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Five Easy Ways To Fight Holiday Weight Gain!

Oh, come on. It’s just a cookie. It’s not even a big one. You can eat it. You’ll get back on your diet after the New Year. How often have you heard those words, or even said them to… more →

Recovery Along Route 66

Mother May I?

ambermehlberg wrote 14 hours ago: I have started writing this post a few times and stopped because it is a subject that gets many a pr … more →

Tags: Balance, Children, Doubt, Exercise, Friend, Goal, Good, guilt, Home

Now is the Time — 4 comments

StairwayHealingArts wrote 2 weeks ago: from Pinterest, where else?   I have some free time this morning.  There are plenty of things I … more →

Tags: General Health, Inspiration, Massage Therapy, meditation 2, Emotional Health, health, Mental Health, Physical health, seize the day

Tired — 4 comments

StairwayHealingArts wrote 2 months ago: Sunrise today. A wave of tiredness overcame me towards the end of working with my last client today. … more →

Tags: Massage Therapy, General Health, Inspiration, recharging, resting, Tired, exhausted

Asking For Help Doesn't Have To Be A Pain In The Neck — 13 comments

notaloneparents wrote 3 months ago: Raise your hand if you’ve cared for your special kids to the point of not showering for days. … more →

Tags: Living Life Daily, Adoption, asperger, Laurie Wallin, getting the help we need, taking care of the caregiver

Gander & Goose Happiness

Ginny Sassaman wrote 3 months ago: Right before the latest big blizzard, I read a post from a Texan who wrote that it was 60 degrees an … more →

Tags: Personal Happiness, the science of happiness, vermont, Martin Seligman, Mardi Gras, Gun Control, Sonya Lyubomirksy

God's Gift to Me (It came gift wrapped in a suit...a birthday one)

terminatormom wrote 3 months ago: I’m a christian. If you’ve read several of my past blog posts, you’d know that. I … more →

Tags: Daily Blogs (Courtesy of your friendly Terminator....th, God, Christian, Our bodies are a gift, training hard

Five Easy Ways To Fight Holiday Weight Gain!

chrissy50 wrote 4 months ago: Oh, come on. It’s just a cookie. It’s not even a big one. You can eat it. You’ll g … more →

Tags: Holidailies, Christmas, Holidays, Holiday Eating, how not to cheat during the holidays, how to avoid cheating during the holidays, avoid emotional eating, always eat breakfast, Exercise

The Wisdom To Know The Difference — 2 comments

chrissy50 wrote 5 months ago: I went to a meeting this morning. I was so grateful there was an Al-Anon meeting on Christmas Eve mo … more →

Tags: al-anon, change, CoDependency, Detachment, Fear, Fun, gratitude, Holidailies, breathe

Eight Easy Exit Egresses! — 2 comments

chrissy50 wrote 5 months ago: So, you’re at a party and you’re read to go home. Trust me, I’ve been in this spot … more →

Tags: Holidailies, Christmas, Holiday, Hanukkah, exit strategies for parties, how to leave a party gracefully, tactful ways to exit a party, what to say when you want to leave a party, Taking a Break

Take A Nap!

chrissy50 wrote 5 months ago: Things can get pretty hurried and fast-paced during this time of year. Although taking a nap is gene … more →

Tags: H A L T, Holidailies, Bipolar Disorder, health, Mental Health, nap, Sleep Deprivation, maize

Know When To Say No

chrissy50 wrote 5 months ago: This is the perfect time of year, I’ve noticed, to practice saying “no.”  There ar … more →

Tags: boundaries, Holidailies, saying no, Thanksgiving, Christmas, setting limits, Parties, seconds, Desserts

So Many Ways To Give

Ginny Sassaman wrote 6 months ago: No, this is not an early Christmas essay about handmade gifts or alternative holiday rituals.   Rath … more →

Tags: vermont, environmental concerns, Giving and Receiving, Kathryn Blume, Vemront Woman, winston churchill, Rockaway Queens, Hurricane Irene 2011, Stowe Vermont

Buying Peace

Amy Robinson wrote 6 months ago: To tantrum or not to tantrum?  That is the question…  Or is it? I had a conversation today with a mo … more →

Tags: Musings of a Manic Mama, fully expressed, Life Lessons, Parenting, tantrums, buying peace

PIESS ~ Yes, PIESS, not PIES!

Proverbs31Lass wrote 7 months ago: PIESS P = Physical I = Intellectual E = Emotional S = Social S = Spiritual I learned during my gradu … more →

Tags: CHRISTIAN FAITH, good health, Bible Time, Relationships, Continuing Education, stress reduction, piess

What practices keep you going? Living our beliefs...

carolburbank wrote 7 months ago: Why is it so easy to give advice to our clients, and yet so hard to apply it to ourselves? I love th … more →

Tags: For Practitioners, healing, healer, heal, Practitioner, Dalai Lama, Shambhala, Inspiration, Beliefs

Day 111 - Me First Martini - Please Affix Your Oxygen Mask First

jeejee wrote 8 months ago: It’s been a rough few days, I’ve been sick again.  It seems like I’ve been sick a … more →

Tags: caregiver, Caregiving, Difficulty, Divorce, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Mothers, Parkinson's, Relationships

The Heart Attack That Wasn't and What I Did Wrong ...... — 6 comments

Becki wrote 9 months ago: The #1 health concern with alcoholics is heart disease.  While I haven’t had a drink in over 9 … more →

Tags: A & A, networking, Sober Living, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sober Living, heart attack symptoms, heart attack treatment, Chest Pain, emergency room

Individual Strength. — 8 comments

lunarmom wrote 10 months ago:               We’re going to begin with the daily draw today because an interesting item was s … more →

Tags: no such thing as coincedence, having the courage to really make a move, symbolism with animals and fiction, Bike Rides, mercury retrograde glitches, bad-ass weapons, seattle tattoos, ink on your back, perserving a saying for your grandfather

Feeling Blue? Some Things To Do! — 5 comments

chrissy50 wrote 10 months ago: One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try t … more →

Tags: aromatherapy, Candles, Dogs, feeling blue, Helping others, Origami, Puzzles, things to do when feeling blue


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