It’s not that we are negative. Really, we’re not.   It’s just that sometimes we unknowingly toss around words and phrases that can and do have a negative impact. I thought it “utterly useful” to review some of these words today. TRY … Do or Do not. There is no try. – Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker…

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learn to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible. ~ Epictetus…

Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss,  My sins are two-fold — in thought and in deed. For close to a half a century (give or take a couple of decades, if you will), I have mercilessly beaten myself up each and every time I took even one bite of the Devil’s Cake, much less polished…

Here, Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, shares eight simple things that you can add to your daily routine that will burn an extra 100 calories. Think about it. If you do one of these things each day, rotating them if you like, at the end of one year you will have burned off 10…

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