10,194 articles on "improv"

Buying the Perfect Gift Whose Gift is It Anyway

Whose Gift is it Anyway?Gift-giving should be an Olympic sport, I think. It requires a similar level of training, practice and dedication to get just the right present. Honestly, it’s hard work. We use ourselves as models, thinking: “I’d love t...

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Being Present what Samurai teach us about Multitasking!

Yesterday, my husband and I saw the movie ‘The Last Samurai’. Usually I don’t watch movies with a lot of violence, because it makes me uncomfortable. But my interest was piqued when I saw an interview with Tom Cruise, who was curiously unable t...

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Pets R Us

Our animal friends are more than companions. Our furry and feathered playmates are reflections of our unconscious emotions and actions. Through their behavior, animals mirror the aspects of our lives that are out of harmony. These crafty creatures ar...

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Creativity Why Bother

Creativity: Why Bother? 10 Benefits of Expressing Your CreativityBy Cynthia Morris, CPCCAs a child, you may have yearned to play the piano professionally, to act on Broadway, to write a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Perhaps you mentioned your aspirat...

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Living Through Loss

Usually words can't comfort the grieving. Just being there in silence or listening is comforting. Nothing can change what has happened but being with the bereaved is the best we can do. The bereaved need companions who will truly listen and per...

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Getting Older, Getting Better

As baby boomers, we have been spoiled all of our lives. When we were teenagers, the world took note because there were so many of us. Our music, our beliefs, our fashions, our styles dominated the culture of the age. When we took to the streets to pr...

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Stick to your schedule!

It's early in the morning, Saturday Jan 15th and I'm up, had my tea and busy at what I do...check emails and tickets created the night before. I have a routine I've been using the past number of years that I try my best to stick to, ev...

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How to Transplant Irises

In my experience, irises are among the easiest flowers to transplant.One spring many years ago, an older friend of mine dug up an iris bed at her home. They were bearded irises a lovely shade of lilac purple and she moved some of them to a differen...

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Protecting Your Kids On the Internet

The Internet is a great tool for many things, such as doing research, reading the latest news, shopping and staying in touch with family and friends. To borrow from the title of a Clint Eastwood movie, along with the good comes "the bad and the ugly"...

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Carpet Stain Removers - What You Didn't Know

Carpet Stain Removers - What You Didn't Know  by: Steve Gillman Out of all the carpet stain removers available, water is the one to try first. Almost all the others can damage your carpet. Many are caustic, like bleach, and will remove the ...

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