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52 Fitness Changes – Part 4

Continuing on with the blog series, “52 Fitness Changes,” we are going to tackle fitness changes for weeks 31 through 49. By this time we have made some significant changes that will help our overall health. Remember that fitness is more than just exercise; it is changing the way you eat. It is not dieting; it is creating a new lifestyle. Week 31 – don’t skip meals (helps to avoid you becoming too hungry and the risk of overeating) Week 32 – implement circuit training into your workout routine Week 33 – switch to a whole grain diet (with your … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – June 24 – 30, 2012

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Once a week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you a fast way to “ketchup” on all the blogs that were posted here in the past seven days. There can be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear. What did you miss? A Brief Comparison of Health Care Plans Obama’s plan includes coverage for adults and children who have a pre-existing condition. Romney’s plan includes coverage for people who have a pre-existing condition – but only if they have had continuous health insurance coverage. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on June 25, 2012. This week, I’d like … Continue reading →

Changing Focus

I recently read a staggering statistic about the number of negative thoughts most people have in a day. How negative do you think you are? This article claimed that most people have around 300 negative thoughts every single day. I’d be willing to bet that when you are in the middle of a divorce that number is much, much higher. That first month after my divorce I remember being completely consumed in negativity. My life was falling apart, how could I not be? I wish I could go back and show myself what a positive thing it turned out to … Continue reading →

Changing My Name

By now I’m sure that you can tell that feminist issues are a very big deal for me. It even took a bit of coaxing from my parents for me to walk down the aisle with my dad; I did it for him, because it was important to him, but I don’t like the idea of being passed off from one man’s hands to another. Yet one thing about my decisions related to my married life really stands out: I took my husband’s name. I’ll admit it rankled a little, just the idea that I erase a part of myself … Continue reading →

The Times They Are A Changing

Lately I’ve been struggling to find my identity. So much of my life I was someone’s wife and then, even when I wasn’t someone’s wife, I was still someone’s mother. People needed me, I had a purpose, someone to take care of, someone who depended on me. My only child turned eighteen over the summer so that was a big shift in itself. I went from being consulted about things to being informed of decisions my daughter had made. That was a little difficult, I still struggle when she is not home at the time I expect her because she … Continue reading →

The Process of Change – Part 2

Continuing on in our discussion of the process of change, we move on to the fourth stage – action. This is where goal setting really comes in, and the mini –goals that you set for yourself during this stage are like the rungs of a ladder that you climb, one after the next, to get to a platform at the top where you can declare “I did it!” For example, for the home – based professional who has decided to create a regular work schedule for herself, some mini goals that she could set might include committing to a specific … Continue reading →

The Process of Change – Part 1

It is now the middle of January. This means that it is a good time to think about your New Year’s resolutions, if you made some for this year. Please note that I said “think about”, not “beat yourself up about”. If those well intentioned resolutions have fallen by the wayside, it is likely that there is something wrong with the resolution, not with you. The point of New Year’s resolutions is to inspire individuals to create positive change within their lives. Some resolutions have to do with career and business objectives, some with finances, health, family, and other areas … Continue reading →

Intentional Changes for 2012

A couple of years ago I heard about going into the New Year with a “word.” It’s not like the American Dialect Society, who every year chooses a new “word of the year.” This is a word that inspires you to make changes or brings a particular meaning to your life. For instance, some people have chosen the word “hope” or “peace.” If the previous year was filled with difficulties and challenges, you might look to the New Year as having hope. Or if the previous year had been filled with relational difficulties, you might be looking at the New … Continue reading →

Changing Old Habits

A reader recently e-mailed me the following question: “Help! I’m a reformed spender trying hard to make the finances work, but in my spouse’s eyes I still haven’t changed enough. It’s ruining our marriage. What do I do?” First off, I commend this reader for making these important changes. It sounds as though they have made their marriage the top priority and they are focused on improving their relationship as well as their finances. I’m sorry to say, though, that there is only one thing that is going to solve this dilemma, and that is time. It takes time for … Continue reading →

Green Burials – Part 1

I just never know where my next blog topic is going to come from. Today, I was listening to an achieved episode of the radio show “Coast to Coast” and they were talking to journalist Tom Jokinen. Jokinen went undercover as an apprentice at a mortuary in order to write his book “Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaking-in-Training.” Okay, all this may sound a bit morbid (actually, it was very interesting), but a topic was brought up that I never thought about – green burial. There are many reasons someone might want a green burial. First of all, there is the … Continue reading →