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- Putting the Angel on Top of the Tree for Christmas Dinner
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Need some easy tips for making your Christmas dinner even more festive? We give you some ideas that are fun for the family, easy, quick, inexpensive and deceptively impressive. Enjoy!
- Are You One Of The Volga Boatmen?
[Self-Improvement] Do you feel like one of the Volga Boatmen at your present job? If so, which one? Take a look at this painting, and then perform the emotional intelligence exercise. This might be the year you look for a new job
- Dating & Religious Beliefs
[Relationships:Dating] You're dating and your religious beliefs are different. How much difference does this make?
- How to Plan a Valentine's Party
[Home-and-Family:Parties] How to Plan a Valentine's Party.
- When Your Heart Aches
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] When I was a child, my Dad read me the story of "Heidi," by Johanna Spyri. I doubt there were many illustrations in the book, but the pictures in my own mind were vivid.
- Breaking Up Without Breaking Down
[Relationships] Women who have lost partners to both death and divorce say divorce is harder. It is devastating to lose someone you love, but with death, you know it is permanent.
- Holiday Party Etiquette
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Going to holiday parties and wondering what the etiquette is? We give you some tips on how to be a good guest.
- How You can Use Music for Emotional Intelligence During the Holidays
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Everyone gets stressed at the holidays. Here are some tips from the emotional intelligence coach on some easy, affordable ways to manage your emotions that really work.
- Step-Parenting Problems at the Holidays
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Conflict and step-parenting problems escalate during the holidays unless we use our emotional intelligence. Family conflict can be managed using the components of emotional intelligence.
- Mr. Mafioso Does Emotional Intelligence
[Self-Improvement] Mr. Mafioso has some great advice on how to get ahead that sounds a lot like Emotional Intelligence.
- Ho-ho-Holiday Office Party With Emotional Intelligence
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] These days in any office in the world you're likely to find people of varying cultural and faith background. So how do you celebrate the December holidays without stepping on toes?
- Holiday Office Party - Safety First
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] If you’re giving a holiday office party, safety should be the first concern. Here are some tips on how to handle the liquor issue.
- The Big Question - Why Don't Middle Managers Know How to Lead
[Business:Management] Why don't middle managers know how to lead? It's likely those who don't know, don't know because they were never taught. Leadership and other components of Emotional Intelligence can be learned.
- Who Are You Grateful For
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Solear, Ghislanzoni, Meilhac, Barbier … who are these people?
They were influential in helping create some of the most outstanding, enduring “projects” on earth. Why aren’t their names household words? Are you acknowledging the people who make your projects happen?
- I'm Dating This Guy Who is in the Process of Divorce
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] Men who date too soon after the breakup of their marriage or love affair ought to wear warning signs. Here are signs to watch out for
- 10 Ways to Avoid the Landmines of Thanksgiving
[Self-Improvement] The holidays are coming. It means festivities and joy, but it can also mean stress, anger, resentment, family dynamics you're sick of, extra work at the office, grinding travel, amped-up kids, weather problems, and, because of all this stress on your immune system, illness. Here are some things that can help.
- Thanksgiving: Will They Be Grateful You Came
[Self-Improvement] Thanksgiving Day is coming. Will you be the guest? If so, why not brush up on your etiquette? Here are some tips to make it easier for you
- Halloween at the Office: Trick or Treat?
[Business:Management] It's the second biggest holiday celebrated in the US now. Are you ready for those ghosts and goblins to show up? What about the decorations? Better get those policies in place now.
- In a Last-Minute Panic About Thanksgiving Dinner?
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Well, the big day is almost here! I just received an article through my list saying you should’ve had it all planned out 10 days before, and that’s past, of course, so – as a former giver of events, and a long-time hostess, chef and bottle-washer for the Thanksgiving Feast, let me help you out!
- Alone for the Holidays
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] I remember some years ago picking my child up at preschool and watching the meltdown of a friend of mine. It was approaching Thanksgiving weekend, her birthday, and also her first Thanksgiving alone, as a divorced woman. The kind teacher of our children had asked my friend, Rita, I’ll call her, what her plans were for the holidays, and that’s what initiated the meltdown. Rita’s ex would have the kids and she would be alone.
- Holiday Precautions for the Safety of Your Animal Companion
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Things change at Christmas time - new people come to your house with strange new things, you rearrange furniture, add new things like trees, get more tired, and pay less attention.
- San Antonio, Texas: Perfect For A Family Vacation
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] It’s the home of the Alamo … and so much more. Go here for picture of the Alamo - http://www.thealamo.org. One of the most interesting things to know is that The Alamo is smack in the middle of downtown San Antonio. Talk about centrally located!
- 10 Ways to Lose Your Common Sense
[Self-Improvement] As someone said, there's nothing common about common sense. Roughly
equivalent to Emotional Intelligence, it can be lost, or can fail to be
acquired in the following ways:
- It's Allergy Season: Don't Let it Ruin Your Thanksgiving Plans
[Health-and-Fitness] Writing this from Dallas, Texas one of the ragweed hotspots
of the nation, I'm particularly aware of "allergies" and
the havoc they can cause. Here are some facts about allergies:
- Are You a Victim of Your Own Christmas?
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] How is your Christmas going? It's all about choices, and this article gives some tips on how to make wise ones.
- Eight Important Facts & Resources for the Traveler with Allergies
[Health-and-Fitness]
- How to Manage Your Allergies
[Health-and-Fitness] It's not those beautiful roses that make us scratch, sniff and wheeze. It's the pollen from trees, grasses and low-growing things like ragweed (ah choo!).
- The Self-Saboteur - Is That You?
[Self-Improvement] There's a joke circling the Internet right now about a priest, a drunk and an engineer who are facing the guillotine. Each one is asked in turn how he wants to die, face up or face down. The priest is first, and he says "face up" so he can be looking at heaven. Down comes the blade, there's a hitch and it stops 6" from his neck. Considering it divine intervention, they free him.
- Beware! It's Time for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects about 5% of us severely and perhaps 25% of us more mildly. Women and young adults are more likely to suffer from it.
- Allergies: Dallas, Texas
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] Writing this from Dallas, Texas one of the ragweed hotspots
of the nation, I'm particularly aware of "allergies" and
the havoc they can cause. Here are some tips for handling
allergies:
- What You Need to Know about Allergies
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] Somewhere around 45 million American are affected by allergies. An allergic reaction is a response by your immune system to a substance it thinks is a harmful allergen. It reacts by releasing histamines which causes inflammatory reactions involving digestive, skin and/or respiratory systems. Always check with your personal healthcare professional on any matter concerning your health.
- 10 Low EQ Ways to Choose a Husband
[Relationships:Wedding] In choosing the right man for you, you need to use your Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
- Multicultural Chaos
[News-and-Society] Culture is something we learn. It isn’t related to race or ethnicity, religion or anything else, but it pulls from all those groups, and, especially if we’ve only lived in one place, moved only in one social group, and/or haven’t been exposed to other cultures, we tend to think of our own culture as sacred. However, so does the other person!
- 10 Ways to Beat the After-Christmas Blues
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Christmas is an emotional storm, and next comes Valentine’s, so take a break. Move from emotion to thinking and action.
- Moms and Grandmoms - Festive Thanksgiving Drinks for the Little Pilgrims
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Please make the children's table festive at Thanksgiving! It’s so much fun for everyone.
- Don't Forget a Perky Christmas Apron
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] I'm sure you’ve thought of some classy Christmas outfits for church, and some sexy items for the Christmas parties, and neat thematic sweat suits for casual weekends in December, but don't forget this important Christmas apparel – an apron!
- Moms and Grandmoms - Festive Holiday Drinks for the Elves
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Please make the children's table festive!
- Thanksgiving Dinner Etiquette
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] The days of dining by plucking fruit from trees and roasting small animals over the fire, eating with fingers, and perhaps fighting with others over the scraps are long gone. Or are they?
- Reflect Upon Your Harvest at Thanksgiving
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] I don't know about you, but at this time of year I always think of work. It’s harvest time. Because of the years I spent in the MidWest, I was around people who were harvesting produce, bringing in the crop for the year.
- The Top 10 Clues You're Dating a Married Man
[Relationships:Dating] Make no mistake, married men who are fooling around can be wonderfully attentive and romantic. He can be emailing you and calling you on his cell all day long, filling your hungry heart with affirmations you never dreamed of, showering you with gifts, and making rapturous love to you. It can be the stuff of which fantasies are made and here’s why: to him it IS a fantasy.
- Ten Tips for Gorgeous Holiday Decorating When You're Busy & Broke
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Fall is harvest time so take advantage of the bounty of nature. It’s Thanksgiving time, so take advantage of the generosity of others. Some clever hunting and gathering can help you save time and money and still have a festively decorated home for the holidays.
- Dating Strategies That Work: Languaging for Shy Guys
[Relationships:Dating] Language is a behavior potentially under our control, and a powerful loop. It’s how we act upon the world, and how the world acts upon us. It’s how we express our thoughts and feelings, and it also influences our thoughts and feelings. This includes what we say to ourselves as well as what others say to us. Barring physical force, language is how we get what we want. Read how this is crucial to your success as a shy guy dating.
- The Shy Guy Advantage
[Relationships:Dating] Anne and I know a shy guy – her brother. He isn’t the best-looking rooster in the barnyard, but he always seems to have lots of chicks pecking around him.
What’s the attraction? The mystery, I think. He doesn’t say much so women fill in the blanks. Also I think it’s refreshing; a relief from the knuckle-dragging chest-pounding Neanderthals out there...
- How to Sing the Song of the Unsung Heroes on Your Team
[Business:Management] This article is for you if you’re a behind-the-scenes kind of person – the admin assistant who gets the presentation ready for the guys in marketing but doesn’t get to go to the meeting; the PR pro who writes all their speeches and answers all the complaint letters for the president or CEO; the at-home mother who makes sure the concert pianist practices; the deputy chief whose job description is doing all the things the chief doesn’t like to do or can’t do; or the paralegal who prepares all the pleadings, knows all the codes, and does all the licking and stamping.
- Depression, Suicide, Aging, and EQ
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] Before we even get started, we have to dispel some prevailing myths about aging. For instance, it's not "normal" to de depressed at any age.
- Why We Build Cities on Swamps
[News-and-Society] "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him, "wrote George Bernard Shaw. "The unreasonable man adapts surroundings to himself. All progress depends on the unreasonable man."
- Refugee V. Evacuee: Disaster Languaging After the Hurricane
[News-and-Society] There are the facts. Then there's exaggeration, political correctness, incendiary, fabrication, misrepresentation, catactrophizing, whining, pontificating, manipulating ... we do all these things with language. There are many ways people report the "events" after a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, depending upon their education, intent, awareness and so forth. It matters. Watch what's happening.
- Whole-Brained Grandparenting: The Baby Gift
[Womens-Interests] Grandparenting takes a lot of emotional intelligence. Tips here on how to direct the process from The EQ Coach.
- Better Aging
[Health-and-Fitness] My friend who retired last year from years on Wall Street tells me, “I have to watch very carefully how I spend my money. I don’t know how to do anything.” One of the reasons people find retirement ...
- 9 Myths About Being Single
[Relationships:Singles] More than 48% of US households are headed by unmarried individuals. The American Association for Single People projects that by 2010, 47.2% of adults will be unmarried. Being single does not mean b...
- Still Wondering About Coaching?
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] A friend called me the other day from Lower Alabama. He has followed my career as a coach with enthusiasm, and continually refers clients to me, and I’m sure has done his part for making coaching kn...
- What's Your Aging in American IQ? Take the Quiz and Find Out
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] TRUE or FALSE
1. Older adults have more mental health problems than younger adults.
FALSE. Overall prevalence of mental disorder in older adults is less than in any other age group, and general life satisfaction is as good as, if not better than, any other age group. (AP
- Let's Say You're a Dog. Are You So Competitive You'd Eat a Carrot?
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Seems like a gal always learns something out on the farm! Yes, it’s a farm tale and I’m going to change the names of the animals to protect the guilty! I spent last weekend down in Lower Alabama whe...
- Are You Thinking About Moving to a Small Town?
[Home-and-Family] One of the fun things about midlife is we often have the opportunity to move for the first time in a long time. Maybe the kids have finally left home, or you’re retiring from a job or career, or pla...
- Halloween Safety Tips
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Halloween is an exciting night for children and a busy time for their parents. With such excitement, it’s easy for children to forget basic safety rules. When emotions are running high, it’s a good...
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