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2019: 5 Ways To Renew Your Commitment To Your Wellbeing
The holiday season just ended, and as usual, we threw many of our good habits out the window. It wasn’t just the diet that got dropped, we skipped our exercise, we drank more alcohol, and by the time the new year started, we needed an overhaul. Our wellbeings took a hit! Since it’s now the new year, it’s the ideal time to commit to your wellbeing and to hit the restart button. Since you have already spent some time considering improvements in your business (posts on evaluation post 1, post 2, and post 3), let’s take a look at five ways you can renew your commitment to your wellbeing in…
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Looking for a Perfect Christmas? Don’t!
Whether you scroll through Pinterest, flip through your favorite magazine, or see holiday ads on TV, perfect Christmases are popping up everywhere during the fall and winter months. While they are nice to look at and can serve as inspiration for your own holiday decorating, cooking, and gift giving, there’re hidden dangers in these depictions of a perfect Christmas that you need to be aware of. Perfection Is Not Necessary at Christmas The key word here is “perfect”. When you’re looking at these holiday images, there’s a real danger that you start to expect your own family Christmas to have the same look and feel. That’s about as realistic as…
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Tips for Healthy Eating During The Holidays
All of the wonderful holiday parties! And all of the lovely desserts! I remember going to a Christmas party 2 months after my wedding. One of my closest friends who is a physician and who cooks like a chef was catering the party. I was so excited to eat all of the amazing things she was going to make! However, the morning of the party, I got nauseous. Stayed queasy all day. Stood at the party looking at all the appetizers, desserts, entrees — and all I could eat was dry pita chips. Talk about disappointment! I found out later that I was pregnant. Unfortunately, that nausea hung around for…
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What is a Gratitude Journal?
[disclosure] You probably have heard about gratitude journals and may have questions about what it is and what it can do for you. A gratitude journal won’t change your life circumstances, but it very well may change your life perspective. This is why a gratitude journal is a worthy investment of time and effort. This type of journal is simply a space to record what you are thankful for. By recording and also by determining items to record, both positive vibes and overall positivity may increase in your life. While the mundane and necessary parts of life will still exist, they may fade in light of a heightened awareness…
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Breaking Bad Habits
[disclosure] Good morning! Surprise – my children are out of school again! I don’t think we had this many holidays when I was a child. Maybe I have forgotten some days off, but it seems like there are more now. Am I showing my age? Should I be shaking my fist at a cloud? Haha! My son says that I’m grumpy – he’s a teenager. Anything I say that doesn’t give him everything he wants is grumpy and mean. Of course, it is. I look forward to the time when he’ll be too embarrassed to say that I was right… It will happen! But as a nod to the…
