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Massage for Good Health
Getting Real With Lisa Van De Graaff, LMT For many of us, massage is a decadent indulgence we afford ourselves only when on vacation. As over-worked mothers, we fantasize about a…
Loving Your Body Means Dressing for You
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Being hip and trendy, wearing the latest fashions and always being in style can feel great – if you’re a fashion model with a stick-thin body…
Take a Minute to Indulge the Part of You That’s Not a Mom
Getting Real With Shada Bruce I sometimes wonder whether or not there was anything important in my life before I had kids. For me, having kids was instantaneous – I met…
Moms Play Many Roles – And Make Great Employees Because Of It
Moms are used to juggling many different jobs. We work full time, part time, in the house, out of the house, laundry, dishes, taxi service, house cleaning, and just about…
30 Days – 30 Changes for a Healthier You
by Shadra Bruce I’m committed to making changes that will let me live longer and healthier, and to that end, I’ve been researching and implementing healthy habits. I’ve condensed what I’ve…
Changing My Life and Improving My Health One Step at a Time
by Shadra Bruce When my mom died of cancer at the young age of 55 almost six years ago, you would have thought that it would have been a turning point…
My Kids Are Perfect and Other Lies Moms Tell
Getting Real with Wanda Morrissey I recently read an article about Netmums, a UK parenting internet site and how they conducted a survey about the little lies moms tell to each…
How Facebook Has Made Me a Better Mom
Getting Real With Sara Haley All these social networking sites get such a bad rap. And I don’t think they should. In fact, I am a firm believer that Facebook has…
Go Find Yourself
Getting Real With Tammy Bartholomew We live in a society that pretty much molds us to live like “The Jones”. What I mean by this is we are told the formula…
Rediscovering Sensuality
Getting Real With Lisa Van De Graaff I’m on a journey. I’m searching the nooks and crannies of my inner self to find where I’ve misplaced my sensuality. I’ve been taking…
Unleashing Your Creativity Without Fear
by Shadra Bruce For most of my adult life, I’ve allowed myself the small indulgence of watching repeats of Bob Ross on PBS whenever I ran across his program. Something about…
The Sensuality of a Mother
Getting Real With Lisa Van De Graaff I’ve lost my sensuality. Let me be clear: I do not mean sexuality, at least not in the lusty, lewd way. I mean pleasure…
Why Every Woman Should Watch (Read) Eat, Pray, Love
by Shadra Bruce I don’t know about you, but somewhere along the way between being a wife, a mom, a writer, a business owner, and a caretaker, I’ve forgotten the pleasure…
New Year’s Promises Follow Up (Spring Has Sprung)
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Spring has finally sprung. I wake to the sound of birds chirping in the trees. The snow has all melted. Flowers are beginning to bloom. This…
Spring Zen
Getting Real With Lisa Van De Graaff In Oriental Medicine’s Five-Element Theory, it is the time of Wood. Wood is our inner planner and decision maker. When we feel…
Self-Esteem and Relationships
We all suffer from moments of self-doubt and insecurity, but when self-esteem is an ongoing issue, it can affect everything in your life – including your ability to obtain, sustain,…
Rethinking New Years Resolutions Part 2
Getting Real With Jennifer Proctor Part 2 It’s your New Years Resolution, your plan. Make it as original as yourself and make it work for you. You don’t have to…
New Year Promise
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey I’ve decided that this year I’m going to make a New Year’s Promise instead of a New Year’s Resolution. Considering that only about 10% of resolutions…
Setting Goals for 2011
Getting Real With Jennifer Poole It is that time again when we make our lofty goals for 2011. The question is where will you be in 3 months regarding those…
New Year’s Resolutions: Rethink It
Getting Real With Jennifer Proctor Part 1 It’s that time of year again when everyone is thinking and talking about making New Year’s Resolutions and the idea of such is everywhere. …
