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It’s that time of year. Holiday office parties are on the calendar. So what should you keep in mind in order to insure you don’t make a fool of yourself or get in trouble? Here’s my list. I suggest you check it twice–don’t be naughty, be nice! 1) Don’t say NO to going. Yes, you…

When you hold that beautiful new baby in your arms, you are probably not thinking about childhood obesity. But maybe you should. Researchers at the Imperial College London have developed an on-line calculator that strongly predicts a baby’s probability of becoming obese during childhood. Here is how it works. You need this data: Child’s birth…

Looking for a special doll for your young daughter this Christmas? Well, there is one that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. It’s called Breast Milk Baby and is sold through Berjuan Toys for $89.00. The doll comes with an apron type top that a little girl puts on over her clothes. Two…

If the TV is on in a room, do infants pay attention to it? If so, does it influence them? Researchers at Tufts University say YES! One-year-olds can be influenced by messages from television. Infants pick up on the emotional signals they observe and actually base decisions on them. Here is what has been found:…

Are you easily angered? Do you have a low tolerance for frustration. Does any little thing annoy and frustrate you? Are you tired of feeling out of control? If so, consider these five tips: 1) Take a 20 minute time-out from an angry situation. Walk away, practice deep breathing to calm down your body. Come…

Are you feeling that after turkey bloat and wondering, “How I am going to make it through the holiday season without gaining a lot of weight?” The popular notion that most people gain between 5-7 pounds just isn’t true. Truth is that most of us will gain about a pound. The problem is that we…

The day after a holiday it is easy to think, “I’ve blown it. I ate way too much. I’ll never get these extra pounds off.” Don’t go there in your thinking. Instead, get back on track and have a plan for holiday eating. Here are 5 quick tips: 1) Don’t eat standing up. Make it a…

One of my favorite movies is an endearing foreign film entitled, Babette’s Feast.  The setting is a small coastal danish town where twin sisters live a pious life as daughters of a Lutheran  minister who founded a religious sect. The sisters live a rather austere life with little enjoyment. Enjoying food was frowned upon. Babette,…

When comedian Ellen Degeneres stepped out of her shower wrapped like a mummy to show America how she prepared for the Oscars in 2011, we all got a good laugh. She was engaging in one of the beauty secrets of the stars–body wraps! Yes, the all natural body wrap claims to slim down the body, treat…

A number of parents email me concerned about their children having nightmares and want to know how to help. Sometimes the cure is obvious. Take the case of my neighbor who, during a family movie night, selected a movie that appeared to be family friendly but had a disturbing ending. Her two youngest children were…
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