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10 Steps to Happily Ever After

10 Steps to Happily Ever After by: Slade Hartwell Do you know what all happy and healthy marriages have in common? In every one of them you will find two people committed to making each other happy. You will find a man who cherishes his wife and...

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Ode to a Spoon

Ode to a Spoon by: Deirdre McEachern "Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have." Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel (1907-1990) I have to admit it, I love spoons. I love their round shape. I love their cheerful shine. I love ho...

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Job Search "Blurts"

Job Search "Blurts" by: Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A. I coined this word to draw attention to the nervous and apprehensive way of saying something in the job search that makes you feel like a buffoon. A "blurt" is a catchy way of saing: Gaffe. When i...

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Conflict In Faith

Conflict In Faith by: Wayne and TamaraDirect Answers - Column for the week of July 19, 2004My husband is Jewish, and I am Catholic. That wasn't a problem when we were dating, because he isn't religious. He married a Catholic before, an...

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21 Days to A Positive-Attitude Habit

21 Days to A Positive-Attitude Habit by: Patricia WagnerThis may come as a surprise... but your attitude is more important than your aptitude in determining your success in life! Just how critical is attitude to achievement? Well, take a look a...

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How To Heal Your Heart

How To Heal Your Heart by: Carna ZachariasWe all experience severe heart break at some time in our lives. For many it happens in childhood or adolescence, the time when we are most vulnerable. A cold mother, an absent father, being different in ...

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How to Replace Bad Habits with Good Ones: The Science of “Habit Management”

How to Replace Bad Habits with Good Ones: The Science of “Habit Management” by: Stephen Kraus Few things are more difficult than kicking bad habits or developing more positive ones. But it is definitely worth the effort. Bad habits like smok...

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Fickle Fates

Fickle Fates by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 19, 2004 I am currently involved in a wonderful year-long relationship with a man I've known for ten years. We dated briefly all those years ago, but I wound up...

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Living on Purpose: Achieving Balance Between Work And the Rest of Your Life

Living on Purpose: Achieving Balance Between Work And the Rest of Your Life by: Della Menechella Many of us get so caught up in day-to-day pressures that we often find ourselves reacting to external demands rather than designing lives that reall...

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Give Your Attitude A Little Altitude

Give Your Attitude A Little Altitude by: Michael Dixon Need a way to make your life a better place to live? Life is our perception of what it is, not necessarily the reality of what it is. Let's see if I can explain that. Life can sometimes...

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