Archive for November, 2008
7 Steps to Setting Goals for Your Life
These seven steps to setting goals for your life are effective for professional, personal, or physical aspirations. You can apply this “seven steps to success” to almost aything! “Most of us do make some form of New Year’s Resolution, usually with a health and fitness slant,” says personal trainer Caroline Radway, author of KettleBelleBody. “Yet most of us will [...]
9 Easy Ways to Save Money When You Earn $500 a Week
Yes, you can save money even if you only earn $500 a week! These easy ways to save money range from bartering to borrowing. But first, here’s one of my favorite ways to save money: “I feel good about taking things to Goodwill and actually, I do like shopping at Goodwill,” says writer April Foiles. [...]
How Your Period Affects Your Libido and Mood
These tips on how your period affects your libido and mood will give you new insights into your body! Here, Dr Rebecca Booth, author of The Venus Week, describes some health tips and benefits of getting your period – and how your menstrual cycle affects female libido and mood. First, a quip from Gloria Steinem [...]
Signs and Treatments of Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD
These signs and treatments of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are from longevity and lifestyle expert Oz Garcia, Ph.D. He not only describes the symptoms of SAD, he offers eight ways to treat depression… “Long nights and cold weather days are upon us which means the ‘winter blues’ could be setting in,” says Garcia. “The winter blues are clinically diagnosed [...]
Dealing With Grief at Christmas – 5 Steps for Baby Boomers
These five tips for dealing with grief over the Christmas holidays are from Jane Galbraith, author of Baby Boomers Face Grief: Survival and Recovery. This author and nurse knows firsthand what it’s like to grieve during Christmas. One of the first things she encourages people to do is share love with the people who are [...]
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
The Health Coaches at Gordian Health Solutions have put their heads together and made a list of the nine most common New Year’s Resolutions – and how to keep them! “People typically have well-meaning-and high-aspirations when it comes to setting their New Year’s resolutions,” these experts say. “Actually sticking to those resolutions can be a bit more difficult.” For [...]
10 Tips for Beauty from the Inside Out
This guest post about beauty tips from the inside out is by Gail Konop Baker, author of Cancer is a B**ch: Or, I’d Rather be Having a Midlife Crisis. These tips are about increasing your natural beauty – not getting cosmetic surgery or wearing more makeup! Curious about this book about cancer? Here’s what author Sara [...]
Making Midlife Changes – 6 Tips on Setting SMART Goals in Your 40s and Beyond
Have you reached a midlife point, and think it’s time to re-evaluate your life? These tips for setting SMART goals in your 40s and beyond focus on making changes in midlife – they’re from a therapist and author of a book about changing direction when you’re older than 40… Before her tips, a quip: “One cannot be content [...]
10 Reasons New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
These ten reasons why New Year’s resolutions don’t work are from Laura Berman Fortgang, life coach and author of Living Your Best Life. “New Year’s Resolutions don’t work even though you set them year after year,” says Fortgang. “In fact, 23% of us break them in a week and 45% by the end of the month.” To live [...]
8 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Green – Interior Design Tips
A green home can help you stay healthy! These easy ways to make your home eco-friendly are from Debbie Wiener, interior designer and author of Slob Proof! Real-Life Design Solutions. Her green tips can have a direct affect on your mood and disposition: “If you suffer from seasonal mood disorders including stress, anxiety or depression, bring full spectrum light [...]
Stay in Touch!