Creative Success Depends on Long View
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
What do you do when the man you’re dating vacillates in his affections for you?
I’m not talking about the inconsistency that comes from a busy week at work or after a heated argument with his parole officer, but the inconsistency that comes [...]
Dressing for Success: Frame Your Mind
Dress for success.
Have you met someone who looks the part, but after a while you notice body language that suggests insecurity of some type, or when this person speaks what is being said is not equating with outward persona? How does your opinion [...]
Holiday Season No-No’s, Limits And Gifts For Introverts And Extroverts To Mix
Mixing the introvert in you and the extrovert in others for the holidays doesn’t have to be contradictory.
No way!
Remember: it’s a matter of managing our energy that is different. We introverts are just as social, celebratory and [...]
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 [...]
Letting Parents Off the Hook (sort of)!
It’s a two way street for parents.
When their kid is a dutiful citizen, smiling in circle time, raising his or her hand, getting the homework handed in on time, the parents swells with pride, thinking something like, “We’ve done a good [...]
Anger: The Killer Of Relationships
Although anger is a normal human emotion, when it is not handled well it can create damage and a breakdown a relationship.
What many men and women do not understand is that allowing their unedited anger to come out, especially in the heat of [...]
‘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 [...]
Peace On Earth: Peace In Your Home This Holiday Season
Families are not perfect
The holiday season seems to underscore this fact: putting adults fuelled by eggnog in close quarters over a stretch of time are the perfect ingredients for bringing out the worst in us. So how do you bring peace into [...]
Pinning For Scared Folks Over 40
I reached a “Ta Dah” moment the other day when I finally opened the log in page and displayed my first pin.
Felt like I won the Olympics. Honestly, for me it was a real big deal. I was actually signed up for it a year ago and it took [...]
Discover The Benefits Of Mindfulness
Do you sometimes find yourself thinking more about past and/or future things than what you’re doing in the present?
If so, you might be missing much of the beauty the life has to offer. Perhaps, you’re not performing daily tasks to the best [...]
The Circle Of Success Is Waiting For You!
Ignite your passion.
Passion converts tomorrow’s illusions into today’s reality!
So make yourself comfortable and enjoy the material you now have at your fingertips. The circle of success is a simple program/book, user friendly, and effective, [...]
Kid’s Book Matters: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Celebrating at the Carle:
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA is currently celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Officially kicked off last month, the festivities will continue through November 2013. Among the events and [...]
Pound For Pound (Relationship Rehab)
No, it’s not what you think it is.
I’m not talking about cake your mother or grandmother bakes for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I mean, how many of us like pound cake anyway? *raising hand.* I’m here to talk about relationships gone [...]
Be Happy Over The Holidays, Dealing With Emotional Vampires & Nightmare TO DO Lists…
You say it every year. I am not going to overspend. I am not going to overeat. I am not going to feel guilty because I did not buy enough . . .
But you wind up doing it all anyway.
And it gets worse. You can’t hide from the Holiday [...]
Relationships In The Workplace: Taboo or To-Do?
As long as men and women have coexisted in the same workplace, the question of having relations with someone you share a cubicle wall with has been asked.
Since you spend about half of your waking life at your place of employment, is it wise [...]
The Mad Race To Where?
Picture a piece of cheese positioned nicely next to a mouse trap.
Hundreds of mice are stomping over each other to get first dibs of that rich piece of Swiss cheese. Unfortunately, none of them know their fate that lies before them, as one of [...]
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 [...]
The End of the World is Cancelled!
Good news, NASA has cancelled the end of the world for this month! ~ Judy Cosentino
You may have heard rumors about the end of the world, and while this is an interesting idea – it turns out that it is actually the end of an Era, and a New [...]
Avoid the Holiday Blues
For some people, the holidays aren’t a time of family, happiness, cheer, and feasting.
It’s a time of depression, isolation, and headaches. If you are one of the people who have more anxiety than joy at this time of year, what can you do [...]
The Secret About Dating Women Every Man Should Know!
Ready for it?
It’s simple, women desire that you to be the man.
Wow! That sounds easy right? You are already a man and she is already a woman so not much trouble with this one!
Then why is the dating world filled with angry, fed-up women [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: You Can Balance Tough Lady With Bawl Baby
My two-month-old granddaughter cries for three main reasons.
Either she’s hungry, she’s tired, or her diapers are dirty. I don’t need to be changed, but I could really use a sandwich and a nap. Maybe if I cry out loud…
I was raised to [...]
Strength Is Attractive
Strong, confident people are attractive.
They may or may not have aesthetic beauty, but they attract good people and opportunities into their lives like magnets. Why? Because strong, confident people want to be in relationship with others [...]
Hypnosis Or Mind Games
I love finding ways to improve myself in getting where I want to be in life.
I’m sure everyone does it one way or another. Everyday I wake, I have in mind what I am going to do for that day. Then, I lose it. See, I am a writer, and published [...]
Can’t Resist A “Must Have” Spur Of The Moment Impulse Buy? Who Can? Accidental Overspending Back Up Plan Inside!
BACK UP PLAN: Keep those impulse buys in the trunk of your car for 24 hours
Right? How many times have you been caught up in the frenzy of a sale only to feel buyer’s remorse once you are on the way home? Did I really need that? Do I [...]
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! [...]
A Christmas Story: The One
The search begins.
Deep within the isles of a vast toy store, a mom frantically searches for the right one, the one that will bring joy to her little girl and the one everyone else is searching for. She digs and looks and moves and lifts and [...]
Money, Power, Success, Financial Freedom… What It Takes To Have It
We are so programmed to react to someone else’s version of success by thinking we must not be doing it right.
Too often, we believe headlines like: “You must have a better landing page,” or “5 Easy Steps to Claim Your Fortune,” [...]
‘Tis The Season For Small Business Online Marketers
It’s that time of the year for memories, doing good and shopping, including – shopping online.
By now your own email inbox is inundated with the eye-candy holiday subject lines. If you’re a small business marketer, just follow [...]
How to Meditate Part II: Mindfulness of the Body
The body is our greatest source of internal wisdom.
The body provides our most immediate experience of the present moment. What is required on our part is a willingness to pay attention and listen.
Unfortunately, many of us have learned—through [...]
Career Success Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff Discussions
Have you been following the fiscal cliff discussions?
President Obama presented his plan. The other side reacted. Mitch McConnell said he laughed when he saw it. John Boehner said both sides are “nowhere” when it comes to reaching [...]
The Money Flow!
Money is a good servant, but a bad master!
Although money is not life, it is both a metaphor for life and a tool to organize your life. And like other tools in our lives, our relationship with money can help us or hurt us. Money flows in and [...]
GET CONNECTED: Branding YOU in the World of Business
I’d like to take you back to 1999.
This was the year that futurists were predicting that if you didn’t have your business on the Internet that you wouldn’t have a business. People disagreed. Now think back a few years to 2004 when Facebook [...]
Book Review: Boot & Shoe By Marla Frazee
Boot & Shoe are puppies from the same litter.
They are adopted into the same home. They share many things together. The only thing they don’t share is their special, personal territory. Shoe is a front porch kind of dog and Boot is a back [...]
When Two Worlds Collide: College vs. The “Real World”
I graduated college a year and a half ago, and a lot has changed
I traded a college town for New York City, a class schedule for a job, single life for a new relationship, a dorm room for an apartment, and rule-following for complete independence. [...]
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