Going shopping for Thanksgiving?  Can you handle the temptations?
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It happens every year. The Halloween candy is just the teaser, but the Thanksgiving meal seems to be the time when the diet and exercise programs and for that matter most of our healthy habits are lost. What can we do?

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We’d like to believe it.  We’d like to think our kids will come to us when they are in over their heads. But very often they don’t.  Why should we really care? A recent case of a 12 year old boy in Alabama who comitted suicide because he was being bullied.  His parents would have given anything for their son to come talk to them…. Over done?  Their your children… Think about it…. 

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DID YOU KNOW THAT 21 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT’S JUST OVER 44 MILLION PEOPLE PROVIDE CARE FOR SOMEONE OVER THE AGE OF 18.

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Interesting question — why do adults dress up for Halloween?  Here’s a discussion from the LA Times

Halloween is a great time for the kids, but it can be a very tough time if you are trying to stick with a diet or trying to keep your kids eating healthy. With candy everywhere. Sticking with a healthy diet can be next to impossible. So what can we do? Does anyone have the willpower to resist all that candy?

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Psychologist Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi coined the term “flow” which refers to a state of complete absorption with the activity at hand or the situation. Athletes refer to it as “being in the zone”. It’s a feeling that we have all had but that for many is too fleeting. When are you in a state of Flow? How do you get there? What is your optimal Flow experience?

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Write it down and you will do the right thing… here’s the magic:

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With the growing obesity epidemic, Americans are searching for ways to successfully lose weight. But research shows that keeping a food diary may help you lose as much as twice the amount of weight. Is it a new magic pill? Well, it’s really an old magic pill.

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Can’t seem to have a “good” argument with your mate?  Try this…

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