September 2009
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feeling under the weather today. Hoping myself to a speedy recovery. So much to do..need to catch up on posts, e-mails and wrap sessions with clients.
sheesh…this is no bueno.
formal post to follow later…
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“Ready to kick back. Feels surreal I made it to 32. Thank God. :) so much to...”
– Farida
“There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark… their place...”
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The Optimist Creed
m-altruism:
Promise Yourself:
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. (Well, it...
I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script →
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Caster Semenya Has Been Declared Intersex
ihatethismess:
Caster Semenya Has Been Declared Intersex
She will need every ounce of faith for what is to come. We do not live in a world that is tolerant or respectful of intersex bodies. They challenge our belief that gender can be easily divided into two categories. It is viewed as a horrible defect that must be corrected at birth, without consent of the intersex individual, or a...
Noshtopia: 5 Reasons Breakfast Rocks Your Body →
Here’s 5 benefits to eating breakfast that I find influencing:
I get to eat. I’ve turned my passion of eating into this blog. When I remember that I just enjoy the action of eating (in general), I suddenly want to nosh on something. Most mornings, I just don’t feel like eating so it becomes way easy to skip breakfast. But when I think, “Oooo we get to eat.” Oatmeal...
Sadie Nardini: Hate Your Body? 3 Steps Toward... →
To do this, try my 3-Step Process to Start Digging Yourself Again:
1] Out Your Inner Hater: Claim your fears and negative perspectves about yourself by completing the sentence, “Right now, I feel like I really hate my____”. By owning where you’re at instead of hating yourself for hating yourself, and adding guilt onto shame, you can begin to see other, more positive avenues more...
Discovery Channel to Explore Life’s Big Questions... →
Discovery wants to sign high-profile producers for “Curiosity.” David Zaslav, the chief executive of the channel’s parent company, Discovery Communications, has held talks with the director Steven Spielberg about a production partnership for the project, among other subjects, according to two people familiar with the talks who requested anonymity because they said a deal had not been reached.
The...
How to Overcome Writer’s Block | Chris Pirillo →
Anyone who writes often will occasionally be hit with writer’s block. It doesn’t matter where you write: it could be a journal, a blog, or even stories and poems. We tend to hit that proverbial wall, and just get stuck. Here are some tips from Amir that can help you get past these times, and keep the words flowing.
Don’t force yourself to write. – Step away from the computer for a day or so and...
5 Ugly Truths You May Not Know About the Beauty... →
2. Companies that donate to breast-cancer research still use carcinogens in their products
Every October, we’re barraged with a cavalcade of pink-ribbon products promoting breast-cancer awareness and research. The biting irony: Many of them may actually be contributing to the same disease they purport to seek a cure for.
Cosmetics companies, including Estée Lauder, Revlon, and Avon, are...
Television Review - 'Adoption Diaries' - For Some... →
“Adoption Diaries” (beginning Saturday on WE) feels like niche-within-a-niche counterprogramming, reminding women, blinded by uncountable covers of Us magazine devoted to celebrity pregnancies, that wanting your own biologically conceived children is no guarantee of having them.
Each week the series chronicles a different couple who have suffered through multiple miscarriages or failed attempts...
9 Signs Your Friend Is Toxic →
The 9 Signs You’re in a Toxic Friendship
1) Your friend is jealous of you. Jealousy is different than envy and the first can be very toxic for the relationship. Jealousy is: “I want what you have and I want you dead or disappeared.” Envy is just: “I want what you have.” A jealous friend will want to cut you out of her life because she really wants what you have and can’t...
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Speed-friending: Helping busy... →
Shasta Nelson, a relationships and transitions life coach from the San Francisco Bay area of California, is organizing speed-friending events in cities across the country to help women meet new friends, a process that is akin to that of speed-dating which gained popularity almost two decades ago. Nelson is the founder of www.GirlfriendCircles.com (GFC), an online community whose goal is to help...
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“Good friends are friends that you can reach out and reconnect without feeling...”
– Farida
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“The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but Him. He...”
– (Surat al-An’am 59)
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