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Are You Nagging...

How To Stop

“Nag, nag, nag, that’s all she does.” This statement is a resounding quote made distinctly by men about women. The verb is even definitively used as a noun to describe a complaining woman. When I see couples in my office, the woman typically comes in with a list of valid ways that the man is not showing up in the relationship. When I ask the man what he would like to change in the relationship, a common response is “I would… Continue

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Shoe Trends 2009

The Latest Shoe Styles This Season

As fall and winter approaches, fashion mavens go on their yearly search for substantial, yet fashionable, footwear. The good news is that winter 2009 shoes hold the promise of being warm and snug while still allowing you to step out in style. Whether you prefer a stylish boot or a shoe with a lighter feel, there’s a shoe style to meet your needs this winter. Here are some of the hottest shoe trends for this… Continue

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Help Your Hair...

How to Make Your Dry Hair Beautiful Again

When you look in the mirror, do you see brittle hair with split ends and a lackluster appearance? If so, you may be suffering from dry hair. Dry hair can be a challenge since it can be fragile and prone to breakage. You may need a dry hair treatment to get your hair back to an undamaged state. Here are some simple dry hair care tips to give your dry, frizzy hair a moisture boost:…

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Stocks:101

How To Pick Them

With so many stocks available for you to choose from, how do you determine the one that is right for you? After all, if you pick incorrectly, you could lose all of your hard-earned money. But if you follow these eight steps, the likelihood of you losing your money will diminish greatly.

P/E -

P/E stands for price earnings ratio. This basically tells you what people expect from this… Continue

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Got An Audition?

How to DRESS The Part

While it is true that your talent is what should ultimately get you an acting job of any kind, what you wear can have a profound effect on what kind of impression you give at an audition. The way you dress reflects your personality and your professionalism. It is these things that casting directors are judging in addition to your acting skills. By following a few simple guidelines, you can improve your chances of… Continue

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7 Steps to Becoming A Great Writer

Successful Writing

1. READ

To write you must read anything and everything. You must pay attention to how others put words on paper. By reading, you discover what editors are looking for and what has been successful.

2. OBSERVE

Watch people. Look at their mannerisms and characteristics, eavesdrop on their conversations. See your surroundings. Feel the wind in your face. Hear the sounds… Continue

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Finding A Job In A Tough Economy

Are your fingers tired from filling out application after application? Have you reworked your resume, searched different career sites, posted your resume online, and applied month after month to various job announcements without success? If you are frustrated with the job search in this tough economy, you are not alone. Many Americans have great qualifications, including work experience and higher education. For one reason or another, they… Continue

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Skin Wrinkles...

How Can We Prevent Them?

We all know what a wrinkle looks like and how distressing it can be when you first find one on your own face. Fortunately, we live in a day and age when we can do much to both prevent wrinkles and smooth out ones that have already formed. It’s important to understand what causes a wrinkle to develop so we can better understand what can be done to prevent them.

There are actually… Continue

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Self Employment...

Here are The Pros and Cons

You've read all the books on self-employment, got yourself a million-dollar idea, and you've cleaned out your retirement fund, and now you think you're ready to start your own business. Not so fast there, tiger! Did you sit down and really think about this? Is this really a good idea? What are the risks associated with this kind of thing? Do the pros out way the cons when it comes to being an… Continue

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Dog Accidents...

How to Remove Urine Stains From Your Carpet

If you have a dog, you know that sometimes “little accidents” can happen and sometimes they occur right on your carpeting. This can be a source of great frustration and heartbreak especially when your dog’s urine leaves a visible stain on your beautiful rug. Fortunately, there are a variety of effective ways to remove dog urine stains. Here are some general guidelines for removing dog… Continue

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8 Ways To Motivate Your Child To Clean Their Room

Does your child refuse to keep his room clean? If you’ve tried all the usual tactics to encourage your child to keep a clean room without success, you know how frustrating it can be. Teaching your child to keep a clean room also teaches him responsibility and pride in ownership. Here are some suggestions that may help to motivate your child to clean his room.

1. Set A Good Example. How can you expect your child to keep his room clean if… Continue

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Love Accountability

One of the Most Important Elements in Relationships

Over and over again, I hear people say how much they love their partners and then hear accounts of the unloving things they do. It is unloving to either verbally or physically push someone around, to have an affair, to lie, or to do anything else that you know ahead of time is likely to hurt your partner. Words are meaningless unless they are backed up by actions that support them. To… Continue

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Are You Listening...

How to Listen in a Relationship

There are two roles in communications between couples in conflict—speaking and listening. As I was guiding couples through the steps of healthy communication at a Relationship Skills workshop recently, the listeners agreed their role was the most difficult. The same is true during couple’s therapy sessions in my office; the listening partner frequently has to be restrained over and over again… Continue

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Top Ways To Get The Job

There are many methods that can be used to help make sure you have the best chance possible to get the job you want.

1. Redesign your resume to focus on the qualities needed for each position.

If you are an accounting major applying for an auditing position, be sure to focus on that experience and education in your resume. If you are applying for a customer service position and you have both technical and… Continue

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Is He The One...

Mr. Right vs. Mr. Right Now

There comes a point in every relationship when we ask ourselves “Is this thing going anywhere?” Sometimes the answer may be excruciatingly obvious—like if the man you’ve been seeing for two months has you on a rotating date schedule with at least two other women (that you know of), or he still introduces you as “my friend, so-and-so” after six months of more than friendly activities. If you have… Continue

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8 Easy Ways To Boost Your Metabolism

To Boost Your Metabolism

Would you like to discover ways to boost your metabolism so you can achieve your weight loss goals more easily? Fortunately, there are a variety of ways you can speed up your metabolism. Here are some metabolism boosters that can get you on the path to weight loss:

1. Train yourself to eat 5 or 6 small meals each day. This will keep your metabolism primed so that you''ll burn fat at… Continue

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Are You Raising A Brat...

Tips on How to Prevent a Spoiled Child

It seems that the kids of today are more overindulged than ever. But childhood overindulgence has its price. By spoiling your kids, you give them a false sense of security. Then when they’re older and have to provide for themselves, they may not have the skills and resources needed to rise to the challenge. As a parent, it’s important to make sure your child is equipped to meet the challenges of independent living when he’s… Continue

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Reducing Stress...

A Holistic Approach

According to the America Medical Association, stress is responsible for 85% of all diseases that are inflicted on humans. The good news is that you can control how stress impacts your life even if your unable to control factors that cause stress. You can do this by changing your thinking patterns, implementing healthy habits into your life and changing your own reactions to stress through your… Continue

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4 Health Numbers...

That Are Important To Keep Tabs On

If you want to achieve optimal health, you need to be aware of what your body's trying to tell you. How can you develop a better awareness of your body's state of health? You can start by understanding four important numbers which can tell you a lot about your chances of developing future disease:

1. Blood pressure

If there's one group of numbers that' crucial to… Continue

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Discipline Differences...

When Parents Disagree

No matter how alike you and your partner are, you’re bound to have disparities when it comes to disciplining your children. After all, disciplinary styles are as unique as you are – the result of varying factors such as personality type, gender differences, and how your own parents handled discipline. It’s perfectly normal, acceptable even, to have disagreements about it. That doesn’t mean you’re hopelessly… Continue

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