Archive for October, 2008
Turning Hobbies Into Careers – Stories From Entrepreneurs
How do you turn your hobby into a career? Read how five female entrepreneurs went from hobbyist to small business owner, and see how you’ll be able to create, produce, and venture out into your own business… First, a quip from life coach and author Martha Beck: “You can’t force a Wildly Improbably Goal to happen, [...]
Tips for Choosing a Name for Your Baby
These tips for choosing a baby name will make one of your first jobs as a parent less frustrating and time consuming! These baby-naming tips are based on a formula from The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book. “Many parents have come to us over the years completely confused, not knowing where to start in finding a name for their baby,” [...]
How Do You Help a Grieving Friend? 5 Ideas and Tips
Knowing how to help a grieving friend cope with death, loss, or major life problems is an important part of friendship. These tips will help when you need to support someone who is grieving a death, divorce, or any type of loss. Remember that you can’t make things better, but you can walk beside them as they cope. “When we honestly ask [...]
10 Tips for a Lifetime of Love and Happiness With Your Partner
Creating a lifetime of love and happiness with your spouse or partner is alot less difficult with these tips! Here, Dr Sue Johnson – author of Hold Me Tight: 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love — focuses on building strong marriages, based her work with emotionally focused therapy (EFT). “You think love is illogical, random and mysterious, [...]
Exercise Health Benefits – 10 Reasons Why Working Out is Good for You
I’m a writer who works out at home almost every day, and I often write about the health benefits of exercise. Here are ten reasons why working out at home or in the gym is so good for you. These tips will keep you motivated to achieve your health and fitness goals! Before the tips, a quip: “I don’t really need buns of [...]
Accepting Your Body Shape and Size – Say “This Is Who I Am”
Here’s how to accept your body shape and size by saying “this is who I am” – and meaning it! These tips for accepting your body are from photographer Rosanne Olson’s 54 women in her book, this is who I am. In this book, Olson included each woman’s thoughts about her body, appearance, and a negative body image. Here’s [...]
Fun, Creative Stress Busters – The Most Unusual Ways to Relax
Check out these fun, creative stress busters – because finding the most unusual ways to relax is the best way to deal with everyday stressors. Here are two ways to bust stress to start: wear an eye patch when you’re feeling irritable, and get out your hula hoop! Both will lower your blood pressure and help you [...]
How to Reduce Stress at Christmas for Kids
These tips for reducing stress at Christmas for kids will help ensure a positive experience for the whole family. Stressed children at Christmas can not only ruin the holidays for them – it can affect the whole family. Plus, the after effects of holiday stress can for weeks after after all the gifts are unwrapped and the [...]
Volunteer Work at Christmas – 6 Tips for Giving Time During the Holiday Season
These tips for volunteering with a charity or nonprofit organization will help you organize your ideas for volunteer work at Christmas. Giving time during the holiday season can improve your physical and emotional health — make you grateful for all you have. And of course it’s a great way to help your community! Before the tips, a quip: “Kindness is the [...]
Easy Thanksgiving Day Dinner – 9 Tips for Holiday Meals
Enjoy an easy Thanksgiving Day dinner with these tips for holiday meals! Here are nine ways to make Thanksgiving easy, based on my years of experience cooking for family and friends… Before the tips, a quip: “How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age,” said Sir John Templeton. “Thanksgiving [...]
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