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- Excerpt: Making a Good Brain Great - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Yolanda Carden1 YOUR BRAIN IS INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO The great sins of the world take place in the brain: but it is in the brain that everything takes place . . . It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings, (and that we love and hate each other). ...
Views: 1018 - Excerpt: Let Your Goddess Grow! - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWhat Is Self-Worth? Self-worth has its entire foundation in self-love, which is really how you feel about being an individual spark of the Divine. If you cannot generate a love of your God-self, you’ll never be able to feel worthy, and no amount of blaming past circumstances, people, or policy ...
Views: 658 - Excerpt: Home Enlightenment - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWater as a Spiritual Element Water is the central source of our beings. It is part of every cell and fiber in us; it is our very essence. Could water be the common denominator that weaves us all (earth, animal, human, and plant) together as one? Is it the ultimate connector? It's awesome and ...
Views: 1012 - Excerpt: The MomsTown Guide to Getting It All - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2005 from Yolanda CardenSAHM Amnesia Stay-at-home moms often complain that since having children, their minds have turned to mush and they often forget things. One of our moms, Krissy, told us, "I was appointed PTA vice president once. I set up an orientation meeting for the previous year's board and the incoming ...
Views: 1201 - 10 Easy Back-to-School Tips to Help Children (and Parents!) Eat Smarter This Fall - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2005 from Yolanda CardenChildhood obesity is at an all-time high in America, while the overall nutritional value of school lunches continues to plummet. With only weeks left before children and teenagers go back to school, how can parents help to control their children's weight and diet? How can a family dinner be a ...
Views: 909 - Excerpt: Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm Report on the Secret World of America's Middle Schoolers - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2005 from Yolanda CardenMagazine Messages There are dozens of teen magazines, but almost all of them are directed toward girls. And although these magazines are theoretically targeted to teens, there's no doubt that they encourage and attract tween readers as well. Four best-selling teen magazines that target girls ...
Views: 1210 - Five Tips to Avoiding Total Disaster as a Novelist from a Poor, Wretched Fool Who Had to Learn the Hard Way - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2005 from Yolanda CardenThe problem with should advice is that it’s either something you already know, i.e. your diet should include more fruit and vegetables than cheeseburgers and martinis -- or it’s something really difficult (like consuming more fruit and vegetables than cheeseburgers and martinis). So, based on my ...
Views: 828(1 vote) - Excerpt: Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding Adventures and Advice from Less-Than-Perfect Moms - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2005 from Yolanda CardenFight for Your Right to Breastfeed When Ola, a thirty-two-year-old artist from New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood, describes herself as "stubborn," there's a hint of pride in her voice. If she weren't so stubborn, she says, she would've given up on breastfeeding early on. Ola's ...
Views: 1063(1 vote) - Excerpt: Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2005 from Yolanda CardenHow to Give Your Pet a Quick Checkup Your animal might be in poor health without your realizing it. Perform this brief exam to get a much better idea of your pet's actual state. If any of the exam symptoms are apparent, then resolve any concerns that arise by consulting your vet. 1. Does the ...
Views: 1337(1 vote) - Excerpt: Lean Mom, Fit Family: The 6-Week Plan for a Slimmer You and a Healthier Family - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2005 from Yolanda CardenYou Are What You Drink It may seem as if it will be an uphill battle to get your family to switch from heavily advertised sodas, energy drinks, and sugary juice drinks to healthier beverages such as water and milk. Believe me, though, it's a battle worth fighting. The high intake of these ...
Views: 1059 - If the Shoe Fits - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2005 from Yolanda Carden“If I don’t sell this novel, I’ll open a shoe store.” That’s what I told my husband, and I meant it. Shoes were easy and fun -- I quested for them on an intuitive level only a shoe lover would understand -- whereas my career as a novelist, another passion, had been a struggle. My first two ...
Views: 796 - The Truth Is . . . I Hear Voices - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2005 from Yolanda CardenEver since my first book, She’s Got Issues, got published, the first question everyone asked me was, “How do you think up your characters?” At first I lied. I said, “Um . . . I don’t know, I guess they’re a composite of people I’ve met over the years.” I thought that sounded good. I’ve heard ...
Views: 765 - Writing the Follow-up Novel -- You Aren’t Really a Sophomore - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2005 from Yolanda CardenYou’ve heard this story before. The writing bug comes early. You’re a kid with ideas, with a desire to get them on paper, and one day you realize that you’re not ever going to stop. You also realize that some people actually make a living writing books, and since you’re going to be doing it ...
Views: 795 - Excerpt: The Great American Detox Diet - by Submitted on May 17, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWhat's the Difference Between a Refined and an Unrefined Carbohydrate? Do you remember making papier-mâché projects in arts and crafts class? The usual tools were strips of newspaper and a bowl of paste. That paste was made of a simple, cheap combination of ingredients: just standard white ...
Views: 745(1 vote) - Excerpt: Life Lessons for My Sisters - by Submitted on May 06, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWHO OR WHAT IS GOD? God is a spiritual being that exists within you, within others, and within the world. God is the force that created you and everything in this world. God created the world as a place for man and nature to coincide. God is not a wrathful, vengeful being. He is not a being ...
Views: 715 - Excerpt: Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook - by Submitted on May 04, 2005 from Yolanda CardenA Few Thoughts about Eating and Cooking When You Have Diabetes No matter what the latest diet fad is, people with diabetes must always focus on carbohydrates, because carbohydrates raise blood sugar. Choosing the right foods, exercising every day (such as walking), and taking diabetes ...
Views: 2156 - Excerpt: 100 Promises to My Baby - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2005 from Yolanda CardenINTRODUCTION When I found out that I was pregnant several years ago, it was one of the happiest and most exciting moments of my life. I was awed by the fact that I had a living being growing inside of me. I spent hours visualizing what my baby would look like, talking and singing to her, ...
Views: 745 - Excerpt: Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2005 from Yolanda CardenUnstoppable Action Acknowledge Fear, Prepare, and Then Act Loreena McKennitt knew that to succeed on her own terms, she needed more than musical talent and passion. She needed to educate herself about the music business. So she developed a step-by-step plan to become a savvy music ...
Views: 704 - Excerpt: Body-for-LIFE for Women - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2005 from Yolanda CardenYour Fitness Needs, Milestone By Milestone I've worked with thousands of women. Twenty-somethings to 50-plus career women. Anorexics and starvers to bingers and bulimics. Top athletes to women who were so obese that they could barely walk a block. For all of them, a customized fitness ...
Views: 747 - Once upon a time…Reflections on storytelling - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWe are the storytellers: our days begin with “once upon a time” and end with “tell me a story”. We are descended from the folks who sat around the fires at night, describing the hunt for those who stayed behind. Today, the storyteller’s role has evolved to tell us which laundry detergent to use ...
Views: 1005(1 vote) - Managing Your Energy After Childbirth - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2005 from Yolanda CardenUnfortunately, fatigue is part of the postnatal period. Although sleep deprivation is almost inevitable, utter exhaustion is avoidable. Here are a few tips and recommendations on how to manage your energy levels in the weeks and months after childbirth. While some mothers feel “back on their ...
Views: 1817(1 vote) - The Search for the Story: One Writer's Approach to Fiction - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2005 from Yolanda CardenThe process of writing a book starts, for me, with a place in time that I find intriguing. I begin to do a little research -- if possible, with novels written at the time -- and then, if all goes well, I experience a kind of flash of complete understanding a few weeks later. Every character, ...
Views: 746 - Rules of Thumb for Choosing a Baby Name - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2005 from Yolanda CardenFrom Aaliyah to Zvi, the range of name choices is dazzling. If you're a sleepless parent-to-be, it can look like a vast landscape with no roadmap. To make sure you keep your bearings, here are some basic principles for understanding names -- and finding that one perfect name that speaks to your ...
Views: 923 - Excerpt: Ready to Learn - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2005 from Yolanda CardenFinding Happiness in Your Child What do you think about when someone says "happiness?" Usually, what comes to mind are things, or outcomes. Happiness can be a four-car garage in the suburbs, a high-paying job, an expensive new car, or a child who becomes a successful professional. We have a ...
Views: 815 - The Five Keys to Infant and Child Development - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2005 from Yolanda CardenHuman beings appear to have approximately nine built-in feelings at birth. These findings are based on the work of researchers such as Darwin, Demos, Ekman, Izard, Nathanson, and, especially, Tomkins. These feelings later combine with each other and experience to form our complex emotional life. ...
Views: 1437(1 vote) - Excerpt: Lean, Long & Strong: The 6-Week Strength-Training, Fat-Burning Program for Women - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2005 from Yolanda CardenUsing a Heart Rate Monitor If you want to get more exact with your precision cardio, you can use a heart rate monitor in addition to evaluating your rate of perceived exertion. The heart rate monitor will tell you exactly what your heart rate is as you're exercising, which means you can then ...
Views: 836(1 vote) - Excerpt: Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's 2005 Breakthrough Health - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2005 from Yolanda CardenArthritis Combination Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis The term arthritis is not a specific diagnosis. It simply means that one or more of your joints are inflamed, for which there are more than 100 different possible causes. For example, you may have been injured (traumatic arthritis), or ...
Views: 1274(1 vote) - Excerpt: Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2005 from Yolanda CardenAre All Diets Unhealthy? Want the short answer? Yes. Now, you may be thinking, "If I don't stay on some kind of diet, I'll just blow up like a balloon. I need to be on a program just to keep control of myself." But consider that any kind of dieting involves a diet mentality, which ensures ...
Views: 2414(1 vote) - Excerpt: Jane Austen's Guide to Dating - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2005 from Yolanda CardenKitty and Lydia Bennet "From all I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country." --Pride and Prejudice Kitty and Lydia Bennet, the two youngest sisters from Pride and Prejudice, are the wildest, craziest flirts that Jane Austen ever created. ...
Views: 1882 - Excerpt: Listening to Fear: Helping Kids Cope, from Nightmares to the Nightly News - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2004 from Yolanda CardenWhen Things Go Wrong: Trauma and Our Youngest Children Our children's nightmares are filled with the dangers and fears that span development from infancy into adulthood. These bedrock fears -- of losing our lives or the lives of those we love and upon whom we depend, of losing the love of ...
Views: 2199(2 votes) - Cross-Cultural Adoption: The Do’s and Don’ts for Grown-Ups - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2004 from Yolanda CardenDo’s Do treat her like any other kid. It may be difficult and take a while for adopted children to feel like they belong within their extended families. Treating these children like they’re “nothing special” can go a long way toward making them feel at home and comfortable within the ...
Views: 829(1 vote) - Book Excerpt: No Opportunity Wasted - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2004 from Yolanda CardenRediscover Your Childhood: Possibilities When it comes to childish possibilities, there are almost too many to choose from. If you're looking for some little starters -- things that are easy to do and will begin to get you in the right frame of mind -- flying a kite is an old standby. The same ...
Views: 987 - Excerpt: Dateworthy: Get the Relationship You Want - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2004 from Yolanda CardenChapter 12 Great Dates You know what I love about dating shows? The producers, in an effort to make good TV, rack their brains to come up with really fun and interesting ways for a couple to interact. Forget just meeting for coffee or a meal. They have them learn how to polka. Go to a ...
Views: 952 - Book Excerpt: The Answer to Cancer - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2004 from Yolanda CardenThe Odds of Recurrence Having cancer once increases your chances of getting it again. Cancer cells from the original tumor may spread to create a secondary cancer at another site. Or an entirely new cancer may develop in association with the same risk factors that contributed to the initial ...
Views: 865 - Book Excerpt: Breast Cancer Husband - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2004 from Yolanda CardenCaregiving 101 A practical guide for clueless guys What kind of caregivers do men make? That was the question posed to eight breast cancer couples in a focus group at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The women graded their husbands on their caregiving performance during the months of ...
Views: 2156 - Book Excerpt: Reversing Osteopenia - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2004 from Yolanda Carden12 Signs Your Bones Need Attention The best way to approach your personal risk of osteopenia is to get a piece of paper and write down any of the following 12 signs (risk factors) that mean your bones might need attention. After you've made your personal risk factor list, check off those that ...
Views: 2775(1 vote) - Book Excerpt: Einstein Never Used Flash Cards - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2004 from Yolanda CardenBringing the Lessons Home Play is a central component in children's mental growth. Play helps children make meaning in their world, it helps them learn about themselves, and equally crucially, it helps them to learn how to get along with others. Yet it can be difficult to resist the trends of ...
Views: 7183(1 vote) - Book Excerpt: Stay Fertile Longer - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2004 from Yolanda CardenYour "Real" Reproductive Age Up until 2001, there were no clinical guidelines to characterize our reproductive life span. Finally, representatives from esteemed organizations, including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the National Institutes of Health, and the North ...
Views: 1210 - Einstein Never Used Flash cards - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2004 from Yolanda CardenBringing the Lessons Home How can we help children blossom socially and emotionally? Read on for some specific tips. Look for opportunities to discuss other people's feelings. By explaining how other people would feel if a particular act occurred, you teach your child to take the perspective ...
Views: 886 - Book Excerpt: What If I Have a C-Section? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2004 from Yolanda CardenMidlife Motherhood: What's Age Got To Do With It? If you're trying to figure out your chances of having a C-section, look in your wallet. If you have a health insurance card, research shows that you're more likely to deliver by cesarean than a woman who's uninsured or covered by Medicaid, the ...
Views: 1277 - Book Excerpt: The City Parent Handbook - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2004 from Yolanda CardenThe City Parent Rules Navigating Traffic with Young Children Rule #1: Stand well back from the street when waiting to cross. It's not safe to stand right on the curb. If you talk to your local police, they'll back us up on the frequency with which cars or buses find themselves forced up onto a ...
Views: 858 - Book Excerpt: Medical Tests That Can Save Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2004 from Yolanda CardenCA-125 and TVU Tests For Ovarian Cancer The carcinogenic antigen (CA) 125 blood test measures levels of a protein that is normally confined within a cell. If, however, cell walls are inflamed or damaged, the protein may be released into the bloodstream. Ovarian cancer cells may produce an ...
Views: 906 - Book Excerpt: Helping Children with Autism Learn - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2004 from Yolanda CardenDevelopmental Consideration in a Peer/Play Partner Play Models for the Youngest Children with Autism Play Partners by Developmental Level versus Chronological Level. One of the big socialization questions that should always come up when planning to introduce a child with an autistic spectrum ...
Views: 1587 - Great Escape: Creating Comfort with Parent Getaways - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2004 from Yolanda CardenWhen I told my husband in a burst of excitement that I had found a whole series of books on romantic weekends in Southern California, Northern California, New England and points in between he said, "Does it come with a baby sitter?" I have listened as many couples argued about what is normal ...
Views: 926 - Book Excerpt: The Rhodiola Revolution: Transform Your Health with the Herbal Breakthrough of the 21st Century - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2004 from Yolanda CardenThe Herbal Mood Booster Only a small number of clinical trials have evaluated Rhodiola rosea as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. But we have seen so many patients respond remarkably well to the herb that we consider it an important addition to the ...
Views: 6309 - Book Excerpt: Medical Tests That Can Save Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2004 from Yolanda CardenPSA Tests For Prostate Cancer Prostate specific antigen (PSA) was discovered in 1979. It is a protein produced by the cells that line the inside of the prostate. Prostate cancer changes the cellular barriers that normally keep PSA within the ductal system of the prostate, causing PSA to be ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - Book Excerpt: The Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2004 from Yolanda CardenYour Expectations About the Emotional Needs of Your Child "My child will like me, attach to me, and learn to love me." There are many books that address the dynamics of the child's attachment and bonding, but few have explored how the lack of a child's attachment and bonding create feelings ...
Views: 1105 - Book Excerpt: The Shy Single: A Bold Guide to Dating For the Less - Than - Bold Dater - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2004 from Yolanda CardenFirst Date Dos Dress well. For a first date (and, really, subsequent dates), choose clothes that make you feel beautiful, handsome, sexy, and free. This might seem like an obvious bit of advice, but your appearance can provide you with 'props' that aid the conversational flow and bolster your ...
Views: 2172 - How Lazy Parents Make Happier Kids and Stronger Marriages - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2004 from Yolanda CardenMy mother always said that the best parents are lazy parents. Her theory, as I understood it, was that lazy parents don't jump up every time their kids need something so that children learn to entertain themselves, enjoy themselves, and become more independent. In couples, lazy parents, ...
Views: 729 - Book Excerpt: Helping Children with Autism Learn - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2004 from Yolanda CardenImitation as the Gateway to Early Learning Why Is Imitation Important? Imitation is a very crucial conduit through which the one- to four-year-old child normally takes in a tremendous amount of information. Throughout that period of development when language has not yet been established as an ...
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