by Shelia Eastman — I love being creative every day. All my life I have been told I am very creative. For that matter, I often have too many ideas, which makes it hard to stop the flow. But I believe that everyone, with a little practice, can and should be over-the-top creative. You often […]
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Journaling to empower your life
October 26, 2012
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by Doreene Clement — Keeping a journal or a diary creates many advantages and possibilities and has been proven to enhance well-being. Set your journal where you will see it every day and find a quiet time and place to journal. You can use a notebook, a blank book or a computer for your journaling, […]
Protect your eyes
September 4, 2012
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The following recommendations will help keep productivity up and discomfort down while surfing the Web, editing a document, sending an email while on the job or working around the home. • Give it a rest. Follow the 20-20-20 rule — at least every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet […]
Why is deep breathing so important?
August 11, 2012
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by Sheila Eastman — We all breathe every second of every day and think nothing of it. If you watch a baby breathe, you will see the stomach expand on the inhale, like a balloon blowing up, and inflate on the exhale. However, if you put your hand on your chest and stomach right now, […]
Qigong for a healthy life
April 12, 2012
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by Sheila Eastman — What if you had a self-healing tool at your fingertips that you could use every day to put your mind, body and spirit in a great place? This tool would help you quiet your mind for clarity, improve memory and ease decision making. This self-healing tool is qigong, pronounced “chee-gong.” There […]
Fear: The siren call to change
March 20, 2012
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by Jackie Lapin — When most people think of fear, they probably conjure up images of screaming women in slasher films, horrible villains or heroes being chased by zombies. But, for most of us, fear is more like an insidious virus that our minds and emotions create to stop us from moving forward. Fear is […]
Change your day with a short meditation
February 27, 2012
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by Tina G. Sacchi — How many times have you felt that your body is here, your mind is there, your emotions are somewhere else — and who knows where your spirit is? This is true for a lot of people in today’s busy world. We have all heard of the mind-body-spirit connection, which can […]
Connect to yourself and spirit with prayer
February 26, 2012
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by Tina Sacchi — Some of us learn about prayer at a very young age. Some of us pray only at church/temple, mealtime or bedtime. For others, prayer is part of their daily lives. You can pray alone or in a group; one way is not better than the other. Solitary prayer has its benefits. […]
Intermittent fasting and delayed aging
February 25, 2012
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by Dr. Mark Force — Those with characteristically long life spans tend to eat in moderation and fast periodically. These forms of caloric restriction have been studied extensively in lab animals, and the results are very convincing. Lab animals on caloric-restricted diets or those on regimens of fasting or intermittent fasting (IF) lived longer and […]
April 1, 2013
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