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  1. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: Make 2013 your best year yet

    By Sarah W. Caron on Jan 2, 2013
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    Happy New Year! With the big date change comes the grand opportunity to update how you do things. That means better working, better...
  2. Mom & Dad

    Parenting New Year’s resolutions to make… and keep

    By Laura Willard on Dec 26, 2012
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    A new year means a list of resolutions for many people. Why not make a few parenting New Year’s resolutions? Whether you call them...
  3. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: When your dream changes

    By Sarah W. Caron on Jun 13, 2012
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    What happens when you get everything you wanted — and realize that you aren't happy. Perhaps you want to explore exotic places with...
  4. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the dream: Unexpected ways to save money for your dream

    By Sarah W. Caron on May 2, 2012
    The funny thing about dreams? It’s not enough to want them or to share them with your family. They often need a little financing....
  5. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: Your glass is half full

    By Sarah W. Caron on Apr 25, 2012
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    Are you an optimist? If not, it's time to exercise your positive bone. Positivity is a powerful force that can help you achieve your...
  6. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: Feeding my wanderlust

    By Sarah W. Caron on Apr 4, 2012
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    Traveling is in my blood. I love jetting off to new places to explore and learn, and it's something I want to pass to my children....
  7. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: Pick-me-up playlist

    By Sarah W. Caron on Mar 28, 2012
    While we'd all love for things to always go swimmingly, they can't — and won't. It sucks. But for me, the right tunes can make...
  8. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the Dream: 5 Tips to start going after your dreams

    By Sarah W. Caron on Mar 21, 2012
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    This column is about striving to achieve those big dreams for our lives, which can seem unobtainable when we have kids, mortgages...
  9. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Chasing the dream: What is a dream?

    By Sarah W. Caron on Feb 29, 2012
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    This column is about those big dreams for our lives (dreams as in big, lofty but obtainable goals -- not like dreaming about kissing...
  10. New Year - Your Life

    Realistic goals for New Year’s resolutions

    By Whitney Coy on Jan 1, 2012
    The whole point of a New Year’s resolution is to start the year with a positive outlook and the hope for a better you. When you set...
  11. Monday Mom Challenge

    Monday Mom challenge: Enjoy the holidays -- without losing your mind!

    By Jen Klein on Nov 14, 2011
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    Oh, the expectation of the holiday season! What is supposed to be a time of joy and family togetherness often turns mom into a...
  12. School Age Kids

    Teaching kids to set goals

    By Tiernan McKay on Apr 12, 2011
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    Most of us are familiar with the concept of setting goals and we'd like to teach our kids how to do so. But few are familiar with...
  13. Exercise & Fitness

    How to maintain your exercise motivation

    By Jessica Padykula on Mar 15, 2011
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    Need a shape-up on exercise motivation? Though you stuck to your fitness resolutions for first few weeks of the new year, now it’s...
  14. Losing Weight

    5 Healthy habits for summer slimdown

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Mar 14, 2011
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    Spring’s here and summer is near, and you're starting to panic about your slimdown for bikini season. Though quick-fix crash diets...
  15. Gadgets, Electronics & Automotive

    3 High-tech fitness gadgets for spring

    By Lauren Fairbanks on Mar 3, 2011
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    With a few good months passed since January 1, many of us are struggling to keep up with those healthy resolutions we promised...
  16. Wellness

    Sticking to your healthy New Year's resolutions

    By Karen Hawthorne on Jan 26, 2011
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    There you were on the eve of 2011, declaring it would be the year you eat healthier, exercise more and lose 10 pounds. But did you...
  17. Budgeting & Saving

    3 Financial tips to manage money in the New Year

    By Laura Carson Miller on Dec 23, 2010
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    With a brand-new year staring us in the face, it’s likely you’ve had a few resolutions cross your mind. You know, things you want to...
  18. Health & Wellness

    4 Diet tips for your best body in 2011

    By Linda Melone, CSCS on Dec 22, 2010
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    As you sweep up the last of the New Year's confetti, ponder how you'll make 2011 your fittest yet. Instead of measuring your success...
  19. Exercise & Fitness

    How to become an Olympic athlete

    By Karen Hawthorne on Oct 6, 2010
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    ESPN challenged average American woman Kathryn Bertine – writer, waitress and former pro figure skater – to train in nine sports on...
  20. Happiness & Friendship

    10 reasons you need a life plan

    By John Khoury on Sep 27, 2010
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    There's a quote that says "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." I would venture a new one: If you want to make God...
  21. Career and Time Management

    30-day guide to reaching your goals

    By Chris Perrin on Aug 9, 2010
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    Everyone has goals, but not everyone achieves them. All too often meeting goals feels impossible, out of reach and sometime may even...