10,129 articles on "improvement"

Set Strong Boundaries and Live in Confidence

Set Strong Boundaries and Live in Confidence by: David Roddis Spoken or unspoken, we all have physical boundaries and emotional boundaries. Have you ever made known a preference for working in your office alone or asking someone not to touch you...

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How To Get To Know A Disabled Person

How To Get To Know A Disabled Person by: Stephen Michael Kerr When you first meet someone who is blind, deaf, or in a wheelchair, what is your initial reaction? Curiosity? Sympathy? Awkwardness? If you experience any of these emotions, you are n...

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Spirits

Spirits by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of August 16, 2004 I was looking for the miraculous "answer to my life," when I came across your column. I don't have anyone to ask for a neutral opinion so I am hoping you c...

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Living on Purpose: Achieving Balance Between Work And the Rest of Your Life

Living on Purpose: Achieving Balance Between Work And the Rest of Your Life by: Della Menechella Many of us get so caught up in day-to-day pressures that we often find ourselves reacting to external demands rather than designing lives that reall...

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Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 20, 2003 I am 32 and a mom with two children. I've pretty much been single for two years. My problem is I found myself falling for my son's teacher...

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Back On Track

On Track by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 27, 2003 I have been involved with a married man for a little while. I am married myself, but it was an arranged marriage and I am very unhappy. I stay with my husband...

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Maternal Instincts

rnal Instincts by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 14, 2002 I am a woman in her mid-60s whose husband passed away, and I do not want to enter into a relationship with another man. I have no family in town other t...

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Asthma Friendly Gardens

Asthma Friendly Gardens Tom OgrenRecent studies have shown that babies born to mothers who were exposed to high levels of pollen in their last trimester of pregnancy have a much greater chance of developing asthma. One of the main keys with asthma p...

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How to fix the screen in your storm door

If you are getting tired of seeing the ugly hole in the screen of your aluminum screen door perhaps its time you tried to fix it yourself.The big problem with aluminum screen doors is sometimes people paint them and the screen frame just wont come ou...

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Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions

New Year is the time when we usually look back on the eventsof the past year, see what we learned from it and what weachieved. Then we make resolutions for the upcoming year,all the things that we want to change and accomplish in ourlife.Unfortunatel...

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