One of my friends is a “life coach” who specializes in career counseling. I had lunch with her last week, and had a chance to pick her brain about the kind of advice she dispenses to people who are unsure about what they want to do in life. Often, she seeks to get to [...]
Ok, I’ve been slipping up in my healthy eating habits recently, and have regressed to unlimited snacking, junk food posing as meals, and nearly all-day soda consumption. With holiday eating looming just around the corner, I want to nip my bad habits in the bud and find out how to lose belly fat quickly so [...]
Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m worried about aging. I’m in my mid-thirties now and I’ve been noticing fine lines around my mouth and eyes for the past few years. I try not to let it bother me, telling myself that everybody goes through this and I’ve got nothing to be embarrassed about. But let’s [...]
I want to lead a healthier life. Towards that end, I’ve been exercising regularly and trying to watch my diet. This is a good start, but I think I should be doing a lot more — and hopefully this book by Dr. Don Colbert can help. It’s called The Seven Pillars of Health, and [...]
A lot of people don’t know this, but I have trouble with self-confidence. I do just fine online and over the telephone, but put me in a face-to-face meeting and it’s a whole different story. I start to worry about saying the wrong things, wearing the wrong clothes, looking the wrong way… it’s kind [...]
My mom was just laid off from her job. Understandably, she’s still reeling from the shock of losing a position she had for more than 20 years. She was just two years short of retirement, but still… it’s going to be so hard for her to adjust to not having anything to do all [...]
I really need to find a fitness and weight loss program that works for me. I’ve spent the last 18 months going to the gym 3 times a week very religiously, and lost a good 10 pounds that way. But in the past 6 weeks, I’ve been super busy with a new part-time job [...]
I’ve had problem skin ever since I was in sixth grade. Back then, it was something that “all kids” go through, so, while it caused me quite a bit of angst and embarrassment, at least I didn’t feel alone.
I hoped my acne would magically disappear once I hit my twenties, but that didn’t [...]
I have never paid much attention to diet and nutrition, but now that I’m getting older, I’m becoming far more interested in developing a healthier lifestyle. I don’t want to incur greater risks of heart disease or similar problems by continuing to eat like a 20-year-old college student (surviving on pizza and beer), so [...]
My husband and I have both had our hours drastically reduced at work. I was only working a part-time schedule to begin with, so the cut there doesn’t really affect us all that much, but Jerry first lost his overtime and then went down to a 32-hour workweek. That’s making things very tight in [...]