Think you can’t afford to take a vacation this year? You may not be able NOT to afford to. Whether a stay-cation or a trip to some exotic location, you need to give yourself the gift that keeps on giving – real time to regenerate away from work. Vacations alleviate job stress and burnout. That’s […]
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Most women we know agonize over every bite of dessert and feel vaguely guilty about eating things like pancakes or pasta. Kind of takes the fun out of it and definitely hurts our self-esteem! “I was bad today,” we’ll say. Here’s great news for all of us that run a little on the heavy side!
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Anniversary dates should be recognized and remembered. I first learned about the importance of anniversary dates, of course, when I was married. But not until I began doing crisis response work did I come to understand the importance of anniversaries of tragic events in people’s lives. They are significant for other reasons many of us
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It’s not unusual for highly stressed individuals to experience panic attacks.
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Please send up your prayers for our contest winner Jennifer Rigano Denbo who begins her chemotherapy today, February 20. Follow her blog. Keep the faith, Jennifer. We are all pulling for you. ~Dr. nancy I asked her if I could share with you the note she sent us: “I won the contest and I want
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Young women have taken matters into their own hands and scored a victory, according to a exciting post July 4th, 2012 by Emma Stydahar at Spark A Movement. Objecting to the ways women and girls are portrayed in print magazines, organizers gathered nearly 30,000 signatures asking that women and girls be portrayed more realistic. ———
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Did you catch the news last week about calcium? It’s looking like taking a big calcium supplement may actually hurt your heart, and the study recommended they should be “taken with caution”. In the light of this recent study, doctors who once cavalierly suggested calcium supplements to their patients may now change their recommendation. In
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Relationship violence continues to pose a huge problem for young people, who are just figuring out how to conduct relationships. Unfortunately, too many of those relationships take a bad turn. Do you know someone who has experienced sexual assault, rape, or stalking? Here are some startling truths: Young people ages 12 to 19 experience the
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When was the last time you took a good vacation? What’s the longest you have allowed yourself to let down and stay off duty? Women face so many conflicting demands today …they often end up feeling exhausted, cranky, and discouraged. Burnout rears its ugly head and you find you just don’t care about much of
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Many women have told me they grew up hearing messages that greatly harmed their self-images. These messages continue to influence how they see their reflections in the mirror today, and it often does not match up with the way they think they should look. What do you think when you look in a mirror? Do
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