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Do You Need Medicine To Be Happy?
Do you ever notice the people in your life that always seem happy?
They have no complaints and basically no drama. How can they always be this way?
Perhaps, the thing they use is a medicine of sorts, and it is called kindness to others or [...]
13 Digital Security Tips For 2013
The best thing about the “New Year” is committing to new or old resolutions and starting fresh.
Whether you are an individual or a small business, the following applies:
Delete. Go through your files, deleting and organizing as necessary. [...]
Midlife Sage Says: A Kiss Every Day Outlasts Lingerie
The National Retail Federation predicts $18.6 billion will be spent on Valentine’s Day gifts.
Gifts that include jewelry, flowers, candy, and greeting cards. However, many middle-aged couples ignore the hype and prefer a nice dinner with fine [...]
The Truth About Lying
When you were growing up, you probably learned that lying was wrong.
Remember the old adage, “Honesty is the best policy”?
However, chances are that those same people who told you not to lie often told a few non-truths themselves. And today, [...]
Got Too Much Stuff In Your Life?
We are all so lucky.
Not only are we able to make a New Year’s Resolution and aim for all the glorious goals we all hope to achieve, but if we miss this deadline, our dreams and desires don’t have to be shattered on the ground. [...]
Choose Some News That Doesn’t Fit
Where do you get your news, and why?
Do you like the ease of TV, the speed of online sites, or the feel of a newspaper in your hands? Maybe you like the slant your outlet puts on the news because it matches your own values.
I spent 25 years [...]
Why Your Kids Are Tuning You Out
Modern parenting can make you nostalgic for the good old days.
You know, the days when kids went outside to play and basically didn’t see their mother for a solid eight hours (except when she made them a nutritious bologna sandwich on white [...]
Anyone Buying The Guilt-Free Coke?
The invention of Coca Cola.
When Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886, chances are he couldn’t have imagined that one day in the distant future:
– A major news organization, CNN, would report that [...]
Anticipation… “Is Makin’ Me Late, Is Keepin’ Me Waitin'”
Who can forget Carly Simon singing “Anticipation”?
Expectantly waiting for that wonderful night to happen? The state of looking forward to something pleasant is so heady, so delicious that sometimes what you actually experience may be [...]
What’s The Impression You Leave On Others In Life?
Have you ever thought about the kind of impact some people leave on you?
For instance, how about the type of person who leaves you feeling drained and exhausted? They are always exhausted and always have drama going on in their life. Do [...]
Money That Kills
Gambling (The devil’s chip playground).
Let us say that you have a decent job, a family, a beautiful home, a nice car and good children. Even if you don’t have all these things, say you had money and there was this habit that you became [...]
Help Wanted – Online Professor Jobs In 2013
Step On A Lego This Year, Anyone? Ouch!
While we are busy storing away holiday decorations and moving kids toys from the living room to their bedrooms, in the back of our minds we are often thinking, “what do we want to do this year that [...]
My Weekend In Zanzibar
My weekend in Zanzibar.
We had always wanted to go to Zanzibar because the name evoked the sound of a mysterious, sexy, exotically inviting island getaway.
After being married for a year I began to feel all the pieces of my life come together [...]
It’s Now Or Never!
Have you ever dreamed with excitement about what you would like to happen?
Did you let your mind flutter around within those thoughts, exploring the possibilities associated with your dream?
Call it a vision or an insight into the future. Or [...]
Self-Improvement: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Where’s the line?
You’re at the gym three times a week; you’ve picked up the latest book on relationships and plan to read it on the weekend; quinoa is now a staple in your breakfast smoothie; and yes, you are attending the financial [...]
Life Is Special, Figure What’s Best About YOU!
Living your best life starts with knowing and believing what’s “best about you.”
Seeing the good in yourself can affect every area of your life and all of your relationships. As you diligently try to sort through your good [...]
The Year Of Silence
When I awake.
I woke up this morning, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, said a little prayer before I rose up to do my normal routine. When I awake, I lay in the bed and go through what needs to be done for the day in my mind. It’s so [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Here’s a Survival Guide in Five Easy Paragraphs
Life experience.
Some of you have been around the block enough times to know where to avoid the mud and dog poop or when to stop and smell the roses. Others, however, refuse to try a better path so they continue to trip over the same obstacles. [...]
Are You Ready To Speak Your Truth?
“I’m calm, I’m at ease and ready to speak candidly.” Lance Armstrong
Rumors are rife that Lance Armstrong is going to admit to doping in his upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey. It seems very clear he did some doping [...]
How’s Your Spirit Working For You?
Listen to the beat of your life.
Is it slow and deliberate or is it quick and snappy, having a rhythm that reverberates to your very soul and makes you over-the-moon happy?
It is so easy to stay in our comfort zone, doing the same things, day [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Plan Your Own Play Day
Local children get all excited when the schools are closed for a snow day.
As an evolving curmudgeon, I snort with scorn because in my day we walked miles through a blizzard for the privilege of going to school so we could postpone our chores [...]
Becoming An Alpha Female
I am great… I am wonderful… I am rich…
When will the thought of the “I am’s” disappear? They won’t! You desire to be better than the next person, correct? Uh-huh. Now that we are off into the year, what [...]
10 Tips Plus Bonus Tip To Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s January.
That time in the New Year where we feel the itch to renew and change – for the better. And bless us human beings, we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t find changing hard to do. Here’s 10 plus tips to making and keeping [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: How to Raise Amazing Children
My son works in law enforcement.
His job often requires him to enter homes where good parenting skills aren’t a priority. It’s difficult to prepare a nutritious family meal when the kitchen has been converted into a meth lab and the toddler [...]
Honesty Outweighs Perfection
Now that the holiday season is over and we have entered into a New Year, did you make a resolution?
Sure you did. Let us all be honest. We say what we are going to do, write them down, stick them somewhere we will see them each day. Then [...]
10 Parenting Resolutions For The New Year
The more miles I have logged in working with children and their parents the less definitive I find myself.
There are few absolutes when dealing with kids and the complexity of variables that are affecting them. Variables such as the child’s [...]
Start Your New Year With a Day of Being
What is your New Year’s day tradition?
Do you sleep half of it away? Clean the house? Watch football? How about shaking things up? Start a new tradition with a day of being.
What is a day of being? It’s a day to feel your feelings, [...]
Twenty-Five Hours In A Day
My son and I were joking about a calendar he told me about.
He said on the outside it looked like a normal 2013 calendar but on the inside when you flipped to January it was blank. Every month was blank. In case you forgot according to the [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Make Your Own Music In 2013
The songs of the holidays.
I grew up listening to The Captain and Tennille singing about “Muskrat Love” and The Carpenters warbling “Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad.”
I believe those two songs were solely responsible [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Tell Your Story In A December Journal
Put down your peppermint schnapps and find a quiet place so you can write about the past year.
Summarize all the fun and fabulous, the rotten and wretched, and the clever and comedic parts of 2012. Then hide your journal, go back to the party, [...]
Boo! So You Want To Become A Ghostwriter?
I sat looking out my office window one blustery, eerie, day.
Drifting in thought from desperately going through the avalanche of emails in my in box, I was clicking delete faster than a raven can fly. Suddenly my finger grinded to a halt just [...]
It Starts With You~It Starts At Home
My generation that grew up in the 70’s knows what it’s like to obey your parents.
Some parents would give that look to you which says “If you don’t behave I’m going to knock you into next week.” Growing up, no one thought it to [...]
Tips To Be Happy For The Holidays (Experts Tell, Plus See Annie’s CLUTCH TIP!)
Well, it has certainly been a tough year for many.
Lots of things to worry about. But what if we could have a Happy Holiday? No way, you say? There’s simply too much to do and to worry about.
“Exactly,” says Annie Jennings, creator [...]
What You Need To Know About Your Homeowners Insurance Policy
Homeowners policies.
Until a disaster strikes, most homeowners are under the mistaken belief that their homeowners policies cover them in case of floods and other weather driven water events. However, insurance policies for homeowners do not [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Blended Families Can Survive The Holidays Without A Food Fight
Your family tree.
It could be in danger of falling over because the branches are laden with sporadic offshoots, new in-laws, old stepparents, and assorted children who share multiple homes. But because of extra care these roots are strong and [...]
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