Taking Score?
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Sometimes we take score too soon. You see, if you keep your eye on the ball of your dreams, you will see that everything comes in perfect timing—which is not necessarily your timing.
I recently got an email from someone who had a couple of pieces of unusual news, and one from another person who thought her husband didn’t love her because she did not get a syropy email on Valentine’s Day. Both are spending a lot of time being upset because they are taking score of the most unproductive things.
There are better uses of time than taking score. Oh, don’t get me wrong; it’s good to check our status in relationships and love. However, that only works if you are willing to own 100% of creating your life. So many people stand back, fold their arms, and wait to see if the other person is going to read their mind or measure up to some standard.
If you start generating your relationship—doing things you love to do, sharing your appreciation, and looking for things to be grateful for—you will be far happier. And then you will stop looking to the other person to make you happy.
Take score of where you are with your perspective on your lovability/deservability. That will be directly proportional to how much love you feel with another.
Jennifer Hough
The Benefits of Vinegar: Deodorize in a Snap
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Vinegar works very well for removing odors. When cleaning something out (for example, a garbage pail—see the baking soda trick from a few weeks back), wash it with vinegar as opposed to anything else. It will remove any foul smells and neutralize the material. Following that, keep it fresh by using the baking soda trick.
Another thing I love about vinegar is that it can remove cooking odors if you simmer it in a separate pot while you’re cooking. What I do is designate the far burner for the pot with vinegar. I place about a cup of vinegar in the pot, simmer on medium, and voilà! The smell of broccoli and salmon is gone!
And for those looking for an extremely low maintenance trick, simply leave about ½ a cup of vinegar in a small bowl to deodorize while cooking or if there is a smoker in the house.
Melissa
10 Ways to Help Prevent Breast Cancer – Part 10
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10. In addition to your regular medical breast examinations, consider regular breast screening with thermography.
Breast thermography is a radiation-free, non-invasive, and totally safe and painless process of providing women with true screening methods that can warn of a pending problem far in advance. Thermographic imaging is a predictive test, and it can also monitor the effectiveness of treatments to see the effects on the breast tissue. Proper risk assessment with the use of thermography can help provide you with the early warnings you need to make the necessary changes to become proactive.
Choice and the Meaning of Life
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Approximately 15 years ago shortly after my infant daughter, Andrea, died, I agreed to participate in a three-day workshop called the Forum, offered by Landmark Education (www.landmarkeducation.com). I took the course because I wanted to sort out the meaning of my daughter’s short life and of her death. I was grieving, depressed, and troubled, and willing to try anything to get myself unstuck.
I learned a number of expressions and distinctions during the three long days and one long evening that I attended the Forum those many years ago. One expression that sticks in my mind today is the following:
“Life is empty and meaningless, and it is empty and meaningless that it is empty and meaningless.”
At first blush this statement might seem to be a pretty depressing, if not a bit nihilistic. But I have come to love this expression as a way to access the power of belief. I now believe that this expression alone was worth the price of admission to the Forum and well worth the time and effort that I spent on the course. What I interpret this statement to mean is that life, in and of itself, has no meaning other than the meaning that I give to it. AND, therefore, I am free to choose to give my life, or anyone else’s life for that matter, whatever meaning that I want to give to it.
I find this to be an extremely liberating philosophy. I have chosen to believe, for example, that the meaning of Andrea’s life was to lead me to examine my life and its meaning at a much deeper level and at a much younger age than I would have, had I not experienced the shock, pain, and grief of her illness and death. This led me to search for, or rather, choose to construct, a meaning for my life from the beliefs that I had chosen for myself, and to choose to interpret Andrea’s death, as well as her life, as a gift to me in my life.
I currently choose to believe that the purpose for my life is to use my wisdom and compassion to help the world live in greater peace and harmony. I choose to accomplish that purpose by applying a Coach Approach to the Practice of Law, to be a Transformational Lawyer, to help my clients transform their legal problems into opportunities for personal growth and positive change, to invite other lawyers to join me as Transformational Lawyers, and to live in accordance with the beliefs and the life purpose that I have chosen for myself.
That is the meaning I have given to my life. What do you choose to believe is the meaning of yours? What meaning have you given to your life? Have you chosen a life purpose, if only for today? If so, are you thinking, living, acting, working, doing, and being in accordance with your life’s purpose? If not, why not?
If you have not yet chosen a life’s purpose, now would be a good time to choose one. Write it down. Try it on to see how well it fits. If it doesn’t fit, change it. Try on another life’s purpose, and then another, until you get a match that resonates with you and truly works for you. Then, live consciously in accordance with your chosen life’s purpose. You will be happier, healthier, and wealthier than you dreamed you could be before you chose your life’s purpose. Choose to live a life filled with passion, focus, and joy. Choose a life’s purpose! Do it now!
Philip J. Daunt, Esq.
Pushing Your Partner
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I hope you are really enjoying the benefits of exercise and healthy living. Feeling fit and strong adds so much to your life. However, if you have small children, you might be the only one in your house who feels this way.
As you know, finding time to exercise when you have little kids is really hard. You have carved out space, but has your partner? Obviously, you both can’t get up at 5:30 a.m. to go for a run or find time during the kids’ afternoon nap to hit the gym on a weekend. It’s important for your whole household to make sure that both parents are working out regularly.
Partners also feel the effects of stress, anxiety, sleep-deprivation, and sometimes poor nutrition. If your partner is male and not exercising, his risks for a heart attack, stroke, or early death increase dramatically. In the biggest study of its kind on the effect of fitness (released in January), researchers showed that men (both African Americans and Caucasians) who were fit (obtained through a 30-minute brisk walk 5 to 6 times a week) cut their risk of death in half over those who were unfit. Those who were very highly fit—had committed to more vigorous exercise—had a 70 per cent lower risk of death than those who were unfit.
When both parents exercise, it also sends a message to children that healthy living is a part of their own lives. This is a wonderful gift to give your children. Now the question is, How do you fit it in?! Here are some suggestions:
• Have a regular morning alarm set four mornings a week. Trade off who gets up and runs or walks each of these mornings.
• Be active as a family.
• On weekends, run with your baby in a jogging stroller or play a game of vigorous soccer with your older children.
• Take your toddler for a swim and do some running laps in the shallow end.
• Dance as a family to some fun music every Friday night before sitting down to a movie.
• Make a list of ways your family can be active and and ways that both partners can get the time to exercise they need. Stick to your plan and enjoy the benefits of a healthy life together.
Cheers,
Andrea Page
The Stay-at-Home-Working-Mom
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There’s a new breed of working mom out there. In fact, you probably know one or two—or you may even be one yourself.
This mom works, but also stays at home with her kids. She works during naps when they are little and during school when they are big. She has an alarm set for an ungodly hour of the morning and is back at it after the kids go to bed. She may work weekends or hire (or beg for) a few hours of help each week for meetings outside the home, but she remains the primary caregiver and holds down a job.
Costs of daycare, shortage of reliable space, and full-time working environments that are increasingly not family-friendly are leading more women to decide to try to juggle both work and care for their children.
Some of the rewards of this decision can be great. Women we work with report loving spending time with their kids, picking them up from school, as well as some financial rewards of saving the huge daycare bill each month.
But there are other costs, too. Many stay-at-home-working-moms we know feel like they don’t ever get a break and also find they have little time to bond with their partners. Most are sleep-deprived and some also report that they don’t get the same respect from friends and colleagues as those who work in an office. It’s also not easy to make these jobs happen. Usually this is a big leap of faith because these women start their own businesses, freelance, work on commission, or work for non-profits, which can go under at any time.
We have some clients who have made this work brilliantly for their families, though. They make money, have an intellectual and creative outlet with work, and enjoy spending the majority of their kids’ days with them. I think this is going to be an even more common role for mom in the 21st century because daycares are so expensive and so full. Regular working hours are often 50 to 60 hours a week, and many employers are not flexible enough with their mom employees. As always, women are innovating and finding another way that can work for them.
Cheers,
Andrea Page
Acne from Iodine
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Dear Dr. Rona,
In one of your previous articles, I was very interested to read about the effectiveness of iodine for helping to prevent breast cancer. I would like to take supplements high in iodine, but they always cause my skin to break out. Eating seaweed or using “green products” generally has the same effect, with the exception of chlorella. I am wondering why my skin might be so sensitive to iodine; is there anything I can do about it? Thanks for your help.
AC
Dear AC,
Some people are very sensitive to iodine. Iodine is an antiseptic and will kill many different bacteria, including the friendly bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. It is rare for anyone to get acne when taking less than 1000 mcg (1 mg) of iodine daily unless one also has a low level of friendly bacteria in their gastrointestinal tract.
My usual recommendation for people like you would be to take a broad-spectrum probiotic (friendly flora) supplement containing at least lactobacillus acidophilus, bifidobacteria, and friendly strains of E. coli for at least a month before attempting any iodine supplementation. Then start by taking 100 mcg daily, continuing to take the probiotic. Increase the iodine to a maximum of 1000 mcg daily.
If this still does not prevent the acne, double or triple the recommended dose of the probiotic (usually you would go from 3 to 6 or 9 capsules daily). Also, one could add a high potency saw palmetto extract (360 mg) daily. Saw palmetto extract prevents dihydrotestosterone, the breakdown product of testosterone, from having an acne-causing effect. If iodine is still a problem for the skin, see a doctor to assess whether or not there are other metabolic problems.
Dr. Zoltan Rona
Early Detection vs. Wellness
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Wellness is optimum expression of health at each stage of development, from conception to death. Early detection, while being presented today as wellness, is in fact care based on “get sick first, then we’ll treat you”. Wellness is focused on your body’s ability to stay healthy.
Which type of care do you think is more beneficial?
Which type of care do you prefer?
Chiropractic works to improve the innate healing capacity of the body through the spine and nervous system, and chiropractors are commited to helping your body to heal itself better. That’s wellness.
Illness can exist for a long time before it’s detectable, either through pain or even through sophisticated medical tests.
Wellness is a way of life, and chiropractic aims to help you get there.
Dr. Sidenberg
The Benefits of Vinegar: Grease-Cutting Machine
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Vinegar is fantastic for cutting grease. When the Clean My Space crew encounters a greasy area, namely the kitchen, we arm ourselves with clean cloths and plenty of the good stuff. The key is to always buff it dry to avoid any damage (because vinegar is acidic). Apply the vinegar, let it sit, and then wipe off with a cloth or semi-abrasive sponge (depending on what is being cleaned).
Fingerprints on cabinet doors that just don’t seem to come off any other way easily come off with a quick splash of vinegar. Always consult the manufacturer of the fixtures before using vinegar on any surface (i.e. cupboards, granite, etc.).
Even for pots and pans that are heavily greased, vinegar will do the trick if left to sit on the soiled pot or pan for about 5 minutes.
When cleaning an exhaust fan vent, you will experience the same wonder as vinegar eats away at the grease and leaves the vent clean shiny.
If your stainless steel is dirty (large or small appliances), use some vinegar to remove the gooey buildup!
Vinegar is also amazing on floors, especially tile and laminate. Add about half a cup to hot water and mop. Be sure to wring the mop well to avoid streaks. Let vinegar do the dirty work!
Melissa
10 Ways to Help Prevent Breast Cancer – Part 9
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9. Check your thyroid.
Hypothyroidism precedes most breast disease. By correcting this problem as early as the first symptoms develop, you will decrease your risk factors and improve your breast health.
Women are eight times more likely to suffer from a dysfunctional thyroid during their lifetime than men. Most thyroid conditions start in the perimenopausal and menopausal stages, when the endocrine system experiences many changes. A woman with an underactive thyroid may experience one or a combination of the symptoms such as: fatigue; dry skin; constipation; cold intolerance including cold hands and feet; puffy face in the morning; swollen or drooping eyes; hair loss or dry, brittle hair; low sex drive; weight gain or inability to loose weight; memory loss; yellow discoloration on skin and palms; PMS; as well as muscle aches.
Proper assessment will lead to the correct diagnosis and treatment; however, this is where things get a little tricky for some people. Conventional blood tests looking at your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels may be misleading. Elevated TSH levels indicate an underactive (hypo) thyroid, and low TSH levels indicate an overactive (hyper) thyroid.
In the United States, TSH levels over 3.0 are considered hypothyroid. Some physicians suggest that TSH results of less than 1 and over 2, combined with the presence of clinical symptoms, shows that there is a thyroid dysfunction, which may require treatment. In addition, two other tests that may be done are called T4 and T3. It is not unusual to see T3 and/or T4 levels that are low or in the low end of normal values, thus requiring a more detailed look with additional saliva testing.
In Canada, however, “normal” values are between 0.35 and 5.0. When the TSH levels are within this normal range, it is assumed that the thyroid gland is healthy and functioning normally. This “normal” range of health is much too broad.
Keep in mind that pregnancy, estrogen replacement therapy, birth control pills, and especially stress may interfere with these results. Iodine and selenium are co-factors in thyroid metabolism. A deficiency of these and other essential nutrients may be responsible for certain symptoms, as they all play a role in optimizing the health of the thyroid. Lacking these essential nutrients perpetuates a thyroid problem at the cellular level even though TSH lab values may seem normal.
Many people remain undiagnosed and untreated because many health practitioners rely solely on numerical values. The most important factor—the patient’s symptoms—has to be taken into consideration.
Dr. Alex Mostovoy
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