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Do you need a Life Coach?….

LifeCoach

The life coach has become the modern person’s must have accessory.  These professionals are more than just an adviser, they are expert at guiding you to deal with certain situations in your life that we might need to improve.  They help you through your toughest decisions and focus on your goals, behaviours, stress management as well as time management.

So whether it is to revamp your love life, boost your bank account, improve your career or en achieve the perfect body, these kick but confidantes will inspire and guidance you to find the focus and drive you need to get the life you want and make your dreams come true.

Do you need a life coach?  Please answer True/False to the following questions to get your score:

CAREER

  • I like my job and enjoy going to work each day.   True/False
  • I work less than 45 hours per week.   True/False
  • I am content with my current salary.   True/False
  • I am happy with my career direction.   True/False
  • I communicate freely with my manager.   True/False
  • I have at least one friend at work.   True/False

FINANCES

  • I feel I have financial freedom in my life.   True/False
  • I save for special things and events.   True/False
  • I have long term financial goals.   True/False
  • I have no debts.   True/False
  • I spend 10% of my income on my personal development.   True/False

RELATIONSHIPS

  • I enjoy meeting new people and forming new relationships.   True/False
  • I have three supportive friends who I trust completely.   True/False
  • I have had a romantic relationship in the last year.   True/False
  • I enjoy regular contact with my family.   True/False
  • I have someone I can turn to and ask for help about anything.   True/False
  • I feel comfortable expressing concern and care to those I love.   True/False

BODY

  • I drink less than 10 alcoholic drinks a week.   True/False
  • I can relax and regularly take time out just for me.   True/False
  • I feel good when I wake up in the mornings.   True/False
  • I exercise three to four times a week.   True/False
  • I regularly eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.   True/False
  • I drink at least eight glasses of water each day.   True/False

If your score is:

17-32 You’re in good shape but don’t get too comfortable.  Keep setting yourself higher goals and things will just keep getting better.

9-16 Things are OK but a mediocre life often means you’re treading water.  It’s time to get some balance and go for what you really want.

0-8 Decide what your priorities are and take action immediately.  Review every aspect of your life from your finances to relationships and take steps towards creating your dream.

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January 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Health, Inspiring | Leave a comment

Treats for your Feet….

It’s important to care for your feet and what better way to do so than to make your very own treats for your feet!  You’ll find the ingredients you need to make them at health food stores, aromatherapy stores and supermarkets.



Lavender Bath Salts

Pour a teaspoon or two of these bath salts into your foot bath and soak away the day’s aches.  The lavender oil used in this recipe has an antiseptic effect and will help keep your feet smelling nice.

You will need:

  • 2 cups Epsom salts
  • 1/4 in teaspoon glycerine
  • 4-6 drops lavender essential oil
  • 2-4 drops purple foo colouring
  • Mixing bowl and spoon
  • Glass storage jar with lid
  1. Place the Epsom salts, glycerine, essential oil and food colouring in the mixing bowl.
  2. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are combined.
  3. Spoon the bath salts into the storage jar and seal well to keep out the moisture.

Strawberry Foot Scrub

This fruity recipe helps remove dry skin from the soles of your feet, while it moisturises.  Try using it at your next pedicure.

You will need:

  • 2 heaped teaspoons fine oatmeal
  • 6 strawberries
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons thickened cream
  • Mixing bowl and spoon
  1. Use the spoon to crush the strawberries into a fine mash in the mixing bowl.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix together thoroughly.
  3. Gently massage the mixture into your feet for several minutes.  Then rinse off.
  4. This mixture will not keep, so you need to mix a new batch each time you use it.

Light Perfumed Moisturiser

This light moisturiser is great to use when giving yourself a foot massage.  The vitamins in the oils will leave your feet looking and feeling great.

You will need:

  • 1 teaspoon jojoba oil
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 6 tablespoons grapeseed oil (alternatively use sweet almond oil)
  • 8 drops essential oil of your choice
  • Mixing bowl and spoon
  • Small dark coloured bottle
  1. Thoroughly mix all ingredients together in the bowl and pour into the bottle
  2. Seal the bottle well and store in a cool, dark place.
  3. Shake the bottle before use.  Apply a small amount at a time, as a little of this moisturiser goes a long way.

Tip! Don’t leave the cap off this mixture when not in use, and don’t let it get too warm.  Then it will last several weeks.  Heat, light and air make oils lose their healthy properties and go stale.

Simple Scented Foot Cleanser

This scented foot cleanser contains salt, which has antiseptic properties.  It will refresh those hot sweaty feet after a day in hills, and put a spring in your step.

You will need:

  • 1 cup mild unscented shampoo (baby shampoos are good)
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 6-8 drops peppermint or rose oil
  • 4-6 drops green food colouring
  • Mixing bowl and spoon
  • Dark coloured bottle
  1. Thoroughly mix all ingredients together in the bowl, and pour into the bottle.
  2. Seal the bottle well and store in a cool, dark place.
  3. Use instead of soap each day, when you are washing your feet.  This cleanser also makes a great gift.

Tip! Before using any of the products, do a ‘patch test’ to ensure you aren’t allergic to them.  Apply a small dab to your wrist or neck and wait an hour.  If the product creates a red patch, wash it off immediately and do not use it.  Try one of the other recipes instead.

Be Well!!!!

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October 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Beauty | 8 comments

Beautiful Feet….

Your feet are amazing, they carry the whole weight of your body every day.  Is it any wonder that they ache sometimes!  The following tips will help you keep your feet in great shape.

Food for the Feet

It’s very important to eat a healthy diet for all over body care.  But your toenails (and fingernails too!) need certain foods to help them to grow strongly.

Dairy foods such as milk and cheese contain lots of calcium, as well as lots of other vitamins and minerals essential for good nail growth and bones strength.

Fish, meat and some types of nuts also contain calcium, as well as lots of other vitamins and minerals essential for good nail growth and bone strength.

Vegetables of all kinds contain lots of vitamins.  Vitamins A and D in particular help grow long, strong nails.

Clean Feet, Happy Feet

Your feet will always look their best if you gently wash them every day with mild antiseptic soap and water.  But be sure to dry them well, because damp feet are prone to infections.

A Look at Shoes

Choosing shoes that fit well is one of the most important things you can do to help your feet look and feel their best.  When buying footwear, always ask an assistant to help you find the perfect fit for you.  Shoes that are too tight will really cramp your style, the unsightly blisters, corns and calluses they cause will spoil the look of that fabulous nail art or toe ring you’re wearing.

It’s A Fact!

There are 26 bones in each of your feet, from your large heel bone to the tiny bones on the ends of your toes, called ‘phalanges’.

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August 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Beauty | One comment

Celebrating growing older….

Regina Brett is a columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.  She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998, at the age of 43, and survived.

To celebrate growing older, Regina Brett, wrote the 45 lessons life has taught her, and 5 to grow on.  Here they are:

1.  Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2.  When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3.  Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4.  Don’t take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.

5.  Pay off your credit cards every month.

6.  You don’t have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.

7.  Cry with someone.  It’s more healing than crying alone.

8.  It’s OK to get angry with God.  He can take it.

9.  Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10.  When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11.  Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

12.  It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

13.  Don’t compare your life to others.  You have no idea wha their journey is all about.

14.  If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

15.  Everything can change in the blink of an eye.  But don’t worry;  God never blinks.

16.  Life is too short for long pity parties.  Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17.  You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18.  A writer writes.  If you want to be a writer, write.

19.  It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.  But the second one is up to you no one else.

20.  When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21.  Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.  Don’t save it for a special occasion.  Today is special.

22.  Overprepare, then go with the flow.

23.  Be eccentric now.  Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

24.  The most important sex organ is the brain.

25.  No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26.  Frame every so called disaster with these words:  “In five years, will this matter?”

27.  Always choose life.

28.  Forgive everyone everything.

29.  What other people think of you is none of your business.

30.  Time heals almost everything.  Give time time.

31.  However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32.  Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends will.  Stay in touch.

33.  Believe in miracles.

34.  God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35.  Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

36.  Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.

37.  Your children get only one childhood.  Make it memorable.

38.  Read the Psalms.  They cover every human emotion.

39.  Get outside every day.  Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40.  If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41.  Don’t audit life.  Show up and make the most of it now.

42.  Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

43.  All the truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44.  Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.

45.  The best is yet to come.

46.  No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47.  Take a deep breath.  It calms the mind.

48.  If you don’t ask, you don’t get.

49.  Yield.

50.  Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

Be Well!!!!

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August 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Inspiring, People | Leave a comment

When Girls Don’t….

The following was written by a guy, after an argument with his then girlfriend.

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much;  and I never figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing.  I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.

For example:

One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed.  Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, ‘I don’t feel like it, I just want you to hold me.’

I said, ‘What??!! What was that?!

So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear….

‘You’re junt not in touch with my emotional needs, as a woman enough, for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.’

She responded to my puzzled look by saying, ‘Can’t you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?’

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her.  We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits.  She couldn’t decide which one to take, so I told her we’d buy them all.  She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, ‘Lets get a pair for each outfit!

We went on to the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.  Let me tell you…. She was so excited.  She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck.  I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her for a loop when I said, ‘That’s fine, honey.’  She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement.  Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, ‘I think this is all Dear, let’s go to the cashier.’

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, ‘No honey, I don’t feel like it.’

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled, ‘WHAT?’

I then said, ‘Honey!  I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while.  You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.’

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, ‘Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?’

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August 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Humour, Relationships | One comment
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