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Jan
Jan
There are quite a few ways to ensure that any New Year Resolution works for you. There are simple steps, but you still have to take them.
Author Archives: Kathleen Crawford
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Dec
Dec
Most people would agree that Christmas is a stressful time for one reason or another. Even the best Christmases will be stressful, and it’s a question whether the stress is dystress or eustress, that is good stress or bad stress.
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Nov
Nov
Surely one strategy for a better life would be to be a better parent? But strangely this concept is not on the radar of many. Parenting just happens. But a new concept for parenting, a new perspective, would be to view yourself as a teacher.
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Nov
Nov
Following on from How To Be a Better Parent in my Strategies For a Better Life article I promised to provide some tips for better parenting. I guess you were able to identify your own parenting style from my previous article, and hopefully chose the Authoritative Parenting Style as one which you could adopt, keeping […]
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Oct
Oct
There is so much written about parenting that I decided to make this article a 3-part one to cover at least a reasonable introduction and background to the issue, and offer you the possibility of making a self-diagnosis about your style of parenting and child discipline, and perhaps to pick up some strategies and tips for peaceful parenting.
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Sep
Sep
Stress rehearsals are like a mental dress rehearsal for a future event, where you go through your lines with other actors – but in a silent mental way and all by yourself.
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Jul
Jul
Wondering whether we are boring is probably something we worry about at times, because others don’t usually give us feedback about being bored in our presence. So it’s hard to know. None of us want to be boring, and there are reasons why some of us are boring.
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Jul
Jul
When we are working on a project, or towards a goal we may start with a flourish, full of enthusiasm but after some time or some difficulties, or because of bad habits, we begin to fall behind in our progress. For whatever reason, we can fizzle out and lose the plot, or limp along at […]
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Jun
Jun
It pays to be organised, especially if you have a very busy schedule and lots to do. But how you get things done is important, and also whether the end result is satisfactory.
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May
May
Scientists have discovered something very strange that insomniacs will identify with. If you think you haven’t slept a wink all night, maybe you haven’t! A professor of psychology at a University in Utah USA found that even though people seemed to be asleep, that is, they were in a “sleep pattern”, they could still be […]