From the category archives:

Inside & Out

Looking in the Mirror: Growing Up to be Me, Growing up to be You

August 22, 2011

This is a continuation of articles about the journey we experience to personal development and growth. I wrote about the first stage: The Denial last week. After moving from the denial stage, perhaps the toughest stage comes next: Looking in the Mirror.

Looking in the Mirror
Two years ago, I had something I loved and built, [...]

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Denial: Growing Up to Be Me, Growing Up to Be You

August 18, 2011

I started writing last post about the fact that we are on a journey, although some are unaware they are on a journey, of personal development and growth. From my own experience, there are various stages of personal development we must pass through to get that sense of completeness. The stages are not necessarily [...]

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Growing Up to be Me, Growing Up to be You

August 16, 2011

I started writing the Organic Triathlete & Runner [OTR] several years ago as a creative outlet to place to paper the collective experiences of my journey to learn more about who I was as a person, what drove my innermost feelings in certain situations, learn more about having healthy relationships, and to share with others [...]

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Getting a grip on it -10 Easy Steps to Take Back Control of Your Life and Reduce Stress

August 13, 2011

According to the American Institute of Stress, there is no definitive definition for stress. What may be stressful to one person, could even be pleasurable to another. So the first step in controlling stress is to become aware of what stress feels like to you. Does your heart start racing or your blood [...]

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The Break: Letting Go of a Relationship that Doesn’t Exist

August 8, 2011

Have you ever thought you were in a relationship with someone and in reality, you were the only one in the relationship? I found myself in this situation several years ago when I first became single and like the naive little dating pup that I was thought we were taking a “break”, “slowing things [...]

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Are You An Idiot?

August 1, 2011

If everyone was as smart as me the world would be a better place. How many times have you have thought that after watching people make what can only be time and time again idiotic decisions? You wonder if they could only see what you and everyone else see, or if they knew what you [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Hydrate

July 19, 2011

Warmer weather means we will all be heading outside. The problem with the rising heat is that most people are already dehydrated and the heat increases the effects.
#10 Lose weight: Most of us are looking for an easy way to drop a few pounds. Drinking water reduces hunger by suppressing your appetite which [...]

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The Dance

July 7, 2011

Your relationship has ended…well, it kind of has…you ended it with him or her or he or she ended it with you…you’re not together but you’re not really apart…maybe you are on a break or maybe you aren’t…you still talk but not really that much…you hang out for a birthday or a special occasion but [...]

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Unfriended: Why Aren’t We Facebook Friends Anymore?

July 5, 2011

Recently, I downsized the number of Facebook friends I had on my personal Facebook. I looked at the number of friends I had and I had “accumulated” 1,046 friends. I started looking at my friends list and begun to wonder – who are all these people? Who is this person? How do I know this [...]

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Is it True Love or just an Energetic Attraction?

June 17, 2011

There is such a law of the land, the Law of Attraction. In love, when the relationship is just an energetic attraction it still feels like love. You feel the whirl wind. You can’t get enough of each other. You want to spend all of your time together. You [...]

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