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Wow! We are already half-way through January of 2017. I repeat, 2017. I find that incredible! I’m always amazed and somewhat nostalgic when the new year rolls around and we say, “Goodbye” to the previous year. Everyone approaches the new year with different feelings. To some, they might look back with regret or sadness of…
Read More“Tis the season to be ___________, Fa la la la la, la la la la!” You will recognize that as a line from the first verse of the Christmas carol, “Deck the Halls.” You will also notice that I put a blank line in there. We all know it’s supposed to be filled with the…
Read MoreIn honor of this month being November when we celebrate “Thanksgiving” I thought what better topic to talk about than just that. Thanks giving, being grateful, gratitude. And how it can be beneficial to our emotional and physical well-being. “Thank You!” Two little words that can mean so much — or, maybe not. I would…
Read MoreFall officially arrived on September 22 this year. With most schools starting right after Labor Day many people felt that was the day that fall started for them. But if you didn’t have any school age children you might have been able to stay in denial that summer was officially over because of the heat…
Read MoreAs promised here is the second part to my last blog titled, “Positive or Negative – Think about it!” In the first part I talked about how we are surrounded by negativity and asked the readers of which group did they identify with the most, the Pollyanna’s or the Eeyore’s of this world. We might…
Read MoreI’d like to start out by asking you a couple of questions. Have you ever gone a whole day with hearing nothing but positive conversations or news? Or, how about yourself thinking and being positive for a whole day? How about a half of a day? I would venture to say, it is highly unlikely.…
Read MoreLast month I wrote a blog for my Thinking Thin Lifestyle website encouraging my readers to get outside and to get moving now that the weather is gorgeous outside. My post was focused on diet and exercise and I made the point of what better way to get moving than to move your exercise outdoors…
Read MoreWell, the calendar is telling me that Christmas is right around the corner. However, as I look out the living room window past the twinkling lights on my Christmas tree it does NOT look at all like a Christmas scene. Even a dusting of snow I think would help just a bit. So, trying to…
Read MoreThe pursuit of happiness — As Americans we all have the right to pursue happiness. It even says so in the Declaration of Independence right? However, I’m thinking what the founding fathers were talking about then is quite a bit different from what the average American today considers happiness to be. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines happiness…
Read MoreMy last post was about body image and this one kind of piggybacks off of that one but is different and thought provoking enough to write a little bit more. If I were to ask you, “What does it mean to be kind to yourself?” How would you answer? Maybe you would say, “I know,…
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