James Smith’s Info Serv

Author: Karen Schachter, LICSW, CHC

Copyright (c) 2009 Healthy Bodies, Happy Minds

We moms have a tough path to walk as we help our daughters navigate the sometimes choppy waters of growing up girl. It’s our job to protect our children and do our best to keep them safe and healthy, yet we also have to allow them to grow, stretch and learn from their own mistakes. It’s a fine line between letting them be who they are and wanting to “tweak” them just a little bit so they don’t suffer from the same mistakes or struggles that we did.

When it comes to healthy eating and a positive body image, this fine line can feel fragile and confusing, particularly if you struggle with these issues yourself.

When I teach workshops or work individually with moms, I am always asked some of the same questions: Should I let my kids have desert every day? How do I deal with their love of sweets? How can I help her stop eating when she’s not hungry anymore? How can I help her lose weight without making her feel bad about her body? How can I help her feel good about her body, no matter what its size? How can I help her feel good about herself and treat herself with respect?
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Author: Roberto Sedycias

Your personal life is in shambles. Your husband cannot find the time to spend with you and your children never give a damn about what you say. You don`t feel like entering your own house. Everything you say or do seem to be wrong.

Well, if this is the situation, then you are desperately in need of self help. It seems rather easy to say that you need self help and quite another thing to avail it. It is not a medicine which can be downed with a glass of water and everything will be fine. In fact, you need a lot of discipline and determination to lead the life you want to. Only then you will not only have a husband who loves to talk to you but loving children who will also dote on you.

Get motivated:

It is certainly not easy to get self help. You ill have to come out from the shell you have created around you to seek opportunities and prospects which will work in favor of you. You will have to overcome the inherent fear inside you and undertake some risks which will again put you on the right path. Despite the difficulties which pursue you, you have to take charge of your life and persevere to get self help. You have to motivate yourself to achieve your objective. The path is ridden with intricacies but you have to overcome them to get back your life along the right path again.
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Author: Christopher

If you want to feel excited and passionate about your job after spending years in a monotonous work environment, then mid life career change can be both rewarding as well as meaningful. A career change around 50s can be helpful in finding the work that inspires you to utilize your hidden and natural strengths and talents. The best way to choose the new career is to look within yourself and think about the options that you may have put aside in the past because of financial responsibilities towards family or other reasons. Here are some simple steps to guide you in making an informed decision at a very important juncture in your life.

- You need to focus on exactly what you can do and list all the skills and talents that you possess. Some of the skills that you use in your current job are universal and may help you in the other job that you switch to. You may be good at keeping accounts or exceptionally good at managing your clients. You also need to mention your unique talents such as love for art and music, understanding human relations and emotions etc. All these might help you in getting your dream job with mid life career change. It is very important to find out what your core strengths are.

- Depending upon what type of working hours and lifestyle changes you want, you can plan your next career shift. Naturally you would not be able to work like a fresher just out of college. You can plan out your entire day and then think about the career option. For this you need to think about what you would love to do and what is the core purpose of your life.
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Author: The Passion Man

How do you discover your true purpose in life, your reason for being on this planet, your personal destiny? Do you even think you have one?

We humans need Purpose in our lives. Without it, we’re either paralyzed or going around in circles, frustrated, bored, bewildered or lost. Our inherent need for purpose gives rise to questions such as “Why am I here?” and “What’s the meaning of life?” or even, “What is the point to life?” Since time began, humans have asked this question, driven by those deep seated needs for purpose, meaning and significance.

When you find your life’s purpose, everything changes. When your deepest needs are being met, you feel joyful and fulfilled. You live with greater focus and clarity about who you are, what you stand for and where you are going. This clarity gives rise to your personal power: Confidence, commitment and inspired action will naturally rise up inside you when you are living passionately with clear direction in your life.

So how do you discover your life’s purpose? Well, you must first let go of all the false purposes you’ve been taught by your family, schooling and other social conditioning. You may even have an idea hovering around in your head that you have no purpose at all - you’ll have to let go of that one too!

Understand that your Life Purpose grows and changes over time. What is right for you now will have developed into something else in a few years time. By getting clear on what is deeply important to you now and pursuing that passionately, you will grow and develop yourself, getting better and better, until you find yourself ready and prepared for the highest version of your purpose. It’s an amazing journey.
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Author: Martin Mak

Now, more than ever, people are finding it more difficult to get their mind concentrated on the task at hand. This is because of the fast paced world we live in. We are often called to multi-task, or, to do a few tasks at the same time. For example, a stay-at-home mom may have to prepare dinner for the family while keeping an eye or listening out for the cries of her baby. An office executive may have to work on a report, while distracted by an urgent meeting or to assist in another area.

Concentration is not a natural skill. It is a learned skill. And it is a vital skill practiced by a martial arts practitioner, a surgeon, an athlete or anyone who needs to focus on a task at hand. But with a focused mind, you can get more done, in a shorter period of time. Here then are 10 steps to better;

1. Try to eliminate distractions. This is often easier said than done. Most times, if you can eliminate 20% of your distractions, you find that you can do the task at hand 80% faster. This is the 20/80 pareto rule. You can unhook the telephone for example, or if your are doing some work on the computer linked to the internet, make yourself “invisible” if you are often pinged for a chat by someone you know.
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