Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Winning the Weight War
First, ask yourself a question.
What happens when you reach that goal? Will you go back to your old habits? Stop exercising? Will you resume eating high calorie, high fat, processed foods? Go back to sugar loaded carbonated drinks? You will [...]
Energy Bars and Sports Drinks
We’re a nation of consumers.
I am fascinated by the number of products that appeal to our senses because of their name. Names like “energy bar” or “sports drink.” The name alone suggests we may need them if we want to participate [...]
Heart Disease Is All Around Us
Michael Clark Duncan
Grooming Michael Clark Duncan stands out among many memories from back in the day when I was a Hollywood makeup artist. I remember the size of his head, I had never used that much makeup to cover someone’s dome before.
His [...]
The Self Esteem Triangle
Self-esteem, self-confidence, and success are intimately related.
You can’t have one without the other. If you lack self -esteem you cannot build self- confidence and if you lack self- confidence, you will have a difficult time achieving [...]
Healthcare Roundup
It was a fight from the beginning.
Even though I tried to be stealth about it, he knew. Today, was the day to take my cat for his annual health check. Animals are not so different than their human counter parts. It was a struggle to get Max [...]
It’s Only Pot! What’s The Big Deal?
Should we be in favor of a “greener world?”
This has been the Battle Cry of “Stoners,” “Burn-Outs,” “Pot Heads” and all those who partake in the smoking of marijuana for ages! “It’s natural man! How bad can it [...]
Sometimes… Big Girls Do Cry
What? You didn’t renew my domain name! What?
It will cost how much? What? My car is leaking oil?
What? The garage door won’t open? What? I need a crown on my tooth? What? The plane has been delayed? What? The Skype won’t [...]
Do You Diet Like A Sumo Wrester?
Skipping breakfast
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in any weight loss program is to skip breakfast, like sumo wrestlers do. When you skip a meal, your body perceives it as starvation, even though we know you’re probably not literally [...]
GMOs – To Label or Not to Label
Proposition 37
On November 6, 2012, the state of California will vote on Proposition 37 detailing the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. The passing of this bill would:
Require labeling on raw or processed food which is made [...]
This Makes Me So Mad, The Dangers Of Mismanaged Anger
Many of us are quite skillful in the art of “Ruminating.”
Well, that’s actually false. Rumination isn’t an art as much as it is a burden, yet, we practice it all of the time! Picture this, you walk in the door from [...]
Aging Backwards Shortcuts
Melatonin
is better than counting sheep. Melatonin is a hormone that your brain makes to control your sleep and wake cycles. As we age, all of our body’s hormone levels change. WebMD.com reports that, “Natural melatonin levels slowly [...]
I Eat Cookies Therefore I Am
The Cookie Athlete
I’m a Cookie Athlete, which directly translated means, I workout so I can eat cookies. I can pin point the day I became a true Cookie Athlete. It started with a contract, a skinny girl, and an empty pie shell.
I had this [...]
Designing A Life That Makes You Smile!
What is life supposed to be?
We are running around living hectic fast paced lives only to collapse into bed and wake up to do it all over again. Who decided that this is what life was suppose to be? I see this with too many of my readers. They [...]
5 Things To Never Do If You Want To Remain Eternally Youthful
Never use fluoride toothpaste
Recent studies show that fluoride does more harm than good. It depresses the nervous system and causes marked apathy. Don’t be shocked – it was years before we learned smoking was bad for us. As [...]
Make Weight Loss Seem Like Magic
When was the last time you felt alive and free?
Chances are, you were engaged with life on your terms, following a dream, participating, contributing, learning, living! It’s at times like these when obsessions with food, weight and body [...]
Can You Change Your Taste Buds?
One of the first things you may have learned in science class is your taste buds’ ability to detect sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
As an adult, you may not think much about the 10,000 taste buds inside your mouth. But they’re there determining [...]
How This Out Of Shape Mom Of Teens Became A Half Marathoner
I never ran.
I hated to run. The only time I would run was if I was running away from something. But in my mid-40’s, basically a stay at home mom with two teenagers, I was overweight, unhealthy with high cholesterol and high blood pressure [...]
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