Kill Those Buggies! Hack, hack, cough, gasp, wheeze, snort… where’s the tissue? Wheeze, snork, gasp…I really hate to be the bearer of sad tidings however, guess what season is just around the corner? Correctamundo! ‘Tis almost that time of year to welcome our frequent visitors, Carol Cold and Freddy Flu How special…So after the initial sniffing and blowing, what’s the next thing we invariably do? Correct again! We reach for the nearest bottle of Handy Dandy Dry Up and Anti-Drip ...

How Add Affects Child Education And Schooling Educating a child with Attention Deficit Disorder may not be an easy process Although great strides have been made in recognizing the disorder and many school systems have answered the call, many are still antiquated in their procedural methods as well as catering to specific circumstances How ADD affects a classroom is usually seen before diagnosis takes place It may be seen in the little girl in the corner, twirling her hair as she ...

Mindfulness And Perspective: Getting Hip Diane is one of my favorite clientsA warm and engaging woman, she is a loving grandmother and a talented painter We worked—I think of it as playing, really—together a while back to help her reignite her creative energy after a major moveDiane was scheduled for hip replacement surgery recently, and she sent me a little note saying she was looking at it as an opportunity for greater mindfulnessDo you see why I love her?One benefit of ...

Bird Flu: Personal Preparedness Must Include These 4 Critical Areas The recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been powerful reminders of how destructive the forces of nature can be, and how preparation for them can mitigate their effects Avian influenza, commonly referred to as "bird flu," is a powerful force of nature that we must prepare for--or suffer the potentially devastating health and financial consequences Bird flu is a viral contagious disease, just like the regular seasonal flu, but it might turn out to be 70 times more ...

Your Fat Cells Are Listening By Carol Tuttle Master Emotional Release Therapist and the author of the best-selling book, Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century At a quantum level, we are all just big bundles of energy Our thoughts are energy, our words are energy, and our emotions are energy Whatever you choose to focus on multipliesThat is, energy flows to whatever you think about a lot, speak about a lot, and whatever you respond to with emotion -- and it grows You have ...

Your Baby's Brain Connections Did you know that a 3 month-old baby develops twice the brain connections of an adult? How many approximately? Well about 1000 billions of brain connections Wow! OK, before I go on, perhaps you'd like to know first what the heck that thing called brain connection is A brain connection is simply a connection between a brain cell with a cell in other parts of human body More connections between those cells will develop more brain connections As for your baby, a brain connection ...

Does Your Income Affect Your Health? Our level of income directly affects our health Did you know that? How much money you make helps to determine how healthy you will be Doesn't really make sense, if you don't' look at the broader picture In the big picture, however, here is the view: you are educated, have a degree, and are exposed to tons of information during your college years You are exposed to health classes, athletes, and all sorts of professional people who already understand the importance ...

What Role Does Our Intelligence Play In Our Health? This is a double sided coin Does health affect intelligence? Yes Does intelligence affect health? Yes This is one of those wonderful situations where the cause and effect works both ways What happens in one area, will generally affect the other It is a known and proven fact, that the eating and health habits we use as children, directly affects our level of development This includes the brain Protein, one of the most important basic life building blocks, ...

Compartments Of The Mind Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?Do you remember that nursery rhyme?Well, how about we find out how our organic brain grows and develops Then we can gracefully nurture it, so that it blossoms and blooms as a radiant roseInside our head there are various departments, compartments, areas and domains that contain information All these different compartments are connected to each other and are competing for attention to get access within our central ‘thought-of-the-moment' ...

Caring Vs Caring Too Much DEFINITIONSCaring - Being concerned about outcomes; paying just enough attention but not too much; to feel trouble or anxiety; to feel interest or concern To overlook the progress of others and projects, but to have faith and confidence in other people to look after themselves and do things well enoughCaring too much - Being too concerned about outcomes; paying too much attention; feeling too troubled or anxious; feeling overly concerned; not believing other people are ...