Connecting with people – especially when you can’t think of anything to say – is essential at work, school, and everywhere! These tips will help you be more outgoing, friendly, and “connectable” with everyone you meet. These tips aren’t about changing your personality traits – even though they’re inspired by a reader who asked me [...]
‘Tis the season for giving…and spending. These 12 easy ways to save money for Christmas gifts are inspired by my conversation with my husband last night (no, he’s not Mr Grinch!). Him: What do you want for Christmas this year? Me: Um, I dunno. What do YOU want for Christmas this year? Him: Um, I [...]
The key to losing weight with home workout DVDs is to find the right ones! Here are 8 reasons working out at home is better for weight loss than going to the gym, plus several workout DVDs I use and love. In Best Yoga DVDs, Plus 4 Tips for Choosing a Yoga DVD, I highlighted [...]
Tired of living under the burden of your monthly Visa or MasterCard bills? Put just ONE of these smart ways to get rid of credit card debt forever into action, and you’ll be halfway there. One of the most popular books about paying off debt on Amazon is Clark Howard’s Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ [...]
Connecting with people – especially when you can’t think of anything to say – is essential at work, school, and everywhere! These tips will help you be more outgoing, friendly, and “connectable” with everyone you meet. These tips aren’t about changing your personality traits – even though they’re inspired by a reader who asked me [...]
If you want to win a blogging contest, you have to take it a step further than “just” blogging! These tips and strategies will help you win first place in any blog contest – or any writing contest, for that matter. To win, you need skill, discipline, and organization. Here, a blogging expert outlines six [...]
Most of my weight loss articles focus on yoga, Pilates, and cardio exercises. These tips on how to lose weight are for people who can’t exercise or hate to sweat…or both! They’re inspired by a reader who has health issues that prevent her from exercising and burning calories. “I have Parkinson’s Disease and had a [...]
Where better to spend Christmas than in Africa, on safari or volunteering at an orphanage, clinic, or school? Traveling to Africa at Christmas is easier if you know what to expect; these tips are based on my experience living and teaching in Africa for three years. I also explored Ethiopia, Tanzania, Swaziland, and South Africa [...]
If you want to win a blogging contest, you have to take it a step further than “just” blogging! These tips and strategies will help you win first place in any blog contest – or any writing contest, for that matter. To win, you need skill, discipline, and organization. Here, a blogging expert outlines six [...]
It’s not just about what you bring when you’re invited to a potluck on Thanksgiving – it’s how you can help! These Thanksgiving tips will help you show your gratitude and make your hostess’ job much easier. The first tip for when you’re invited to a Thanksgiving potluck is to remember how BIG a job it [...]
This description of what SAD is includes the most common symptoms of Seasonal Affective Depression (which is what SAD is!), plus several tips for treating this type of depression. “Long nights and cold weather days are upon us which means the ‘winter blues’ could be setting in,” says Oz Garcia, Ph.D., co-author of Redesigning 50: The [...]
