¡°I can't believe it, I'm just too weak to quit smoking.¡± This statement came to me on the fourth day of a clinic by a participant who could not stop smoking for even one day. When I asked him where he kept getting the cigarettes from, he replied, ...

Smoking

My research on cigarettes began in 1998. I called Brown and Williamson and personally requested a list of ingredients. You know, it behooves me that people (smokers) could smoke a product that does not even list the ingredients on th ...

1. Think about cutting down/quitting

Talk to others about smoking. Observe how nonsmokers react to smokers. Observe negative aspects of smoking. Smoke in front of a mirror to see exactly what goes on when you smoke.

2. Seek more inform ...

There was a time when smoking a cigarette was kind of the ¡°chic¡± and fashionable thing to do in many social environments. During many years (and still today) there was kind of a social conditioning for smoking. It was like wearing a nice suit or a ...

By now you are well aware that increased activity burns calories and fat. Exercise is essential to your health and well being, but could you be taking part in too much of a good thing? The old adage, more is not always better, is a good rule to li ...

Anger management is only part of the answer to controlling rage and violent behavior, because anger's just a symptom of the underlying problem. The basic cause of every conflict, from family arguments to war, is actually not just anger, but deep ...

You have probably heard this more times than you can count and you have probably received loads of quit smoking tips but facts are facts! There is no other way to say it ¨C smoking is not only bad for your health, it is deadly! If you smoke you s ...

Have you ever made a mistake? Of course you have. We all have! If you were the only one affected by the mistake, you might just consider yourself foolish. If it caused harm or inconvenience to another person, you might choose to apologize. If ...

There¡¯s been a common theme lately in my coaching practice with my clients and I thought it would be worthwhile to share this with you. We¡¯ve been having a great deal of discussion about reacting to a situation as opposed to responding.

Can ...

Just the other day I saw a t-shirt that said:

"My anger management class pissed me off."

Learning to or having to manage your anger can be no fun.

A wake up call

You get angry, I get angry, all God's children get ang ...

So many people don¡¯t realize how important it is to keep your body hydrated, especially during work out. Also most of them will work out too much adding to the negative effect dehydration can have. What is really concerning is that in bad conditio ...

Someone you know, perhaps even you, need to quit smoking. You understand the dangers and realize there is not one cell in your body that is unaffected by cigarettes and/or snuff. You even understand that no one in your immediate vicinity is safe ...

After working each day, I would run up and down the long drive where I lived several times. In a few weeks I saw an improvement and the weight was coming off. I was now more encouraged and started jogging on the main road and any place that I coul ...

Keeping our hearts healthy is important, but how do we do it? Fortunately the answers to this are very clear.

Being overweight, particularly if you carry the weight around your waist, puts unnecessary strain on the heart. To find out if you ...

A simple way to take personal responsibility for your life and live it from a field of all possibilities, a look at empowering yourself through the concept of forgiveness.

Forgiveness is a wonderful gift that we have been given to re-centre ...