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ARTArticleFamily Budgeting: The Purpose Determines The BudgetIn these economic times, practically no one has the luxury anymore of joking “I can’t be broke – I still have checks left!” Managing your money is a necessity. Unfortunately, all of the information out about how to set up a budget almost always ignores the most important point: the purpose of the budget. Family budgeting has a purpose. That is either to stop or redirect spending, or to force savings. If your budget is not doing one of these two things, your budget isn’t really doing anything except increasing your stress. And no stress management system can fight against that.ARTArticleFamily Money Management And Stress Management With A Realistic BudgetA major and consistent source of stress for most people is money. Well, actually the stress is caused by spending more money than they bring in or have. The answer to this is simple: spend less. Yeah, and the answer to losing weight is spend more calories than you eat. So let’s come up with a plan for realistic family money management and hopefully get rid of some of that stress with a realistic budget.ARTArticleFeeling A Little Sour?Tone matters.ARTArticleFriend or Foe?Friendliness is a down-to-earth approach to others that is welcoming and positive.
Think about a time when someone was friendly to you - maybe drawing you into a gathering, saying hello on the sidewalk, or smiling from across the room. How did that make you feel? Probably more included, comfortable, and at ease; safer; more open and warm-hearted.ARTArticleGetting Past VictimWhat value is there in keeping your past alive, especially when it wasn’t so great the first time around?
This may seem a ridiculous question but it is very true. When we allow ourselves to run in victim mode, we are keeping our past alive and prevent a future of happiness and fulfillment.
How do we run in victim mode?ARTArticleGetting Started: "Ready, Set, Talk!"Sometimes couples wish they felt more emotionally close to their spouses. You may feel taken for granted and might even recognize that you take your spouse for granted. One or both of you might be daydreaming about dedicating some time and energy to restoring that eroding emotional connection.
You are probably both aware that marriage, like anything else we value, requires nurturing and sustained effort to maintain it. One spouse might even mention that he or she wants to set aside some time to spend together—just the two of you.ARTArticleGetting Started: "Ready, Set, Talk!"Sometimes couples wish they felt more emotionally close to their spouses. You may feel taken for granted and might even recognize that you take your spouse for granted. One or both of you might be daydreaming about dedicating some time and energy to restoring that eroding emotional connection.
You are probably both aware that marriage, like anything else we value, requires nurturing and sustained effort to maintain it. One spouse might even mention that he or she wants to set aside some time to spend together—just the two of you.ARTArticleGot Cheese?As the nervous system evolved, your brain developed in three stages:
- Reptile - Brainstem, focused on avoiding harm
- Mammal - Limbic system, focused on approaching rewards
- Primate - Cortex, focused on attaching to "us"ARTArticleHealthcare and Prior AuthorizationThe term prior authorisation has a specific meaning within the concept of health care and health insurance, and has a fundamental effect on virtually all of the procedures and clinical assessments that an individual is likely to come up against in the context of their health insurance policy.ARTArticleHonda Auto Finance - Benefits of LeasingHonda go to great lengths through their website and through the individual dealerships to stress the benefits of leasing a vehicle, and in particular trying to make individuals aware that leasing a vehicle is of benefit to private individuals, and is not simply some type of corporate expense or add-on.
It might be helpful to consider the idea of leasing a Honda vehicle as similar to that of renting one, or hiring one. Most people are familiar with car hire and car rental processes, and in some ways leasing a vehicle is quite similar except it is on a long-term basis.ARTArticleHonda Auto Finance - Value of Warrantyn buying or leasing any Honda vehicle, either new or used, there will be or at least should be some type of warranty, which can either be a manufacturer's warranty and/or a dealership warranty all of which can vary considerably in terms of what they offer and their terms and conditions.
Many people simply assume that a warranty covers everything they need it to, in the same way that many people assume that any type of auto or home insurance will simply look after them if they have any problems. Sadly this is not the case.rARTArticleHonda Auto Finance – Choosing a VehicleThe question of deciding which vehicle to buy and how to pay for it are to a degree linked together, but it is a good guide to first of all decide what type of Honda vehicle you want to buy or lease, before deciding how to pay for it.
There are many reasons for this, but perhaps the most obvious is that deciding what sort of vehicle or car is best viewed will then lead on to clarifying with you buy a new or a used model, and whether or not you decide to finance it through Honda or some other financial institution.rARTArticleHonda Auto Finance – How to Finance a VehicleWhilst there are some people who will pay cash for a vehicle when buying it, this will typically apply to people who are buying a car in a private sale or a used car that is relatively cheap. When people talk about auto finance they are normally referring to people who are buying a new or a used car from a Honda dealer, or a Honda car from another type of dealership.rARTArticleHow Did We Get To This Point?Psychology is in trouble on so many fronts. Beside the obvious, with on-demand texting, email, chat, forums, blogs and such, people do not have to schedule appointments, wait, be exposed to antiquated talk therapy, and quite frankly disappointment for a system failed. When the first words from a client whose child is in distress at school is: "Do you take insurance?" Something is wrong. Since when did insurance become a screening process to efficient and effective mental health.ARTArticleHow Do You Love?In my early 20's, I went through Rolfing, a form of deep-tissue bodywork, and I nervously anticipated the 5th session, the one that goes deep into the belly. But instead of gobs of repressed emotional pain, what poured out was love - waves and waves of love that I'd pushed down due to embarrassment, fears of closeness, and my struggles with my mother.ARTArticleHow Do You Talk to People?When our kids were little, I'd come home from work wanting some peace after the daily roller-coaster and often walk into a living room full of stuff - toy trucks, tennis shoes, bags of chips, etc. Irritated, the first words out of my mouth to my wife would be: "How come there's all this mess?" Understandably, after a day chasing children plus juggling her own work, Jan would feel unfairly criticized and sputter back at me. Then there'd be a quarrel or a chilly silence. Not good.ARTArticleHow Good Are Health Articles?Most people tend to appreciate that the internet carries a wide range of health article and related material, and most people would probably accept that some of this material is of a highly dubious quality.
The paradox of the internet is that anyone can access virtually any type of information about anything, and at the same time that anyone can produce any piece of information about anything.ARTArticleHow to Bring Attention to Bipolar DisorderFor the average person, life can be stressful at times. Personal relationships, raising children, careers and life in general- they all bring there own types of stress. That is just how life is sometimes. Imagine, for just a moment, that you had to battle internally with your own thoughts- if the most basic task caused you to feel overwhelmed. Emotions are something that we deal with every second of everyday. The most mundane task presents a myriad of emotions that most people do not even notice.ARTArticleHow to change how you feel by changing how you thinkStep 1. When you think better, you feel better.
The thoughts-feelings-action pie.
There is a link between what you think and how you feel, which influences your action from moment to moment. All three pieces are connected, they influence each other, they are all pieces of the same pie. If you alter one piece, it affects the other two as well.ARTArticleHow to Make Bipolar Disorder- YoursBipolar in itself can be debilitating, confusing and frustrating to those that suffer. Employers do not understand your daily battle at times, just to get out of bed and trudge on through your day. Family members can be critical in the low times of post mania, when the depression sets in with no passing in sight. Relationships falter and pass by the wayside, leaving you feeling as though this is just one more blow to your self esteem that causes you to almost give up. Friends can not grasp the rapid change in your moods and they begin to make excuses for not getting together.ARTArticleHow to Separate the Help From The Hype In Addiction TreatmentThere is so much "information" on the internet about addiction and recovery and unless you already have some knowledge about addiction and recovery, all resources may appear equal to you. This is not the case.
There are advertisements, articles, and blog posts about addiction recovery products and services that are pretty much equal to the latest snake oil products for losing weight without diet and exercise. If it seems too good to be true, it is. There are no magic pills, herbal supplements, or miraculous techniques that cure addiction.ARTArticleHum Away Your Stress!Did you know that the simple act of humming has many health benefits? Did you know that according to recent reports, up to 14% of Americans suffer from painful sinus conditions which can be helped by humming? Did you know that humming spikes the nitric oxide in your nose and nasal cavities and the vibrations decrease the sinus blockages and inflammation? Did you know that according to research studies, you can get the benefits of humming whether you’re humming your favorite tune or a single note such as “Om” or “Ah”?ARTArticleIn Our Heart of Hearts We Know; Facing Illness and DeathIn my heart of hearts’ means that you know or have known that something is true even if you have not been willing to admit it to yourself or others.”
On the deepest level I believe we instinctively know when our health is in jeopardy and death is threatening; when our life force or the lives of our loved ones are in serious danger. There are also times when in spite of a diagnosis and prognoses, in our heart of hearts there is a knowing which for lack of a better explanation is, that it just isn’t time.ARTArticleIs It Truly Urgent?Things come at us with so much urgency and demand these days. Phones ring, texts buzz, emails pile up, new balls have to be juggled, work days lengthen and move into evenings and weekends, traffic gets denser, financial demands feel like a knife at the neck, ads and news clamor for attention, push push push PUSH.ARTArticleIs Mental Health Covered Under Health Insurance?For people who depend on any type of private or company insurance to cover the cost of their health needs, the question of whether or not the health insurance policy covers mental health problems is a crucial one for a number of reasons.ARTArticleIs Your Mind Wandering?Moment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous system like water gradually carving furrows and eventually gullies on a hillside. Your brain is continually changing its structure. The only question is: Is it for better or worse?ARTArticleIs your Psychic, Psychic?Is your Psychic, Psychic?
Everyone has “Intuitive” abilities, we are born with natural instinct. It’s common sense. Think of those who trade on the open market. These talented people have some sense of a feeling to sell or buy. Yes, the watch the market and stocks but they still go on instinct. More common than not if you truly have a conversation with most people they will tell you ” I just felt it, or knew it”. How? Natural intuition, Mother’s instinct? Yes.ARTArticleJuggling Bricks?I had a lightbulb moment recently: I was feeling stressed about all the stuff I had to do (you probably know the feeling). After this went on for a while, I stepped back and kind of watched my mind, and could see that I was thinking of these various tasks as things, like big rocks that were rolling down a hill toward me and which needed to be handled, lifted, moved, fended off, or broken into pebbles.ARTArticleLaughter Reduces Your StressDid you know that a good belly laugh is good for you and simultaneously reduces your stress? Did you know that a recent University of Maryland study concluded that subjects who watched excerpts from a funny movie improved the blood flow to their hearts by 22 percent? Since your blood vessels dilate when you laugh, this research demonstrates that increasing your blood flow improves cardiovascular health. So laughing regularly is good for you!ARTArticleLiving with Stress is a Choice Not a Fact of Life!Managing stress by many of the more conventional methods promoted by counseling and psychotherapy professionals are amongst some of the most unsuccessful treatment processes available. Why?
In contemporary counseling, attempts to heal the problem are targeted at the person changing the results of their choices or by reducing the effect of the choices on the body and mind.