Socks are only for bowling. You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes. A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade. Your winter coat is made of denim. You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites. You're younger … [Read more...]
DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.She returned home to Colorado cowering and fearful. When her handlers … [Read more...]
Most of us have love-hate relationship with motivation. We need to get motivated all the time but we always find it hard to get out of our comfort zones and get ourselves working. We like to feel motivated but we hate the process of prodding ourselves into doing what we are supposed to be doing or finishing what we have already started. Motivation … [Read more...]
Exercise is an important part of our lives. Staying in shape is one way to increase your life expectancy. Weight bearing exercises are important also for increasing muscle mass and bone density as you age. Most of us have learned what to do when it comes to exercising. The problem is where and when to get the job done. With a busy lifestyle, … [Read more...]
Have you ever been in a situation that brought on sweats, rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath? You probably weren’t having a heart attack but an anxiety attack. If you suffer from anxiety disorders, learning to manage it is the first step to overcoming it. Anxiety is characterized as extreme reactions to fearful situations. When someone … [Read more...]
Finding the thing that motivates you is one thing, it is quite another to stick with it. And even while you have already succeeded in identifying what motivates you, the temptation to give in to more convenient, easier things like procrastination are much more powerful than getting yourself up and going. Identify that lacking motivation or deliberately … [Read more...]
Learning brings in many positive elements that can be utilized even in the simplest and most complex life situations. This is why the process should be kept in a patent and continuous manner. But there are times when hindrances may come along and cause difficulty for the learner. The wall that can block a person’s path to learning can be called … [Read more...]
Eating is a part of life. Your body gets its nutrients from food. Sometimes we can go overboard with our eating habits and it can result in gaining weight. One issue with food is emotional eating. The problem of emotional eating may end with the scale but it begins in the mind. Stress takes its toll on your life. When your defenses are … [Read more...]
Everybody needs time to themselves to relax and rejuvenate their bodies. The technique that this article is covering is one that has been around since the 1960s but is just recently starting to attract a lot of attention. This technique uses Biofeedback to learn to control the temperature of one's skin on their fingertips. Once the fingertips reach … [Read more...]