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Shawna Hamilton

4 Key Nutrients for Your Health

I wholeheartedly believe that you are all strong, happy, healthy, vital women. And for health-conscious women like you and me. We have been inundated with nutrition literature that has repeatedly highlighted our body’s need for Calcium, Iron, and Folic Acid and while these nutrients really are integral for reaching our

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Faith & Relationships
Sandi Elzinga

Restoration In Grief

Guest post by Sandi Elzinga – Recently, I had a semi-relapse of the same fatigue I wrestled with several years ago. (See Running With Gerbils: The Wheel of Grief, http://wp.me/pz1Df-5a). Once again, I got myself too busy, trying to do it all as one person; no longer the couple Bill

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Wonderful, Difficult Christmas

How can Christmas be so wonderful, yet so agonizing all at the same time? I lay wide awake at 2 a.m., trying to think: Did I drink too much coffee? Was it the dark chocolate almonds? Why this feeling of joy and sorrow all at the same time? Why this mess

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Feeling and Looking Younger with DHEA — The Right Way

Guest Post By Hugh Woodward – One of the favorite benefits of Twist 25 DHEA cream is its ability to fight aging in lots of different ways. The most common effects aging people complain about is a lower energy level, diminished memory, less drive, less muscle tone, more belly fat

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Mirabai Holland

Enjoy Holiday Treats without Weight Gain

By: Mirabai Holland – Can you really enjoy holiday treats without weight gain? Well, when we think of the holidays the first thing that comes to mind is fear of weight gain. That’s because we always have a few treats up our sleeves. And we do gain weight. But, preventing

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Andrea Warshaw Wernick

5 Tips to Help Avoid Bingeing During The Party Season




By Andrea Warshaw-Wernick – The party season is officially here, which means we are going to be in tempting situations that make us want to overindulge.  In fact, for most of us, that means excessive amounts of eating and drinking. It’s important that we are aware of our real hunger

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Lucille Zimmerman

Learned Helplessness

By Lucille Zimmerman – People without a healthy sense of self try too hard to please others. They focus on what they think will please others; so much so that they don’t live the life God designed for them. They give their power away, they compare themselves to others, and

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Heidi McLaughlin

A Recovered Perfectionist

By Heidi McLaughlin – “I work with you every day and I can’t believe how perfect you are.” My colleague’s words put a smug smile on my face and made my chest puff with satisfaction and pride. As I turned around and walked away I silently patted myself on the

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What to Eat to Stay Healthy All Winter

By Nancy Kalish for Completely You – This winter, a whopping 20 percent of Americans will come down with a bad case of the flu. But you don’t have to be one of them! Research shows that, in addition to getting your flu shot, eating certain foods can help you avoid

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Making The “Green” Choice For Your Health and the Environment

Guest post by Jennifer Stinson, freelancer for EverydayHealth.com and its recipe and calorie counter tools. Are you trying to make better food choices to nourish your body? Are you concerned about how our food is grown and produced and how it impacts the environment? The two really do go hand

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Dr. Linda Mintle

Cherish the Gift You Already Have

By Dr. Linda Mintle – For years, my children did not know there was a large shopping bag overstuffed with presents secretly stashed away in my bedroom closet. By the time December hit, I had a mountain of bargain finds, admired goodies and technical toys to die for tucked away

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Andrea Warshaw Wernick

10 Easy Tips for a Total Reboot for Fall

By Andrea Warshaw Wernick – Fall is officially here and most of us are getting into that “back to school” state of mind. Expert Life&Style coach Andrea Warshaw Wernick says there’s no reason to fret. All you need is to tweak your lifestyle by adding some small behavioral changes to your

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Orthopedic Injuries: How To Avoid Them

By Mirabai Holland, MFA © 2013 Mirabai Holland M.F.A. legendary fitness pioneer is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness industry, and public health advocate who specializes in preventive and rehabilitative exercise for people. Her Moving Free® approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience

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18 Healthy Holiday Gifts for Everyone in Your Life!

By The editors for Completely You – We scoured the Web for a whole year, finding, trying and reviewing the best and healthiest products you should know about daily. Now, to help you choose the perfect gift for everyone in your life, we’ve pared down the list to just our

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Health & Fitness
Beth Havey

Diets, Diets, and More Diets!!

By Beth Havey – We all eat a diet—because the basic definition of diet is the types of food that a person habitually eats. But we have come to know that word as a source of change: you diet to lose weight, gain weight, fight an illness etc. A recent

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Sherri Snelling

Caregiver Weight Connected to Breast Cancer Risk

By Sherri Snelling – It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk.  Now recent studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer.  If

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Faith & Relationships
Rhonda Caudell

Overcoming Loneliness

By Rhonda Caudell – Studies regarding loneliness conducted on seniors over age 60 and reported by JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) indicated the following:  read the article HERE … An increased risk of death over the six-year follow-up period. Functional decline…including participants being more likely to experience decline in activities of

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Trim Pounds With Your Pet

Freelance writer Peggy Frezon spends most of her waking hours sitting in front of her computer. And so does her dog, Kelly. While working long hours on deadline, Frezon used to take breaks to eat snacks. “And since Kelly was my little shadow, my lifestyle became her lifestyle,” she says

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Your Secret Weapon Against Colds

By Natalia Macrynikola for Ideas That Spark Ancient Egyptians worshiped onions. They idolized the layered globe as a symbol of eternity and buried it along with their Pharaohs. And, as it turns out, they were onto something: routine consumption of the vegetable may in fact boost longevity. According to the

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