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Ghost Stories Can Be Hazardous to Your Relationship

When my stepdaughter Kristina was in the first grade, she was invited to her first slumber party. Her friend Diane, the social butterfly, invited practically all the girls in the class. For two weeks the hot topic at Singing River Elementary School w...

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How To Get What You Want...From The People You Want It From

Successful feedback is usually associated with improvingemployee productivity, but feedback is not just forsupervisor-employee relationships. Being able to deliverhonest, constructive feedback is also vital to healthyrelationships at home.You give fe...

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A Career with the CIA

A Career with the CIA by: Diana Clarke On the very popular TV series Alias, Jennifer Garner plays a CIA operative, Sidney Bristow. If you watched Episode One, Season One, you learned that Bristow was a graduate student who became a double agent ...

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10 Tips For Better Public Speaking

10 Tips For Better Public Speaking by: Shari Peace Is there a great speaker hiding with you? “Not hardly,” you may be thinking. Think again. The fear of speaking in public is well-documented, often discussed, and probably overrated. The grea...

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5 Ways to Combat Job Burnout

5 Ways to Combat Job Burnout by: Krista Regedanz Job burnout happens when the stress or prolonged frustration of a job or career contributes to emotional and physical exhaustion. The ability to cope with general life stressors outside of work is...

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Is The Apprentice Bad For Your Health?

Is The Apprentice Bad For Your Health? by: Angie Dixon If you know who I mean when I say Kwame, Bill and Troy, you’re probably a fan of The Apprentice. I admit I’m not a fan myself; I don’t watch much television and that particular show di...

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What Planet is your Relationship on?

What Planet is your Relationship on? by: Elizabeth White If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, what planet is their relationship on? John Gray's bestselling book used a planetary analogy to understand relationships. It proved very ...

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Aging Gracefully Through Vastu Shastra

Aging Gracefully Through Vastu Shastra by: Robin Mastro Aging is inevitable, but its most negative effects can be minimized and turned into a graceful progression. Exercise and proper diet are key factors. But, when your living or working enviro...

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Get Out Those Legos

Get Out Those Legos by: Dr. Dorene LehaviMany of my clients are working harder than smarter. This is not a put-down of their intelligence. It is a statement about the conventions of the way most of us live and work. Without a concerted effort to...

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Like Father

Like Father by: Wayne and TamaraDirect Answers - Column for the week of July 5, 2004I was married for 21 years to a man who enjoyed strip clubs, drinking, and his buddies. These things became important to him after we married, and part of his jo...

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