Eat more foods that make you swoony Set a timer when using facebook Stop taking the elevator (ever) Be more honest with your closest friends Line dry your laundry (even in the winter) Be responsible for some of the food you eat: garden, can, freeze, bake, get a CSA, and/or go to a farmer’s market […]
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Though today I am on the mend and heading back for a shortened day, it seems like everyone I know is sick or slowly recovering from being sick. So here you have it my how best to be sick post. 1) Be Polite, Not A Martyr Going to work or to the grocery store is
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In thinking about how I would initially respond and in thinking about how I write my blog on a weekly basis, I realized there is one phase that repeatedly gets censored every time I think it. That phrase is—the other day in therapy. I don’t reveal to my blog readers that I am in weekly talk therapy.
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I am one of the few people I know who still deeps cleans. I’m not talking about washing dishes or making one’s bed. Most of the people I know follow those social rules. I’m talking about sweeping under furniture, washing the windows, dusting the chair molding and polishing the silver type of cleaning. Deep Cleaning,
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Instead of making a New Year’s Resolution this year I’ve decided to set an intention to make one change and let it reverberate through all the different areas of my life. I want to lighten my load. The physical sensation through much of December was that of being snowed under. There was too much to
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For most of us in the Northeast we dread this season all year long. It is dark, it is cold, there usually isn’t snow and there is enough holiday shopping traffic downtown to make us all cranky. December is tough and exhausting. I’m not a cold weather person as all of my students will attest
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In the wake of tragedy there is a precedence of dangerous behavior long after the violence ends. That is where our country stands even today, days later. Everywhere I look and listen, I hear two strong emotions: fear and anger. We don’t need to be angry and we don’t need to be afraid right now.
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Some of the brightest moments in life are when things go wrong and we ask others for help. We all have had the experience when something little throws your very normal routine off kilter and you end up on a full adventure. We end up very vulnerable and needing assistance from others and somehow the
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Years ago when I first started my business I received a referral for a full price client. Mind you at this point in my teaching career I was offering a slew of $5 class and driving long distances to give $20 private lessons and Reiki treatments. People were taking advantage of me left and right
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Every year we leave our homes numerous times to visit family and friends and we check our health at the departure gate, not just our bags. This Thanksgiving bring your health and your eating regime with you so that you return from the holiday actually feeling rested. 1. Keep Drinking Just because you are not
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