Archive for 2010

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September Book Review

September Book Review

  Book Review You can Heal Your Life By Louise L. Hay   Louise Hays You Can Heal Your Life has sold over 35 million copies worldwide. Louise is known as one of the founders of the self-help movement and through this book offers a whole philosophy for how you can bring healing and positivity ...
What diet is recommended for diabetics?

What diet is recommended for diabetics?

First, it should be noted that diabetics do not need special diabetic foods; they should eat the ordinary food obtainable from local shops and supermarkets. From my wife’s experience, she has found the ‘diabetic special foods available, both expensive and tasteless. On close inspection of the ingredients, we found that equivalent ...
Diabetes – Your Wake Up Call

Diabetes – Your Wake Up Call

  Being an advocate of healthy lifestyle living, I would like to bring my attention to the growing number of people being diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is becoming more and more common in our society.Diabetes affects an estimated 246 million adults worldwide and accounts for 6 percent of all global deaths. Type ...
You … the Action Man!

You … the Action Man!

For most of my adult life I had an interest, maybe even a fascination with personal development. As I’ve already said I read many a fantastic book, and a few pretty pathetic ones too if I’m honest. My car was a library on wheels. More often than not, every journey I ...
August Book Review

August Book Review

Book Review The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People By Stephen Covey This is a book review of Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. This book has sold over 15 million copies. It’s seven principles are timeless – unchanging to events – which ...
Motivational Morning Ritual

Motivational Morning Ritual

I just wonder if you’ve ever experienced the following situation. That when your morning starts badly for you, everything seems to go downhill from there. You end up being in a negative frame of mind most of the day, you lose control of your healthy eating intentions and end up eating ...
Healthy Lifestyle Tip

Healthy Lifestyle Tip

Relax - meditate daily, practice progressive muscular relaxation. Stress reduction is one of the greatest things you can do for your health.
Can I learn to be more relaxed?

Can I learn to be more relaxed?

Relaxation is a skill like any other which needs to be learned and takes time. The following exercise teaches deep muscle relaxation, and many people find it very helpful in reducing overall levels of tension. Deep muscle relaxation It is helpful to read the instructions first and eventually to learn them by heart. ...
Healthy Lifestyle Tip

Healthy Lifestyle Tip

An apple a day - a great way to make sure that you do not over eat is to eat an apple or two before every meal. An apple is very healthy and can help fill your stomach and nutritional needs. It will help you feel fuller and less likely to ...
How can I help myself to cope with stress?

How can I help myself to cope with stress?

Studies have told us that the first step in tackling stress is to become aware that it is a problem for you. The next stage is to make a plan to take control of the causes and effects of stress. Here are some practical ways to take control of stress. Holiday – ...