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Five Years Later: The Aftermath

Everything closed around us on September 11th as businesses retail and otherwise closed and sent their employees home. We gathered together, hugging our family and trying sometimes for hours to contact loved ones elsewhere to let them know we were okay. My nephew’s father called at one point – late in the evening after hours spent on both sides trying to contact each other. His relief that his son and his son’s mother were all right was palpable over the phone. The Story Unfolded In the days afterward, this country battened down the hatches as recovery efforts in New York … Continue reading →

Barry’s Bedside Good Luck Charm

Did you watch the Emmy Awards on Sunday night? If you did, then you likely saw the show’s touching tribute in honor of the legendary Dick Clark. As a part of the tribute to Clark, singer (and pop culture icon) Barry Manilow performed “Bandstand Boogie,” the theme from Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand.” Shortly after Manilow finished his song he embraced Clark and they exited the stage. But, only a few minutes later Manilow was back front and center to accept an Emmy for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music program for a show he did on PBS. Manilow’s … Continue reading →

Film Critic On The Mend

Roger Ebert’s hospitalization has extended into its third month. The popular film critic continues to battle cancer, but in a statement released yesterday he says he is fighting the disease with “all his might” and is looking forward to returning to work. “I don’t have a crystal ball, so I can’t tell you when, but I sure look forward to being back on the movie beat,” Ebert said Thursday. Ebert, known for rating movies with his signature “thumbs up” or “thumbs down,” had surgery June 16 to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland. But, instead of getting better, … Continue reading →

Divorce Recovery Process

Going through the divorce recovery process is different and unique for each person, yet some characteristics will be the same for everyone. For some people it takes several months to work through the pain of the loss of the relationship. For others it may take several years to fully feel like he or she has made it through the process. When going through the pain of divorce, how do we know when we are on the road to feeling ok again? According to a national program called Divorce Care: “Anytime you do not feel anger, blame, self-pity, bitterness, or resentment, … Continue reading →

Recovery from a Breakdown (8)

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In our continuing series in recovering from breakdown, we will look at the power of counting your blessings. When your world has been turned upside down by mental illness, it is easy to lose sight of what is positive about your life. And no matter how sick you are, or how far away recovery seems, there are still positive things in your life. These are the things that we must hold onto during our darkest hours. “Well!” you might say. “I have very little to be happy about. I am so sick, I can barely function!” That may well be … Continue reading →

Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge – Day 21: Crash & Rest Day

Good morning! How are you feeling today? We’re in the home stretch now. With just a little over a week to go and only 8 more days of fitness training, the Spring Forward to Action 30 Day Challenge is nearing it’s completion. How are you doing? Are you meeting your goals? Would you like to see something different? Share your thoughts. I’m eager to know. For those of you who are curious about May, we’re already getting set up here for a new six week program that will carry us into the Sizzling Summer — for now, consider it the … Continue reading →

Measuring Your Own Intensity

One question a lot of people ask as they are going through their workout program is how do you measure how intense it is? A personal trainer may want to increase the intensity and you may feel like the intensity is already too high? How do you know if the intensity is not high enough? What the heck is intensity? The intensity of the workout is how hard it makes you work. The intensity is too high if you are barely able to perform more than one or two repetitions of the same exercise. For example, let’s say you were … Continue reading →

Spring Forward to Action 30-Day Challenge – Day 7: Crash and Rest Day

It’s time to take a crash and rest day. Down days are as important to your overall fitness as days of exercise. You’ve had opportunities to strength train three times this week, flexibility train twice and six opportunities for cardio workouts. Your body needs to rest so that it can repair, recover and rebuild muscle tone. If you workout every day without rest, you run the risk of over training and muscle fatigue. These two conditions can leave you feeling worse than before you ever exercised. They are also two of the leading causes behind why people give up their … Continue reading →

Recovery from a Breakdown (7)

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In our continuing series on recovering from a breakdown, we will look at the many benefits of helping others while trying to recover. Feel like you can’t help yourself, let alone help others? That’s a common comment among recoverers. But not only is it possible, it will help you to recover more quickly. Read on! When a person has a breakdown it may manifest in many ways. There may be moderate or severe depression, crippling anxiety, the hallucinations and voices that are the hallmark of schizophrenia, the routines and rituals of OCD. Whatever the form of the breakdown, we are … Continue reading →

Making a Hospital Stay Easier for Your Child

When a child must stay at the hospital, it usually means surgery or a host of difficult treatments. It also means time away from the familiar comforts of home. This can be a terrifying reality for your child. Here are some ways you can make a hospital visit easier for him or her: Talk openly about what is going to happen. If your child is able to speak and comprehend the procedure, be willing to answer her questions and don’t be secretive. A child can usually sense when something is being hidden from her, which will cause even more confusion … Continue reading →