more aware of when our breathing shifts into shallow, faster breathing, a sign that we have become more anxious and stressed. As soon as we focus awareness on our breath and start breathing more slowly and deeply, we immediately become calmer and will feel better able to deal with whatever the situation is that changed our breath and how we are feeling.
The Ten Most Effective Tools to Become -- More Conscious, More Calm and More Grounded
5 Basic Rules of Life Design
One way to measure a great life design is how well it accommodates what you want to do. The goal should be to create a life with as few barriers and obstacles as possible. Safety measures such as reserves and boundaries benefit you, plus there are a number of conveniences that simply make a life more efficient and enjoyable to use.
Like a good room design, thinking ahead about who you are and how you want your life to function is a good place to start.
Responding to Criticism Without Being DefensiveIn an actual war, to be attacked means to have our survival threatened. Thus, we might chose between surrender, withdrawal, or counterattack. When we feel attacked (criticized or judged) by others in conversation, we often move into that same kind of survival mentality and automatically defend ourselves.
But conversation is different than war. When we defend against criticism, we give more power to the criticism and the person dishing it out than is warranted.
While we might need to set some limits if someone is verbally abusive, I think we often ward off criticism far too soon, discarding anything that is valid, as well as what is invalid. The person's words may hurt, but they will hurt less, I think, if we ask questions, decide which pieces we agree with (if any) and which ones we don't agree with.Responding to Criticism Without Being Defensive
How to Feel Joyful, -- Even If You Want to Lose Weight
We all want to feel joy. However, do you feel that you have to go on a diet, lose weight, wear the right clothes, or become worthy before you can feel joyful? How can you be happy if you are overweight, stuck, lonely, feeling depressed or stressed? If you are lacking joy, take heart! You can learn to reverse the habits and behaviors that are sabotaging your joy.
How to Feel Joyful, -- Even If You Want to Lose Weight
How To Cheer Yourself Up When You're Down
Got the colder weather, sour relationships, no money, poor health, plain ol' down 'n dirty blues? Try some of these strategies to blow away those dark clouds and let the sunshine into your life again.
How To Cheer Yourself Up When You're Down
Hippo Rage
Rage is all the rage these days. Road rage. Lineup rage. Waiting room rage. Even river rage. You may also have heard of parking lot rage, elevator rage and airplane rage. What gives? Is the world getting angrier or just more crowded?
Both. It's a fact that as our space and time grow increasingly crowded, our stress levels rise.
When it comes to space, we are cramming more people into more crowded cities, elevators, airplanes, stores. Our patience diminishes. Our good will diminishes. Our tolerance diminishes. Has anyone noticed they place the chairs at conferences -- you noticed! -- so close together that even skinny people get to know each other well. My theory is that the hotels are trying to develop their own niche rage market: conference seating rage.
The Buffer ZoneThe Buffer Zone is that span of time AFTER you leave work (and it doesn't matter whether you work inside or outside your home) and BEFORE you arrive at your home for the evening. It's not so much a distance or amount of time as it is a psychological separation. A sense in your brain (that is translated to your body) that one part of your day has been completed and another has just begun.
Ignoring the Buffer Zone often means you'll start having feelings of resentment and frustration. 'Can't these kids give me 5 minutes?', you'll think to yourself. 'How dare my spouse ask me to cook tonight, can't he see how tired I am?', you snap to yourself. Then, eventually, you'll start snapping out loud.
5 Things You Shouldn't Do If He's Cheating on YouThis may be the most important article you'll read about dealing with your husband's affair. There's plenty of information available on what to do if your husband is cheating. But very little has been written about the things you shouldn't do.
Your husband is cheating. You're not sure what to do. Before wrestling with that decision, let's focus first on what you SHOULDN'T do. Most women react blindly when they find out their husbands are having an affair. They let fear, anger, hurt, or a desire for revenge compel them to do things they later regret -- things which make it difficult or impossible to implement any worthwhile infidelity advice they may later receive.5 Things You Shouldn't Do If He's Cheating on You
The Biggest Obstacle to a Life of BalanceThe biggest obstacle to a balanced life is stress. How's that for a profound (or profoundly obvious) statement? We all knew that, didn't we? But the real issue is not WHAT the biggest obstacle to a balanced life is. The real issue is what is it about stress that affects us so and can we do anything about it.
When we become stressed, the object of our stress becomes all consuming. We think about it, worry about it and focus on it -- to the exclusion of all else. By definition, if a single object, event or person commands our energies to the exclusion of all else, our lives cannot be balanced, until the stress is relieved. If it is not relieved, it will impact our health, our relationships and ultimately our quality of living.The Biggest Obstacle to a Life of Balance
Compulsive Eating Signs
Compulsive eating involves episodes of uncontrolled eating or binging, that feel frenzied or out of control. Eating occurs even past the point of being uncomfortably full.
Unlike individuals with bulimia, compulsive over eaters do not attempt to compensate for their overeating with vomiting, laxatives, fasting, or purging. However, there may be intervals of repetitive diets. While compulsive eating may eventually result in weight gain, body weight can range from normal to severe obesity.
Stay Ahead of the Curve
on the jobs that await you ... every dayIf your life is like most people's it's crammed to the brim with stuff to do ... every day. Time management is essential. So is a firm set of priorities and organization skills to make sure you get the important things done -- especially on the days when you can't do it all.
(If you're chronically out of time and have days where you frequently can't do it all ... you desperately need to review your priorities and your "most important stuff" list ... and then take action to rearrange your life.)
Stay Ahead of the Curve
on the jobs that await you ... every day
You May Want to Rethink the Artificial Tan This WinterAccording to The Skin Cancer Foundation, more than 28 million of us Americans are tanning indoors every year, despite the fact that "the evidence that ultraviolet radiation causes skin cancer is overwhelming and convincing." Tanning devices emit ultraviolet (UV) light.
"James Spencer, MD, spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology and vice chairman of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, was surprised at the size of the results. "We knew artificial tanning was bad," he said, "but it's worse than we thought. This is a large, powerful study and I think what it does is confirm what we suspected.You May Want to Rethink the Artificial Tan This Winter
Who Are You Listening To?
Paying Attention to the Voices
That Bombard Women TodayThere are a lot of voices in the world today. So many are telling others what they should -- or should not -- do. And most of them are not helpful. If you are a busy working mom, you know what I mean. I love to listen to all kinds of working mothers. To hear what they're really saying. Some of what these incredibly busy women say wouldn't surprise you.
Who Are You Listening To?
Paying Attention to the Voices
That Bombard Women Today
Daily Dose of Stress ReliefWouldn't it be great if there was a Daily Dose of Stress Relief that we could take every morning?
It's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and start to feel overwhelmed, frustrated, burned-out, and fed up. Stress is caused by a lot of things, but when you look closely, as often as not, it's the small things that drive you batty on any given day. Try these 4 ways to create your very own Daily Dose of Stress Relief.
Licking Sugar AddictionNo doubt about it, we are a nation of addicts and sugar ranks right at the top of the list. While sugar addiction is the most prevalent, widely practiced and legally accepted addiction in our society, few of us understand it and fewer still know how to manage it on a life-long basis.
Several books have been published in recent years addressing this issue, a few even becoming bestsellers, certainly letting us know that people are very concerned about their health and nutrition. This "coming out of the closet" is certainly a good thing for those addicted to sugar.
6 Steps To A Healthier YouBalance in all things is critical to maintaining health, not only physical health, but emotional and spiritual health as well. In the hectic drive of today's world, many women forget to take care of their most important asset, themselves. In an effort to help woman of all ages learn to take care of and nurture themselves, here are 6 easy ideas you can use to bring balance and harmony into your life.
Take the time to give to yourself daily. Giving to yourself, honoring yourself and loving yourself is important. As you take the time to eat right, exercise, meditate or fulfill your own need, you will begin to experience a sense of empowerment, peace and harmony. Each step that you take will help to bring the scales back into balance. Did you ever think that a mere 30 minutes a day could give you so much?
Eating for EnergyHere's a meal-by-meal guide to eating for energy and managing your mood with food. Eating for energy is one of the most effective, powerful, and fast-acting mood-boosters. Try it today and see!
For maximum energy throughout the day, avoid foods that are laden with simple sugars, such as cookies, pastries, candy bars, and sodas, which can bring on erratic blood sugar levels.
Self-Care for Creative Artists
5 Ways to Start TodaySelf-care is the path to creative expression. By paying closer attention to your self-care, you can have easier access to your creativity, to your muse and to your inner strength and resilience. You'll also have more energy, more tolerance for others and yourself and more confidence in your work.
Self-Care for Creative Artists
5 Ways to Start Today
7 Simple Relaxation Methods
That Can Make a Difference TodayFeeling stressed out is no fun, but thanks to today's hectic lifestyles, more and more people are suffering the mental and physical consequences of stress. While it may not be possible to just chuck in your high-pressure job and get away from it all, there are simple things that most people can do on a daily basis to keep stress under control and avoid its negative impact. This article takes a look at a few of these.
7 Simple Relaxation Methods
That Can Make a Difference Today
Getting Unstuck Through Self-CoachingNot everyone can get a coach or even needs a coach for every stumbling block that comes their way. It can be very helpful to know a few coaching skills you can use for yourself to help you get through stuck places. When you are stuck and feel you are spinning your wheels or can not get moving forward again there are a few important questions you can ask yourself to try to get going.
I have listed the questions by number but you do not have to use them in order. Your issue should cause the questions to make sense.
Getting Unstuck Through Self-Coaching
Headache Remedies
Gentle Exercises For Pain ReliefWhen headaches are caused by muscle tension and stress, you can often get relief through gentle, relaxing exercises for the face, head, neck, and breath. Read on to learn these simple techniques for taming headaches and tension.
Because stress and tension often contribute to headaches, relaxation techniques can also help relieve the pain. Breath-work is one of the best overall relaxation techniques. Below is a breathing exercise that will allow you to turn off your stress response, relax, and reduce pain.
Headache Remedies
Gentle Exercises For Pain Relief
Bad Mood?
5 Energy Healing Tips to Improve ItIt's easy to get your subtle energies tangled up in a knot. I'm sure you know what I mean-those times when something unpleasant happens and you can literally feel your spirits sinking.
You can do a lot to "untie those energetic knots," lift yourself out of the dumps, overcome anxiety, calm your emotions, and generally feel better energetically, emotionally and mentally.
Bad Mood?
5 Energy Healing Tips to Improve It
10 Down-To-Earth Ways to Clear Your Solar Plexus Chakra
and Unlock Your Personal PowerDo you lack confidence in yourself? Experience problems with digestion or have allergies? Do you have trouble speaking up in a group? Is it difficult for you to get what you want, or to make things happen? Do you feel like others push you around? Do you wish you could step up to a leadership role?
Clearing, balancing, and opening your third chakra can help you develop a healthy sense of self-worth, stand up for yourself better, grow as a leader, become more effective, and successfully set and reach goals.
10 Down-To-Earth Ways to Clear Your Solar Plexus Chakra
and Unlock Your Personal Power
10 Down-To-Earth Ways to Clear
Your Sacral Chakra and Open to JoyAre you working too hard, either temporarily or as a life-style? Does life feel like a grind? Have you lost your ability to feel joy, to play, to be creative? Perhaps you feel numb, or your mate complains that you never express your feelings. Maybe you've been feeling low-energy or unhappy with your erotic life.
If any of this sounds like you, it might help to learn some ways to clear and balance your sacral chakra. Second of the seven chakras, it's the key to life energy, emotions, sexuality, and creativity. Called svadhisthana in Sankrit, it gives us the life energy for creation, recreation, and procreation.
10 Down-To-Earth Ways to Clear
Your Sacral Chakra and Open to Joy
10 Down-to-Earth Ways to Clear
Your Root Chakra and Release Your FearsMaybe you're going through a hard time (in this economy, so many of us are), or maybe it's a more deeply ingrained part of your nature--but whatever the cause, you're feeling anxious, insecure, vulnerable, unable to relax and let your guard down.
Clearing, balancing, and opening your first chakra can help you get your feet back under you when you're feeling like you're "losing your grip." It can help you relax, feel calmer and more secure, and let go of nagging fears. It can help you gain the feeling that you truly belong in the universe, and that everything will turn out basically alright for you.
10 Down-to-Earth Ways to Clear
Your Root Chakra and Release Your Fears
Healthy Selfishness
Self Care Lets You Live Your Best LifeWhen was the last time taking care of yourself or doing something just for fun made it to the top of your to do list? If your answer is a "long time ago" or "can't remember" or even "never," you're not alone.
From the time we were children, many of us were taught "Don't be selfish" and "Think of others." We may have learned these lessons a little too well. Most of us spend all the hours of our day taking care of others, completing the to-do list, fulfilling obligations, and doing what we "should" do. Taking care of ourselves is last on the list if it's on the list at all.
Healthy Selfishness
Self Care Lets You Live Your Best Life
The Time To Change Your Life is NOW.
Not tomorrow.... NOW!If you find yourself in a place in life you don't like, and seem to be forever procrastinating on making a change, examine whether the three factors outlined here are secretly controlling your life. Determine ABSOLUTELY to make a breakthrough. Then use the blueprint given here to make the changes you need to make to take you where you want to go, AND away from where you don't want to be.
Do it today. Not tomorrow, but today. Why? Because tomorrow is just another today. If you don't start today, tomorrow will come and it will be today. And you will probably say the same thing then too. Tomorrow is just today, one day later.
The Time To Change Your Life is NOW.
Not tomorrow.... NOW!
Greed and Selfishness
.... Knowing The Difference And Loving Yourself!I hear many people discuss how selfishness leads to greed, or that being greedy is part of being selfish. I simply have to say that "greed" and "selfishness" are not the same things. These are "value words" and are based on ideas and information drilled into our heads when we were younger as something known as "basic morals."
As you grow and change, you find that these value words don't seem to fit any longer and, instead of providing a basis from which we can learn, they begin to hinder progress.
If you learned that being selfish meant not doing for others and that selfishness was bad, then all your life you will be taken advantage of and used by those that have come to realize that it is okay to be selfish with oneself.Greed and Selfishness
.... Knowing The Difference And Loving Yourself!
You And Your MoneyHave you ever noticed that no matter how much money you seem to make there is never enough? Do you wonder why you never seem to get ahead financially? Have you ever taken an assessment of your relationship with money? This will determine where the problem might be. Then together, we can diagnose your financial disease and develop a plan of care to treat it and cure it.
The path to financial freedom lies before you. You have the power to take responsibility for your money and to make better choices. Take control of your current financial situation by becoming aware of your spending habits and patterns.
This will empower you to shift from a spending mentality to a saving mentality and start you on the path to building wealth. Then, you can develop financial goals and create a financial plan to keep you focused on creating financial reserves. It's your choice - choose to make better financial decisions, one dollar at a time.
Being Tender With the Ugly Parts of YourselfWe don't like to think about our "ugly parts," do we? By ugly parts of course I mean those aspects of ourselves we perceive to be less than perfect. For some it might be physical flaws like acne, jiggly thighs or a persistent pot belly no matter how many hours we spend in the gym. For others there may be emotional issues like fears, phobias or low self-esteem.
One lesson I keep having to learn over and over in my own life is that the more I resist these aspects of myself, the more I hate them and push them away and try to ignore them, the bigger and more dominant they become. My resistance gives them power over me.
Being Tender With the Ugly Parts of Yourself
Where's Your Edge?
Financial, emotional or physical stress can be a real energy drain and ample motivation to play it safe. I don't like being at my edge, it's scary and unsettling. It calls up my anxiety and my old fears and doubts that I think I've resolved. Despite my resistance, I want to know what continues to push me forward, and creates the ability to withstand and thrive when I am pushed to my edge.
I think the answer for me is simple: it's my passion to grow and evolve. Being at my edge seems to provide this opportunity. I notice that discomfort and dissatisfaction are the impetus for daring to risk new territory. It seems that our shoes have to get a little bit too tight before we are ready to get bigger ones. As Carl Jung stated, "Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next".
How to Deal With People
Who Think They Are Better Than YouHowever smart you are, you will need to know how to deal with people who think they are better than you. You are bound to meet people like this in your life. That is the case even if you are an internationally acclaimed scientist or a member of MENSA, because when people think they are better than you it is about them, not you.
So, in learning how to deal with people who think they are better than you, initially you need to fight your natural instincts to blank them. Get to know them better and find out why they feel the need to put others down. If they need a confidence boost, help to give them one, while at the same time protecting your own self esteem and self respect. If that fails or even makes them worse, they try showing up the arrogant person for what they are: people just like anyone else, with strengths and weaknesses. This will help you deal with them even if it doesn't help them to change their behaviour.
How to Deal With People
Who Think They Are Better Than You
Are You Multi-Tasking Yourself Into More Stress?
Whenever you feel your attention start to shift away from the present, gently remind yourself to return. Focus on each of your senses in turn. At this very moment, what do you see, smell, hear, feel, taste? Start small. Begin practicing mindfulness with a simple routine you do every day, such as brushing your teeth or making your bed. As you go through the routine, focus on what your body is feeling at each moment. Once those simple tasks can hold your full awareness, shift that awareness to the other tasks in your life.
When you start to feel as though your mind is slipping away from the present, bring yourself back by asking yourself "what am I doing?" Once again, focus on the physical sensations the activity produces. It takes a great deal of discipline (and many, many reminders) to cultivate this level of awareness and attention, but you'll feel more creative, focused, and alive if you can master it.
Are You Multi-Tasking Yourself Into More Stress?
Sneezing Your Head Off?
Dealing with Pollen
And Air-Borne AllergiesWe had an especially wet winter in my part of the country this year -- and now an especially windy spring. Trees, flowers, weeds and grasses are all blooming and lush -- and their pollen is blowing all over the place. Every day brings another round.
In response, our cats have bouts of sneezing ... and even my husband and I, who are not normally bothered with allergies, have moments of sniffling, coughing and hoarseness that seem somehow tied to all this activity in the air. It gives me such sympathy for people who really suffer with springtime allergies, so I did some research on how to protect yourself if you're one of those unfortunate souls. Here are some of the tips and suggestions I found.
Sneezing Your Head Off?
Dealing with Pollen
And Air-Borne Allergies
The Basics of Home Emergency Preparation
There will always be unexpected situations in life -- but they don't have to catch you off guard. There are many different "emergencies" that can (and will) occur. Many people hear the words "emergency preparation" and automatically assume that's just for "crazy" people who think the world is about to end. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Yes, there are people who prepare for world wars that may never happen -- but there are a lot of "every day" emergencies that it's good to prepare for, and nobody will think that's crazy. Think about all the power outages due to snow and ice the United States has suffered in the past few years. Think of the hurricanes, tornadoes, and other storms. These things happen all over the world and they can effect anybody.
The economy of much of the world is shaky right now, with unemployment at high levels. If you lost your job tomorrow, what would your family eat? How would you keep the power on? It's prudent to be prepared. Even the tiniest "emergency" -- you're sick and can't get to the grocery store -- is worth preparing for.
The Basics of Home Emergency Preparation
5 Steps to Being Selfish
When I was growing up, if my mother called me selfish, I knew she was extremely disappointed. I was the 5th out of 6 kids with 5 of us being born within 6 years, so my mother was busy. I remember being at a school function in the winter and all of us threw our coats at my mom. Appearances were very important to her so she put on a happy face, but the pile of coats couldn't hide the misery in her eyes.
Mind you I was only in 2nd grade but I remember telling my mom that I didn't want to ever have children. Her response shocked me for two reasons; One that she didn't object to my observation and two, it marked my first encounter with the "s" word. She stated that I was selfish!
Many times over my childhood that word was uttered in response to a situation where I wanted to take care of myself. So, as I grew up, married and had children I believed my days of placing myself on the top of the totem pole ended with the utterance of "I do".
Things You Need For a Relaxing Bath
It's been another long day and you need a break. On days like this -- inevitable in a busy life -- taking time out for a relaxing bath can work wonders.
Too often we settle for standing in a moldy, cramped shower for five or ten minutes a day in a quick, joyless attempt to get clean before rushing off to do whatever it is that's next on our docket.
It's amazing the difference that blocking out an extra ten or twenty minutes for a bath can make. Granted, we might not always have time for a bath, but when we do, we get a chance to clear our heads and ease sore muscles while we relax, sprawled back in the tub. It's like having a day spa brought to our bathrooms.
Things You Need For a Relaxing Bath
America does not have a shortage of doctors,
it has an excess of diseaseNow that health reform relying on monopolized pharmaceutical medicine has become the law of the land across America, the mainstream media is reporting on a sudden shortage of doctors. The nearly one million doctors who already treat a sick, diseased population is no longer enough, it seems, and medical schools are ramping up to churn out more doctors to treat yet more disease. There are never enough doctors to go around when everybody's sick, it seems...
What we're witnessing here is a massive expansion of the sick-care industry which already swallows 20 percent of the U.S. economy. Over the next few years, that percentage will rise to 25 percent, then 30 percent, and this financial sinkhole called "mainstream medicine" may even hit one-third of the entire national economy.
America does not have a shortage of doctors
It has an excess of disease
Nature and Your Health
Feed Your ChakrasRecommended Book from Amazon
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
By
Richard LouvHave you noticed that a warm, sunny day in early Spring can bring out droves of people? After a long winter there is a strong urge to get outside. We've been cooped up in our homes and offices for months, away from the sun and the outdoors.This craving for the outdoors and nature is referred to as biophilia (love of living things). Scientists have theorized that humans have a biological need to bond with and be close to other living systems, including: animals, plants, habitats, objects in nature and even the weather.
The term Nature Deficit Disorder was first coined by author Richard Louv in his book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder. He refers to the biophilia theory and suggests that many of our children are suffering as a result of the disconnect from nature created by our modern lifestyles.
Nature and Your Health
Feed Your Chakras
A Tool for the Spirit
Journaling is a remarkable device for easing worry and obsession, for identifying hopes and fears and for allowing your creative self to expand, increasing your level of energy and confidence. It harnesses the power to tap into successively deeper layers of your subconscious mind while it zaps the nervous, passive energy that ties your stomach in knots and leads to more guilt and worry.
Journals are tools to help you discover the wisdom you already possess. Sometimes, this wisdom will surprise you. Other times, it will challenge you. Always, it will come directly from you, empowering you to trust yourself and to take action by giving you the deep-seated knowledge that you know more than you think you do.
Just Between You and Me ... and Chi
To say I came to respect Oriental medicine's possibilities, and those of the homeopathic and holistic healing disciplines, reluctantly ... is quite an understatement. When I brushed against the idea of herbs, teas, massage, ingesting minute quantities of what amounts to poison in normal doses to correct ailments, and other such suggestions ... I figured these were concepts I could live much better without, thankyouverymuch.
Just Between You and Me ... and Chi
Why Can't I Lose Weight?
Do you keep trying to lose weight, but fail every single time? Have you tried every popular diet out there, but nothing works? Well, today you will find the answer! In this article, I will outline the most common reasons why you may be unable to lose weight:
"You have a slow metabolism": The term metabolism is a very complex concept and includes all the chemical reactions that occur in the human body. The body requires large amounts of energy every day in order to regulate temperature, repair internal damages and synthesize useful substances that will enable the various organs to function. In fact, the liver uses 27% of this energy, the heart only 10%, the brain 19% and the kidneys 7%. Also, a large amount of energy is spent as heat loss.
Your metabolism doesn't always remain constant and having an extremely low metabolism is impossible, because your organs always need energy in order to function. However, it may be true that you burn calories at a lower rate than you should.
Holiday Help For Emotional Eaters
Weight is just that, weight. It is an inadvertent way to keep you on the ground. You are grounded when you have clarity. You are in control, and your creative mind is working to its full potential. With grounding comes enhanced intuition, you may be surprised just what flows forth when you are secure in your own self-being. Grounding offers complete confidence in your abilities and who you are. It gives you the ability to STAY motivated.
The best way I describe not being grounded, in relation to food, are my bouts with binge eating and bulimia. I never focused on what I was eating. It was more about what I would eat next. One thing after another was consumed before I had time to even think about what I was swallowing. During those times, there never was an "Earth to Catherine" moment.
Holiday Help For Emotional Eaters
Six Secrets of Organized Moms
A mom often wears many hats, taxi driver, cook, housekeeper, bread-winner, shoulder to cry on, and more. So, how does mom juggle it all? The following are six secrets of organized moms to help make things easier.
Help Your Kid Survive Mean Girls Or Guys
At some point in your school career, chances are you've had at least one run-in with a kid who seemed determined to make your life miserable. If your son or daughter is currently dealing with one (or more) of these kids here are some positive messages you can offer.
These aren't magic bullets by any means. But if you a) empathize with what your child is going through, b) make sure (s)he knows no one deserves bad treatment from anyone, and c) become your child's #1 advocate, then you will help the situation.
Help Your Kid Survive Mean Girls Or Guys
How To Nourish The Sandwich That Is You
The "Sandwich Generation" is a term that has now made it into the dictionary. It fits an increasing number of Boomer women whose reality includes being squeezed between the demands of growing children and the needs of aging parents.
A study by AARP and the National Alliance for Care-giving identified over 44 million Americans who are caring for ill adult family members, 60% of them women. According to the National Center on Health Statistics, about 80% of women in their 40's have children for whom they are still somewhat responsible. Given these numbers, many of you may well be asking yourself, how can I balance caring for my parents, my children and myself? Here are some tips to help you sustain and nourish yourself.
How To Nourish The Sandwich That Is You
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Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career
Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of going back to school -- New clothes, new shoes, new school supplies, a new teacher -- a fresh, new start full of possibilities. When is the last time you've felt the flood of emotions associated with going back to school?
You can apply these Back to School principles to your career -- whether you've been employed by the same company since you got out of college or are currently in career transition -- to give yourself a new attitude toward your career or your job search and find yourself filled with the excitement and anticipation of what lies ahead.
Back to School Principles You Can Apply to Your Career
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Better Aging
My friend who retired last year from years on Wall Street tells me, "I have to watch very carefully how I spend my money. I don't know how to do anything."
One of the reasons people find retirement challenging, is also the solution to the problem of better aging: we identify with roles in our lives. Worse than that, we enjoy them. They're what our life is all about or we wouldn't have been doing them in the first place.
Now my friend certainly knows how to do things. He can cook his breakfast, he's an attentive father, he knows how to mow the lawn. But to his way of thinking, now that he's no longer a broker, he "doesn't know how to do anything."
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In the News about Breast Cancer
Alcohol consumption is known to increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. Now a new study by the research division of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, confirms that even moderate drinking -- as little as half a drink a day -- increases the odds of a recurrence in women already battling the disease by as much as 1/3.
In the News about Breast Cancer
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When Family Members are Reacting Differently
To the Loss of Your PetThe loss of a family companion animal is difficult, and my heart goes out to you. We come to love our animals and feel a deep sense of loss when they die. Some people tell me they've felt more grief over the loss of their dog than of any human being in their life.
It's not always recognized by others, but those would only be people who have not lost an animal companion they loved. Or I should say, who loved them. They give us the unconditional love that helps us thrive.
When Family Members are Reacting Differently
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Can You Make a Perfect Transition Decision?
Recommended Book from Amazon
Changing for Good
By
James O. Prochaska, et. al. Some folks believe there are no bad decisions ... If you turn left instead of right, you think you've made a mistake -- til you realize this detour is actually a shortcut to the destination of your dreams.
But if you're standing at a fork in the road, here are some guidelines that others have found helpful.Can You Make a Perfect Transition Decision?
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Transitions
Finding Comfort In The MiddleChange occurs constantly. Things move so fast today, people cannot keep up. With every change, there is a process that occurs. The process is called transition and there are three stages: an ending, middle and a new beginning. These stages can happen separately or simultaneously. Depending upon the nature of the change, the stages can take minutes or years to get through. And when multiple changes occur concurrently, you can be in different stages associated with different changes.
Transitions
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Change -- An Invited Guest
Most people are glad they welcomed change, just as we look fondly back on the visitors who came a few months ago. Usually, after guests left, I missed them -- even if I had spent their entire visit anticipating the moment I would watch the plane take off with them safely on board.
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Are We Talking Ourselves to Death?
Is there a link between brain cancer and cell phone usage?There's a report out from the Environmental Working Group on cell phone safety, and the news is not good. Cell phone safety is already under fire in many states and cities because of the distraction they are when people use them while driving.
Many jurisdictions have banned their use by drivers when a car is in motion, in traffic, after a shocking set of statistics showing how often cell phone use was a factor in serious and fatal accidents. Cell phones are convenient, yes -- but there's no escaping the fact that they are also deadly. That's one kind of health risk no one needs.
Are We Talking Ourselves to Death?
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Fat Food ... Fat Ass ... Fat Head?
More Evidence Against
The Wisdom of the Western DietIn the science-speak that often accompanies studies -- and papers on studies -- an article in Science Daily begins with this sentence. "Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown." In other words, rats on a high-fat diet quickly become stupid and lazy. What implication might this have for humans?
Fat Food ... Fat Ass ... Fat Head?
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The Top 7 Tips For Preventing a Heart Attack
Unfortunately, the incidence of heart attack and heart disease is on the rise. Many times, heart disease and heart attacks can be prevented -- even when heart disease is hereditary. With the popularity of fast food, pre -- packaged frozen dinners, and fattening desserts increasing every day, so do the number of heart attacks per year.
The Top 7 Tips For Preventing a Heart Attack
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A Look at Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine
Alternative medicine and alternative therapies are therapeutic practices, which are currently not considered as an integral part of conventional medicine. Conventional medicine is the current mainstream medical system of diagnosis and treatment of disease.
However, an increasing desire for wellness, in response to today's stressful lifestyle and rising incidences of cancer, disease and illness, has led to the rising demand for alternative medicine and therapies. It is true that many people are becoming disenchanted with conventional medicine's drugs and the approach to healing.
A Look at Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine
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Best 8 Ways to Deal with Detractors
We have all had them as we set and go after our goals, no matter where we are or what our goals may be: naysayers, detractors, people who poke fun or get angry or tell us we can't do it. Detractors are very serious business, even if they just seem to be having a little fun at our expense. Don't let them stop you or even slow you down. How do you deal with detractors? Each one will be different, but here are a few tips:
Best 8 Ways to Deal with Detractors
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Seven Tips For Negotiating Your Next Raise
Before you enter a negotiation, find out if there are restrictions on what you can get. For instance, if a job is advertised at a certain title and salary, some companies will not negotiate beyond what is formally posted. If your company has a limit on raises, you can't get more unless your boss jumps through a lot of hoops.
Seven Tips For Negotiating Your Next Raise
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Enjoy the Holidays!
5 Practices to Less Stress and More JoyIt bothers me that most conversations I have at this time of year contain some level of stress and anxiety about the upcoming holiday season. I'm not immune myself - every year I swing on a pendulum between being caught up in a frenzy of materialism or feeling the urge to back away and becoming cynical about the entire season. What is up with that? Shouldn't this time of year be about peace, joy and celebration?
It's understandably complex; the holiday season taps into all of our personal and collective beliefs and values, from our deepest feelings about creation to how our families function to how we live in community. Throw a substantial dose of shameless consumerism into the mix and it's no wonder people both love and dread December.
Enjoy the Holidays!
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What To Pay When You Can't Pay Everything
With ever increasing consumer debt more of us are finding ourselves robbing Peter to pay Paul each month. We go through our bills and find that the money just won't stretch far enough to cover all of the bills and expenses. It's hard to decide who you should pay when you have one bill that is stamped with "Final Notice" and you are behind on several of your other bills.
What To Pay When You Can't Pay Everything
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Hantavirus
Just FYIIt was the Swine Flu of its day here in the American Southwest a number of years back ... a deadly respiratory ailment -- with initial symptoms that started out similar to the flu but which quickly progressed to a stage where the lungs of a victim filled with straw-colored fluid ... and from there often caused death.
It seemed to arrive out of nowhere and also seemed terrifyingly confined to this area of the country. New Mexico and the Four Corners region were Ground Zero with a major outbreak in 1993 ... and this state was swarming with CDC workers looking to isolate the cause and identify the transmission agents.
Hantavirus
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Possibilities to Consider When You're Feeling Down
Seems as though it's easy to get down these days. While the reasons are legion, the story is pretty much the same: try as you may, being up, on top, all the time can be a chore. When that happens -- and for most of us, it does -- here are some things you may want to consider.
Possibilities to Consider When You're Feeling Down
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How to Recover From a Bad Day
Bad days are a part of life. We all have them. No matter how many yoga classes you attend or how smoothly your life runs, you'll run up against one sooner or later. The secret to thriving is learning how to move forward in spite of bad days, not aiming to never have one (although minimizing their frequency is a good thing).
Here are some tips for dusting yourself off and getting back on track after a bad day happens.
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Stay Calm When Everyone is Freaking Out
Most places I go, people are talking about the economy, and they're freaking out. They're speculating on what will happen and how it will affect their lives. It can all feel pretty scary, and the fear feels contagious. Here are some tips to help you stay calm.
Stay Calm When Everyone is Freaking Out
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Why Nice Guys & Gals Finish Last
There is a difference between a nice guy or gal (henceforth, "guy" will apply to both) and a guy that is kind, respectful, generous, and that gets what he or she wants out of life. Are you tired of being passed up for promotions while doing all the work? Have you heard, "let's just be friends" from romantic interests one too many times?
Do you have time for everyone else with no time for yourself? Do you believe that you can't be a good person AND get ahead in life? Listen, you don't have to be a jerk to get what you want. You also don't have to be a push over. Here are 5 things to consider to finish in first place without sacrificing good nature.
Why Nice Guys & Gals Finish Last
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Recession
9 Ways to Increase Your Value at WorkDuring this economic downturn, no one can presume their job is safe from a layoff. While thousands of layoffs have been occurring on an almost daily basis, there are others that may be able to dodge the bullet with some minor changes in how they view their job. Here are 9 strategies to increase your value at work during a recession.
Recession
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Imagination is the outreaching of mind,
the bombardment of the conscious mind with ideas, impulses, images
and every sort of psychic phenomena welling up from the preconscious.
It is the capacity to "dream dreams and see visions."
~ Rollo May ~
The Courage to Create
Man's Search for Himself
Born April 21, 1909
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