By April Masini
April 11, 2007 (Posted at 1:14 pm)
Yes, you can have tons of fun — exercise doesn’t simply have to be a treadmill at the gym.
April Masini’s Top 10 Ways To Have Fun Burning Calories
1. Go clubbing or dancing, and just drink water the whole night. You’ll have fun, flirt and lose weight. I promise.
2. Skiing is great, but cross country skiing […]
By April Masini
April 10, 2007 (Posted at 1:09 pm)
Any time a child is obsessed with anything — whether it’s a hobby or a behavior, there are questions to be answered about the underlying cause of the obsession. If the child is simply extremely enthusiastic and has a habit or a history of attacking projects with gusto and passion, then this may just be […]
By April Masini
April 9, 2007 (Posted at 1:07 pm)
Siblings from one family who marry siblings from a different family do so for a variety of reasons:
* Similar taste. It makes sense that someone raised in a family will like the same people that a sibling likes.
* Bond with siblings. If one siblings looks up to another sibling, or bonds with another sibling, or […]
By April Masini
April 8, 2007 (Posted at 1:03 pm)
Moving a parent into a retirement community or a nursing home depends on the various situations:
* Some parents need more day to day care as they age. This care can range from needing someone to cook for them to needing someone to bathe them.
* Some parents become lonely after the death of a spouse and […]
By Erika B. Webb
April 7, 2007 (Posted at 5:53 pm)
Think about how often we address our feelings. The words “I feel” or “I felt” come out of our mouths countless times in the course of an ordinary day. Okay…this probably applies more to women than to men. Clearly that’s because most men either aren’t in touch with their feelings or had the word feel […]
By April Masini
April 7, 2007 (Posted at 11:51 am)
How can affirmations help women?
Any positive message or influence is a great tool for women. Women are better multi-taskers than men, and in general, they are better tuned in to the rest of the world than men are. They pick up messages — good and bad — and sometimes apply those messages to themselves. One […]
By April Masini
April 6, 2007 (Posted at 12:18 pm)
What trends are we seeing with women’s handbags?
Men had their Hummers to let everyone know who had the biggest on the road. Now, we’ve seen — and are seeing a parallel trend in handbags — women have to have the BIGGEST bag on their arm, that they can possibly carry without tipping over.
Big, chunky, and […]
By April Masini
April 5, 2007 (Posted at 8:01 pm)
About The Color Green…
* Green is thought to be the color chosen for U.S. currency because it represents strength and stability.
*Research conducted at Washington State University and published in the journal Horttechology (yes, this is the correct spelling) suggests that people in rooms with a lot of greenery can tolerate more physical […]
By Erika B. Webb
April 4, 2007 (Posted at 8:23 pm)
It’s amazing to me how the human spirit learns to adapt. We fall into routines so quickly and the horrifically abnormal somehow becomes normal.
I woke up this morning and did what I’ve done every day for two months. I checked the computer to see if my son was still at the county jail where he’s […]
By April Masini
April 4, 2007 (Posted at 12:15 pm)
Respect is hard to teach because by the time people realize that they want it, they’ve grown up without it. It’s not impossible to learn, but the reason that most people who don’t have it have grown up without it is because the people around them have not had it.
Respect and self respect are behavior […]