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Wendy Mahr Jewelry

Handcrafted Gemstone Jewelry Wendy Mahr Jewelry offers clean, modern design, unique pieces, and they're very careful in their construction. What does that mean? No rough edges, or jewelry that falls apart after one wear. That also means, it's not the least expensive jewelry you can buy, b...

Low Self Esteem and Dating

// Are you suffering from low self-esteem? If you are, it could affect your dating life. Think about it, if you don't have self-confidence, you're likely to hook up with any old bum that comes along. In fact, the more someone asks like a jerk, the more appealing they wil...

Dads and daughters

Today my husband and daughter have taken off on their own adventure. They are headed to meet his folks and brother three hours away for a football game. She's excited about having time with just Daddy. I think it is so important for girls to have time on their own with their fathers. How your f...

Is Compulsive Shopping a Mental Disorder?

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5925293 Nancy Trejos wrote an interesting article in the Washington Post last week about compulsive shoppers . Here's the lead: Shannon Hassemer went on a shopping spree when she got her first credit card in college. Tired of owning just one pair of ...

Long Lost Love

Came across this blog entry chatting about the subject of past loves. I think this is a very interesting subject, especially because many daters ask me about loves that have long left their lives but who still remain a part of their minds. And why is that? Why do the people we once loved s...

How to Break Out of a Sex Slump

Let's face it. Life gets in the way. After making breakfast for the kids (then driving them to school), heading to work, driving home in Rush Hour traffic, assisting the children with their homework, and cooking dinner, who's in the mood for a rump in the sack? Months of a busy rout...

Dealing with the Brush-Off

You go out on a date with someone that you know from online and you think that the date went well. At the end of the night, you kiss goodbye and both agree that you should do it again soon. But when you try to call/email/IM your date, you get nothing in response. What happened? There are many di...

O2 Max Fitness Brings Fitness, Fun and Friendship to Teens and Tweens !

Gyms are a great place to meet people. It happens all the time and I still know people from my gym membership and pilates studio days. There are plenty of gyms for adults and there are tons of programs for kids of all ages- except one segment- teens and tweens. Where do they go to hang out? These da...

Ten ways to reward yourself

Too many of us see food as a reward for being good. " I have been so good this week that I deserve a treat". But who said we need to reward ourselves with a chocolate cake? I know of several other ways I'd rather spend my money than on a chocolate cake. Think about how much a c...

Participate in a walking challenge

Challenges are great for our self esteem, if we go through with what we promised ourselves of course. Competing against ourselves can be too easy. If you don´t tell anyone about your results you are more likely to come up with excuses for not keeping it up. Participating in a walking challeng...

Got Debt? Get A Date!

No, we're not encouraging you to find a sugar daddy to pay off those bills (although there are plenty of online dating sites that meet that specialty dating niche desire). Instead, we're talking about finding a date on the new site DatingForDebtors . This is a virtual place where sing...

Daisy Fuentes in Fitness Magazine's September Cover - She Talks About Latin Women, Body Image and Curves

Daisy Fuentes will appear in Fitness magazine's September cover. She is the first Mind, Body, Spirit Superstar , which was created to generate awareness of top women's health causes and work to promote change. Each month, a celebrity will partner with Fitness to raise visibility o...

How Open Are You?

In a miami herald article last week, Fred Gonzalez wrote about his experiences with getting back on the dating wagon after his divorce. His story is basically that he met a woman online and that they agreed to meet in person, spent the weekend together and stayed in touch for about anothe...

Efalizumab (Raptiva®), Safe and Effective in Treatment of Heavy Psoriasis Patients

Marketed by Genentech as Raptiva® - Efalizumab - a humanized therapeutic antibody designed to selectively and reversibly block the activation, reactivation and trafficking of T-cells that lead to the development of psoriasis - has been found safe and effective for heavy psoriasis treatm...

Everything to lose weight

Are you one of those who is doing everything to lose weight? If you think about it, why are there so many hoax mails and adverts about how to lose weight quickly? Because there is a market for it. It's that simple, because every time you see a headline that says: ¨Lose 5kilos in one week¨ ...

Workaholic Help

If you'd like to know the different forms of workaholism, a CNN article has taken note of some. Workaholism, or compulsive working, takes many forms, according to Workaholics Anonymous literature. These include: "deriving our identity and self-esteem from what we do; keeping overly ...

ED Pills Don't Solve All Erectile Problems

The oral medications known as PDE5 inhibitors - like Viagra® and the likes - may restore a man's sexual function but don't necessarily restore a man's sexual health. According to Dr. Hayley Matic of Deakin University 's School of Psychology: "As well as the obvious ...

10 ways to boost brain power

photo Thanks to www.happynews.com for featuring early child development expert Dr. John Love's "How to boost your child's brain power". These are just easy steps that we parents forget or overlook when rearing our kids. Although the brain is made to learn, we sti...

Happy Employees Redux

Awhile back I wrote about whether or not happy employees mean better business. It's a wonderful story to tell ourselves, but it doesn't hold up under research. Now, a new look at the issue is going so far as to say there is no performance-happiness or happiness-performance causation. ...

Make Your Home Business Kid-Friendly

One of the conflicts that many home business people encounter is the presence of kids, especially kids who love attention. So if you are finally making your child comfy with your home based job or business, too, here are some thoughts you may want to consider. Children can see their home-base...

Cinco de Mayo Barbie - Another One Against Real Bodies

This could be a good idea, if the whole "Barbie concept" wasn't so bad and harmful for little girls. Mattel is launching another member of the Barbie Collector Pink Label "Dolls of the World" series: Cinco de Mayo Barbie ."Dolls of the World" theme this year ...

Losing Your Hair?

hair loss isn't nearly as devastating for men as it is for women. Some men have, in fact, used baldness to their advantage. Take, for example, Yul Brynner. Wikipedia tells us: He was known for his shaved head which he kept as a personal trademark since adopting it in his role in The...

Liposuction is No Solution to Childhood Obesity

Teenagers are now seeking surgical options to lose weight. In lieu of this, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) warns teenagers that liposuction and tummy tucks are inappropriate procedures for weight loss. According to a recent editorial in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PR...

Procrastination and Your Home Business

Handling a home business requires a good deal of maturity. First, you need to know how to deal with people as you field questions, hire employees, and make and receive phone calls. You also need to know how to deal with emergency situations: what do you do if you suddenly run out of money and nee...

Handicapping the Carr-Benkler Wager

In a recent post entitled Getting Rich Off Free Labor , Rob highlighted a Time magazine article discussing the 'Gift Economy' and peer production. The article quoted Yale law professor Yochai Benkler, one of the leading proponents of these principles. Near the end of the article, the author...

Cisco gives another extension to Apple on iPhone trademark

iPhone is in news again!! The battle between Apple and Cisco has taken another turn as Cisco has given some more time to Apple to respond to the claim filed by it in January regarding the trademark . The problem started when Apple launched its highly rumored iPhone but Cisco stated that ...

Hoerverlust kann Job kosten: Implantat hilft

"Mit bis zu 14% Anteil an der Bevölkerung sind Menschen mit Hörminderung die größte Gruppe von behinderten Menschen. Bei Berufsunfähigkeit denkt man an die Folgen von Unfällen, schweren Krankheiten und Schicksalsschlägen. Hörminderungen werden damit zunächst nicht in Zusammenhang gebrach...

ILOG Enters into Agreement to Acquire Supply Chain Vendor LogicTools

In a move aimed at strengthening its presence in the supply chain applications market, ILOG , today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LogicTools , a Chicago-based provider of strategic supply chain planning solutions for approximately $15 million, of which two thirds wi...

Mississippi Fighting Stereotypes

My first suggestion: don't have a front man named Looser leading a self-esteem campaign I read in the Detroit News (originally from the NY Times) that Mississippi is tired of being stereotyped as the last placed of all 50 states in so many statistics. So, in other words, the nation's poor...

Fall / winter fashion trends: Ankle boots - the booties that won't fit you

I see ankle boots everywhere I go. Women of all shapes and sizes are wearing them, following the trend blindly and never even considering how on earth do they really look like. Let me tell you something straight: ankle boots with skirts are perfectly wearable if you're a size 0, or have slim an...

A dress in winter

You shouldn't let cold, rain or other nasty weather frighten you out of your dress and into some pants. Dresses are wearable always, especially if you have a lovely trench to keep you warm. So I suggest you invest in some winter-appropriate dresses, like the Eva Franco camel floral ...

Validating the Power of Accessories

Sometimes when you have a passion it seems to other people that that which you hold dear can appear as frivolous. I love fashion and LOVE accessories. I am proud to be a designer and have my own line and I believe in philanthropy. Today a newsletter was sent to me that not only made me feel gr...

We Can Slay The Diabetes Monster

Many believe that instead of living in fear of diabetes, we can well...kick its butt. Here is an inspiring article to that effect. The extent of our ignorance is huge. Doctors know there are thousands more patients out there with blood-sugar levels soaring into the danger zone. They're ju...

CEO in the Ditch

At a "town hall" meeting with employees of St. Louis -based Insituform, a $600 million firm that repairs sewer, water and other underground piping systems, someone asked CEO Tom Rooney, "What do you people in corporate do? Aren't you just overhead while the people in the ...

Beautiful Blog Hunt: Holly go Heavily is shredding pounds!

This time I'm going to show you a bit different beauty, at a blog run by Fat Bitch . She started her writings at March 12, in order to get some support while dieting to lose weight - her goal is to shred 130 pounds. I know all of you have read or seen adverts promising miraculous weight lo...

It's Not You, It's Me - I Got Banned From Making the Grocery List, But It Taught Me A Lot About Work

I was married about two months the first time I was banned from something by my wife. Mrs. Businesspundit and I used to write things on the grocery list as we ran out, but my handwriting, it seems, was tough for her to decipher. She returned from the grocery one day and we had a conversation th...

Combat acne with common sense

Quit picking and squeezing! As we all know, acne can easily lower your self esteem. Many teens and young adults have spent a lot of money on products to treat acne, one such popular product on the market being the Proactiv Solution which generally sells for around $39.95. Here are some less expen...

Momentum - A Businesses Best Friend

From the book What If? How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work! Children at play have an intensity and happy spontaneity. They have to be almost pried away from what they are doing and can't wait to get back to it. That is momentum. In the business world momentum is the management of...

Does your child's teddy bear need to gain weight?

Just when I think I've seen everything... I read an article on CNN.com about researchers at Indiana State University in Terre Haute who have come up with an idea to help kids fight obesity. The researchers found that 10 kids between the ages of 6 and 8 burned more calories and had higher he...

A Case of Sun Allergy: Actinic Prurigo

Ben Ridings has skin blisters which are manifestations of a rare form of sunlight allergy, called called actinic prurigo . His skin form blisters and lesions due to exposure to the sun. It's painful, and I can only imagine the emotional turmoil a child such as Ben goes through. "Ben'...

Why USA's Bruce Arena Should Succeed Sven

image: sportal.it With England looking all set to appoint Steve "I'm suspicious of that word, entertainment" McLaren as Sven Goran Eriksson's successor any day now, it's worth noting one name that was never even considered. USA's Bruce Arena will be the longest ser...

Mom and Daughter Share Jewelry Love

Along with a wonderful heart-felt story about how this mother and daughter teamed up to put together their web site, the owners behind Giving Tree Jewelry have loads of fabulous jewelry from lots of different artists. You may already be familiar with a few such as Jes MaHarry and Robert Lee ...

New Website Provides Resources For Diabetic Teens

Changing voices, changing bodies, changing views of the world...a teen's life is complicated enough. Often a time of confusion and alienation, the teen years are difficult for everyone. But what if a teenager is living with diabetes ? Will life be even harder? It doesn't have to...

Greek Life Sometimes A Bleak Life

As a college professor, I can honestly say that no other issue inspires such heated debates among my students than the question of whether or not to join a sorority or fraternity. We've had class debates, and countless thought-provoking papers have been written on the subject. No matter...

A Retail Experience That Reinforces Customer Worldviews

The always funny Scott Ott gives his take on the battle of retailers to undercut each other. With just days to go until Christmas, retailers across the nation are locked in a fierce battle to slash prices and service levels in hopes of attracting frugal shoppers with low self-esteem who b...

European Research Says We Pick Brands Similar to Our Names

This European research is what we in the U.S. like to call... stupid. New research from the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that we pick certain brand names for an entirely narcissistic reason - because they contain letters of the alphabet that are in our own...

Gift Giving

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Parenting Style

Do you know yours? If not, try out the Parenting Style questionnaires at Children today or 4parents.gov and see if their assessment truly fits you. I took several tests myself but I have had conflicting results from all the tests (all 5 of them!) that I took. So, what is my style? Well, here&#...

Launch of New Dating Website for Overweight People

PR WEB --July 15 -- Everyone has a right to love and be loved regardless of age, size, color or creed. Sadly many people do not achieve this. Amongst these are large people who, perhaps through various experiences in their lives have been bullied, teased, humiliated and discriminated agains...

Memory Stick Earrings

Shiny Shiny: Memory Stick Earrings : Most of my piercings closed over long ago - but, even if they hadn't, my sense of good taste (and my self esteem) would not let me wear these to work, no matter how much information I can dangle off my lobes.

Abusing Time

From Harvard Business School comes an interesting piece on abusing time. Managers categorize their employees in many ways. Some like to distinguish between extroverts and introverts. Others prefer to look at how willing or unwilling their employees are to take risks. Only rarely do top managers ...

Will "Real" Women Become the New Way to Advertise?

According to this , Dove will begin using real women, untouched, in advertisements. A survey for Dove Firming moisturiser found two-thirds of UK women feel depressed about their figures and have low body confidence as a result of beauty advertising. The study found three-quarters of women...

Battle of the Sexes

Women Undergraduate Enrollment in Computer Science Programs Far fewer women than men enroll in Computer Science Programs, and according to some studies for every three men that enroll, only one woman does the same. Lack of suitable female role models, schools promulgating outmoded gender stereot...

What Customers Value

Here is a good article by diana Lasalle about giving customers value. Most companies are used to thinking of their offerings in terms of features and benefits. An association might offer education (a feature) and members gain knowledge (a benefit). But value is something more. Value rep...

Corporate Sponsors in Schools

John Lemon has a post on this article about corporations sponsoring prizes for school events. While companies say they are filling a gap left by school funding deficits, some experts decry the trend. "It's a very dangerous thing for a corporation to have this kind of presence in schoo...

Real Self-Esteem

For those of you with Wall Street Journal access, there is an interesting article in today's science section entitled "Real Self-Esteem Builds on Achievement, Not Praise for Slackers." Studies have shown that praising kids to build their self-esteem, even when they did nothing to...