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New Year’s and You! What Will be Different This Time, to Finally Get and Stay Slender and Healthy for Good?

Amidst the clatter and clamor of all the noisemaking at New Year’s Eve are all of the hearts of dieters screaming out: THIS TIME I’M GOING TO DO IT!!! THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!!! THIS TIME I WILL GET THE WEIGHT OFF!! Perhaps one of those "hearts" is yours?

Odds are good that most people have made many resolutions on many that haven’t been kept. The sincerity is there, certainly, as is the desire, pain and frustration. So what happens?

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Added by Rev. Dr. Christina Winsey on December 27, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Marketing Tip: Start 2010 on the right foot

First of all, I hope that your holiday season is going VERY well! If not then change your attitude and it will get much better.

Most of us make resolutions on New Years Day to improve ourselves and/or our businesses. I recently read a story by Marketing Guru C.J. Hayden which hits the spot if you want to start your 2010 right. It will make a huge difference for your business and mine too!

STOP REACTING AND… Continue

Added by Frank Gomez on December 26, 2009 at 10:40am — No Comments

WQmag.com Would Like To Welcome Our Newest Advertiser...Josh Zimmer of Harmony Health Acupuncture & Herbs

Find our more about our newest advertiser Josh Zimmer. Please visit his website to find out more about him. He offers a variety of very great services to WQmag.com that can help individuals who suffer from

*Back & Knee Pain

*Depression

*Headaches

*Stroke & Cancer Recovery

*Weight Loss &… Continue

Added by admin on December 24, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Interview with stand-up comic Joyce Kretschmar, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Joyce Kretschmar

Stand-up comic Joyce Kretschmar came into the studio to tell listeners about her forthcoming appearance at McCurdy's, as well as the Christmas show where's she's appearing with hubby… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:27am — No Comments

Interview with Faye Butler about the Sickle Cell disease, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen: Sickle Cell

I had a very interesting chat with Faye Butler, Yolanda Martin and Gary Peterson about the Sickle Cell disease and the foundation that Faye has created to create awareness and fund research about the disease.

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Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Interview with Toby Perlman about the Perlman Music Program, Dec. 20 2009

Here's the interview link - click to listen! Toby Perlman

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast is an independent not-for-profit organization formed for the express purpose of ensuring a permanent home for the Perlman Music Program Winter Residency in Sarasota, Florida held for two weeks each December.

alt The Perlman Music Program /Suncoast… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Chocolate Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Finally, someone took the hint and dropped a holiday recipe contest entry off at the office for us to taste test! Thanks to Wendy Aronson Moore for sharing this delicious treat. If you still have holiday baking to do, this recipe is very yummy.

1 18 oz pkg of chocolate sandwich cookies

1 8 oz pkg of cream cheese

3/4 cups peppermint candies

1 lb white chocolate confection candy coating

In a food processor,… Continue

Added by Amy Warren, LMHC / WQ Mag Columnist on December 22, 2009 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

BLEPHARITIS-What is it and how to treat it

Blepharitis is an overgrowth of dead skin cells and bacteria that is normally found on the skin, and has blocked the eyelash follicle. Blepharitis is a common eye condition, causing the eyelids to be reddened, itchy and somewhat swollen. Overtime, scales become coarser, and crusts form on the lid. The natural lashes become thinner and sparse causing gaps between the natural lashes. Crusts may fall into the eye which feels like a gritty sensation.

SYMPTOMS

Crusty scaling… Continue

Added by Beverly Katzenberger on December 22, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Need a last minute gift?

The Modern Hippie Mag Green Giving Guide won’t end with this holiday season, but I thought I should give you one more installment before the big holiday. So if you’re making last ditch efforts to purchase green gifts for loved ones and live in close proximity to downtown Sarasota FL, take heart, green and eco-friendly gifts abound. Support local and independently owned stores and purchase gifts that give back to communities and the planet.…

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Added by Jaszy McAllister on December 21, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

RELATIONSHIP TIP OF THE WEEK: Prevent the Invasion of the In-Laws

Time around family over the holidays can sometimes create tension in relationships. If you are one of the unfortunate ones who have in-laws or parents who are critical or non-supportive of your relationship, be sure to put a protective bubble around your relationship this holiday season. By that I mean, make a conscious effort to prevent intrusion in your relationship. Remember that your relationship with your spouse is your primary relationship now. If your parents are saying or doing negative… Continue

Added by Amy Warren, LMHC / WQ Mag Columnist on December 20, 2009 at 9:22am — No Comments

Social Etiquette Tip of the Week - “Shopping with Manners - Don’t be THAT Holiday Shopper”

I was shopping in a department store the other day and there were three people in the line. Only one register was open…I'm second of three. Behind me is a woman with an armload of items…I have one!

Another sales clerk arrives on the scene…opens a new register…and says the usual "may I help the next person in line." The woman in front of me, who technically was next in line, starts to move toward that register, but the one behind me, with the armload of stuff, makes it there… Continue

Added by Maria Brady on December 19, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Circus Elephants, What is the Truth?

The circus is coming to town and there is always controversy around the treatment of the elephants, as well as other animals. Read this article and let us know what you think.

Added by Punum on December 18, 2009 at 11:20am — No Comments

The Origins of Decking the Hall

"Deck the halls" we sing and deck them we do, but have you ever wondered how all that decking started? Evergreen branches have been used as decorations in homes near the winter solstice since Roman times. December 21 was the day to commemorate the death of the sun god and his resurrection every year. Romans gave evergreen boughs to each other as gifts, the green branches symbolizing new life. Early Christians wisely used that pagan… Continue

Added by admin on December 18, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Interview with Carrie Silver-Stock on “SECRETS GIRLS KEEP”

Secrets Girls Keep: What Girls Hide (& Why) and How to Break the Stress of Silence

Here's the interview link - click to listen! Secrets Girls Keep

Girls love secrets. In fact, teen girls are trapped by a cult of secrecy. It is as part of this cult that so many girls hide… Continue

Added by Cliff Roles on December 18, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Marketing Tip of the Week: Strategic Partners

This is critical. Strategic partners can save you a lot of time because they will send clients to you or team up with you on a project that you might not have even heard about.

Far too many business people spread their loyalties too thin. Are you partnering with someone who hasn't sent you a referral in a year and half? I would bet that they have "partnered" with some of your competitors. Pretty lame right?

This approach is better: Find a potential strategic partner (you… Continue

Added by Frank Gomez on December 17, 2009 at 8:57pm — No Comments

HOLIDAY GRATITUDE!

As 2009’s ‘Season of Cheer ‘ arrives on the heels of a year that has brought so much hardship to so many people, I admit that I have been struggling to get into a holiday frame of mind. I once heard a piece of advice that I never forgot - that the best cure for boosting your spirits is by helping someone else. Those words are ringing true more than ever for me. Throughout the course of the year, I am blessed by the notes and letters of gratitude… Continue

Added by Susan Beausang on December 16, 2009 at 6:15pm — 2 Comments

Having a Dickens of a Christmas is Fun

There can be a lot of waiting around at Christmas. If you are a little bored with your family sitting around during the holiday season, do what the Victorians did! Play parlor games! You can enliven any holiday gathering inexpensively and easily by playing some of the games mentioned in Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol and some of the other 20 plus annual Christmas stories he wrote. Charles Dickens himself was an amateur… Continue

Added by admin on December 16, 2009 at 1:34pm — No Comments

Look Great in your Holiday Photos!

At New Image Dentistry, Botox is administered by an experienced physician, you can still smile, frown, and look surprised without lines. Look great in your Holiday Photos! Contact our office today for Botox, or Juvederm fillers. Check out our Photo Gallery for more examples: http://www.newimagedentistrysarasota.com/photogallery-bo.html

Call us to schedule an… Continue

Added by Dr. Lisa Brewer on December 15, 2009 at 11:25am — No Comments

Have An Exciting New Year's Party By Incorporating Traditions From Around The World

New Year's Eve parties can be great fun OR they can be as dull as dirt as you wait around for the midnight hour and the ball drop and the champagne toast and the kiss. Some planning can make all the difference. An idea to enliven your parties is to incorporate some of the new year's traditions from around the world into your celebration. Here are some ideas -- and they work because I've done them!

First, the food. Look up… Continue

Added by admin on December 15, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Dear Coach: Home for the Holidays: Warm and Secure or Fodder for a Binge?

Often in health and weight-loss coaching one of the main topics to come up is that of Holidays, family and food. A recent client conversation reminded me of the "boomerang" affects that being home for the Holidays has on her. You just might relate to what she says below:

"My usual pattern on Holidays is that I make it all the way through," she says. What she means is that she doesn't even touch the sweets and treats -- avoids the alcohol, the breads and fatty foods --… Continue

Added by Rev. Dr. Christina Winsey on December 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment