Master or Friend?
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When we are parents, we have a choice which stance we will present to our children: Will we be more like a master to them, or more like a friend? I have always tried to be a friend… Read more ›
Discouragement Causes & Cures
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We all battle discouragement at times. Sometimes it feels like all our effort is going to naught, getting us nowhere fast, or robbing us of our time and energy – for nothing. It may even feel so bad as… Read more ›
Online Support Groups
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Do you feel isolated from friends and family due to an injury, disease, or event in your life? Perhaps you have times when you feel like no one around you could possibly understand what you are going through. In our… Read more ›
Write For Your Health
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Many people have emotional, spiritual, or even professional reasons to write daily in a journal — but did you know it has been found to promote good health as well? Researchers have of course found that suppressing lingering emotions… Read more ›
Who Are You?
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When you look in the mirror, it is only a matter of seconds before you look away — not much time invested in learning your own features, and why should their be? After all, we are taught that to… Read more ›
Stay Focused
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We all know how difficult it can be to concentrate on our work amidst distractions. Sometimes, distractions coming from the inside can be just as bad – or much worse than – those that come at us from our… Read more ›
All Too Familiar
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If you find yourself faced with a blank page — be it in your journal or on your computer screen — you may be searching a little too far away for content to write about. Try coming in a little… Read more ›
Work Anxiety
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Do you worry about your performance at work, often wondering if you are living up to others’ expectations? I’m sure you already have heard that worry does not accomplish anything, but rather hinders your progress and makes it more difficult for… Read more ›
Testosterone and Language
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While he is forming in the womb, a male baby is exposed to relatively high levels of testosterone. That is common knowledge — but do you know how this effects language development? Testosterone has been shown to reduce the growth of the… Read more ›
Gardening for Nuthatches
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Nuthatches are such comical little birds, that they quickly became my favorite visitors to our “bird sanctuary” at the first house we as a young family owned. They are dressed in black, white, and blue-grey (and less common species have rufous red… Read more ›
Write from Quotes #1
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Sometimes we just don’t FEEL like practicing writing, or we get a bit “stuck” in our journals, wishing for a little nudge forward. In both situations, reading and responding to brief, insightful or humorous quotes can spur our writing efforts forward, giving us… Read more ›
Are you a Scanner?
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Do you have any of these characteristics? love of learning for learning’s own sake interest in/ curiosity about many nonrelated subjects strong reluctance to settle into a single career path an abundance of projects that were begun and never finished If you have two… Read more ›
PetCo’s Whole Pets
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PetCo has a fun, easy-to-use section of their website called Whole Pets. Whether you are thinking about getting a new pet, have just brought a new cutie home, or would just like to know how to make life better… Read more ›
Stress-buster #2
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Keep these in mind, to reduce the amount of time and energy that stress saps from your life: Realize that stress WILL come Prepare your body for stress by eating well and getting enough sleep Guard your mind and heart… Read more ›
Stress-buster #1
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One of the primary ways to stress-proof your life is to remove everything from your plate that you cannot control or change. Remember the “Serenity Prayer”? God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage… Read more ›
Pets Online
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If you have one or more pets and like to spend a little time on the Internet, I recommend the variety of sites in the Animal Network family! You can learn about different pets, how to take care of them, and how to do… Read more ›
Good Ways to Be
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I always try to keep these things in mind. They are my own compilations inspired by a variety of awesome sources… (**Sigh! So many books, so little time…!**) (I strive to) Be… Friendly without being intrusive Happy without being obnoxious Spontaneous… Read more ›
Reward Yourself
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There are several theories out there explaining how we form new habits and make positive changes in our lives. Some of these systems leave out punishment, but I can’t think of one that does not include (or at least allow) some type… Read more ›
Take time to HALT!
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Take the time to take care of yourself! When you are… Hungry… eat! Angry… exercise, pray, or write Lonely… talk, write, or be with someone Tired… rest your mind and body! All four of these conditions throw you off your game — try to… Read more ›
Write about your day – 30 different ways!
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The basic journal will often have an occasional blow-by-blow description of your daily events, thoughts, or tasks. Sometimes these daily logs completely fill the pages. There is certainly nothing wrong with this – except that it gets boring and does… Read more ›
Stolen Moments
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Stolen Moments. Go ahead, take one! It would be given away to something perhaps less important, anyway. Watching a commercial. Napping. Worrying. Browsing online. Why not build the self and work towards your goals with that moment, instead? Why… Read more ›