Earth Day…

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Love the Earth,  keep your face off the ground The earth needs love. And Earth Day is a fitting reminder of that fact. Ice caps are melting faster than ever people. Still, few of us are willing to downsize our homes or our cars [It’s hard to fit 2.5 kids and a menagerie of animals [...]

Exercising Your Childlike Imagination

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As everyone who has ever heard me chat about books knows, I’m a Harry Potter fan(atic?).  I’m an English educator in training, I love classic literature and discussing the lovely nuances in major literary works, and I am so excited to teach others to appreciate the same.  Yet, I am somehow also crazy about this [...]

Have You Ever Used Meditation to Relax?

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Have you ever used meditation to relax? Meditation is an incredible tool allowing us to reconnect with ourselves. There are many varieties of meditation; it will be worth your time to find a method that works for you. Spend 5 minutes today researching a manner that fits you or simply do as I do; comfortably [...]

Taming the Brow – Things We Women Do

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I just had to wax my eyebrows…again. I just did it last week! Doesn’t that seem excessive?  My bushy brows grow fast – warp speed.  If I ignored my ever-blossoming brows for even a week, what looks like a wooly bear caterpillar would appear over each eye. Over the past 25 years [starting at 16, [...]

Seeing a good therapist: the best thing I’ve done for my well being

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When I was 35, my professional life was going great, but my personal life was not. I’d been married twice and divorced twice. I left my first husband, and my second husband left me. Both situations were terribly painful. In an attempt to save my second marriage, I began seeing a therapist. I dreaded the [...]

Avoiding Back Pain When Shoveling

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It’s winter in many places across the globe, and many have some of the snowiest weather in years. This can mean stress on the body, specifically in the back, from women using the wrong style shovel or poor technique when removing snow. There are several points to remember to ensure you come out of your [...]

Weekly Fuel: Rallying for one, inspires all!

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Courtesy of The CBS Sunday Morning show, this is the best 2 minutes and 41 seconds way to spend your day today. The setting: a basketball coach, a team manager, the team, an opposing team player and an auditorium filled with respect and adulation. The best drama and INSPIRATION you can get in under three [...]

Weekly Fuel: What is killing women all across this country?

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February has been a month full of hearts, Valentine’s and heart health. Did you know that the number one killer of women in the United States is heart disease? Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined. Shocking, isn’t it? I blogged about women and heart disease several months ago, however, it is so [...]

Conquer Mountains and Your Fears

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Yes this is me! Let me start by saying I am not sport minded or an athlete or a risk taker or even coordinated for that matter! But for the last five years I have been going mountain snowmobiling. It is not trail riding. Mountain snowmobiling is off trail, balancing yourself and using your body [...]

What I learned about overcoming fear while getting my black belt

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I set out to get my black belt because my five-year-old son was taking classes, and it looked like fun. It was also a stretch for me. I was a decent athlete but nothing special. Karate required extraordinary coordination, flexibility, strength and discipline. It also required extreme respect for the teacher and following her advice, [...]