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Could Your Kiss Be Toxic?
By
Linda Mintle
You look at him across a crowded room, your eyes meet. You move towards him, and embrace. He’s the love of your life and reaches down to kiss you. WAIT….Stop the script. Could that kiss be toxic? Yes, according to a study at the University of California-Berkeley’s School of Public Health. They tested 32 brands…
The Morning After Pill: 10 Reasons for Parental Concern
By
Linda Mintle
The FDA decided to lower the age limit for the morning-after pill from 17 to 15-years-of- age. The pill can be bought without a prescription and from pharmacy shelves. You will find it in the aisle next to women’s health products, condoms and other pharmacy items. All a girl has to do to get…
Business Mind? You’ll Go Nuts Reading This!
By
Linda Mintle
A very nice man at the VA told me that my dad couldn’t get his claims reviewed because of the sequester. Our government needs to save money. Sorry about your 92- year- old WWII Dad. I asked, “Because this is their only option?” Then I realized, Hey, he is only the messenger! Like many of…
Three Ways to Stop a Marriage from Divorce
By
Linda Mintle
Ed and Jane were having marital problems. Jane was at the point of walking out. Ed rarely spoke to her. This once loving couple was now thinking divorce. So what happened? Like too many couples, Ed and Jane waited too long to go to marital therapy for help. Jane feels she tried to raise issues,…
Do You Have Bat Wing Deformity?
By
Linda Mintle
As summer approaches and more of us are going sleeveless again, we can certainly see the jiggle that comes with aging or not working out in the gym. Yes, we would all like to have the arms of news anchors who seem to have a penchant now for sleeveless dresses. But most of us have…
Binge Eating? 8 Tips to Help You Stop
By
Linda Mintle
In the past three months, you have binged on food at least 12 times. You hate that you do it and always feel guilty after, but something inside you compels you to do this (A binge is when you consume a lot of food in a short period of time). Well, you are not alone. About…
Discouraged? It May Be a Power Outage?
By
Linda Mintle
Have you ever experienced a power outage? For the past two days, I have. For no apparent reason, I stopped getting power to my house. I felt completely cut off from the world, no TV, computer, ability to cook, or see in the dark. And I began to think. The Christian life is like this.…
Fear Not…How is This Possible?
By
Linda Mintle
Fear not...a phrase that appears in 18 books of the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, angels, prophets, apostles and Christ himself announce that we are not to fear. Job, a righteous man, felt fear and gave in to it. He believed that even though he did what was right, God would not take care of…
7 Ways to Address Fear and Live in Peace
By
Linda Mintle
This past week has served to be a challenge when it comes to fear. People go to work and die in an explosion. Others attend a marathon and lose their limbs. Every day, we are faced with the unknown. If we aren’t careful, fear can take a hold in our lives and hold us hostage.…
Eating Past Feeling Full? What You Should Know
By
Linda Mintle
It’s the weekend and you are even more anxious than ever. The opportunity to binge eat is greater in the next two days than during the week because you are home all day with food. And when you are around food all day, the temptation to over indulge hits you hard. If fact, you find…
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