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Life Remedies, STAT

Laughter Is My Best Friend!

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This blog is dedicated to all of my BlogHer friends who have been making my mornings lately so filled with laughter.  With laughter comes JOY. THANK YOU, ladies for that gift!! My day begins with me making my way into the kitchen so I can switch on my coffee pot that magically grinds the beans for a fresh cup of home brewed java.  (Thanks again to my daughter and wonderful son-in-law for that gift 3 years ago, when I wasn’t expecting anything.) As there is no one around, most mornings, … [Continue reading...]

When life gives you cramps, make bath salts … and other adages!

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Love the title to my post, which I can say without being called way too self-congratulatory, since I didn’t create it.  I found it on the Always.com website and really connected it with it for three reasons.  The first is because it is related to the old adage, that if life gives you lemons, make lemonade, the second is because it gives me another opportunity to educate about periods and cramps and lastly because I really like to luxuriate in the bath with aromatic salts making me feel like I am … [Continue reading...]

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” ~Irish Proverb

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"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." ~Irish Proverb There has been a lot written lately about sleep or the lack of it more specifically.   Most of what I have read, on blog postings, center around hilarious middle-of-the-night wake-ups because of ill or restless children.  My theory is that sleeplessness results in an awakening of some inner sense of humor that serves as the coping mechanism for the inability to sleep while kids need attention.  While I … [Continue reading...]

Willpower: It’s all in your head!

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With it being early in the New Year, I have read several articles addressing willpower and how to best obtain it.  While I promised myself I wouldn’t blog on New Year’s resolutions, especially about dieting, I couldn’t resist talking about willpower since I don’t have much, if any, about anything and I finally see a glimmer of hope. The reason I am writing about this topic now, even though I said I wouldn’t, is because I received a brochure for a seminar for health professionals titled, How … [Continue reading...]