Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Podcast: Autoimmune: The Cause & The Cure
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More and more people are suffering from debilitating health issues. Kristin’s earliest warning signs were horrible headaches, fatigue and brain fog throughout my 20’s.
Her mom had the same issues before one day she could [...]
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Are you still the fairest of them all?
When you look in the mirror, do you see someone you don’t recognize or someone much older than you feel? Baby boomers want to remain vigorous and healthy, yet many are sinking into a hole of pain and [...]
“Dog Gone” Amazing!
“Who let the dog out?”
Whoever did, thank you! These days, more and more people are advocating for, concerned about, and loving their dogs. Our canine babies are quickly gaining very special status among pet owners and doing such [...]
Who Should Decide What’s Best For You?
I’ve been doing a lot of work in recent years helping people create their own personal vision of emotional health.
The media and mental health professionals paint one sort of picture, one dominated by the medical model, but there is a more [...]
Energy Drinks – Full Of Bull?
Energy drinks are everywhere these days!
Apparently a good “Cup of Joe” doesn’t cut it like it used to. These beverages are everywhere from bodegas to barrooms! What’s the draw? Do we really need so much energy to [...]
When Patience Is The Only Choice…
What do you do?
What do you do when all the avenues that you might like to travel down, to take action about in order to resolve a problem or further a goal, are blocked? How do you handle this type of frustration internally, especially after [...]
Mindfulness
Mindfulness seems to be the buzzword of the decade, despite having been around for centuries.
Mindfulness is a major component of the Buddhist tradition, and is often associated with meditation. Research done during the last few decades has [...]
Grape News For Skin
Resveratrol.
By now most people have heard the “good news” that resveratrol, the compound present in red wine, offers health benefits. According to WebMD.com, “Resveratrol has been linked to prevention of age-related problems [...]
I’m CRAZY! Can You Help Me Now?
A very disturbing, yet relevant article was in the New Jersey Star-Ledger* recently.
Front page, in fact! I’m very glad about this! More and more, health care insurance companies are being exposed for the non-medical, organized criminals [...]
Eat Well In The Winter With Carrot-Ginger Soup
Eating a whole foods diet will streamline your torso, reduce inflammation and promote healing.
Whether you are watching calories, cholesterol, additives, or fats–it’s a pretty sure bet you’ll keep right on program if you’re [...]
30 Ways To Love Yourself
It’s the season of love.
Whether you’re in love with another human being or not, you must love yourself first.
The wise Diane Von Furstenberg said, “The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.”
Yet this relationship [...]
The Only Conversation: Planting Yourself In The Present Moment
We are always having conversations, most of the time, with ourselves.
Although we have a deep need to speak and be heard, there are few who can really listen and actually hear. Even fewer know how to speak their truth in a way that is uplifting [...]
Time Management – You Are The #1 Priority
We all schedule our activities.
We allot time to important things like work, creative endeavors, education, sleep and socializing. But what about ourselves? Do we set aside time in our day to take care of our physical and emotional needs?
How [...]
Is Gun Control An Answer?
Will gun control be the answer to our societal problems?
Here is one voice checking in on the issue.
I don’t think that choice will, in and of itself, solve the problem. Just as the “war on drugs” won’t solve the problems of drug addiction, [...]
The 5-Minute Workout
Home workouts.
If you workout at home and are looking to add some shape and tone to your body this coming year, here is a quick body weight workout you can do at home, the office or at the gym. According to Men’s Health magazine they found [...]
Are You Developing Smart Phone Neck?
Um, hello, up here! Hi!
Nobody looks up anymore. Everyone is too busy looking down at their smart phones, laptops and tablets – texting, reading, flirting, browsing, shopping, playing games, watching videos and more. You could be at risk [...]
We Need to “Disarm” Insurance Companies!
The true culprit.
We have heard and read “ad nauseum” about gun control, mental health, parenting, who is responsible for such tragedies as the Newtown, CT shootings, blame, blame, blame. This is insanity. Video games, The [...]
New Year’s Resolutions Got You Down?
They seemed like a good idea on January 1st.
Around January 7 – not so much. Somehow you thought your life would be different come the first of the year, but you still don’t have time to exercise, you still aren’t preparing healthy meals, [...]
We Don’t Need New Year’s Eve To Tell Us What To Do
Whew, the Holidays are over!
The hype, hoot and hollar can now be put away in the attic along with all of the decorations and unwanted gifts we received. Perhaps you got the perfect tie, or the book you’ve been dying to read. Maybe [...]
Breakfast Of Champions In The Classroom
As a principal of a small New York City Public High School, my goal is to ensure that effective teaching and learning occurs within a safe school environment.
In addition to effective teaching and learning, I want to equip my students with the [...]
The Video Game Dilemma
Video games and isolation.
As the families and nation begin the long mourning process of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, we learn more about the killer…I write this in no way to glorify that person, but to educate people as [...]
Sandy Hook Massacre, Another Demand for Social Change!
A senseless tragedy.
Nothing is more sad, horrific, senseless and devestating as what happed on Decemebr 14th at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
What in the world causes a 20 year old man to go on a rampage where 20 children [...]
‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly
One of my favorite symbols of the holiday season are the words “Ho Ho Ho.”
It’s so cheerful–simply a short and to the point message of happiness. I buy any and all Holiday decorations that have these three little words written on [...]
How Far Does “Blue Blood” Go Today?
This has to be the saddest, most obscene tragedy on many, many levels, that the modern world has ever known!
Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse caring for Prince William’s wife, Catherine, treating her morning sickness, received a prank phone [...]
Confused In Low Fat & Low Calorie?
Most people usually have a number in mind that he/she wants to achieve as far as his weight is concerned.
In this age of perception, we can all agree that no matter how much we would like to conceal it; not having the body that you want tends [...]
Eat The Foods That Love You Back!
Your Relationship with Food
Do you have a healthy relationship with food? Or is food the enemy—a foe you do battle with daily?
According to CBS News, two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. That’s more than 190 million people! [...]
Mind, Body, Spirit: Which Is Which?
Body—mind—spirit–where does one stop and the other begin?
Within our own minds we decide how intimately the two are connected. We each decide just how self-aware we want or need to be. Our histories have created for us a worldview [...]
Is it a Trick or is it a Treat?
With the tone of the voice in Poltergeist—“they’re heeere…”
The grocery store shelves are full of them and have been for weeks! Halloween is only one day, yet candy makes its appearance weeks early, ensuring those little “fun-size” [...]
Avoid Halloween Candy: Tricks to Stop Eating Treats
Okay, I’ll admit it:
I’m one of those people who are tempted by those bite-sized Halloween candies that seem to turn up everywhere (or, that I buy myself!)
Hubby loves the candy corn, and I’m partial to anything with chocolate!
Over [...]
Are Stressed-Out Women Overeating Due to Poor Stock Market Performance?
The recent stock market gyrations may be sending women to the fridge to cope with their stress.
As they grieve the loss of their income, they react physically, emotionally, cognitively, behaviorally, and spiritually. Some of the reactions [...]
Rationalization Nation
Hey that person’s fat too . . . and so is that one!
I’m not nearly THAT big!
I’ve got a ways to go . . .
Screw salad. “I’ll have a cheese burger and fries, please. After the nachos come out, of course.”
That’s [...]
Are You Crazy or Do You Have Celiac Disease?
A few years back I received a call from a concerned daughter.
Near tears she reported that her family was at the end of the rope. Her mom was acting erratically and was experiencing wild mood swings. One moment she was depressed, crying, and [...]
It’s IMPOSSIBLE!
When you have a big chunk . . .
CHUNK CHUNK (Sloth voice from the Goonies – involuntary word association, sorry)
. . . of weight to lose, it looks, feels and sounds IMPOSSIBLE.
Especially when you’ve been there, done that and have [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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