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By Virginia Bola, PsyD Unemployment carries a lot of emotional baggage for most of us and fear is a major component. We fear the financial fallout of no longer receiving regular wages. We fear the impact of our lack of productivity on relationships: our marriage, our family, our friends, and our social and community activities. We fear losing the respect of our children when we can no longer give them what they need. We fear approaching acquaintances for help in identifying potential positions. We fear the humiliation of the job hunt and the personal rejection we expect to encounter. And finally we fear the most basic concept we hold within: that we’re just not good enough, that we can’t cut the mustard, that we’re an incurable loser. The fear seeps into our bones and leaves us awake and restless in the middle of the night. It flashes behind our eyes to telegraph our desperation in interviews. It weighs heavily on our stooped shoulders as we walk into yet another agency and answer the same questions we have been asked for weeks. It hobbles our energy and extinguishes the enthusiasm we try so hard to project. It becomes our constant, uninvited companion in everything we do. If not quickly contained, it wrests control of our lives. To manage our fear, “Think positive” is a useless platitude when there is almost nothing positive going on in your current world. You have no job, no income, no prospects, and no real hope. But you still have the most powerful tool ever developed: the human mind. To stop the encroachment of fear, your mind must become your partner and your ally; it is your secret weapon against the fears and anxieties of an untenable situation. Here are a variety of strategies for you to try: Early financial planning. After the initial shock of losing your job ebbs a little, your natural motivation and competitive drive kick in and you feel optimistic that something will open up in a very short time. You may have been out of the labor market for a long time and haven’t realized that hiring protocols have changed significantly over the past few years. Except for entry-level jobs, it is unusual to obtain an offer on the first interview. Employers are wary of skeletons lurking in applicants’ closets and take their time in checking you out. For the past four years, the average time out of work has drastically increased – it now typically takes six to twelve months to find a new position. That is a long time to go without regular income and how many of us have substantial savings to give us a real safety net? As soon as you can, sit down with your spouse and your records and see what you can do to immediately cut expenses to the bone. Contact your creditors and see if you can defer payments by paying interest for a while. Restructure your social life and choice of entertainment to conserve every cent that you can. It won’t entirely remove that nagging fear-of-losing-everything that will dog your footsteps until you’re again gainfully employed, but having some sense of control over it will lower the worry to a dull roar rather than downright panic. Share your fears. Confess your fears to your spouse, your family, your friends, your pastor – whoever makes you feel comfortable enough to share your personal thoughts. If you have a supportive spouse and family, reveal your worry that your present circumstances will impact your relationships with each other and jointly plan how that can be avoided. So many couples withdraw when under stress. The partner without a job feels drained and lost as summoning the high energy required for a successful job search campaign becomes more and more difficult. The partner who is still working feels stressed out from the increased responsibility of being the only breadwinner. Because they do not realize how painful and disheartening are your frequent rejections, they start to think that you’re not that interested in finding a position, that you’re not looking hard enough. Share your feelings early and become part of a team effort or you may become part of the nasty statistic that shows a high percentage of laid off workers encounter marital strife, separation, and divorce. Use your friends and acquaintances. Asking for, and receiving, support from those around you doesn’t have to mean exploitation. People who know you, like you, and care about you are happy to help when they can. Don’t be embarrassed to ask for their assistance and do it clearly, concisely, and directly. Just “dropping hints” and getting frustrated when no help is forthcoming is self-defeating. Call in the chips from everyone you know and vow that you will return the favor for them when your positions are reversed. Manage the toxic effects of job search. Looking for work feels humiliating because you sense an inner air of superiority in the contacts you make. People who have a job possess a sense of identity and security that as an unemployed applicant you temporarily lack. Ask yourself how much of the attitude is coming from the other person and how much is your own projection. While you will undoubtedly run into the occasional boor, many more of your contacts – employers, interviewers, receptionists, human resource specialists, agency staff – empathize with your situation having been there in the past themselves and fully aware that there is a good chance that they’ll be there again in the future. Your misery and pain leads to the feeling that it is you, alone, against the world. Every face in the crowd is threatening and alien. Self-conscious about our non-productivity in a culture that deifies success, we assume that everyone else buys into our own self-critical, guilty, personally faulty image. If, for even a few moments, you can step out of that self-centric view, you may be able to change your self-judgment. Look at yourself with the objectivity of a little distance. When you look at other applicants, what is your reaction? Do you despise and look down on them or identify with their desperation and want to help? Although often distracted, inattentive, or oblivious, most of us care about other people and are willing to help once we really notice what is going on. Look at the outpouring of sympathy, support, and love that a kidnapped child or a natural disaster evoke. Are we that generous all the time? Of course not, we are all too involved in lives that demand our attention 24 hours a day. Only when a light explodes do we start to look around us and our better selves emerge. The key to an open, positive outlook is to realize that our humanity is always there, we’re just not paying attention to it. If you can expand that vision of a caring, supportive humanity to those who seem to view you with indifference, your world completely changes. Instead of a drab, lonely desert, you see the waves of surrounding support, all caring about you, wanting the best for you, rooting for you: a great, positive team in your corner. Yes, you will still experience rejection but your new outlook can put that into perspective. It is not a personal rejection but a mathematical determinant: if the number of applicants exceeds the number of openings, everyone, even those fully qualified and highly regarded, cannot be hired. Acceptance of that reality, in a non-personalized view, can help keep you going until you find the perfect fit – you get the job offer and other highly skilled applicants don’t. Battling personal inadequacy. There are, luckily, very few times in our lives when we feel we are being judged by our peers. Unfortunately, looking for a job is one of those times. Every resume submission and application completion makes us feel that our personal worth is being assessed. That feeling intensifies in an interview where we sit eyeball to eyeball with our judges. We feel vulnerable and objectified as interviewers scrutinize our skills and experience. To validate our sense of personal competence, we need to be seen as valuable and worthwhile. That is why we feel so good about ourselves when we are offered a position that we wouldn’t allow our dog to take, like night liquor store clerk in a high crime neighborhood or cleaning crew in a slaughterhouse (yes, people do those jobs). The important thing is that we are wanted, that what we have to offer has value to someone. It is also why we get so down on ourselves when we are not offered a position: the more we want the job, the more crushing is the sense of defeat when we don’t get it. Everyone experiences rejection at some point during their lives, sometimes only occasionally, sometimes often, whether it is finding a job, applying for a promotion, asking for a date, proposing to someone they love, or trying out for a team. Failure is part of our lives because we are naturally competitive and everyone can’t place first in the race to the wire. It is our mental generalizations that cause such natural rejection to become crushing. If something is not that important to us, we shrug it off with a sour grapes response: I didn’t want to be in that stupid club anyway. When we are emotionally committed to a goal, failure becomes devastating. While being turned down for a job will never carry the emotional jolt of having a marriage proposal rebuffed, the destructiveness of job search is that rejection becomes a recurrent pattern. One failure to make the cut is manageable; ten failures, one after the other, start to impact our ability to cope; a hundred failures overwhelm us. We start to identify ourselves as losers. We mentally twist our failures into a pattern and start to believe that we are the problem: we’re just can’t make the grade. We fail to look at the situation objectively: that each job application, like a dice roll or the pull of a slot machine handle, is a totally independent event with odds that don’t change with multiple repetitions. The fact that I was not offered one particular position says nothing except another applicant was a better fit. It is not a judgment about me as a whole person, not even as a worker or potential employee. For one of a thousand reasons, the chemistry wasn’t right. Watch how your mind doesn’t really accept that as it sinks into self-blame and self-doubt, repeating all the negative tapes you have ever developed, seeking to make you see yourself as a perennial loser. Use that same powerful mind to consciously focus on your positive attributes. Think, or better yet write down, all your successes, great and small. Mentally explore your life, looking for all the times you were a winner -everything from a good grade in a difficult subject to the successful raising of a child, scoring a goal, marrying your spouse. Re-assuring yourself of your value, frequently and at length, will help turn your mind into a source of support rather than an internal enemy who repeatedly cuts you down. Rejection is always difficult but its pain can be made more fleeting when we refuse to allow one, or a hundred, rejections to define ourselves as reject-material. Virginia Bola operated a rehabilitation company for 20 years, developing innovative job search techniques for disabled workers, while serving as a Vocational Expert in Administrative, Civil and Workers’ Compensation Courts. Author of an interactive and supportive workbook, The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, and a monthly ezine, The Worker’s Edge, she can be reached at http://www.unemploymentblues.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Virginia_Bola,_PsyD http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Ripple-Effect-of-Fear&id=59951 payday cash link accounting for sba loans ky law against cash advances military payday loans no credit check

By Terry Blackburn You should always be considering proper drainage when designing your lawn. If the area you live in experiences a lot of rain throughout the year, then you will have to create a drainage system that will safely remove excess water. Building small canals on the sides of your lawn may be enough to create proper water flow in case of flooding. This will depend on how your lawn is angled and if it slopes in any one direction. Many times puddling can be a problem. This can occur when too much rain falls and is concentrated in one area. You will realize you have puddling issues when you look outside your window and see your moat, but then realize you didnt build a moat. You may have to cover these areas with gravel or create small channels that will take the water away. Make sure your roof has gutters that can also take away excess water. You can buy extensions for the gutter system that will safely remove water from your yard. If not, you will have mini moats at the base of the gutters. This is not attractive. Sewage and other underground plumbing Breaking an underground water main could get you arrested in some areas, so it is wise that you do not break ground until you know what is under there. All too often people have an idea for a gazebo or underground bomb shelter, and while there is nothing wrong with these ideas, you will still have to be careful before digging too far into the ground. If you break a water line or sewage line, you will have another moat situation on your hands. An expensive moat situation. You will have to call someone to come in and repair the pipes and get the excess water and other stuff from your lawn. Its an embarrassing situation that you dont want to have to discuss at the next neighborhood picnic. Find the plumbing plans at your county clerks office or planning commission. These will give you a good idea of what is under the ground and the potential dangers you could face. Terry Blackburn. Internet Marketing Consultant, living in South Shields in the North-East of England. Author and Producer of blog http://www.lawnsurgeon.blogspot.com Author of “Your Perfect Lawn,” a 90 Page eBook devoted to Lawn Preparation, Lawn Care and Maintenance. Find it at http://www.lawnsurgeon.com I would be very interested to have your comments on this Article. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Terry_Blackburn http://EzineArticles.com/?Lawn-Drainage-Issues!&id=372844 personal loan to on business taxwise banks reluctant to loan money cash flow business acquisition loan private investors money lenders

By Natalie Arton We all want to be loved and have a happy and long-lasting relationship with a person that we care about. Unfortunately, many relationships end very quickly, because people fail to sustain them. If you have a history of bad relationship in the past, this article can be really helpful to you. Having a strong and exciting relationship is an art that should be learned and applied in every days life. Here is a list of most effective tips on how to have a good relationship. 1. Make sure that your significant other feels your love, support and encouragement. It is so nice to go home and know that there is someone ready to listen and to comfort you if needed. 2. Relationships are not only about taking; they are about giving as well. Try to brighten up your partners day by cooking a gourmet dinner, buying him/her a little gift or arranging a romantic weekend for the two of you. Love is like a flame, if left to the mercy of fate, it is dying down. 3. If there is a problem between the two of you, never use a silent treatment, blame, blackmail, or humiliate the person that you love. It will only lead to an argument or unneeded outbursts of anger. A lot more effective approach is to discuss the problem and explain your feeling. 4. Never go to bad mad at each other. Try to patch things up or call it a truce before the bedtime. It will give you time to calm down and in the morning everything will seem in different light. 5. Do not try to change your partner. You have to face it! People dont change. We may try to learn from our mistakes and act a little bit differently in some situations, but we cant become someone we are not. You have to love the other person the way he/she is. Do not lower your partners self-esteem by making comparisons with other people and letting him/her know that he/she is losing in comparison. 6. Give your partner some free space. Dont cling and demand from the person that you care about to spend all of his/her free time with you. Try not to start your sentences with you should, you shouldnt. No one likes to be ordered around and told what to do. You have to realize that you and your boyfriend/girlfriend have absolutely equal rights in this relationship. You have to respect his/her wishes and decisions even if you dont agree with them. With the little patience, understanding and creativity you can turn even the short affair into an amazing long-lasting passionate relationship! For proven step-by-step system how to get back together with your ex visit: http://www.win-back-your-love.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Natalie_Arton http://EzineArticles.com/?6-Tips-On-How-To-Have-A-Good-Relationship&id=460256 magnum payday advance beyond 900 day late refinance loan westpac personal loans 10000 bad credit loan

By Carl Soothers Maybe you have always wanted to be Spider Man, or a Pokemon, or maybe still, you have always wanted to sling Wonder Womans lasso. Whatever crazy alter ego you may have lined up for this Halloween make sure of one thing: Its a safe Halloween costume idea. A few pointers when thinking about your costume and coming up with safe Halloween costume ideas are these. First, make sure that the costume does not drag on the ground. It would be easy to trip or have someone step on a cape or gown causing an accident. Secondly, make sure that if a mask is worn that the eyeholes are large enough to allow for clear vision. Third, when thinking about safe Halloween costume ideas keep in mind what requirements are needed to stay safe: clear vision, being able to walk easily without tripping on garments, and making sure that there is adequate ventilation in order to breathe within the costume. These are just a few safe Halloween costume ideas. Okay, so now you have your safe Halloween costume idea. Great! Now comes the time to consider what you should do with that idea. Here are a few things you may want to keep in mind while constructing or going out to buy, a safe Halloween costume. 1. Make sure you can be seen. One safe Halloween costume idea is to put reflective tape on the costume. For example: if your daughter wants to go as a pretty princess, make a tiara that reflects light our use a sash with stars cut out of reflective tape. 2. Choose a costume that is flame retardant. Many people have pumpkins with candles stuffed inside. 3. If using face paint make sure it is nontoxic and hypoallergenic. 4. If you just have to have that super long sword or axe, make sure it is made of a flexible material. Another safe Halloween costume idea is to make these items out of foam and wrap them in tape. This will make them stiff yet they will bend if you should fall on it. So have fun this Halloween season. Just remember that when designing your costumes that you use some of the safe Halloween costume ideas. It will help ensure that you and your family stay safe and have a wonderful time. Carl Soothers loves Halloween, it is favorite holiday! Carl recently launched a new site that allows you to find local Halloween Parties across the United States. There is some cool technology behind the site (mashup of Web 2.0 APIs) – but all that matters is that it is cool and fun: http://www.halloweenmashup.com/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Carl_Soothers http://EzineArticles.com/?Safe-Halloween-Costume-ideas&id=322741 sacramento sba loans payday loan instant no fax bad credit loan 1000 laws on cash advance

By Susan Du Plessis Abdominoplasty, also known as a “tummy-tuck,” is an elective cosmetic surgical procedure. It is major invasive surgery, which removes excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen. It also tightens the muscles of the abdominal wall. The procedure can dramatically reduce the appearance of a protruding abdomen. However, it also produces a permanent large scar, which can extend from hip to hip, depending upon the extent of the procedure. If you are considering abdominoplasty, this article will give you a basic understanding of when it can help, whom it can help, how it is performed, and results you can expect. IS THIS PROCEDURE RIGHT FOR ME? The best candidates for abdominoplasty are emotionally stable men and women who are in relatively good shape, close to their ideal body weight, and who have good overall skin elasticity, but are bothered by a large fat deposit or loose abdominal skin that won’t respond to diet or exercise. The surgery is particularly helpful to women who have lost elasticity in the muscles and skin of the abdomen due to multiple pregnancies. Loss of skin elasticity in older patients because of weight loss can also be improved. Abdominoplasty is not a “one size fits all” procedure; it is unique for each patient. Much depends upon the joint decisions made by the patient and his or her surgeon. Patients who plan to lose a lot of weight should postpone surgery until after they have achieved their desired weight. Young women who plan future pregnancies should also wait, since vertical muscles in the abdomen, which are tightened during surgery, can separate during pregnancy. If you have heavy scarring from previous abdominal surgeries, your doctor may advise against an abdominoplasty because of the possibility of unusually prominent scars. COST CONSIDERATIONS An abdominoplasty is an expensive surgery. The average cost ranges from $5,000 to $9,000. In addition to the cost of abdominoplasty, a liposuction might require an additional $2,700, or more. According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery’s 2005 Procedural Census, 32.4% of all member surgeons have performed abdominoplasties. The “tummy-tuck” lies near the middle of popular plastic surgery procedures; since liposuction is number one that would make the abdominoplasty procedure near the top in popularity when it is combined with liposuction. WHAT RISKS ARE INVOLVED? When performed by a qualified plastic surgeon, one trained in body contouring, the results are normally more than satisfactory. However, as with all surgical procedures, there are some risks associated with abdominoplasty. There are also specific complications associated with the procedure. These include: infection, blood clots, and poor healing, which can result in heavy scarring. Infection can be treated with antibiotics and drainage. The risk of blood clots can be minimized by moving around as soon after surgery as is possible. Poor healing and scarring may require additional surgery. Smoking can increase the risk of complications and hinder healing. By following your surgeon’s instructions carefully before and after surgery, you can significantly reduce your risk of complications. FINDING THE RIGHT SURGEON Before electing to have abdominoplasty you must find a qualified surgeon. One who is board certified. Be wary of any doctor who identifies him or herself as simply “board certified.” All certification boards are not the same; you need to understand exactly what the “board certification” means. In the United States there are several plastic surgery certifications: the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS); the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS); and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Claims of board certification can be verified by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Be sure that the doctor is board certified specifically in the area of abdominoplasty plastic surgery. In Canada make certain that the surgeon is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. To find a plastic surgeon that performs this procedure in your area, visit the online referral service of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). It is the largest plastic surgery organization in the world, and is the foremost authority on cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. All ASPS physicians are certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. THE CONSULTATION PROCESS Many plastic surgeons do not charge for the initial consultation. The surgeon will evaluate your medical history and ask about your health habits. Be as honest and upfront as possible in answering each question. Be specific about what you want done, and what you hope to achieve. If your plastic surgeon fully understands your expectation, he or she will be able to determine whether or not your goals are realistic. Tell the surgeon if you smoke, or have health or medical conditions or complications. The surgeon will ask you about you family medical history, especially your parents and siblings. He or she may want to run some tests to rule out certain diseases. Ask questions and request specific, not vague, answers. If you have any concerns, share them. Discuss with the surgeon what procedure is right for you, and ask exactly what that procedure will entail. TYPES OF ABDOMINOPLASTIES There are two different types of abdominoplasties: the “mini-abdominoplasty,” and the more invasive type, “abdominoplasty.” Both these surgeries may involve liposuction. In both surgeries skin and fat are cut away from the abdomen. In a mini-abdominoplasty an incision is made just above the pubic area; fat and excess skin is removed from the middle and lower abdomen. The navel is pulled lower to compensate for the stretching and removing of skin. Minimal or no abdominal tightening will be required. Recovery time is usually very quick. A full abdominoplasty requires a much larger incision. Skin is separated from the abdominal wall, all the way up to the ribs. Muscles are sewn together to tighten them, and a significant amount of skin is removed, requiring the patient to be bent over for 10 to 14 days. Usually within 2 to 3 weeks the patient is able to resume normal activity, except for lifting. There should be no lifting or pushing, putting strain on the stomach muscles, for up to 2 months. THE SURGERY ITSELF Complete abdominoplasty usually takes 2 to 5 hours, depending upon the extent of the work needed. The surgeon will make a long incision from hipbone to hipbone, just above the pubic area. A second incision is made to free the navel from surrounding tissue. The surgeon will separate the skin from the abdominal wall, lifting a large skin flap to expose the abdominal muscles. The muscles are sewn together to firm the abdominal wall and narrow the waistline. The skin flap will be stretched, and excess skin removed. A new opening will be cut for the navel, which will be stitched in place. Incisions will be stitched closed, and dressings will be applied. A temporary tube may be inserted to drain off excess fluid. Partial abdominoplasty may take just over an hour or two. The incision is much shorter, and although it may be pulled into an unnatural shape once the skin is tightened and stitched, the navel usually does not require relocation. Both types of surgeries may require liposuction. Surgeries for both types of procedures can be performed using either general or local anesthesia. When local anesthesia is used, you will be relaxed and pain free, but may feel some tugging or pulling. Depending upon your doctor, your surgery will be performed in either a hospital or an outpatient surgical center. AFTER SURGERY After the surgery you may be swollen and in pain, which can be controlled by medication. Depending upon the type of surgery performed, you may be released within a few hours, or remain hospitalized for up to 3 days. Your doctor will give you instructions in your post-operative care. Although you might not be able to stand up straight, you should start walking as soon as possible to reduce the risk of blood clots. Surface stitches will be removed within a week; deeper sutures protruding through the skin will be removed in 2 – 3 weeks. The dressing on your incision may be replaced by a support garment. It may take weeks, even months, to fully recover from surgery. The better your physical condition is prior to surgery, the shorter the expected recovery time. Some people return to work within a couple of weeks; other people can take up to a month to recover enough to return to work. A low-impact exercise program, such as yoga, will help you heal faster, reduce swelling, tone the muscles, and lower your chances of blood clots. Getting plenty of rest and eating a healthy diet will also help you to heal faster. A word about scarring: your scars may appear to worsen during the first three to six months. This is normal, and will be only temporary. Expect it to take several months or up to a full year for the scars to flatten, and lighten in color. While scars will not be noticeable under clothing, even when wearing a bathing suit, they will always be visible on the skin. SUMMARY In most cases the results of abdominoplasty are long lasting as long as you maintain a healthy lifestyle. Eat wisely, and get proper exercise. If you are realistic in your expectations and are prepared for a permanent scar and lengthy recovery time, chances are you will be very happy with the end result. If you have large deposits of body fat in the stomach region that you want removed, or loose abdominal skin that won’t respond to diet or exercise, abdominoplasty may just be the right choice for you. But you, and only you, should make that decision. Visit Susan’s website A 2 Z of Health and Beauty for more information on health, nutrition, longevity, beauty, fashion and fitness. *** This article can be freely used as long as a link to “A 2 Z of Health and Beauty” health.learninginfo.org is provided. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Susan_Du_Plessis http://EzineArticles.com/?Abdominoplasty:-What-You-Should-Know&id=348943 hard money start up business loans bankruptcy ok christmas cash advance hialeah car loan for people with bad credit pay day loan offices in spokane wa

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By David O’Hara Therapeutic or slow breathing has made quite a splash in high blood pressure treatment. The ripples have grown to waves as an impressive number of clinical trials reveal that breathing deeply and slowly for as little as 10 minutes a day can lead to significant and lasting reductions in blood pressure. The evidence is so compelling that in April 2006 the National Institute on Aging began a major new study on breathing and blood pressure. The results are eagerly awaited. The conventional method of applying breathing therapy to lower blood pressure uses a device that interacts with the users breathing and generates musical tones to regulate it. Ascending tones guide the user to breathe faster and descending tones indicate slower. The objective is to lower the users respiratory rate into the therapeutic zone below 10 breaths per minute for 10 to 15 minutes a day. When done correctly and consistently, the method works. Even more surprisingly, the effects are cumulative and begin to last throughout the day after 4 to 6 weeks practice. The result is a significant and lasting drop in blood pressure. Thats how it works in the trials, anyway. Although these devices do show an encouraging level of success treating tens of thousands of hypertension sufferers, real-life results often fail to measure up to those obtained in clinical trials. There are at least two obvious reasons for this and both indicate limitations in the way method is applied. The first thing to look at is relaxation, a first requirement for therapeutic breathing to be effective. The more relaxed the user, the better the results. This is where the conventional system using computer-generated tones falls flat. Such devices do not produce true music and, aside from a short-lived novelty factor, do little to promote deep relaxation. Second, but closely tied to the first point, programs of this type often disappoint under real-life conditions because success depends on consistent use. Participants in trials are usually both motivated and closely monitored. They are often keenly aware of expectations and eager to please. But outside of this artificial situation, interest and discipline can quickly wane resulting in a drop in use and disappointing results. More often than not, the clinical findings are questioned when the real fault lies with human nature. Most of us lack the sheer discipline to carry on doing something repetitive when it lacks an immediate payoff in stimulation or enjoyment. The solution to both problems may be found in a new approach combining guided breathing with real music. This is the opposite of the conventional method that guides breathing with synthetic musical tones. Genuine music provides both the relaxation so urgently needed as well as the enjoyment to come back again and again. Only real music composed by a human being with emotional depth and a feeling for melody can do this. And theres an added bonus in that music is a powerful therapeutic tool in its own right. Numerous studies reveal that music can in fact lower blood pressure, especially in stressful situations. A study at a Japanese hospital found that music lowered systolic pressure by up to 44 points during a catheter insertion (yep, thats stressful!) compared to blood pressure experienced without music. When combined with breathing, music exerts an even more powerful interactive effect. A study published in the journal Biofeedback and Self-Regulation indicates that music deepens breathing and speeds relaxation. This synergy is further support for claims of the enhanced effectiveness of the new guided breathing with music method. Of course, not any music will do. The medical journal, Heart, reports findings that confirm a common sense guess that music with a slow tempo lowers blood pressure while a fast tempo raises pressure. Many people also find that only music that is emotionally satisfying is effective. Such a quality is hard to define, although classical adagios and larghettos are often ideal. Others find classical music too involving to be relaxing and prefer a more detached style of music such as new age or ambient. Whichever style is preferred, it must be of a slow tempo and gentle to be relaxing and beneficial to breathing and blood pressure. Its too bad that musics effects on blood pressure are mainly temporary. Perhaps we could all maintain healthy blood pressure by simply walking around with headphones permanently strapped to ourselves. Luckily theres an even better alternative. 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By Linda Gray Clothes and skin cream are far removed from potting out your begonias, or digging a trench for a line of potatoes. But the clothes you wear are important for your protection in the garden. Here are six simple but effective solutions to various gardening hazards… 1. Starting from the top, you need to protect your head. Body heat escapes through the head and in the cold weather a warm hat should be worn. Knit yourself a ‘gardening crazy’ hat or buy a simple woollen hat on the high street. And in the summer, even more attention should be paid to the head. The sun’s rays are not only hot but they actually burn you. We all know this but how easy it is to forget when you want to soak up the sun after months of grey or cold weather. Invest in a cool sunhat. Not only will it help protect you from sunstroke, it will also protect against the drying out of your hair and skin. 2. Keep one old comfortable jacket or short coat, preferably with fairly large pockets, especially for the garden. When you’re working, you won’t need to worry about dirty marks. Leave them there, it’s all part of the gardener’s designer uniform! 3. Suitable trousers.. again keep a couple of old pairs especially for gardening. Wear heavy duty jeans for heavy duty work. A good waterproof pair are handy in damp climates. In fact, in damp climates, a whole waterproof gardening suit is invaluable. There is always planting to do in the rain, and a waterproof hat, jacket and trousers tucked in a pair of boots will keep you nice and dry! 4. Protect your hands. For light work, potting on or pinching out tomato plants, a disposable plastic pair of gloves or a pair of kitchen rubber gloves will be enough. For heavier work – pruning roses, weeding thistles and nettles, wear heavy duty gardening gloves, or your hands will suffer. 5. Watch those toes! Invest in a pair of steel toe capped boots and wear them! If you’re pottering in the greenhouse or doing a little weeding, a simple pair of wellington boots will do, or even sandals if the weather allows. But as soon as you pick up a large tool, your steel toe-caps should be worn. If you’re not used to them, these boots can feel heavy and cumbersome at first, but stick with it. If you’re doing heavy work, you need heavy boots. 6. And last but certainly not least, you must protect your skin. Moisturise all exposed body parts whenever you are woking in the garden, rain or shine. Working outside will give you a nice healthy glow, but the wind and sun will dry your skin given half a chance. So there we have it, not a fashion designer’s dream, but these 6 garden fashion tips will make life a lot more comfortable, and safer, for the average home gardener. Happy gardening! Linda Gray is a freelance writer and has spent more than ten years creating an organic family garden from an acre of neglected land. Linda shares her experience and expertise at http://www.flower-and-garden-tips.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Linda_Gray http://EzineArticles.com/?6-Fashion-Tips-for-Gardeners&id=78672 unsecured loan personal loans 5000 dollars guaranteed bad credit get an unsecured loan with a very low credit score no fax payday loans

By Doug Green One of the most popular perennials in North American gardens is the daylily or Hemerocallis. This wonderful plant deserves its best-seller status because it thrives almost everywhere in the garden. It will tolerate just about any kind of soil from sand to clay. It appreciates full hot sunshine and the only place it does not thrive is full shade preferring sunlight for at least four to six hours a day. A shovel of compost in the spring is all the feeding it asks and the only care necessary is to cut off the dead flower stalks once the plant is finished blooming. It is one of those perfect perennials in that it thrives from year to year without turning into an invasive monster or demanding dividing to renovate and increase its blooms. Plant it and ignore it for the next twenty years! Old varieties of Hemerocallis would open one flower each day from each flower stalk and the blossom would last for one day (hence the name daylily). This bloom time was for approximately twenty-one days in the middle of the summer. New breeding brought us reblooming daylilies and the best known of these is Stella de Oro. Stella, with its two blooming periods in warmer areas and uncertain repeating in colder areas, has now been surpassed by new introductions. Look for Trophytaker or Happy Ever Appster daylilies this coming spring. These daylilies bloom regularly almost all summer! In my garden, Big Time Happy – a lovely yellow – bloomed from the end of June right through to the end of September. Red Hot Returns with its rich, true red blossoms bloomed from early July through to the end of September. There are 40 new blossom colours to pick from one for every garden palette and situation including containers and hanging baskets. Doug Green, an award-winning garden author and syndicated columnist, answers your gardening questions in a free newsletter at http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Doug_Green http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Perfect-Beginner-Perennial-Flower&id=129052 guarnteed payday loan uk loan lenders that gives out personal loans to caribbean people houston online car loan application fast cash rhode island

By Robert Seiler Have you ever touched a hot iron and then pulled your hand away really quickly to avoid getting burned? Did you have to think to yourself “Gee! – this iron is hot – I better not touch it any longer because it’ll probably cause a really bad burn on my hand”. The answer is obviously NO! You wouldn’t have had any time to think about what you should do and pulling your hand away is automatic. It’s what we call a “reflex” action. It doesn’t involve much, if any, thinking because by the time you think about it, it’s too late. Let’s lighten up a little and investigate another situation where reflexes are important but a little thinking is involved. If you’ve ever played tennis, or most other ball sports, you’ll know that it’s important to think quickly because the ball can move very fast. However, if you just stand there and think for too long, the moment is over, the ball moves past you, and you’ve lost the point. The reflex was too slow. The reason you practice so much in tennis, or any other sport, is to train your reflexes to the point where you almost don’t have to think at all. When your opponent serves to you at over 100 kph you react in a millisecond and hit the ball back for a winner. Your brain virtually has no time to think about what you’ll do. It happens automatically. Now you’re probably saying “what does this have to do with getting A’s in my exams?” Well.. imagine that when someone hits a ball to you in a game of tennis, it’s like being asked a question in the exam. Returning the ball is like giving an answer. Someone hitting the ball to you, or asking you a question in the exam, is called a stimulus. Returning the ball, or answering the exam question, is called a response. What do we normally call the combination of a stimulus and a response? It’s called a reflex. A reflex is the response to a stimulus. In the example of the hot iron, the incredible heat is the stimulus and pulling your hand away really quickly is the response. In this case the reflex doesn’t have to be trained at all because the body is already programmed to react to protect itself from injury. Some reflexes however have to be learned before they become automatic. That’s why we practice our sports so much.. to train our reflexes to minimize the amount of thinking we have to do. There’s so little time to think. In exams, the same situation exists. You have a limited time (several hours) to respond (give answers) to lots of stimuli (exam questions). I invented the term “question / answer reflex” to describe this situation. Once again, as in our previous examples, if you take too long to respond to the stimulus (answer the question) then you’ll probably fail at what you’re doing. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to train the “question / answer reflex” so you could react much faster in the exam? Whenever a question is asked, you react at lightning speed with the answer, almost like touching a hot iron and pulling your hand away. As soon as a question is fired at you in the exam, your mental reflexes are so well trained that your answer responds immediately. You hardly even have to think. All the thinking has already been done in your pre-exam training and your answer is virtually automatic! Doesn’t it also make sense if information in exams is expected to “come out” in a question / answer format, that it should “go in” in much the same way? Would you train for a tennis match by hitting a baseball with a bat? Then why do students train for exams by highlighting and underlining notes? Wouldn’t it make more sense to train for exams using the same system you use in the exam ie questions and answers? Now go and work on your “question / answer reflex”. Robert Seiler is a graduate of two Australian universities. After below average results and a failure in his first degree, he developed his unique how to study system. After using it in his second degree he became an ‘A’ student, won a scholarship and the university prize. Find out more at his how to study web site. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Seiler http://EzineArticles.com/?How-To-Study:-The-Question-/-Answer-Reflex-And-How-It-Can-Help-In-Your-Exams&id=334901 cash loans tampa fl australian queensland bad credit lenders online paycheck reviews of bad credit auto lenders