The new couple has children and perpetuates the cycle. The dependence of the parents is visited upon the children. The final twist in this vicious circle is the dependency of old age. It's sort of a game called I'm old now, so I'll lose my mind and you'll take care …

In the middle of an argument with my teenager, or when I'd grabbed the reins on some household task that had spiraled out of control, I could feel my heels digging in, even when I knew I'd screwed up. I had to push my pride aside and admit to my …

An antimicrobial preservative present in up to 20 percent of consumer products, which releases formaldehyde. Look for diazolidinyl urea or imidazolidinyl urea. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate Known skin irritants, so companies will add 1,4-dioxane, a by-product of petrochemicals (and known carcinogen) to help reduce allergic reactions …

My children are quite limited in their ability to cook, simply because I want and need that time in my kitchen to myself. It is my refuge from a day spent in the classroom or in doing things for my own children. I'll teach them how to cook someday, just …

Seek ye first the kingdom of God . Sounds simple. And it is simple. But most people turn it around and try to add all the things in order to experience the kingdom, the abundance, the love, certainty, and satisfaction. Americans began to look toward the future of their new country …

In the middle of the seminar, I was standing up in front of the group speaking when suddenly Jan looked at me and said, You're a bitch. My heart sank. How did she know ? I knew I was a bitch, but I had been trying desperately to get rid of …

Automatic thoughts have the same believable quality as direct sense impressions. You attach the same truth value to automatic thoughts as you do to sights and sounds in the real world. If you see a man getting into a Porsche and have the thought He's rich. He doesn't care about …

Two types of walking contribute to long-term improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness. The other is high intensity, low frequency--walking at a faster pace three to four times a week for 30 minutes, where you are able to speak only in short sentences and are huffing and puffing a bit. The elliptical …

In one experiment, when thirsty participants were informed that they would finally be able to drink, those who didn't know what they were going to get (ie, water versus a more attractive beverage) showed more activity in the parts of their brains linked to positive emotions. This may be easier …

In Babyhood Penelope Leach points out that many mothers, and the people who advise them, believe that it is acceptable for babies to cry only if there is something physically wrong with them. If a baby's nappy is chafing or she is hungry, for instance, then she is justified in …

These muscles stretch from the bottom edge of your pubic bone to the back of your sacrum. Along the sides they attach to the inner and bottom edges of the pelvis. Your urethra passes through the pelvic floor, as do the vagina and the rectum. front group of pelvic floor …

We can extrapolate, then, that if the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota population in the mid-1800s was about 25,000, there were then 2,500 to 4,000 warriors. no matter how many warriors were in any given community or band, or in the nation overall, there was not a prescribed …

So, for example, you might call yourself to the soles of the feet because you're standing, and you notice what is going on there. Perhaps your soles are numb; There will be parts of the body, as you go through it, that you probably won't be able to feel. If …

How often do you take problems or concepts to their dead end to gain complete understanding of them? If we witness a car crash or the failure of a business, we rarely ask, Why? He was a young psychiatrist from Vienna before he was forced to endure the horrors of …

Reenergize yourself and give yourself a break through movement. Shifting your focus to something body oriented might help you to sit again for another twenty minutes. Ideally, the environment for meditation is as simple as possible. It is simple in the sense that it does not require a great deal …

As Steven Mintz points out in his article Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood, this move toward individuality can be illustrated by the concurrent shift in baby-naming conventions. the American Revolution, children were typically named for parents or a close relative in order to reinforce the significance of lineage …

Know yourself. Know your friends. Know the enemy. Lead the way. This change and this duality can be overwhelming to reconcile at first. You might be thinking, I know I'm pregnant, but I don't feel like I know what I'm doing yet. Feeling directionless and adrift is normal. In fact …

Research from my lab and that of several colleagues suggests several secrets to overcoming, forestalling, or at least slowing down hedonic adaptation to committed relationships. The first recommendation is one you have already begun to follow simply by reading this, and that is to learn about the ordinariness of this …

They tell us how to act, when to eat, when to sleep, and we begin to make distinctions. We learn which behaviors bring us acceptance and which bring us rejection. We learn if we get a prompt response or if our cries go unanswered. We learn to trust the people …

We can't discover the meaning of life, because the concept itself is meaningless! Instead of seeking the truth, many have looked for a way out. They hide behind word definitions and even question what meaning is. Yet most people have a general idea of what the words refer to. Anyone …

One only has to observe the untiring efforts of a baby in her first year to control her body to become aware of her urge for independence. She never tires of trying first to sit, then crawl and later walk, run and jump. She wants to brush her own hair …

Research shows that nearly three-fourths of men age 50 and older are carrying excess body weight. We have been told for years that inactivity and carrying extra weight can lead to unwanted and troubling health problems. But most adult men live with these risks. We have not yet reclaimed enough …

Until you become pregnant for the first time, your body has always been only your own. Every decision you have made for your body has been motivated by your own needs and desires (possibly as influenced by societal expectations, media images, and peer pressure--still, the only person directly affected by …

She told me that her life wasn't working, that nothing was going right. What are you doing? How are you participating in life? She said, What can I do? I back up, let those anxious parents slow their breathing, and help them see that they have a fantastic, kind, generous …

They are simply overamplified. The volume has been turned up a bit too much, that's all. Just turn down the volume a little. Soon, you--and everyone else--will see your weaknesses as your strengths, your negatives' as yourpositives. After a certain age these people are considered obsolete at best or …

The basic treatment protocol for all phobias is the same, with the exception of agoraphobia. Agoraphobia usually starts with untreated panic disorder. The panic disorder must be resolved first by working through article 7, Coping with Panic. Then you can continue with the regular phobia protocol. All you have to …

The gradual loss is intrinsic aging and called sarcopenia; Fortunately, there are precautionary measures one can take to prevent, or significantly delay and barely notice, the natural erosion of muscle mass. Participating in regular exercise is crucial. Someone once said, Regular physical activity is the closest thing there is to …

But the truth is that our initial reactions (or first thoughts) to crisis points (eg, My life is going downhill or I'll never find love again) are tainted by our biases and governed by fallacies we buy into about what should and shouldn't bring us happiness. My goal is to …

YOU HAVE 5 YEARS OF TIME LEFT BEFORE YOU DIE To fully live, you need control of your time, you need free time Let's not forget though, if she was to add a life partner to the mix and later raise a family, the 27% of her time that was …

Meditation loosens up our conditioning; The fourth quality we develop in meditation is something I've been touching on all along, and that is the ability to become awake to our lives, to each and every moment, just as it is. This is the absolute essence of meditation. We develop attention …

In a 2011 interview with CNN, Clark related an exchange with a principal who had been named the administrator of the year in her state but had chosen to leave education. I screamed, You can't leave us,' and she quite bluntly replied,Look, if I get an offer to lead …

On the contrary, you understand that she did not intend to break the glass - you allay her feelings of guilt and help her clean up the mess. If she broke the glass because she had never seen one before and presumed that it would behave in the same way as …

In pre-reservation days, the Lakota culture had a method that allowed young would-be warriors to gain firsthand experience. By accompanying military excursions and patrols not as full-fledged combatants, but as helpers and observers, they served an apprenticeship that afforded them the opportunity to learn from experienced warriors in the field …

Yes, you've got this, but you might not hear this very often--or often enough. On the contrary, you're probably hearing a lot of questions or opinions from well-intentioned friends and family: Are you nervous? Where are you going to give birth? You have to try hypnobirthing! You do have a …

What I'm getting at is that the same power that traps you also frees you. You have the power, and you've always used it. You have no choice over that. The power flows continually and will be used, no matter what. In 2012, 36 percent of adults age 18-31 still …

you suffer from a heavy or painful menstrual period, mix yarrow and capsella (shepherd's purse) one to one and add anise seeds (as much as you like). This mixture reduces excessive blood flow and brings harmony to the body. Menopause Tea Mix equal parts lady's mantle, yarrow, and lemon balm …

However, for infections along the gumline, a good old myrrh tincture can't be beaten. You can still find it in many pharmacies and in a few drug stores as well. Sage can battle bacteria as well as viruses. As a wash or in (foot) baths it stops excessive sweating. It …

Nathan Scott In the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, 1,500 top educators from around the world sit rapt while Doug Ross describes the future. Ross, then Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training in the Clinton administration, is delivering the closing address to the 1994 international conference A …

Drink one cup of tea daily for one to two weeks for a short mugwort cure (one teaspoon dried herbs, steep for ten minutes). It can work wonders in times of stress. The Magical Mugwort Belt For a mugwort belt, which should ideally be fashioned on the feast day of …

However, those who try to manage nations and corporations - ministers and executives of all persuasions - may be panicked by the escalating complexity of the situations they are attempting to control into assuming that time is the one thing they have not got. Their fallacy is to suppose that the faster …