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If You are What You Eat, Then I’m Corny

September 20, 2021

If You are What You Eat, Then I’m Corny If you are what you eat, then I’m corny…hot buttered pop corny that is, with lots of real butter and extra salt. When we were poor, young, married students, my hubby and I gobbled my homemade hot buttered popcorn 5 nights a week! It’s a wonder…

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Take a Walk. No, Really, Take a Walk

September 13, 2021

Take a Walk. No, Really, Take a Walk I’m great at making up excuses not to exercise. But it’s hard to make excuses for not walking. It’s free. You can do it anywhere! It’s a great time to share time with your friends and family. (And a great way to get away from those you…

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You’re Always in the Limelight

September 6, 2021

You’re Always in the Limelight At first, I thought my message, “We are always role modeling whether we want to be or not,” was for parents, but now I know it is for everyone, because indeed, we are all always role modeling. No matter how old you are, those younger than you are watching to see…

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Are We Really Making a Difference?

August 30, 2021

Are We Really Making a Difference? With all the poverty and suffering all over the world, it’s easy to wonder sometimes whether our donations are really making a difference. These statistics show that indeed they are! The quality of life, even in the world’s poorest countries, has improved over the past several decades, far more…

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Unplug to Recharge

August 16, 2021

Unplug to Recharge When was the last time you were really alone? Truly by yourself? Just you and your thoughts…no cell phone, no tablet, no laptop. Many of us crave this solitude, though in today’s wired world it is a rare occasion. We check texts, emails, phone messages and social media at any hour, sitting…

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Mind Your Mind!

August 9, 2021

Mind Your Mind! There is a lot in the media these days about being physically healthy, but what about mental health? And what is it really? Take a deep breath and read this definition from the World Health Organization: Mental health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope…

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Time for Mental Floss

August 2, 2021

Time for Mental Floss Reality TV shows and professional organizers attest to the amount of clutter we cram into our lives. My basement is living proof that we are accumulators.  Just like my basement, our minds can become cluttered too. Mind debris gets in the way of our productivity and even our joy. You know…

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Shut Off the Light and Go to Sleep!

July 26, 2021

Shut Off the Light and Go to Sleep! Lack of sleep has become a signature ailment today. Drowsy people are buying energy drinks and sleeping aides at record numbers! We view sleep as optional, sort of an off-on switch, like the ones on our computers or smart phones, that our bodies flip when we need…

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How Stress Affects Your Decision Making

July 19, 2021

How Stress Affects Your Decision Making I’ve often said, because I believe it whole-heartedly, that we can’t make good decisions when we’re under a lot of stress. And wouldn’t you know, science has proven exactly that! Remember that stress hormone cortisol? Well Cambridge University did a study a few years ago that proved, yet again,…

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Does Money Make You Happy?

June 14, 2021

  “We have a lot less money, but we’re a lot happier these days,” a woman told me at a recent event. “Instead of going out, we fix meals together, play board games and watch movies at home,” she beamed. That same week I read yet another study proving that people with a lot of…

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