December 12th, 2008
Empty Nest
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” Pema Chodron I don\’t want to live isolated but people drive me crazy with saying they will change and they don\’t. This is what I hear from empty nesters and they go on to explain. Crazy […]
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December 12th, 2008
Writing & Publishing
As the owner of four online companies, my job is to sit down every year and decide my SWOT for the next 12 months and then to consistently revisit my SWOT throughout each year and tweak as needed. I base my decisions on my experience and the emerging trends in the industries I serve. I […]
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December 12th, 2008
Inspiration
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which […]
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December 12th, 2008
Journaling
…by Prill Boyle “Sixty should be the time to start something new, not put your feet up,” British novelist Mary Wesley (1912-2002) once quipped. Following her own advice, she published her first book in her 70s. Over the next 20 years she wrote nine more, eventually selling upward of 3 million copies. Wesley\’s success, however, […]
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December 11th, 2008
Journaling
Number One Issue – Changing Health One would think menopause would be the priority concern. It\’s not. Even with the change in medical advice in the past 5-6 years to avoid Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), the women I see seem to adjust with little complaint to the hormonal and cognitive (memory) changes that accompany menopause. […]
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November 12th, 2008
Journaling
…by Prill Boyle Like Jenna in the movie Waitress, Michele Albano has turned her passion for pies into a thriving business. Her grandmother tutored her in the art of pie making as a little girl, but it wasn\’t until Michele saw a Food Network show on America\’s top ten pie companies that she thought to […]
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November 12th, 2008
Weight Loss & Diet
Christmas Diet Tip #1: Eating Slowly Translates to Pounds Lost Here is one thing you can do today that will help you gracefully and sveltely move through the holiday season. Chew Slowly and Savor the Flavor Research shows that those who slow down while eating and savor the flavor, eat less than those who gulp […]
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November 12th, 2008
Healthy Relationships
Long before we get to the table laden with turkey, cranberry sauce and over-sweet yams, we are face-to-face with the challenge of gratitude all month long. For most of the year we can duck and dodge the pressures of thankfulness, and most people do — openly admitting to having a terrible time accepting compliments, much […]
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November 12th, 2008
Grandparenting
By Wendy Reid Crisp, NABBW member, Editor-in-Chief of GRAND magazine, and author of “When I Grow Up I Want To Be 60” Yesterday, I left work early, went home, and crawled under the covers. It was a cold and rainy, typical for California’s northern coast. I was feeling whiny. I’d met my husband, John, for […]
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November 12th, 2008
Divorce
Give yourself the gift of YOU Re-charge your energy to lower your stress and avoid living in the “red zone” during the holiday season. It is a must to schedule a minimum of ten minutes a day for yourself every single day to recharge your energy, even if only sitting down with a cup of […]
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