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- ***Are you Inspiring or Gloomy? - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2011 from Margaret Paul"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy." --Julia Child, 1912-2004, Chef, Author and Television PersonalityWhat is your ...
Views: 2724(1 vote) - ***Are You Keeping Those New Year’s Resolutions? - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2012 from Estra RoellHave you made your New Year’s Resolutions for this year? How’s it going? How has it gone in past years? If you are like most people, you start out with the best intentions and then gradually you revert back to old habits. Studies show that only 8% of people actually reach their goals! ...
Views: 1446(1 vote) - ***Are You Living Your Life or Are You Just Thinking About It? - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneWhat you already "know" is keeping you from discovering what is possible. There is a story about a college professor who is interested in learning about Zen that demonstrates this idea: There once was a college professor who was interested in learning about the study and practice ...
Views: 1351(9 votes) - ***Are You Loving Yourself Or Avoiding Conflict? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2015 from Margaret Paul-------------------------------------------------------------- How honest are you willing to be with yourself regarding your intent? -------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes, when there is conflict in a relationship, it's hard to tell if you are withdrawing ...
Views: 1293(1 vote) - ***ARE YOU OVER-BREATHING? - by Submitted on May 28, 2015 from Dan BruléHere is a startling fact with profound implications: Nearly 60% of the 911 ambulance calls in most major US cities are related to dysfunctional breathing habits. And the most common dysfunctional breathing habit is by far, hyperventilation. In other words: “over-breathing.” And despite all ...
Views: 1621(1 vote) - ***Are You Parenting From Guilt? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2008 from Carolyn EllisWhen a couple decides to separate and starts the process of splitting up the children's family home into two separated homes, there is inevitably a sense of guilt. Divorce is an adult problem created between two adults, but as parents watching our children adjust to going to "mom's house" and ...
Views: 5477(1 vote) - ***Are You Putting a Square Peg in a Round Hole? - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Judi PerkinsThanks to Fisher-Price, as babies we learn a concept that we seem to forget by the time we’re adults: you can’t put a square peg in a round hole. We do it especially with relationships and with jobs. If we don’t know what we’re looking for, we become obscured by what we’re attracted to. ...
Views: 2197(1 vote) - ***Are You Toxic? Of course you are! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2013 from Mike CaldwellAs people become informed, more people are looking for the best cleansing diet when striving to lose weight. Today, more so than ever, we are being barraged by toxins in our environment. We can’t possibly avoid them, regardless of how careful we are. In many cases, you may not even be aware ...
Views: 2255(1 vote) - ***Are You, Empty Nester And Boomer, OK With Floating In Life? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comI think most of us push ourselves too hard to do something when clarity hasn’t arrived. Parents call me tearful that they can’t get over the emptiness. Who is rushing you? Do you think if you float that might bring you something you didn’t even realize had value? A mother, who now lives solo, ...
Views: 2148(2 votes) - ***Ariel & Shya Kane's Three Tips to Creating a Magical Relationship - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2015 from Ariel and Shya KaneThis Valentine's Day, couples and individuals are looking to find and/or strengthen their love relationships. As award-winning authors and world-renowned relationship experts, Ariel & Shya Kane have discovered three simple, yet revolutionary tips for creating magical relationships, based on the ...
Views: 1340(1 vote) - ***As one Steps onto the Spiritual Path, this Sets in Motion a lot of Energies in the Body - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneAs one is stepping onto the path of ascension and initiation, they won’t help but notice lots of energies moving through their body. Some of these energies are generated through meditation and prayer, others again come from mental and emotional self-mastery, whereas others again come from the ...
Views: 1859(1 vote) - ***As Students Head Back To School And Online, So Do Predators! - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from Denise RichardsonBe cautious of the footprints you leave online… Before heading off to school, parents and college students alike should become aware of the dangers that lurk on social networking sites. Though these sites seem like harmless fun, they are growing in popularity, and not just for the young ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - ***As Temps Rise, Nuclear Families Take a Dive - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs Temps Rise, Nuclear Families Take a Dive – Estate Planning for Unconventional Families Has Never Been More Important Among the many articles covering the blazing heat wreaking havoc on my beloved DC metro area as well as much of the U.S., was an interesting piece in a recent edition of ...
Views: 1807(1 vote) - ***Atrial Fibrillation And Alzheimer's – A Direct Link - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2010 from Steffan AbelAtrial fibrillation is one of the main types of cardiac arrhythmia – or abnormal heart rate or rhythm. Atrial fibrillation causes a rapid and irregular heartbeat, during which the upper two chambers of the heart that receive blood (the atria) quiver or "fibrillate" instead of beating normally. ...
Views: 2409(1 vote) - ***Attention Mumblers: Speaking Clearly Is Much Easier Than You May Think - by Submitted on May 12, 2014 from Nancy DanielsOne of the biggest frustrations when trying to communicate with those who mumble is the fact that we, the listeners, cannot understand their diction. What generally results is that we will ask that oft-repeated question, "What did you say?" Recently, a young man called me and wanted to ...
Views: 1399(1 vote) - ***Attitude Is Everything – How to Get an A+ Attitude - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2013 from Dr. Ken Odiwé (Dr. Ken)This may not be the first time you have read or heard these words: “Your attitude determines your altitude.” The difference between those entrepreneurs who dream about success and those who are successful is clarity on what attitude means and choosing the actions ...
Views: 1373(1 vote) - ***Aura Reading Portrait Of Enlightenment - by Submitted on May 04, 2008 from Rose RosetreeAura readings of people who are, actually, spiritually enlightened -- aren't these the perfect type of post to alternate with theoretical definitions? Here spiritual readings trump theory; empathic merges or aura readings in particular are recommended to flesh out ideas about spirituality -- ...
Views: 1597(1 vote) - ***Autism & Independence: Is It Possible? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Susan Lynn PerryIs there really such a thing as autism independence? Many parents wonder what the future will hold for their child with autism. Will my child ever be able to drive a car, or live on his own, or be able to hold down a job? It used to be that parent’s expectations were set very low for ...
Views: 1424(1 vote) - ***Avoid = Avoiding - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Larry CraneThink about an Attachment and we may experience a nice warm-fuzzy feeling. We are of course attached to our family, our homes, our relationships, money, our beautiful stuff, and so forth. Think about an Aversion and what happens – instantly we are facing some resistance. If you are paying ...
Views: 2812(4 votes) - ***Award–Winning Canadian Author Uses Internet Technology Combined with Yoga To Fight Childhood Obesity - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2011 from Janet WilliamsJanet Williams Urges Parents To Use Technology With Their Children To Win The Battle, Not Exacerbate The Problem Toronto, Ontario Canada / September 15, 2011 Twitter: Using technology & yoga to fight obesity in children #ChildhoodObesity www.ChildrensYogaBooks.com/Media Researchers over ...
Views: 1480(1 vote) - ***Baby Boomers and the Lessons of Change from the Great Recession - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS The Great Depression shaped two earlier generations. It changed how our parents worked and saved. It haunted my grandparents. As hard as it has been to experience this most recent economic turmoil, we must hope that our generation of Baby Boomers will ...
Views: 2591(2 votes) - ***Baby Boomers Are Setting A New Paradigm For Aging Well - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Kathi Casey, ERYT, CPI June is an interesting month. We have: Fathers Day, Flag Day, it’s vision research month, national men’s and women’s wellness weeks are in June, as well as home safety month. Since wellness is one of Baby Boomers’ top concerns, I’ll stick with that ...
Views: 2630(1 vote) - ***Baby Boomers Are Setting A New Paradigm For Aging Well - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comWritten by Kathi Casey, ERYT, CPI June is an interesting month. We have: Fathers Day, Flag Day, it’s vision research month, national men’s and women’s wellness weeks are in June, as well as home safety month. Since wellness is one of Baby Boomers’ top concerns, I’ll stick with that ...
Views: 2236(1 vote) - ***Bad Boss Series: What To Do When The Boss – Takes Credit For Your Work? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Dorothy Tannahill-MoranAmong the many things that bad bosses have been known to do is to take credit for your hard work or ideas. You don’t like it when a peer does it, but with that group, you feel you might have some recourse to stifle what they’re doing. What do you do when a boss does it? The line between a ...
Views: 2548(2 votes) - ***Balanced, Healthy, Masculine Men - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2013 from Anne Merkel, Ph.D. NDMen who are awakened to the Mind, Body, Spirit connections of life choose to be balanced, healthy, and still maintain their masculinity. I love these guys! And, sometimes in this society this is a challenging balancing act. • How does a man acknowledge his feelings, so as to best manage his ...
Views: 3856(1 vote) - ***Barriers to Advancement Facing Women in Business - by Submitted on May 18, 2011 from Regina BarrWomen continue to enter the workforce in record numbers. In fact, almost 47% of the workforce is comprised of women. Yet, despite this fact, very few women hold the top slots. Take one stroll past the executive suite in your organization and there will probably be a noticeable lack of women ...
Views: 2063(1 vote) - ***Bathroom Organizers: A Great Way to Maximize Space in Your Water Closet - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2010 from Get OrganizedAdmit it – your bathroom is the most neglected space in your house when it comes to organization. You always tell yourself that you’ll make time to organize your shower and underneath your sink, but it simply never happens. Often, bathrooms are some of the most used spaces in the home – with ...
Views: 2707(1 vote) - ***Be a Chest Talker and Watch What Happens When You Speak! - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2011 from Nancy DanielsDo you find that people do not pay as much attention to you as you might wish? Does you voice trail off at the end of your sentences, leaving your listeners struggling to understand what you are saying? Maybe the sound of your voice is strident and irritating or perhaps you speak so softly ...
Views: 5921(1 vote) - ***Be a love-finder, not a fault-finder - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe don’t really see with our eyes, we see with our minds and consciousness. Every thought we think is a lens we see through. And so in truth everything in life is perception and interpretation. If we choose to see faults in ourselves or others, we will find them. However, if we choose to be ...
Views: 1596(1 vote) - ***Be Distinct Or Be Extinct - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Sam ManferCustomers select one company from the others based on getting something that’s important “better” from the one. “Better” simply boils down to three (3) factors – more benefits, less risks, and least effort. Many believe selection is based on price. I say not true. A “better” deal – yes. ...
Views: 1674(1 vote) - ***Beating anemia with a good Iron supplement - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2013 from Jason BrunsonAlthough Iron is one of the most abundant metals on Earth, it may be hard to absorb it into the body. Would you eat a nail to get your iron? Well of course not! A nail, although made of iron is not in a form that the body can use. Iron in the wrong state cannot be absorbed by the body and isn’t ...
Views: 1549(1 vote) - ***Beating the Odds of Breaking your New Year’s Resolutions: Tips that Work - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2014 from Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) WishMany New Year’s resolutions are broken by the end of January. If that sentence describes you, don’t fret. New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep because we humans—and probably most primates—have brains that are designed for pleasurable sensations and encounters such as ...
Views: 1474(1 vote) - ***Beauty Is A Magnet to Living and Dressing with Style - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gerri D SmithYour sense of style, fitness, and wellness require you to constantly improve, add to, and discover the ways you can enhance your image and self-esteem. You can create the desire to learn that there is more to image and style than what lies beyond your imagination. Your self-image is a ...
Views: 3469(2 votes) - ***Become a Boomer Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comWritten by: Melodieann Whiteley I have spent a lot of time trying this product and that system only to wind up broke and disillusioned. “Make money while you sleep!” “Start your cash machine today.” Promises, promises. And I bought into every one of them. Can you make money on the internet ...
Views: 1698(1 vote) - ***Becoming A Magnet For Love - by Submitted on May 03, 2013 from Christy Whitman“How can I attract more love in my life?” This is a question I’ve been asked a lot recently – from coaching clients who are looking for their soulmates, and from a good friend whose recent divorce left a void in what used to be a very active social life. As I thought about the question as ...
Views: 4338(1 vote) - ***Becoming a more effective agent of change – and why it matters - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Mark HarrisonChange is everywhere. It is a thread which runs through every aspect of our lives, and so to be able to deal with change creatively is of vital importance. Not only do we need to be able to handle change that happens to us, but all of us have parts of our lives (often our jobs, but also in many ...
Views: 2293(1 vote) - ***Being a parent during dark times - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2012 from Adele McDowellParents, by definition, have three primary roles. Their first duty is to cover the physical basics for their children. Food, a roof over their heads, shoes on their feet -- the rudimentary physical necessities of shelter, sustenance, and clothing. And under this rubric, there would ...
Views: 1898(1 vote) - ***BEING CLEVER - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2011 from James RobinsonI constantly amaze myself how I can steal unhappiness from the jaws of bliss. It takes quite a bit of effort at times to make myself unhappy. However, because I am so clever, I can do it even when there is absolutely no reason to be unhappy. I realize that it is a learned trait, developed over ...
Views: 2048(1 vote) - ***Beliefs can be changed by the Truth - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardRecently, I’ve been hearing more and more accounts of doctors and research studies concluding that the major contributing factor influencing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Intestinal Permeability (Leaky Gut Syndrome) and other digestive dysfunction is ...
Views: 1647(1 vote) - ***Benefits of Having a Business Logo in Social Media - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from Dawn PigoniIt is quite possible that you have successfully written and began to execute a social media marketing plan for your business. However, you’ve come across one tiny problem; you don’t have a logo for your business or social media accounts. Logos serve as a visual identity related to your branding. ...
Views: 1123(1 vote) - ***Benefits of Increasing HGH Naturally - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Speedwinds Nutrition Inc.The wisdom of the human body really has no parallel. The ability of the human organism to maintain and repair itself over the course of decades is so remarkable that it has slipped into the background, where miracles sometimes reside. But the fantastic capacities of the human body would not be ...
Views: 2356(2 votes) - ***BEWARE: The Top 10 Triggers that Endanger your Addiction Recovery - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2014 from Sandra LeningtonVarious “triggers” can put people at risk of relapsing into old patterns of addiction. A trigger can be as simple as people, places, or feelings that initiate a desire, or craving or reminder of past addictive behaviors. Causes of relapse can differ for each person. Pay attention ...
Views: 2605(1 vote) - ***Beyond the Pain of Divorce and Other Losses - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2015 from Laura Young“Give sorrow words: The grief that does not speak whispers the oe’r fraught heart, and bids it break.”(Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Macbeth, 1892) Divorce is a major loss that does not get fully respected in our society. Some people find it harder to resolve divorce than death. With death ...
Views: 5836(1 vote) - ***Blaming Others Can Ruin Your Health - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from Margaret PaulThis article on CNN Health - http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/17/bitter.resentful.ep/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2-by Elizabeth Cohen, is very interesting, regarding the negative health effects of blame and resentment."Feeling bitter interferes with the body's hormonal and immune systems, ...
Views: 3110(1 vote) - ***Blog #29 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2011 from Stephen BrennanWell, folks, we have another national championship to attend and cheer for this fall. It's the classic battle to see who is the best EIGHTH-GRADE football team in the nation. Football University (FBU), the elite invitation-only football camps with NFL faculty designed for football athletes ...
Views: 2574(1 vote) - ***Body Acceptance: What We Can Learn from Men - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2012 from Ilene LeshinskyI think that men have it easier than women. No, I’m not going to discuss the state of the feminist movement in 2013, nor the equal pay for equal work debate. However, I am going to state that men have more body acceptance than women – and we women can learn a lot about this from ...
Views: 2645(3 votes) - ***Body Composition and its effects on Health - by Submitted on May 23, 2011 from Hope AndersonThere is a correlation between body composition and health ranging from mortality and morbidity to immunity, longevity, high function and athletic performance. Body composition analysis is one of the tools used in preventative, therapeutic and research applications. In the human body, body ...
Views: 4024(3 votes) - ***Bone Broth and Stocks - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2017 from Gaye ChicoineThere is nothing like a stock pot simmering on the back burner of the stove during cold weather, it warms the house while cooking and when ready for consumption, it warms the body while providing a powerhouse of nutrition to help deal with everything the cold has to throw at us. The base of good ...
Views: 9468(1 vote) - ***Boomer Caregivers and Appreciating Your Loved Ones: Why to Celebrate Older Americans Month - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Betty Smith I know first-hand the heartache and stress that is involved in being a family caregiver. I have a mother, age 95 this summer, who lives in a nursing home. I have a husband who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003 and went into a convalescent home in August of 2009. ...
Views: 2730(2 votes) - ***Boomers Beware - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Sue Susskind With Father’s Day approaching, it gives us time to reflect on the wonderful life that we lead, and how much of it that we owe to our dads. We realize it is now time to give back, and make sure we do everything we can to ensure that Dad enjoys and stays safe in his ...
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