The middle of the week — Wednesday
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
It is not what anyone ever talks about — Wednesday. Friday gets a whole lot of attention, there is even an acronym for the excitement it generates — TGIF — thank God its Friday! There is even a national restaurant chain named such. We go there to celebrate the end of the week and the
Fabulous ways to spend your time
Sunday, 10 November 2013
I love adventure and love risk — calculated risk, that is. Growing up in Chicago, I am a lifelong lover of Lake Michigan and everything related the water. A walk on the beach or just sitting and looking at the water always calms me and give me an opportunity for a fresh perspective. Sailing has
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When stress invades your life
Tuesday, 05 November 2013
It is very difficult to function normally when you have an experience of overwhelming stress enter your world. The stress of a loved one being terminally ill, the actual loss of that loved one, caustic interactions with people in your life — the list is whatever you have that comes to mind that causes you
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The keywords of my work
Monday, 28 October 2013
When you enter the Information Super Highway AKA the Internet, the Web, you need to learn the language. When I first came to the web more than 3 decades ago, it was a mysterious landscape that seemed like a sticky place here spiders would reside. Indeed it is and has evolved to stick to us
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Inner strength and gossip
Friday, 25 October 2013
I’ve never suffered much from negative gossip of people. I recently however, as an adult, found out just how bullies are created — through their parents. Although I have written and taught the programs to clients for combating bullies, it somehow didn’t hit me in the face until these past few weeks. Stunning set of
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Tapping my own inner strength
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Life is busy, no matter what you are doing. On my personal FB page, friends from high school are loving the photos one of our classmates is sharing from Bora Bora. Lovely place, truly gorgeous and relaxing….but busy anyhow….busy getting the money made to go there, busy making all the provisions to be there, busy
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The best of life
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Talking with one of my orchestra musicians this evening, we shared the story of a talented young musical genius here in St Louis who died suddenly yesterday. Andrew Thomas played the bassoon and contrabassoon for the St Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO). He was 27 years old. Known as Drew, he was said to be just
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Great music soothes the soul
Monday, 14 October 2013
It was a Brazilian Festival — the Brazilian Orchestra Guide by Composer Barbosa and Bachiana Brasilleras No 2 of Villa Lobos — both performed by the University City Symphony Orchestra here is St Louis, Missouri. Gorgeous. There is nothing quite as lovely as a Sunday afternoon in autumn, when the air is warm, the sun
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The body responds to tension
Friday, 11 October 2013
When you investigate the literature about stress, you will read about how there is good and not so good stress but that life itself has stress, it is a natural. The changing environment, even if we love the seasons in the Midwestern region in the U.S., show clearly that those changes are still stressful and