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How To Handle Stress and Really Enjoy Your Holidays The time between Halloween and New Years can be very stressful for some people. Whether you celebrate All Saints Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Festivus, or any holiday that is celebrated in the Fall or Winter, stress can be a problem. What can we do? There’s shopping to be done,…
How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Breast Cancer Awareness and Love the Avon Walk The “Bird Loop” ringtone started to play on my cell phone at a low volume. Over the next few minutes, the “Bird Loop” slowly got louder until it gently woke me from my slumber. 4:05 AM! Too early. Did you…
Recover Faster From the Common Cold with These Simple Tips It never fails. The weather turns cooler and you start to sniffle and before you know it, your nose is redder than Rudolph’s on Christmas Eve and you’re you’re tearing through boxes of tissues faster than you can sneeze! When I was a kid, I…
How an ancient Martial Art can improve your focus to enhance your love life, get that promotion, and get more done in less time You’ve been through it 3 times already, or has it been 4, and you still can’t get it. The instructions seemed simple enough. Even the guy at the store said you’d…
Three Years of Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, and Meditation in Lake Norman Three years ago on October 19, 2010, I held my first class as Huntersville Tai Chi Center (I changed the name, at the urging of my teacher Master Eric Sbarge, to Lake Norman Tai Chi Center several months later to be more regional)….
I have an eight year old daughter, and she doesn’t get much exercise. She does get recess every day at school, but she usually plays on the swings. She does have a phys ed class, but that’s only once every 6 school days. It is a struggle to get to her to move, but I…
Five Simple Steps To Avoid Crossing Your Health Red Line Before You Cross Life’s Finish Line A battle is being waged. It is a battle for supremacy. A battle for survival. It is also a battle to the death! And this battle is being fought by every person on the planet. It is the…
How Listing Calorie Counts Can Make You Fat(ter) McDonald’s recently announced that they will be listing calorie counts of all food items on their menus. So now, when you order that Big Mac®, Fries, and a Coke® (don’t forget to super-size it), you’ll know exactly how many calories you are consuming, which is 1,360 calories….
Living In Balance Means Not Living In The Extreme We live in a world of extremes. Extreme Sports. Extreme Makeover (not to mention Extreme Makeover: The Home Edition and Weight Loss Edition). Extreme Programming. Extreme Project Management. Extreme Championship Wrestling. We even have an Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail! It seems that if it isn’t…
Getting Away From It All To Save Your Sanity! How often do you get away from it all? Not just walk away from your desk for a few minutes, but actually get some distance between you and and your every day life. Stephen Covey calls it “Sharpening The Saw.” The time you spend on yourself…
