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How many times have you sat through a presentation at work or at a conference, only to walk out of the room wondering “what was the point of that?!” Whether it was a one-minute presentation or one hour, if the audience doesn’t know what the point was, then the presentation was not successful. Here are [...]

A class participant recently emailed me with a question: “Hi Gilda, What if you find yourself in a discussion with quite a few people at a social gathering and you have an important point to make, but feel intimated by those around you? I find I get all tongue twisted and the words do not [...]

The number one rule with any self defense product is that it must be accessible. If you can’t have it out and ready to use the second that you need it, it may be too late to stop the attack. When faced with an attacker, time is of the essence. Rather than selecting a large [...]

At first it may appear that the setting of goals is the easy part. Whether the goal is financial, weight related or training for a marathon, it can be defined by clearly deciding what you want to achieve and by expressing it in positive, precise terms. Goals can be further refined in terms of SMART [...]

The expression of a goal or objective in clear, concise terms enhances the potential to achieve it. In goal setting the acronym SMART is perhaps the most well used process for structuring goals. It represents Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time related. The principle behind its use is that our conscious and particularly subconscious minds [...]

Your effectiveness can be characterized by how you identify your most important tasks and tackle them with single-minded focus until they are all completed. The challenge is usually those tasks that you know are priorities, but that you?ve put off for whatever reason. Below are some points for you to follow to motivate yourself to [...]

You wouldn?t walk down the street counting a roll of hundred-dollar bills, but you would probably drive a vehicle worth thousands of dollars down the same street, and still feel safe. However, there are dangers to doing just that, including carjackings. There are several ways a carjacking happens. Perhaps you?re sitting at a quiet intersection, [...]

Communicating with your teenager might be frustrating. You might not know the best way to go about it or what strategies to try. It`s important to remember that different things work for different families, so it is best to try different methods to see which one works for you.
Teenagers can be tricky. They are caught [...]

What are you afraid of if you say “No” to people? Here are some of the things my clients have told me regarding their fear of saying no:
“I’m afraid of hurting their feelings. Then they will get angry at me and I will feel like a bad person.”
“I’m afraid of ending up with no friends. [...]

Today they are nearly as common as pigeons; walking through the city centre of Leeds on this bitter cold winter?s day I must have counted at least 30 pairs of Ugg Boots donning the feet of women (and 1 man) of all ages, in many different styles and shades. In the colder months the infamous [...]

Lately, school attacks have been in the news. Unfortunately, they seem to be growing more and more common. How do you teach your children to be safe in the case of such attacks?
Most schools, particularly those at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level, have a zero tolerance policy with regards to weapons of any kind. [...]

Is your life in mess because of panic disorder? This article is about dealing with anxiety disorders. It mentions strategies for better treatment of panic disorder. The disorder can be successfully treated, but can take time. The following guidelines can help in boosting the treatment.
Anxiety disorders affect a lot of Americans. Nearly 40 million Americans [...]

Do alpha brain waves really reduce stress and anxiety, increase creativity, and promote peak performance? Generally, people have four basic brainwaves; Delta Waves, Theta Waves, Alpha Waves and Beta Waves. These four brainwaves emit electrical activity in their individual frequency range. The method for measuring these frequencies is an EEG (electroencephalograph or electroencephalogram).
Scientists have spent [...]

Winter is here in full force, especially for the Midwest, East Coast, and Florida. Who would of thought that 2010 would be so cold already? Yuck! So as many of you all already know, with winter comes the extra energy we use to power our furnaces, space heater, and other methods of heating our homes [...]

It?s that time of year. The time of year when everyone welcomes a new year, which means a clean slate for some, and a time to start anew for others. A lot of people use the entrance of the New Year as the perfect time to start making changes in their lifestyle. Some are to [...]