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Clean, Green, and Lean

djbaxter — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:39:33 +0000

Clean, Green, and Lean Walter Crinnion. Wiley 2010, Hardcover, 304 pages, $14.43 Clean, Green, and Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins That Make You Fat By Walter Crinnion, Foreword by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo Published by John Wiley & Sons March 2010; $25.95US/$30.95CAN; 978-0-470-40923-7 Preamble: I wish books like this one weren’t so over-hyped by the publishers and marketers; it makes them all look [...]

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Ask-a-Vet: Online Veterinary Help for Your Pets

djbaxter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:21:57 +0000

Ask A Vet Question Ask Ottawa veterinarian Dr. Marie a question about the health of your pet online. Then continue to converse back and forth with her until you feel your question is answered satisfactorily. Dr. Marie has been practicing small animal medicine for over 10 years now. She is compassionate and cares for the animals and the wonderful [...]

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A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi

djbaxter — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:21:51 +0000

A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi” Chloe Rhodes. Readers Digest 2010, Hardcover, 176 pages, $4.99 A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes Readers Digest Books, 2010 Carpe Diem and Become a Word Connoisseur! English is filled with a smorgasbord of foreign words and phrases that have entered our language from many sources — some [...]

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Diagnosing friends and family

djbaxter — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:46:12 +0000

My Diagnosis By Polly Frost January 7, 2010 SCENE: Me, standing at a podium in front of a group of people sitting on folding chairs. ME: Hi, I’m Polly Frost. And I’m addicted to diagnosing the personality disorders of my family and friends. CROWD: Hi, Polly! ME: It began innocently enough. I’d always analyzed the people around me. It was just [...]

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The Concepcion Project

djbaxter — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:29:41 +0000

There is a lot in the news currently – and rightly so – about the horrific earthquakes in Haiti and the relief efforts underway to assist the Haitian people. Even in the midst of this disaster, I am hearing comments in the media about the need to do more than just help Haiti from one [...]

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Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response

djbaxter — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:23:50 +0000

Desensitizing Your Fight or Flight Response Creating a Sense of Safety in Your Life By Changing the Meaning of Your Experiences By Ewa Schwarz Eight years ago I wrote an article on being a highly sensitive person. So much has happened since that time. I have learned how to take the quality of being highly sensitive and evolve [...]

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Stepfamily Sanity During The Holidays

djbaxter — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:52:31 +0000

Stepmonster Wednesday Martin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009, Hardcover, 336 pages, $15.30 Stepfamily Sanity this Holiday Season By Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., Author of Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do When you think of holidays, you probably think of family. And that’s what makes holidays so tough for stepfamilies. At this time of year, couples in a remarriage with [...]

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No. Just Say It.

djbaxter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:13:40 +0000

Womenomics Claire Shipman. HarperBusiness 2009, Hardcover, 256 pages, $4.62 No – Just Say It by Claire Shipman & Katty Kay, Authors of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success Once you’ve tamed your inner-guilt monster, you are ready to welcome that most wonderful of words into your vocabulary. We’re certain you barely use it. But it’s a potent combination of two letters that [...]

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Disrespectful teens, disrespectful parents

djbaxter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:14:55 +0000

How to get your teen to clean up their room by Anthony Wolfe, The Globe and Mail Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 If you force your kid to clean up, your victory will be short-lived. Trust that they’ll tidy up with time The courtroom of the Honourable Justice Maureen Rascomb in the case of Matthew Thibodeau v. his mother. Matthew: “It’s [...]

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Love Your Body, Love Your Life

djbaxter — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:14:15 +0000

Love Your Body, Love Your Life Sarah Maria. Adams Media 2009, Paperback, 256 pages, $7.12 Love Your Body, Love Your Life 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently By Sarah Maria Eating Disorders. Steroids. Plastic Surgery. We’ll do anything to look better — and yet we still feel bad about how we look. Self-loathing has reached epidemic proportions. [...]

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