self improvement

  1. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Sexy and bold: How feeling sexy can improve your life

    By Colleen Crane, MSW, LCSW on Jan 25, 2013
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    You don’t have to have to have the perfect body to be considered sexy. Being and feeling sexy comes in many forms. Sometimes women...
  2. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    How to magnify your happiness at home and in life

    By Kristen Fischer on Jan 23, 2013
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    When Gretchen Rubin set out to become happier, she chronicled her adventures in the book, The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a...
  3. Wellness

    Women's health: Find sexual liberation in your marriage

    By Colleen Crane, MSW, LCSW on Dec 5, 2012
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    Believe it or not, women can sometimes be complicated creatures. OK, so I'm being sarcastic. But when it comes to sex, it can...
  4. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    10 Tips for embracing your flaws

    By Elaina Verhoff on Oct 22, 2012
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    Are your so-called flaws getting you down? It's time to start loving yourself for who you are — right here, right now. Here are ten...
  5. Happiness & Friendship

    7 Simple steps to forgive others and yourself

    By Connie Bennett on Oct 16, 2012
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    Whether you yearn to feel free, lose weight, be more loving or break a sugar habit, you may not be able to move forward until you...
  6. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Be your best self, any time of year

    By Patricia Conte on Oct 10, 2012
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    Many of us wait until the New Year to make a resolution to make a change or improvement in life, but why wait for the winter weather...
  7. Dating Tips

    4 Ways to date yourself

    By Jessica Padykula on Sep 28, 2012
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    Whether you’re in a relationship or not, you need to make a point of focusing on yourself. Taking time for yourself is important at...
  8. Career Advice

    How to handle a job you hate

    By Kat Robinson on Sep 13, 2012
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    I hate my job: Three steps to help you get through a miserable employment. 

  9. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Creative responses to critics

    By Elaina Verhoff on Sep 1, 2012
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    Criticism is a part of life. It may come from a colleague in a meeting, a judgmental mom on the playground or a snarky comment on...
  10. Hobbies

    5 Ways to improve yourself this summer

    By Katherine Martinelli on Jun 8, 2012
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    Summer school isn't just for kids! It's a great time for adults of all ages to take a class or try a new hobby. Offerings at local...
  11. Happiness & Friendship

    6 Reasons you aren’t happy and how to change it

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 15, 2012
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    If you're waking up every day wishing you were someone else, it's time to figure out why you're so down on yourself. Though you...
  12. Exercise & Fitness

    Can you really stick to your fitness resolutions?

    By Karen Hawthorne on Dec 24, 2011
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    Year after year, much of the population makes the same New Year’s resolutions as they did the year before, such as get in shape and...
  13. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    5 Steps to make your fitness resolutions stick

    By Linda Melone, CSCS on Dec 21, 2011
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    The only thing tougher than starting an exercise program is sticking with it. Case in point: Most new exercisers quit within three...
  14. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    Warning signs your childhood issues are ruining your relationships

    By Colleen Crane, MSW, LCSW on Jun 30, 2011
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    Whether you come from an abusive family or a just a “normal” dysfunctional family, childhood issues can create problems in all areas...
  15. Dieting & Nutrition

    Feel better about your body this summer

    By Jessica Padykula on Jun 8, 2011
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    It’s summertime and the living is easy. Or is it? For many of us, the thought of hitting the beach in a bikini or wearing skimpy...
  16. Self Improvement & Mental Health

    6 Ways nature can boost your mood

    By Michele Borboa, MS on May 20, 2011
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    If you're suffering from the moody blues, anxiety or angry stress, the key to your mental health may be right outside your door....
  17. Wellness

    Resiliency: Get skills to be happier and healthier

    By Kristina Marquez on May 6, 2011
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    Lance Armstrong faced a devastating diagnosis that changed his life. He battled cancer and survived – and came back to cycling and...
  18. Dating

    How love can help you become a better person

    By Jessica Padykula on Mar 18, 2011
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    Aside from making you feel great, love can help make you a better person. Here's how genuine affection and regard for another can...
  19. 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...
  20. Children's Health

    5 Tips to help your tween girl become a physically and emotionally healthy woman

    By Erika Katz on Mar 9, 2011
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    Don’t you love the drama of the tween years? Though you may be tempted to throw your hands in the air and give up on your tween...
  21. Happiness & Friendship

    Mental health: Can you get over childhood trauma?

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 18, 2011
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    Television writer Tracy McMillan managed to work her way into a killer Hollywood career -- a privileged world of pool houses,...