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Healthy Resolutions

My Word 2013

by Michaeline on January 26, 2013

This year my word is ownership.

What that word means to me this year is the activity of managing or exerting control over my actions and, therefore, my life.

I have ownership of my power, my emotions and my daily choices. I am trusting in what I believe can be true for me.

I am excited.

I asked last week, but let me ask again…If you were to pick a word instead of a resolution this year, what would it be? I would love for you to share your word for 2013 with me.

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To Make a Resolution or Not…a wordy option

by Michaeline on January 19, 2013

While I talked about making New Year’s resolutions last week, I did so because many folks do so at this time of year even though many aren’t kept.

According to Proactive Change®, 40 to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year.

Among the top New Year’s resolutions are resolutions about weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation. Also popular are resolutions dealing with better money management and/or debt reduction.

Proactive Change ® reports that 71% of the resolutions made are kept past two weeks while 64% are kept after one month. And after six months only 46% of the resolutions made are kept. [click to continue…]

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What’s In a Resolution?

January 11, 2013

According to American Heritage ® Dictionary the definition for resolution is: res•o•lu•tion 1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. 2. A resolving to do something. 3. A course of action determined or decided on. So my take on a New Year’s resolution is that it is a promise or a commitment or [...]

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Resolve to Find Opportunities

December 29, 2012

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day. ~Michael Josephson Each New Year comes with the anticipation of what could be. And each day offers the same opportunity no matter what time of year. It’s a clean slate. What opportunities will you take advantage of this year? Will [...]

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It’s Real Simple

January 15, 2011

In the January 2011 issue of Real Simple magazine they have put together a “2011 Get-It-Together Handbook”. The premise of the handbook is to simplify your life by having a guide full of easy and simple strategies to make your life less stressful, healthier and happier. Just think about it…a simpler life. Don’t we all [...]

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Out with the Old in with the New

January 1, 2011

 The New Year is always a time for reflection and goal setting. Are you finding yourself stuck in the same place as last year? Are you living with the same tolerations year after year? This week sit down with a blank sheet of paper and list your longings. Not the things you should do or [...]

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You Can’t Catch the Bus at the Train Station

February 20, 2010

I came across that statement and thought it to be profound. What it means to me is that you have to be in the right place at the start of your journey in order to get to where you are going. Are you in the right place mentally to make permanent change in your life? [...]

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Contemplation and Attraction

January 30, 2010

One of the “challenges” in making change is the excuses we use…thinking “it is hard” or “I don’t have the money” or “I am too old (young)”. Don’t let these thoughts define what you can accomplish. To accomplish change (your desires or dreams) you need to think about the thing that you want to produce. Dr. [...]

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No More Resolutions…No More Excuses!

January 23, 2010

Why do we each year go through the activity of setting New Year’s resolutions only to give up a few short weeks later? Typically, resolutions are about changing habits, habits perpetuated by “long established habits of thought that have lead you to use excuses as your rationale for staying the same,” as stated by Dr. [...]

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Setting Yourself Up for Continued Success

January 16, 2010

While a feeling of accomplishment is something to be enjoyed, you might also take a little time today to consider some bigger goals you could set to keep the momentum going. Simply give some thought to the goals you’ve accomplished thus far, and think about the next logical steps to pushing your level of success [...]

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