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rnThe hype is real.  Running the Boston Marathon is a truly life-changing experience.  The food, the iconic jacket, and the crowd - it's simply indescribable. That is not to say, however, that there are no downsides to the race.  Just like my Chicago list, I've compiled some of the more "meh" moments on my experience in 2015. 1. Merchandise is expensive AFrnI saved up money for the famous Boston running jacket, but the onslaught of amazing merchandise at the expo set fir

Life, to many, seems like it is a series of popularity contests. The only people who don’t like popularity contests are those that either believe they will lose them, or worse, do lose them. They hold their breath each time they walk into a room, get up to speak, raise their hand in class or go to a party. They believe they have finite skills and abilities and are always trying to prove they are ok from the perspective that they aren’t ok. They barely breath, and barely live.

From simple annoyance to fiery rage, loss of temper, with its emotional and physiological mayhem, so mess with your life that it’s time to prevent, not just manage the thunder. Lashing out in anger over even the smallest slights or obstacles only makes sense if your goal is to strip yourself of peace and inflame your bitte ess and indignation.

Do you sometimes wonder “who you are”? Feel like you are part of someone’s shadow?r

What words are shaping your experiences? I was sitting at my desk around mid-day; my eyes feeling tired. I decided to walk away from the computer and get a drink of water. As I was standing at cooler filling up my jug, I overheard a shocking statement. A woman in another cubicle blurted out: “I’d estimate I have about 15 years left on this earth and that’s about it…” I hope my face didn’t show my surprise as I finished filling up my water bottle and walked away.

Life is short. It really is. When you think how quickly this past month has flown by (and that we're already halfway through February!), it's shocking. Every day I hear and read about big dreams that people have, life goals, bucket lists. But how many people go on to accomplish all those things? It's not because of the money, the time it takes, or because they don't have the willpower to achieve. Usually, it's about permission. How often do we wait for someone else to give us permission to move ahead with our life?

Spring is the perfect time of the year to clean out, whether it is cleaning out the clutter in your home with spring cleaning or cleaning out the toxins in your body with a spring cleanse. Spring is a time of growth and renewal as we transition from the darker days of winter to the brighter days of spring.

You've seen the man on Oprah and just about everything other popular talk TV show. Well here's what he has to say about health coaches: "You're more likely to lose weight with a coach. If you don't deal with working on your relationship with food, nothing that's important in your life is going to change." -Dr. Mehmet Oz

Improving your overall lifestyle In the modern age it is very important that you focus on trying to lead a healthy and productive lifestyle, especially if you are working whole days, and if you need to find time to de-stress. On the other hand, trying to live more healthily is only going to benefit your overall health and it will help with improving yourself. There are many factors to having a healthier lifestyle, and you will have to work on improving all of them equally to

Health and career is related. Your level of job enjoyment impacts your overall well-being. Ever noticed how your body is linked to your profession? Have you ever paused to check in to see how you “feel” about your job? And when I say feel… I don’t mean what you think of your job. I mean how you feel. So let’s leave the ‘thoughts’ behind for a moment. When you call to mind your ‘work’ what happens in your body? What do you notice, sense, or feel? Do things tense up? Notice any aches or pains? Are you loose and relaxed?

Ever notice how many diet books there are? That’s because DIEts don’t commonly work. Think about it. How many people do you know who have DIEted and actually maintained their weight loss? Only 3% to 5% of DIEters who lose weight maintain significant weight loss. Doesn’t sound too good to me, especially with what DIEting can do to, not for, your health. DIEting can lead to binge eating, overeating, chaotic eating patterns, and can teach you to ignore internal signals of hunger and lead you to be out of touch with your body’s natural hunger and satiations signals.

Dr. Michael Mantell is fond of saying, "what you feed, you grow." When it comes to health, longevity, successful social connections and long-term loving relationships, personal and communal wellbeing, even physical fitness and finances, leading-edge transformational coaches know that optimistic, positive seeds are the no-longer-secret predictive ingredients to living life optimally. As I’ve taught in my coaching for years, “the link is what you think.”

If you are in business for yourself, or even if you are striving to accomplish any kind of a significant goal, then you must have a clear and concise vision. What is your vision and how do you decide what it is? There are some helpful hints and ideas. Voice- in order to determine your vision, ...

Ready to say goodnight to Daylight Savings Time and good morning to Standard Time? We’ve enjoyed Standard Time in different time zones in the United States of America and Canada since November, 1883 when the railroads adopted the practice of standardized times in established time zones. It wasn’t until 1918 however that the Standard Time Act was established and everyday people began using these standards in their communication and travel.r

My family owned shoe stores in Newark, N.J., when I was growing up. I worked in their stores from the time I was seven years old. One day, my grandfather brought me outside to teach me an important lesson. He pointed out the competitor down the street and told me to observe what he was doing. The man didn’t seem to be doing anything much, other than standing in front of his store for quite awhile watching the people come into our family’s store and walking out with bags of shoes.

There are some health advocates I know out there who are extremely passionate about their cause, almost to a fault. Today, I read a post by one such person who said that “normal isn’t healthy” and that “plus-sized models are setting a bad example.” Being someone who has really appreciated the coming of models that represent the majority of women in the United States, this post kind of embarrassed me. For sure, being overweight isn’t the epitome of health, but neither is barraging yourself with disparaging comments about your weight or your dress size.

“Mrs. Mantell, your son Michael is not college material. He should definitely consider a vocational high school path.” That’s what Mrs. McCaffery, my 8th grade teacher at Chancellor Ave. Elementary School in Newark, N.J., told my mother with me sitting there…trembling, My mother, then president of the PTA, looked at her, offered her a few “choice words” and we left. I have no tools in my garage now, maybe a hammer or a screwdriver, maybe, but I do hold a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

I got this in an email from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition today: “CBS News reported that a whopping 40% of all cancers are the result of lifestyle factors including: • poor diet • inactivity • stress • exposure to carcinogens like pollution and cigarette smoke That means that at least 40% of all cancer diagnoses could be prevented if people only knew what foods to eat and how to build awareness around their choices in life.”

One of the "hats" I wear now that I'm fully retired from clinical practice as a psychologist for the past couple of years, is Director of Transformational Behavior Coaching for the Premier Fitness Camp, http://www.premierfitnesscamp.com/America's top-rated optimal health, weight management and mindful retreat located at the nation's #1 Wellness Spa at Omni La Costa.

Fat serves a purpose. I know a lot of women who are overweight think that it is the root of all evil, the bane of their existence, but it truly is serving a higher purpose. For instance, a young girl is sexually abused as a child.

Depression, anxiety, stress all seem to be the words or “diagnoses” that so many people have been “labeled” with these days.

If you want to know how to get rid of wrinkles under eyes, the first step is to avoid touching them frequently. Skin under your eyes is kept supple and wrinkle-free by two proteins, collagen and elastin, which the body naturally produces. As you grow older, the skin does not produce as much of those proteins, which leads to the breakdown of skin. The skin will then become more wrinkled. Movements between skin folds loosen it and the skin doesn't revert back to its original fo

Remember when the technology experts tried to sell us on the notion that all of their gadgets would free us up, give us more leisure time and make life so much more enjoyable? We've been fooled into thinking that being offered the opportunity to “telecommute,” or work from anywhere we choose, with cloud-based infrastructures allowing us to move where and when we want results in work-life balance. It doesn’t.

One thing that I love doing with family, especially with my sister, is laughing. I mean- belly clenching, tears rolling, sides hurting- laughter. She and I can just giggle and giggle for hours. In fact, we used to get “in trouble” for it when we were supposed to be in bed!

Small tricks can save you hundreds, if not thousands of wasted calories that you will never notice or miss. No need to sacrifice a good time, just make a few upgrades to your healthy lifestyle. 1. Get your hydration on!!! Dehydration saps our energy and leads to false hunger signals. Between the sun and the drinks, make sure you are drinking LOTS of water!!! Fresh fruits are another great way to hydrate in the summer. They also help to satiate your sweet tooth! Coconut water and watermelon are my favorite ways to hydrate in the hot summer months!

When you think of the word love what comes to mind? Do you think about the people and things you care most about? Does it bring emotions of joy and kindness? When you think of the word love does it make you smile from the inside because love makes you feel happy? Most of us think of positive emotions when we think of the word love. When we allow ourselves to love someone or something it can bring emotions of passion and joy that are only felt when love is part of it. The energy love brings is powerful.

In our culture, it’s typical to keep setting goals for yourself and striving towards those goals. It’s also fairly standard that once you reach a goal, you set a new one. In our efforts to keep going, keep building, and keep improving ourselves, we often neglect the importance of celebrating our successes.

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Maybe it’s just me. But lately, I’ve run into far too many people who I would best describe as “life-diminishing.” They are filled with judgments, criticisms, and negativity. They are quick to tell others what they must do, what they must refrain from doing, what they should and shouldn’t do, what’s good and not good for them, what is right and what is wrong. As if they know. And besides, who asked them in the first place? Why are they so worried about what others are doing? Maybe it’d be better if they worried about why they worried so much about what others were doing!r

Here’s a wonderful poem on friendship I came across, written by David Leonhardt. Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paintr Is who you are and who you ain't. Friendship is life's great supportr When friends are of the right sort. For all your dreams do they make room, Or bring you down with doom and gloom? You will know a friendship is truer When it brings out the best in you.

Ever since the 1950’s when Albert Ellis, Ph.D., my teacher and mentor, developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy/Coaching, the mental health field has not been the same. Instead of spending months and years gazing inward and backward with no real behavior change, folks experiencing emotional distress and day-to-day unhappiness, fear and worry, finally had a way to move forward and stop upsetting themselves. REBT/C is built on the idea that events, conditions, people, circumstances, situations, and places do not cause people to become upset. Then, what does?

It is the time of year when people, especially it seems, millennials, report feeling depressed and unhappy. The less sunshine we see, the more dreary, blue, grumpy, low and unhappy people feel. What’s worse, these negative emotions lead to eating more carbs, weight gain, increased sleep and difficulty concentrating. And this is the holiday season????r

Are you a “glass half full” person or a “glass half empty” person? Seriously, I want you to think about that question? When something happens in your life that is challenging or throws you for a loop, are you one to go immediately to the worst scenario and see the negative or do you realize the lesson in the situation and appreciate the positive?

Your health, wellbeing and fitness are more than a roll of the dice. Or are they? According to three business gurus that’s exactly what it is, a roll of the dice. But in this instance, the DICE to which they are referring are based on a carefully done and well-respected study dating back to 1992 in which they looked at 225 companies over a two-year period of time and learned that DICE are exactly what distinguishes successful and unsuccessful change efforts in businesses.

Don Trudeau is an established health care planning expert and CEO of Benistar, a top provider of medical benefits and coverage support for retirees, mainly above 65+ years old. The company aims to help retirees acknowledge and exercise their rights for extensive medical coverage through a large network of agents, partners, consultants, brokers, and healthcare providers. It offers a broad array of planning, implementation and administrative services for retirees coming from al

In .28 seconds I found 18,900,000 results on Bing, and 61,500,000 results in 0.46 seconds—honestly—on Google on how to “survive the holidays.” MILLIONS of tips on how to “survive” the holidays! What in the world has happened to us? Have we gone mad? C’mon now. We need more than these many MILLIONS of tips on how to “survive” the holidays? When did the media create this insanity? Holiday stress? Seriously! What holiday stress?

There is a huge problem in the U.S. and in the world: We are relying on other people to call all the shots for us. We highly regard our freedom, even fight for it, and yet we hand much of our power over to politicians, medical professionals, and gurus. We are looking to other people to give us the answers we already have. By searching outside of ourselves, we have created a culture that shuns personal responsibility and denies the wisdom of the inner voice.

It’s starting in only a couple of weeks. You’ve starved yourself to fit into the outrageous Halloween costume you’ve chosen this year, your Thanksgiving plans are set, the talk in your office is already about plans for the end of the year celebration, and before you know it, it’ll be time once again for you to make those New Year’s Resolutions that you never keep. Fear not, friends. Almost nobody really keeps them.

Braces count as a rite of passage for many of today’s youth. The mouth full of tin is as much a part of adolescences as are soccer games and ACT tests. But are the teenage years really the best years to get braces? Here’s a look at factors you should consider before you put braces on your child’s teeth (or even your own.) The Teen Years An article on Oral-B.com supports the idea that adolescence is the best time for orthodontic braces. The site suggests that kids get br

Have you ever been in a “food rut?” You eat the same thing every single day for lunch; salad, sandwich, and a piece of fruit. You love this lunch. It is easy to make, quick to prepare, and simple to bring to work. It can be stored safely in a jam-packed staff refrigerator. By bringing your meal you are less tempted to buy fast food or eat something unhealthy. So you make the healthy choice and, most of the time, really do enjoy a salad and a sandwich.

Our bodies speak to us. They tell us when we’re tired, when we’re thirsty, and when we’re full. But did you know that your body also tells you when you’re making a bad choice, in a difficult situation, in love, infatuated, and a litany of other emotional states? I’m serious. When you listen, your body talks. It may not be speaking straight up English, but it’s letting you know what’s going on.r

I found a picture of me at the age of 3 or 4 playing in my play kitchen and looking as happy as can be. As I looked at the picture, I had a huge “aha” moment. I realized that my play kitchen was a mess and looked completely chaotic, but I was so happy. I was a messy and chaotic cook when I was a kid and I am still a messy and chaotic cook as an adult and it works!

Our brain has the 'blemish' of always following strategies, that is, the human mind does not work randomly and scattered as one thinks. When we behave we are following our mental programming, and one of the bases of this programming is what in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) called Mental Strategies. But what are EM? Nothing more than a step-by-step first thing after that. -If we are always following strategies, then does it mean that there are mental strategies to eat wel

Even the most tech savvy physicians can have a hard time choosing the right EMR solution. For neurologists, an EMR/EHR that fits their current workflows can easily help them plan out how the Neurology EMR software will be implemented into their practice. For example, doctors who work in different rooms need an EMR that supports data migration so that they can access it from any computer, no matter what type of records they are. Verify Equipment And Software CompatibilityrnItâ

Many women face the problem of Cellulite. This is characterized by dimpled skin and a cottage cheese appearance. Usually, cellulite appears on the hips, buttocks and thighs and doesn’t respond to exercise or diet. However, now Cellulaze treatment is considered to be a very effective treatment for dealing with the problem of Cellulite. It is provided at various reputable plastic surgery centers wherein new modalities are introduced and new technology is adopted for the benef

My Non-Fight with Cancer by Dave Abbott There is nothing to fight after all. The cancer cells are weak cells anyway. They’re not healthy, powerful, strong, robust and overpowering cells. I am far more powerful than the cancer. I have cancer, the cancer does NOT have me. I believe that we all come into this world with specific lessons to be learned. When we have a disease like cancer it is especially important to know and understand the lessons. What are my lessons in having

Alan and Donna Brauer wrote a very fascinating book, “Better, Safer Sexual Intimacy and Extended Orgasmic Response.” Here’s what they found and reported: • The average human orgasm (not lovemaking) lasts only ten seconds • The average frequency of sexual intercourse for most couples is once or twice a weekr At the same time, sex researchers Cauthery and Cole, authors of "The Fundamentals Of Sex," report that it's possible for some women to orgasm up to 100 times in an hour.r

If like me you've been pregnant or have lost or gained weight in a short amount of time then you probably have those unsightly white or reddish wavy scars called stretch marks. Stretch marks are found mostly on one's belly, hips or thighs and with them wearing a bathing suit or just shorts could potentially be one of your most embarrassing moments.

IT health and safety have come a long way and today, regardless of the size of an organisation, employers are required to initiate DSE training for employees who regularly have to work with display screen equipment. DSE includes both conventional display screens and those used in laptops, touch-screens and other similar devices. In fact, it is required by law (The Health and Safety DSE Regulations 1992) that employees who use such equipments should be made to undergo this tra

LOVE Love is one of the most beautiful and absolutely amazing emotions and the only emotion we know when we are born into this life. That’s right! The other emotions we learn as we go through our lives which become part of our values, beliefs and attitudes such as fear, sadness, hurt, guilt. Imagine a new born baby grow as they begin to learn things….they have no fears they just keep trying something until they succeed. If you have total and unconditional love for yourself this is how your life could be….r