Thursday, August 24, 2006

How roughage 'keeps you regular' - BBC News article

I'm a great believer in eating fibre-rich foods and I wouldn't dream of starting the day without my bowl of branflakes with fruit and skimmed milk.

The benefits of a high-fibre diet are well known - but now US researchers have found out just how roughage keeps people 'regular'. Read all about it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5274420.stm.

How to get published

The Squidoo 'Lens of the Day' for today is The Perfect Pen: How to Get Published by best-selling author, Connie Briscoe. Connie's lens has information about getting your first novel published, advice about whether to submit your novel to a literary agent or direct to a publisher, and even resources to help you find that agent or publisher. Visit http://www.squidoo.com/howtowrite/ if the urge to write that book is still burning away inside you... (And you will send me a first edition copy won't you? :-))

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Good quotes

Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you take a big bite out of something that you just have to spit out.

Author Unknown

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Does what you want to do with your life seem too silly and irresponsible?

Regular readers will know that I often recommend coach Michael Neill's radio show, 'You Can Have What You Want', on Hay House Radio. This week's programme looks interesting. Here are the details:

This week on 'You Can Have What You Want'!

Thursday, August 24 at Noon pacific/3pm eastern/8pm UK:
(Internet radio at (http://www.hayhouseradio.com)

*****FEAR MASQUERADING AS GOOD TASTE*****

Does what you want to do with your life seem too "silly" or
"irresponsible?"

If so, you may be suffering from a condition Michael calls "fear
masquerading as good taste." Tune in as Michael helps you
uncover your hidden fears and step boldly into the life of your
dreams!

To get coaching live on air, use these numbers:

Inside the US (Toll free)
1-866-254-1579

From the UK/Outside the US
001-760-918-4300

You can also e-mail your questions for me to
questions@geniuscatalyst.com.

To listen to the show each and every Thursday, go to
at Noon pacific/8pm UK and click on
the button marked 'Listen Now'.

Coming Next:

August 31 - Thriving on Change

If you missed last week's show on finding ways to feel better in
the midst of whatever is going on in your life, please visit
http://www.hayhouseradio.com/ and click the button for the
'Listen Again' archives!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Wise words

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life."

Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises from 1959-1994

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Mid-life crisis? Check out LifeTwo.com

Wearing my other, retirement coach's hat, I put out a request for guinea pigs to test my new eCourse - the Retirement Detox Programme which was picked up by Wesley Hein of LifeTwo.com. LifeTwo is a fantastic resource, packed full of articles relevant to baby boomers, middle-agers and retirees. Here's what Wesley has to say about the site:

'Life Two is many things and will certainly create a different experience for different people. In short Greg and I want to create a place that helps people make better decisions with their lives. Of course the scope of this task is ridiculous, how can we even propose to do such a thing. Well, a couple of ways.

First, there is an old saying that goes something like "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." We aren't going to solve everyone's problems in one day. But we hope that this site is a catalyst for people improving their lives one bite at a time.

Second and more importantly, we will likely have very little to do with whatever benefits people will get form the site. Our part is to put up the plumbing and do what we can to attract the early visitors, but after that it is going to be community members helping community members. This is not a novel concept and recently a number of web companies have launched to help new parents (Minti) or to help people make travel decisions (RealTravel). We applaud these efforts and hope that they succeed. But if one wants parenting help or travel suggestions there is no shortage of good online/offline sources for this information. But for the more complex life decisions (such as "what do I want to do with my life") there are places to turn. Furthermore, these are sometimes the types of topics that people have trouble having with people they are close--making the anonymity of the Internet a plus.

Life Two is a long-term project and you will see us add new features and functions over-time based on reactions that we get from other community members.'

Definitely well worth a look!

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

I hope that you're enjoying the Summer and that the global heatwave isn't causing you too many problems. I'm not really a Summer person myself - I find that the heat saps my energy and make me cranky, and, personally, I much prefer Spring, Autumn and Winter. I take a perverse comfort in the fact that the Harrods store in London has already opened its Christmas department.

Only 139 shopping days left to Christmas... :-)

Monday, August 07, 2006

Living in the raw

I love the idea of incorporating more raw food into my diet - no, I'm not talking about raw meat or anything like that - I'm talking about more fruit, salads, smoothies, nuts and seeds, etc. Would you believe that you can even get raw chocolate cake and apple crumble? Or flapjacks, cookies and ice-cream?

If you're even the slightest bit intrigued, have a look at Karen Knowler's 'Living in the Raw' blog, at http://karenknowler.typepad.com/living_in_the_raw/. Karen is The Raw Food Coach. She is also an author, presenter, MD of The Fresh Network (The UK's raw and living foods organisation), founder of The Fresh Festival and creator of Get Fresh! magazine. Karen has appeared on LK Today (GMTV), Channel Health, The Wellbeing Channel, Rude Health, LBC radio and Radio 4, as well as appearing regularly in the press in her capacity as raw food expert and food/life coach. She really knows her stuff and she makes the idea of raw food seem an absolute 'no-brainer' (without appearing to be the slightest bit 'crusty' or 'cranky').

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Single in the summertime

I heard about a free teleseminar entitled 'Single in the Summertime' which is a joint offering from David Steele, the author of 'Conscious Dating' and Ken Donaldson, the author of 'Marry Yourself First, which is to be held on Wednesday 9 August. Here are the details:

SINGLE IN THE SUMMERTIME

So it's the middle of summer and you're still single. If the above sentence raises any angst for you, we want to help. Join David Steele, author of "Conscious Dating" and Ken Donaldson, author of "Marry Yourself First" for a unique, one-time tele-seminar FREE for our subscribers."

Single In The Summertime

with David Steele and Ken Donaldson

In this seminar you will learn-

- Why being single is an opportunity, not a disease
- How to have a fun and fulfilling life while single
- What works, and what doesn't in the dating world
- Ten things you can do RIGHT NOW to find your perfect mate by the end of the year

Be sure to mark your calendar-

DATE: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
TIME: 6:00pm pacific/9:00pm eastern for 90 minutes
TO JOIN: Call 865-362-4150 PIN 8906#

(Note: Only 99 lines are available for this event, so call in a few minutes early)

Please forward this to your single friends and family members- they'll be glad you did!

For more information about Conscious Dating visit- http://urlcut.com/consciousdating

For more information about Marry YourSelf First http://urlcut.com/marryufirst

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Many in the UK 'don't wear suncream'

A survey of 1,010 people carried out by The Institute of Cancer Research and Superdrug has found that whilst 67% of them used high-factor protection while on holiday, only 33% did whilst in the UK. The survey also uncovered the fact that almost four out of 10 people do not put on sunscreen for gardening and that nearly half do not put it on for playing sports. You can read the full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5232010.stm.