‘Lifestyle’ Archives
Vacation – Did You Take Yours?
This is the first summer in over 16 years that we have not gone to France. It's not that we didn't want to, but it is also the first time in 20 plus years that my husband, Jean, has limited vacation time as a result of taking a new position in which they ONLY give 2 weeks per year. Forget health care, it is a crime that at age 50 plus you are [...]
How to Enjoy the Pleasures of Good Food and Good Health
"Tout est question d'equilbre" It is a question of balance. - Mireille Guiliano (1946-) French American Author One of the reasons the French are so well known for their slim figures is because they walk everywhere. They also take their coffee black and never eat between meals. If there is one thing I've learned in France, it is never to eat [...]
Belly Dance for Getting and Keeping Fit
So with Summer right around the corner again, so many begin thinking of ways to get in shape for “more revealing” clothing. From tank tops to shorts to bathing suits, it is the time of year we all tend to show more skin. So of course we prefer to be trim and tone. Every Spring we look for ways to achieve this. Though we all know it can be done [...]
Good times remembered!
Summer is nearly here. I bet you are looking forward to doing some fun things with the kids. I'm sure you want to make it a memorable summer for them. It's difficult to choose family holidays as it's important to make sure everyone's tastes are catered for. And the cost, it soon mounts up doesn't it! It doesn't matter where you take them, [...]
Are you a domestic goddess? What a question!
I have mulled over the wisdom of posting here my thoughts on a topic that arose on-line recently. I nearly responded to the question posed but given the tenor of the other replies quickly realised that doing so might result in my being blacklisted. Freedom of speech, like fitness and popularity, is a relative thing. I daresay I am desperate to be [...]
Recognize what parts of your life are not working and decide to make a change.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer (1940-) Self-Help Advocate, teacher and author. Human nature tells us to keep on pushing on; run faster, do more, never give up, keep going, push, and push some more. One day you wake up and realize that the more you push the worse it gets. The paradox is that [...]
Get off the Merry-Go-Round (at least once in awhile)
When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Prolific Classical composer . Like the circles or round-abouts in France, life often feels like we are going [...]
But, I want it now!
Many of us have witnessed little children who almost always want things now! Funny thing is that as adults our attitudes as it relates to this haven’t changed much. We still want it our way or the highway, and now! We want our small business to grow large, now. We want the job promotion, now. We want our tiny children to grow-up, [...]
Learn To Belly Dance-The “Green” Way
North Plainfield, New Jersey December , 2009-- Where can someone go to learn how to Belly Dance like the pros? How about from the comfort of their own home. It is the Earth friendly “green” way to learn; through online downloadable digital videos through a new one of a kind Belly Dancing website. Sakkara (Suzanne) teaches as she was [...]
Can you define ‘easy?’
I agreed to go mountain biking this morning on a course the woman defined as ‘easy.’ I fell behind in the sand traps but knew the shortcut that would help me catch up. When I finally spotted the group, they were heading up a steep hill. I decided to find my own ‘easy’ trail that would be much more enjoyable on this glorious Arizona [...]
Stay Well this Winter
It's getting wintery and cold out there, so it's time to hit the lemon and ginger! A tea made from fresh lemon and fresh ginger root is an age-old winter remedy. Ginger is a warming herb, so drinking it warms you from within. Fresh ginger root also detoxifies the body, making it an excellent drink for the [...]
A world of Discovery
Looking back I wish that someone had taken the time to sit down with me and show me there was a world of discovery beyond the bottom corner of Belmont Avenue. A three dimensional chat involving the mind body and spirit which would inspire and uplift and take off the restrictions of what I perceived possible for my life and which career path i [...]
Motherhood: The early years
Motherhood: The early years The term motherhood will evoke almost as many emotive reactions as there are mothers. Motherhood it is a very personal experience and as I have discovered no two women’s experiences are exactly the same. There is however some common themes almost universally acknowledged as truths by women who consider [...]
BUSINESS SUCCESS STARTS WITH BEING FIT
By Tammy Slater-Kendrick Remember the earliest life lesson my father taught me 43 years ago like it was yesterday. He said, "Because you're a girl, you have to be twice as smart, work twice as hard and do everything twice as good as everyone else." I was 7-years old and in the second grade. At the time, I thought it was a terribly [...]
The, supposedly, un-employable cooked my lunch beautifully!
There is a restaurant in London called Hoxton Apprentice. It is set in a fabulous old Victorian school house on Hoxton Square. I was invited by the proprietor, Val Corbett, to attend a ladies lunch in aid of raising money to help their training program. You see Hoxton Apprentice is no ordinary restaurant, they train and employ the young, long [...]
