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Top 13 Halloween Safety Tips
Important safety tips for Halloween
The fall is here and Halloween is right around the corner. Fortunately for me I have two kids which means I’m going trick or treating and eating 20lbs of chocolate on November 1st. Don’t worry I’ll [...]
Having a Frightening Time Getting Hired After a Layoff?
Having a frightening time getting hired after you’ve been laid off?
This week I’m teaching you how to build your personal brand, position yourself to hiring managers and customize your resume after a lay-off.
A few years ago, I woke up one [...]
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” [...]
Why Adults Should Dress Up for Halloween
Why should kids have all the fun?
I used to dress up as a clown and accompany my children on their Halloween trick-or-treat trips. Instead of a bucket for candy, I carried a wine glass. Sometimes it was meager pickings in my conservative neighborhood, [...]
There Are Boy Ladybugs?
Most dogs don’t like to wear anything on their heads.
Believe it or not, they probably don’t like wearing costumes either. But, no one ever asked them. Pet parents (yes, parents, not owners) just dress them up and prance them around, especially [...]
Ghosts, Hauntings, And Bumps In The Night!
A psychic view of earthbound spirits
When I was young, I had many frightening experiences of being harassed by an unfriendly leprechaun-ish kind of ghost! The first time was when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I woke up and saw this little [...]
The Scariest Thing on Halloween: The Unknown
Halloween for years has been considered a time for honoring the dead.
Today we put up decorations in our house and watch scary films to embrace the holiday. But during a time when we should be embracing fears, are we avoiding them?
What is fear? [...]
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 [...]
I Want Candy!
Halloween is specially known as harvest season.
If you are ecologically minded, here are 5 Ways to Green Your Halloween!
1. Smash those PLASTIC pumpkins. You know, the ones kids carry around to haul candy. Plastic never decomposes and contributes [...]
The First Halloween With Neptune In Pisces
Neptune in Pisces. The veil is very thin now.
Neptune entered Pisces, the sign it has rulership over, last February, and will remain there until January 2026. This is an event that occurs only once every 165 years. It is a period during [...]
Warlock Forest
There they stood, at the piercing edge of Warlock Forest.
The Wise One and her apprentice, Isaac, intently listen to the haunting bellows that creep across the chilled mist as it slowly collects upon the moon-lit shadows of their brows. It is [...]
There’s Scared and There’s SCARED
It’s a perfect setup:
It’s getting dark, the wind’s howling, the leaves are blowing and you’re heading home fast to be there for the kids before they head out to trick or treat. You think back to when you were a kid and how you couldn’t [...]
Growing Up With Ghosts (Part 2)
My uncle Dave and his wife Reiko lived next door to us beginning in 1971.
I was 6 years old at the time. They would spend a lot of time over at our house from the early to the mid-1970s. These were great times with a lot of fun as I recall! [...]
Ghost Busting and Space Clearing
Tis’ the season!
It is believed that the fall months are the time of the year when the veil between heaven and earth is the thinnest and that the energy of the spirit realm is heightened. Therefore, this time of the year is a good time [...]
Get Your Fright On When You Can!
My favorite holiday.
As I sit here, sipping my pumpkin spice coffee and looking out at what we Floridians consider Fall, I am reminded that one of my all time favorite holidays is swiftly approaching – Halloween. Ever since I was a little [...]
Are You Being Haunted By Yourself?
The Christmas Carol is the fictional story of miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge.
He was haunted by the ghosts of his Christmas past, present, and future. They reminded him of who he was and where his path was leading to give him a second chance at [...]
Don’t Be A Ghost …In Your Online Classroom!
If you are teaching online, you are most likely subjected to rigorous rules about posting and daily login requirements.
However, meeting the minimum is not usually sufficient if you want to engage your learners and help them thoroughly understand [...]
Scary Times… Not!
Hopefully, Halloween is the scariest thing you have to deal with right now.
While many are panicking over the receding economy right now, let’s all try to focus on creating ways to deal with it and trust it will pass. As Albert Einstein [...]
50 Shades of Black – Sexy and Scary in the Honeymoon Capital
In my town, I get to see the 7th natural wonder of the world everyday–Niagara Falls.
In my neck of the woods, folks like the great Nik Wallenda share magical moments by walking over Niagara Falls. In my backyard, lovers come from all over [...]
Why I Don’t Date Vampires
I realize that vampires are very fashionable in books and on screen right now.
However, no matter how romantic they may seem, I do not want to date a vampire. First there is the obvious reason, I don’t know any real vampires. (Though my ex-husband [...]
Growing Up With Ghosts (Part 1)
I grew up in a truly haunted house.
The house was a huge Victorian home in Elizabeth, New Jersey complete with eight bedrooms, three full floors, beautiful real oak floors and wood-workings, twelve foot ceilings, a second-floor porch, walk-in [...]
5 Steps To A Great LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn is the place to be for professionals.
It is the largest professional networking site, so you need to not only join, but make sure that you have a great profile so that you can make the most out of it.
Your profile is often the first [...]
5 Things You Can Do to Live a Mindful Life
Mindfulness—lately it’s become a hot topic of conversation in book clubs and popular magazines.
Last weekend someone even brought it up in conversation at a party. If you haven’t attended a mindfulness class and you’re wondering what [...]
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 [...]
Steven Spielberg’s Father Issues Played Out In His Movies!
It has been almost forty years that Steven Spielberg has inspired and entertained us with his movies.
On Oct. 21, 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl interviewed this iconic director as he has just finished his 27th film about Abraham Lincoln.
Steven [...]
Why Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Did you know that specialization is a relatively recent compulsion?
The Middle Ages confined higher education to law, medicine, and religion. In revolt, the Renaissance favored what we now call the humanities — classics, languages, literature, [...]
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 [...]
Your Unique Gifts, Skills and Abilities Make You Special
My corporate climb
The other day, I interviewed Andy Mills retired President of the Thomson Reuters Financial Professional Publishing Group. This interview is for my membership site, My Corporate Climb.
Andy grew the Thomson Reuters Financial [...]
When I Hear “No,” I Hear “Negotiation”
Overcoming objections
Most people are put off by the word “no.” Not me. When I hear “no,” I hear “negotiation.” So I just keep talking, with the assumption that they’ll eventually say “yes.”
It doesn’t even occur to me that [...]
Creating a Movement… In Three Easy Steps!
Did you ever have a brilliant moment, an idea that hit, and you just knew that this was the ‘cha-ching’ idea that will send you over the top?
When it happens, it’s absolute magic. And synergy usually happens with two creative people [...]
Five Top Tips for Young Women
There is no need to search for the Elusive Magic Guru of All Answers or schedule appointments with an expensive shrink.
Take some free advice from a well-seasoned traveler of life who scrambled out on the positive side of numerous trials and [...]
Time Is Of The Essence
Classic Rock Band the “Guess Who” sang, “No time…no time…got got got got no time.”
In the same song, they also warned “No time left to lose.” We also put much faith into “time healing all wounds.” Bob Dylan wrote, “Time [...]
October is Domestic Violence Month
When I meet new clients, I always ask about whether or not they have been subjected to domestic violence.
Sometimes they say no, but later reveal that in their families, past relationships, or current relationships there is yelling, pushing, [...]
Take A Number
“Take a number and please be seated we will be with you in just a moment.”
Those words can actually cause a panic in some people having to wait to see a doctor. No matter what you are going to see the doctor for, it still can be nerve [...]
To Date Or Not To Date, That Is The Question
My friends are divided between those that believe you should jump right back into the dating pool after a divorce and those that feel you should wait until the kids are a little older.
Personally, I’m somewhere in between.
Actually, the idea [...]
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