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Power Yoga and Getting Unstuck
Read More: Power Yoga and Getting UnstuckBeing a therapist means I sit most of the day. After years of sitting my body had become tightly-wound and I found myself moving around with weird aches and pains like I was 80 years old. So when I had the opportunity through a friend and colleague to try out power yoga, I thought it…
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Make the Most of Your Spring Cleaning
Read More: Make the Most of Your Spring CleaningFinally, spring has arrived! The days are getting longer, which means there’s more sunlight streaming through your windows, illuminating all of the dust and grime that has infiltrated your house over the past four months. Of course your first instinct may be to roll up your sleeves, grab 18 rolls of paper towels and some…
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Be Your Own Valentine
Read More: Be Your Own ValentineValentine’s Day and I have a long and sordid history. It started in the 4th grade when the boy I liked (yes, I’m referring to you Mark Jarzomski) used my homemade Valentine card as a paper football during lunch. My dislike of the holiday continued through my teens when the boy I had dated for…
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How You Can Actually Stick to Your Goals in 2016
Read More: How You Can Actually Stick to Your Goals in 2016I don’t know if anyone’s told you this before but… change is freaking hard. If it wasn’t so hard, we’d all be able to become the people we ultimately want to be. All of us want to be better versions of ourselves; we want to be healthier, stronger, more creative, and kinder. Each year around…
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You Know, You Can be Nice All Year (Not Just at the Holidays)
Read More: You Know, You Can be Nice All Year (Not Just at the Holidays)Recently a client of mine and I were talking about the holidays and the fact that during this time of year she’s generally in a better mood. At one point during the conversation she joked and said, “Boy, I wish I could be this nice all year long. So does my family!” That got me…
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‘Tis the Season to Remember the Point of it All
Read More: ‘Tis the Season to Remember the Point of it AllOn your mark… Get set… Go… crazy! And thus starts another holiday season which will see most of us running around like lunatics trying to be in too many places and doing too many things, all while pretending to feel joyful and in “the holiday spirit.” Sound about right? How awful! Two months out of…
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Attracting the Life You Want
Read More: Attracting the Life You WantIt doesn’t matter whether you’re looking for the perfect employee, a warm, trustworthy nanny, or your soulmate, we all have times when it feels like a stroke of good luck so broad that it would border on being a miracle would be the only way to find what we’re looking for. The same goes for…
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So… You Think You Want to Start Your Own Business?
Read More: So… You Think You Want to Start Your Own Business?If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you’re someone who’s thinking of ditching corporate America, becoming your own boss, embracing the sweet promise of freedom and not having to answer to anyone but yourself by becoming your own boss. No more begging for Wednesday off because your kid needs to go to the…
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Furry Friends: Why We Love Our Animals
Read More: Furry Friends: Why We Love Our AnimalsFrom dogs and cats to horses and goats, the human/animal connection is an important one. The bond is so strong and undeniable, it seems like we are hardwired to love our pets. And why wouldn’t we? The relationships we have with our animals are like no other. Animals offer us unconditional love in a way…
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Virtual Friendships: Are They For Real?
Read More: Virtual Friendships: Are They For Real?With every generation gap, there has been at least one hot button issue on which older adults and their younger counterparts don’t see eye to eye. In past generations, what constitutes friendship has come under fire over issues like whether or not it was ok to be friends with people who were in some way…