Balanced Life: Exercise: Nine Tips for Staying Motivated to Exercise http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gretchen-rubin/... Everyone knows that exercise is a KEY element to good health. The trick is keeping yourself motivated to exercise, if you're a person who naturally relapses into the couch-potato pose.
Composting Guide: Indoor Or Outdoors, You Can Cut Down On Waste http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/18/comp... Whether you plan to compost in your home or outside, composting is the foundation for organic and sustainable gardening. Every day 200 million pounds of trash end up in landfills nationwide, 15% of this waste is from yard and kitchen scraps. Consider how much you can recycle by setting up a backyard compost pile or an in-kitchen compost.which restaurant? Or what movie to see. Perhaps it has to do with the difference between deciding and choosing.
PREVENTION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/joy-... How we think and what we do can intensify, even prolong, the best moments in life. Here's how to tune in to the small stuff and reap huge rewards!
Helping Individuals Overcome Addiction http://www.stopaddiction.com/index.php/News/D... The Narconon program from its inception promoted an approach to rehabilitation without recourse to alternative drugs. This early program did not, however, deal directly with withdrawal symptoms and difficulties. In 1973, after Mr. Hubbard had conducted further research to aid Narconon staff to help others through the difficulties of withdrawal discomfort safely and with minimal discomfort, the Narconon program adopted these procedures to include drug-free withdrawal, using vitamins and mineral supplements along with special techniques to ease the mental and physical symptoms.
Holiday Advice for Recovered Addicts http://www.stopaddiction.com/index.php/News/D... One of the most difficult barriers to recovery is environmental restimulation, which can occur during the Holidays. This means that the people, places and things in the present environment remind the addict of times when he used drugs and things he did while using them. There are a few things that a recovering addict can be aware of and help him have a safe season.
7 Ways To Stay On Course During Turbulent Times http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-judith-rich/... While we no longer need to worry about ending up as dinner for dinosaurs, today we live in extraordinary times that demand different skills to meet different kinds of challenges. With global warming and climate change; rising gas prices, home foreclosures and bank failures; increasing unemployment and the prolonged war on terror, we are living in a time when our old assumptions about
Keys to Life: How To Be Decisive Without Being Divisive http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-bishop/... Why do decisions seem so hard to make? Even simple decisions can be difficult, like which restaurant? Or what movie to see. Perhaps it has to do with the difference between deciding and choosing.
Victory for Small Farmer http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish... After a ten year long David and Goliath battle, Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser has finally won damages from Monsanto in an out of court settlement.
Tidal Turbines the Way Forward http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish... Renewable energy enthusiasts across the world were recently focused on Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, for the installation of the first ever commercial tidal turbine system. Pioneering developer Marine Current Turbines, are behind the SeaGen system, backed by investments from ethical specialists, Triodos Bank and its clean energy investment fund, Triodos Renewables.
Holidays Intensify Guilt of Drug Addiction http://www.stopaddiction.com/index.php/News/D... Guilt is a major component in the life cycle of alcohol and other drug addiction. Most addicts are basically good people before they become addicts and have some sense of right and wrong with no intention of hurting others.
World Prizes for Three Extraordinary Women http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish... Three extraordinary brave women, who have been campaigning to create a better world for children, have each had their incredible efforts recognised by a truly deserving accolade: the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child.
World Youth Symposium on Biodiversity 2009 http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish... The City of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada, is to be the proud host of the 2009 World Youth Symposium for Biodiversity. The focus of the event will be to: welcome students from around the world and to celebrate the work they are doing at home and in their communities regarding local biodiversity efforts; experience Canadian biodiversity using a full scale Bio-Blitz, which is a Biological Survey with local scientists and naturalists; develop methods to implement the Global Youth’s Accord for Biodiversity, that was created by nine nations during the First Youth Symposium in Mexico in 2005.
