I know this season is a very difficult time for many people we love.Rising number of foreclosures and the job loss numbers are causing people to suffer in silence and smile through the Christmas season.
Depression is always on the rise during the ...
Posted Sunday, December 21st 2008 at 9:16PM
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A key factor in any person's success with a mental illness such as Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, ADHD, PTSD, etc. is to walk beside them all the way. So, according to the International Foundation on Education on Depression, here are some tips ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 10:11PM
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In less than a week, Christmas Day will be upon us. It will be a special time when folks will open gifts and laugh and gather around the dinner table with friends and family! All kinds of delicious foods and treats will be passed around and for som ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 9:14PM
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Those are just a few good names for those of us who have a mental illness and get overwhelmed and stressed out and retreat forever on the sofa (or bed). It gets worse if you are experiencing a manic episode or are not stabilized with your mental ill ...
Posted Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 8:04PM
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Big gifts come in small packages, consider this your diamond Goddesses !
Good friendships are not easily reconized by all, and as my Grandmother use to say, you can count your friends on one hand ! That can apply towards a lifetime.
As the year e ...
Posted Friday, December 19th 2008 at 1:05AM
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Not Ur Momma’s News is looking for 100,000 Angels to bless and be a blessing. On the straight up ya’ll, this is one of those seat of the pants ideas. But it seems like a good one to us and we’re asking your help to test it. Ya’ll support it, and we’l ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2008 at 5:39PM
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In spite of what most people believe, confident women doubt themselves and their capability to do things. Being confident doesn't always mean that you won't have moments in life where you have self doubting feelings or thoughts. You will. Doubt ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2008 at 1:36AM
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For probably most American, shopping is a favorite past-time. For me, it never has been. I always hated the idea of long lines and people, people, people. I always carefully devised a plan before shopping: what I need, where to go, aprroximate pr ...
Posted Sunday, December 14th 2008 at 1:49PM
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Life can be chaotic. And when it is, it's easy for us to become hyper-focused on ourselves. We convince ourselves that we simply don't have time to be concerned about other people or their needs. "After all," we think, "look at everything I have ...
Posted Thursday, December 11th 2008 at 8:11AM
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As women we're naturally nurturers.
We take care of the family, the kids, our men and our friends.
It's what we're accustomed to.
There's nothing wrong with taking care of the people you love, in fact everything is right with ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2008 at 10:43AM
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Knowing that I have already made changes in my life that will last forever, today I insert the final piece of the puzzle. I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2008 at 7:55AM
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Okay,
I have two important points to update.
1st, the information on how to start a low income credit union for new york state is being sent to me, and I have changed gears. Instead of basketball it will be soccer. The cost of a soccer team in the ...
Posted Tuesday, December 9th 2008 at 10:20PM
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Election to the office of the Presidency of these United States is a bitterly fought and hard won victory in the most amicable circumstances, and the final determination being made by the legislature or court is as American as formaldehyde ridden FEM ...
Posted Tuesday, December 9th 2008 at 12:47PM
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"International television and radio celebrity, author and motivational speaker, Les Brown will be in Atlanta this week"
My mentor and coach Les Brown will
be in town this weekend to share
success strategies on "How To Recession
Proof Your Incom ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2008 at 11:16AM
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Success is defined in many ways. But regardless of how we define it, we want a reminder, something to show for that success. In business, it's framing that first dollar of profit. When fishing, it's the picture of that trophy catch displayed on the ...
Posted Monday, December 8th 2008 at 8:43AM
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Diseases start with one germ that spreads quickly to infect an entire body. It's true in the medical world; it's also true in the relational world. One negative person can spread a virus of negativity in the workplace, around the dinner table or thro ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2008 at 5:23PM
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Every year my doctor and I have that traditional fight about my weight gain around the holidays (afterwards). I tried to outstep him by scheduling my appointments in February with the sincere intent of working out like crazy during January. (Uh-hm) ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2008 at 2:48PM
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I had the tickling experience of reading in Essence Magazine about Alan Keyes' reason for tying up the U.S. Supreme Court Docket about Mr. President-Elect Obama not being a U.S. citizen. (yawn)
At first Alan Keyes humored me with this nonsense. T ...
Posted Sunday, December 7th 2008 at 1:20PM
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Selfishness is not a trait that we have to learn. As a child, the word 'mine' usually comes right after learning the word 'no.' But selfishness doesn't end with childhood. In fact, our selfishness tends to grow with us.
You and a coworker are up ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2008 at 9:29AM
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Allow
The solutions to your most difficult problems already exist.
Open yourself to their possibility and you will most
certainly discover them.
Whatever you desire is already connected to who you are and
what you now have. Bring th ...
Posted Friday, December 5th 2008 at 10:01AM
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Can you imagine what life must have been like for the Black Female slave child to have received a doll, a baby doll without a face ? Was her doll a reflection of herself as it's mother ? These dolls were deliberately given to them during slavery here ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 8:42PM
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The door to opportunity swings on the hinges of opposition. Caleb Colton said, “Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunder ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 10:09AM
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Can you believe it is already December? This year has gone by in a blur! It seems like just yesterday we were ringing in 2008, and now there are just four weeks left in the year!
Our awareness of the passing of time provides us with an strong inc ...
Posted Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 at 10:20PM
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We can all remember our school days when we were faced with exams. We spent all day in school-and still we panicked when it came to test time.
Why? Perhaps it's because our time in the classroom was only one part of the learning process. The other ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2008 at 8:14AM
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