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Part 2: Strong family relationships build self esteem

March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Eric Putnam - Strong family relationships empower parenting by building your child’s self-esteem, motivating your child to listen and learn from you, and helping you to allow your child to make mistakes and learn from them. The best way to encourage parent/child bonding is by spending time together. What is One-On-One Time? - Scheduled personal time with your child - Ritualized parent/child interaction - Bonding time - Relationship building - Self-esteem building One-On-One Time is all about SHOWING unconditional love and acceptance. Why should you do it? Studies show that it... [Read the full story]

Happiness

The Journey to Success – It Comes From the Path Less Traveled

January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Matthew Toone - There is a path, called ‘the path to success,’ which everyone is traveling on. Scattered randomly throughout the journey are occasional forks in the road that require us to make difficult decisions. Both paths of these diverging forks bring with them certain appeal, rewards, risks, drawbacks, as well as consequences. The fork on the left, for example, is often much more appealing because the path is usually paved, it is always full of fellow travelers, and looks a whole lot easier than the fork on the right. In fact, sometimes it actually appears that the fork on... [Read the full story]

Self Improvement

Quote of the Day – Loving yourself

March 12, 2010 · 7 Comments

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy. Unknown Read More →

Stress

Four Ways to Relieve Stress

January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Donna Cope - In this hectic and crazy world in which we live, there are more reasons for us to find simple ways to relieve stress. We have a few suggestions to offer. Meditate. As you become more stressed, our minds go into overdrive, and may create superficial, often negative thoughts. Meditation can help you focus and concentrate your attention on the present and let go of any thoughts of the future or past. This can help you get a grip on your racing thoughts generated by stress. Biofeedback. Biofeedback is a mind-body therapy that uses the mind favorably alter body functions such as your... [Read the full story]

Habits

Breaking Bad Habits – 5 Simple Steps for Changing a Habit

January 16, 2010 · 3 Comments

By T Mcdonald - “Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with” and “Bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with”, according to Brian Tracey, a well-known motivational teacher. You may recognize that to successfully manage habit changes, breaking bad habits may be required in order to develop new ones. Breaking bad habits takes at least 21 days. Of course, in difficult cases, it can take as long as a year. Here’s an example of the process of how to change an unhealthy habit to a healthy habit. Suppose you’ve decided that coffee is not good for you and... [Read the full story]

Success

The Journey to Success – It Comes From the Path Less Traveled

January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Self Improvement

Quote of the Day – Loving yourself

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy. Unknown

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Empowered Parenting: A three part series on how to empower parenting by strengthening the family unit

By Eric Putnam - Empowered parenting takes advantage of the power of habits, routines and rituals, strengthens family relationships and the family as a whole. Part 1: Take advantage of the power of habits, routines and rituals What are habits, routines and rituals and how can they help me parent my child? Habits are...

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R.I.P Corey Haim

By Irene Conlan - Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred or co-starred in a number of films such as Lucas, Murphy’s Romance, The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream. Notably, he collaborated numerous...

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Lost in the Sea of Information

By Irene Conlan - In this technological age, information is at our fingertips – quite literally it’s just a keystroke away. The question is, how good is the information you receive? Can you count on its validity and reliability? Let’s just talk about information regarding the subject of self improvement...

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Bullies Becoming Leaders

By Eric Putnam - What is bullying? Bullying is an aggressive imbalance in power, either physically or socially. Bullies are either bigger and stronger than their victims or are socially more powerful. Bullying behaviors can include hitting, teasing, name calling, or intimidation. Bullying can leave its victims...

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