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Top 10 Healthy Skin Tips

Mar 27th, 2010
by Marilyn.
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Girl Washing Face

Babies are born with the softest and smoothest skin.  But as we age, our skin can take a real beating.  An unhealthy diet, air pollution, soaps and cleansers, smoking, sunburns, tanning booths and cheap cosmetics with harmful chemicals.  It all contributes to the aging effect and shows the most on your face.

If you want healthy skin, you need to take care of it.  And the best time to start is today!  It’s possible to slow down and even improve the health of your skin.  Make these 10 tips part of your daily routine and they’ll become good habits.

  1. Avoid excessive sun exposure. A little sun is good.  It helps your body make vitamin D.  But too much sun, especially in the heat of the day, can burn your skin.  So, wear sunscreen on all exposed skin.  And wear a hat to shield your face.
  2. Take a multivitamin to guarantee you get sufficient vitamin D.
  3. Use moisturizer to keep you skin hydrated and protect it from the elements.
  4. Use all natural cleansers with no harmful chemicals.  Gently wash your face in an upwards direction.  Never pull the skin downward.
  5. Don’t smoke. Smoking causes wrinkles and premature aging.
  6. Sleep on your back. It helps counteract the gravity that’s been pulling your face downward all day.  And it keeps your face from being pulled by the weight of your face on the pillow, if you were to sleep on your side.
  7. Facial exercises can help keep a youthful look.  It can avoid and even improve wrinkles, crow’s feet, laugh lines and a sagging neck.  Even smiling and laughing helps to exercise facial muscles.  There are many facial exercise experts.  Carol Maggio is at the top of my list.
  8. Eat a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables, lean meats, fish and healthy fats like olive oil.  Chocolate is NOT one of the 5 food groups on the food pyramid!
  9. Don’t touch your face. Your hands have bacteria that can cause infection and make your skin break out.
  10. Use all natural cosmetics. Anything you put ON your skin gets absorbed INTO your skin.  From there it goes to your bloodstream.  Make sure it doesn’t contain harmful chemicals.

Marilyn Kvasnok

10 Guidelines for Dealing With People

Jan 6th, 2010
by Marilyn.
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Norman Vincent Peale
These 10 Guidelines for Dealing with People are as true today as the day they were written by Norman Vincent Peale. I’m taking them to heart. Any one of them would make a great New Year’s resolution.

To learn more about Norman Vincent Peale’s philosophy, read his book The Power of Positive Thinking

  1. Learn to remember names.  A person’s name is very important to him or her.
  2. Be a comfortable person so there is not strain in being around you.
  3. Learn to be easygoing so things won’t bother you.
  4. Don’t be egotistical; don’t give the impression that you know it all.
  5. Learn to be interesting so people will want to be with you and get something stimulating from you.
  6. Get the “scratchy” elements out of your personality.
  7. Drain off your grievances.  Honestly try to heal every misunderstanding you have.
  8. Work at liking people until you learn to do so naturally.  Sure, everyone has faults; overlook them.
  9. Never miss a chance to say “congratulations” or to give support at a difficult time.
  10. Delelop a spiritual depth in yourself so you have something to pass on to the people you know.  Learn how to share this strength with others.

Marilyn Kvasnok

“Find Your Strongest Life” by Marcus Buckingham

Oct 15th, 2009
by Marilyn.
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"Find Your Strongest Life" by Marcus Buckingham

Oprah Winfrey is featuring Marcus Buckingham and his new book “Find Your Strongest Life.” I took the test. It reinforced some things I knew about myself and pointed out some things I didn’t know.  When you take the test, you’ll find out where your strengths are.

Links:
Download Chapter 5 of “Find Your Strongest Life” from Oprah’s site.
Follow Marcus on Twitter
Connect with Marcus on Facebook

Marilyn Kvasnok

Slow Food ~ The Healthy Alternative to Fast Food

May 7th, 2009
by Marilyn.
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Alice Waters is a pioneer. She’s been preaching the virtues of cultivating fresh food for decades. Lesley Stahl interviews this world-renowned chef and restaurateur. Alice Waters hopes a slower approach to the food we eat will keeps us healthier and greener.

From the Chez Panisse Restaurant website:
“Alice and Chez Panisse have become convinced that the best-tasting food is organically grown and harvested in ways that are ecologically sound, by people who are taking care of the land for future generations. The quest for such ingredients has largely determined the restaurant’s cuisine. Chez Panisse has tried for years to make diners here partake of the immediacy and excitement of vegetables just out of the garden, fruit right off the branch, and fish straight out of the sea. In doing so, Chez Panisse has stitched together a patchwork of over sixty nearby suppliers, whose concerns, like the restaurant’s, are environmental harmony and optimal flavor.”

Chez Panisse is located in Berkeley, California, but Alice Water’s influence extends far beyond.

Marilyn Kvasnok

Who Are You?

Feb 19th, 2009
by Marilyn.
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Are you defined by the things you have? The things you buy? Are you in debt beyond what you can reasonably expect to ever repay? Are you always trying to keep up with your family and friends’ lifestyles?

Or are you defined by WHO you are? What are your values? What are your priorities? What do you truly believe in? Isn’t this much more important than stuff?

The recession is real and it’s not going away any time soon. It’s making all of us take a long, hard look at who we are.

Suze Orman had very good advice on the Today Show today. She said, “If you have the money – Spend it. But if you don’t have the money – You need to save it.” Great advice from an expert. If you’re digging yourself deeper and deeper in debt, it’s time to stop. It’s time to prepare for the future. Pay your bills – Mortgage/rent, utilities, car payment. But stop the non-essential spending – Going out to eat, movies, vacations. Find the money to start saving. If things get worse before they get better, you’ll be glad you have some money put away. And when the economy improves – And it will – You’ll have a habit of savings AND money in the bank!

Marilyn Kvasnok
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