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Me Time: How to Make Your Next Bath (or Shower) a Luscious Treat

Vintageicecreamscoop One of the many enjoyable things about summer is the cool, often fruity, sometimes exotic and very delicious treats eagerly awaiting the chance to make friends with our taste buds. I don’t know about your taste buds but mine are anxious to make new friendships with delicious treats.

Even those who are counting calories and slimming down, still somehow look to carve a summery treat into their week (if not each day). I believe in a balance approached to living, eating, exercising and spending. There is a time to cut back and then there are times to indulge. Summer treats just make summer a bit more fun and a whole lot more delicious. Wouldn’t you agree?

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Hey, doc maybe it’s time to prescribe an iPod instead of Prozac?

Docwithprescription Okay, with an opening question like that I may have opened the door to being thought of as slightly “strange”, huh? I’m okay with that possible thought running through your mind. However, before you make a final determination and send me some referrals to local mental health clinics, I ask you to entertain for a moment the notion of how certain music produces soothing effects, stimulates better moods and positive thoughts.

If you are like many others and me, you occasionally (or even frequently) struggle with managing or trying to minimize stress on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis.

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Sleep: Count Fewer Sheep With These 5 Tips For A Better Night’s Sleep

Is anyone really getting enough sleep these days? I’m probably in good company when I say that I occasionally experience nighttime troubles and my sleep is less than fulfilling. What can we do to increase our odds of more satisfying sleep? Many factors can contribute to and cause insufficient sleep. The key to getting better sleep is to identify the negative factors, minimize our exposure to them and increase our exposure to the positive factors. We just need some assistance with the identifying process and subsequently implementing a few simple adjustments.

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Emotional Well-Being: 4 Habits That Lead To Greater Happiness

Happyface Everyone wants to experience more happiness in his or her life, right? Do you know anyone that would say I’m as happy as I could ever want to be? If by chance you know of such a person, please have them to contact me and share their secrets. While my life is fulfilling with sprinkles of excitement and charity, I remain open to learning more secrets to greater happiness enjoyed by others. I recently explored an article titled The Happiness Factor it clearly identifies four habits that longevity experts say are at the heart of a sunny disposition--and that you can adopt, too. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that according to research, performing just five acts of kindness in a given day will provide a significant payback, which greatly exceeds the effort. And boosts your sense of well-being and happiness. I hope you will also enjoy implementing these habits and watching your happiness factor go way up.

Enjoy!

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Stress Reduction: Starting the Day

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Beginning the day in a manner that adds touches of comfort, peace and enjoyment has the potential to cause us to enjoy our entire day and lives so much more. It is also a great set-up to helping us achieve greater success and fulfillment. While we cannot control everything, we will face on a day-to-day basis, we are able to make small deposits into our lives that lead to greater happiness in spite of the busy day facing us.

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How to Create Harmony In Your Work Space

Fengshuioffice_2 Get ready to say goodbye to the stress of the daily grind. And hello peace of mind!  Office Feng Shui: Creating Harmony in Your Work Space is the ultimate guide to help you transform your work area into a more relaxing and efficient space.  You will discover fun and simple ways to create balance in your busy workspace. Taking the age-old Chinese practice of feng shui and updating it for the office.   Explore more than 75 tips and techniques to increase productivity and promote harmony in any work environment -- even on the commute. Learn how to feng shui a briefcase, bring harmony to everything from your cubicle to your cell phone.  You can even learn how to arrange a desktop for improved concentration, how to unblock stagnant energy, and more! A complete suite of innovative ideas to clear cubicle clutter and clear the mind. It’s time for Office Feng Shui: Creating Harmony In Your Work Space.

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Me Time: How to Design Time to Relax & Unwind

Stress At the end of a busy day, do you often feel exasperated and tightly wound up? If yes, stay with me. Today, I will share some of my secrets that will help you feel better quickly. Creating a balance between work and relaxation is very necessary in order to experience a healthy interaction with life and keep our sanity.

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Stress Reduction: Waking Well

Just as breakfast is considered, the most important meal of the day, getting off to a good start in your mind, is important to having a great day. I love watching the sunrise and the gorgeous and gentle glow Sunriseoverlakevertical it casts over the lake just outside my bedroom window. Easing into my morning at a slowed down pace is the perfect set-up for me to go forth and have a successful day.

Here are some ideas to consider that might help you ease into your mornings as well:

1. Wake up naturally, without an alarm clock, at least once a week if you can. This will help you reconnect with your bodily cycles. Note that going to bed an hour earlier will not necessarily bring forward your natural waking time by an hour - you may find that you lie awake, worrying that cannot sleep. If your bodily cycles make you a night owl at heart, go with the flow and have a weekend lie-in when you need one. If you are a lark, spring out of bed when the time seems right -- you may find there is time before breakfast to do some worthwhile meditation.

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All-Natural Solution to Soothe Your Stress After a Long Day

OilsinshellCould you use some practical and effective ideas on how to soothe your senses and frayed nerves after a long day?  Do you prefer solutions that do not require prescription drugs?  Are you looking to minimize your exposure to chemicals that potentially cause harmful side effects? Well I have great news; today I am going to share another secret of mine.  This secret is perfect for those looking for an all-natural, affordable, easy way to relax both in crises and in everyday life.

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Juice Up Your Morning Shower

ShowerheadSometimes we can all use a little something extra to wake up and get us going, right?  I know that was the case for me on many days.  If you need a little extra boost to get going in the morning, let me share one of my best secrets to jump-start the day.  I simply juice up my shower!  I began this juicing ritual over a year ago and it is still going strong on a daily basis.  Juicing up your shower will make you want to leap out of bed each morning (in spite of the falling temperatures around the country)Don’t worry juicing up your shower is very easy.  No instructional video, hardware equipment or special tools are required.

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Stress Management Tips – Great Ideas to Manage Stress

Getting stressed is a perfectly normal reaction if you have too many things coming at you at the same time. But always getting frazzled and cracking under pressure isn’t the way to handle it. You need to apply some stress management tips to toughen yourself up in the face of pressure and to keep yourself from breaking down.

One of the biggest causes of stress is the workplace. From worrying about job security, dealing with heavy workload, and going through the daily commute, your job carries with it a lot of pressure.

Studies have shown that stress can have a severe negative impact on your health and well-being. Heart problems are just one of the physical manifestations of the tension you feel. If you bring your stress home as well, it can also severely impact your personal relationships.

Before your life reaches this point due to stress, you must take action to keep it from happening. Instead of always resorting to dealing with stress negatively, there are other means for you to approach stress in a healthier way. Here are a few stress management tips to help you overcome stress.

Stress Management Tip # 1: Take a break. Yes, that’s right. To be able to cope with stress better, you need to step away from what you’re doing and get your energy together. Working under pressure and completing your duties while you’re stressed will only wear you down and could also affect your performance. Removing yourself from a stressful situation, even for a brief moment, will help you breathe more easily and give you a fresh perspective.

Stress Management Tip # 2: Pamper yourself throughout the day. It doesn’t have to be anything elaborate and lengthy. You can do it by enjoying a hot soothing cup of herbal tea, particular ones with calming properties, or buy yourself a small massager to soothe your aches and pains.

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Music: 2008 Panama Jazz Festival

Stanleyjordan Do you love hot jazz?  How about warm weather in the month of January?  Need to schedule in some fun and relaxation?  This event might provide the perfect combination for you--5th Annual Panama Jazz Festival.  The event dates are January 21-25th, 2008.  Artists scheduled include Stanley Jordan, Catherine Russell, Caribbean Jazz Project, Tia Fuller Quartet, Kelly Johnson Quartet.  View complete details of the Panama Jazz Festival.


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