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One evening as I sat and watched the news the story they were talking about caught my attention.
They were interviewing a news reporter who went through an experience with his teleprompter that disrupted an interview he was doing.
What was supposed [...]
October was an odd month for me, it was at it’s a core a month of remembrance.
Early in the month, I was contacted via FB by someone who was seeking out an Alison he once knew and based upon our subsequent heartfelt, albeit short-lived, correspondence [...]
Most relationships have a set of “built in” rules.
These rules define your relationship “default position”; such as, what can and cannot take place between you and your partner (and others in your life) and what constitutes that which [...]
As I sat down to watch Sunday night football recently with my husband I was caught off guard by the amount of pink on the field.
Helmets dressed in pink, pink socks, pink ribbons and so much more.
Turning to my husband I asked them what they [...]
Stress Fighter tip #7: Weathering life’s storms.
Sometimes when life is hitting us pretty hard the best thing we can do to fight the stress that comes with it is bow our heads, say a prayer and weather the storm. In other words, we need to [...]
Stress Fighter tip #6: Don’t tangle with the fly strip.
One day as I was doing something in my office I was so pre-occupied with my task at hand that I wasn’t paying attention to outside elements.
Elements such as the sticky fly strip I [...]
Stress fighter tip #5: Hope longer.
Shortly after I was diagnosed with cancer I went to a concert with my family.
As I sat there enjoying the music I was fighting the tears that wanted to flow down my cheeks.
I kept wondering if this was going [...]
The waiting room was quiet.
It gave me time to think about what I was there for as I waited for my name to be called. Recently I had joined my husband and other people and caught what was called the “common” cold. Unfortunately for me it [...]
It doesn’t seem like it there is a place where cancer and stress do not go along hand-in-hand.
The odds of getting cancer can be very high for some and almost zero for others. However, when it comes to stress that is something that everyone [...]
As the chest pains increased my daughter decided to take me to the emergency room at the local hospital.
The first thing the ER nurse asked me was, “Do you have stress in your life?” If I wasn’t in so much pain I probably would have said, [...]
As a self-proclaimed health/fitness junkie, I applaud Mayor Bloomberg’s concerns about obesity.
However, I am pleased that his proposed ban on restricting supersized sodas was overturned. As long as cigarettes, alcohol, and other unhealthy [...]