We’re at the solstice, winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere. And we’re mid-holiday season. To celebrate the solstice and the holidays, we’re sharing 3 pins we’ve created for Pinterest. Courage Pin Light Pin Hope Pin Happy...
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After November 1st, the retail world starts decorating and promoting Thanksgiving and the December holidays of Hanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve as well as other religious and secular hallmarks. If you celebrate Three Kings Day, the holidays may not end until after the 12th day of Christmas, January 6th. What if you don’t feel...
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Food, Food, Food! It’s the Holidays! What would the holidays be without food, especially forbidden foods? Are you afraid of eating too much? Here are a few strategies that may help you eat less during the holidays. And they are based in psychology. Food psychology, that is. There is a program at Cornell University that tries to understand cues...
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Waste Not, Want Not Did you know that 40% of people who receive gift cards don’t use their full value? In 2011, it was estimated that since 2005 $41 billion worth of gift cards had gone unclaimed. That’s a whole lot of money and a bunch of gift cards. Enter A Great Idea One woman heard these facts and has made it her mission to see that those gift...
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Over the years spent tweeting together, the #BCSM (Breast Cancer Social Media) tweetchat community has asked some tough questions. #BCSM is a community on Twitter that meets every Monday night at 9pm ET. On November 18th, they continued their annual “holiday survival guide” or holidays and chronic illness. How To Celebrate With a chronic...
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Food… Grandma is from Iowa…grew up on a farm. She milked cows, fed chickens, chopped wood and watched the nation change. Electricity didn’t come to their farm until she was a teen. Richness in her life is measured in stories. And many of these stories are about food. Like the stories of cooking with her new daughter in-law from Korea…how...
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