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Healthy Habits

Making Choices

February 10, 2009

You can choose on a daily basis the things that will move you in a positive, life-changing direction. Or you can remain stuck. Sometimes we think we have no choice. We always have a choice…. Whether it is a healthy food choice, an important decision or the way we respond to an interaction…we always have a [...]

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Attitude of Gratitude

February 3, 2009

How many times do you dwell on the things that you fear? Choosing to dwell on the negative can attract what we fear to us. Sounds crazy I know, but what we think about we get. So why not use the power of abundance and gratitude to create a sense of calm and inner peace? [...]

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Positive Affirmations: Reprogramming Your Self-Talk

January 27, 2009

Positive affirmations are one way to reprogram your self-talk. Positive affirmations can be thought of as self-fulfilling prophecies. In theory frequent thoughts represent goals that the subconscious mind strives to actualize. So what we most often think about (tell ourselves) comes true. Our emotions, perceptions and behaviors are shaped by our most dominant thoughts. Here [...]

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Changing Negative Self-Talk: Part 3

January 24, 2009

If I haven’t convinced you yet, here is another reason for changing negative self-talk into positive self-talk…your internal diaglog can influence your self-esteem, outlook, performance, energy level and relationships. So here are a few more types of negative self-talk and their alternatives. Focusing Only on Problems Bottom line: complaining. Instead of dwelling on the problem [...]

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Changing Negative Self-Talk: Part 2

January 20, 2009

Because I think this such an important topic, I wanted to identify a few more ways we talk to ourselves negatively and address a more positive approach. Overgeneralizing Taking a similar instance or occurrence and applying it to other situations leads to illogical conslusions. Instead identify exceptions to your thinking such as “Just because I [...]

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More on New Year’s Resolutions

January 6, 2009

I recieved this daily inspirational email from one of my favorite sites, Daily Om, on December 31, 2008 and thought I would share it with you: http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2008/16540.html This post continues the topic of making and keeping New Year’s resolutions. When you make resolutions you may often do so because you think you should. Like many others you may think [...]

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A Recipe From My Home to Yours

December 16, 2008

The holidays are time of year for gathering family and friends to celebrate. But it is no celebration if you are stuck in the kitchen and everyone else is in another room socializing. I would like to share an easy and elegant recipe that can be used for holiday entertaining and that can keep you [...]

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Healthy Holiday – Food Safety

November 18, 2008

 Enjoy your family and friends, parties and get togethers this holiday season, but please keep food safety in mind. As a dietetic professional I would like to share a link to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publication “Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays”: http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/foodsafetytips111307.pdf. I hope you find this information helpful. Wishing you and [...]

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