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Mompreneurs: Mothers in Home-based Businesses

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger06.02.2010 Life Lessons
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Most women seem born with the innate ability to juggle. It is no wonder that more than 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States generate close to three trillion dollars in annual revenue according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. Women are starting businesses at almost twice the rate of men with mothers [...]

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Writing First e-Book and DrRKG.com Posts

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger05.20.2010 Balance & Happiness
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Striving to create a meaningful website and blog, DrRKG: Gaining Balance and Strategies for Happiness, I write several posts each week. When the blog launched in January 2010, writing these posts felt like a daunting task. I labored over the composition of each one. Now several months and 70 posts later, I feel as though [...]

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The Activities of the Happiest Women (video text)

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger04.26.2010 Positive Psychology

The Activites of the Happiest Women (text to video) Some of the activities of the happiest women include: The happiest women surround themselves with loving family and friends. In general they spend the least amount of time alone. They do not measure themselves by other people’s standards. The happiest women get immersed on a regular basis in flow [...]

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Improving Communication in Marriage and Committed Relationships

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger04.14.2010 Communication
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Loving communication in Ellen’s marriage seemed a thing of the past. Now Ellen stood at the brink of divorce with her husband of eighteen years. She desperately did not want to break up their family, especially because of the implications for their three children. Ellen felt controlled by her husband, Ken, and that his needs [...]

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The Resilient Woman: Part 1

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.19.2010 Life Lessons
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How is it that one woman juggles her kids, job, home and relationships without succumbing to the pressure, while another woman with similar circumstances is ready to blow at any given moment? Resiliency is the difference – not just in the way we manage stress, but also in our ability to find balance and happiness [...]

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Positive Thinking and Self-Hypnosis

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.17.2010 Affirmations
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“I’m such a loser.” “I look fat.” “Why do I always say so many stupid things?” Lisa repeatedly put herself down and reported feeling increasingly despondent when things went wrong. For years she thought of her life in the most negative light and, not surprisingly, was becoming increasingly anxious. Lisa judged herself harshly for her [...]

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Philanthropic Travel Adventure Satisfies Woman with Empty Nest

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.16.2010 Adventure
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Did you know that the average age of an adventure traveler is not a twenty-something year old male, but rather a 47-year-old female? According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association, fifty-two percent of adventure travelers are women and those numbers are rising rapidly. As women become more powerful in the workforce, they are also finding [...]

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Self-Esteem and Women: 10 Ways to Boost Your Body Image

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.06.2010 Body Image
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What woman has not struggled with her own complicated feelings about her body image and self esteem? The pressure to look a certain way is so deeply embedded in our collective psyches that we forget about the media’s hypnotic effect on our self perception. Instead we have internalized the notion that we are fat, misshapen, [...]

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Helping Women with Breast Cancer: Two Friends Create JILLIES®

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.28.2010 Balance & Happiness
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Sandy just underwent a mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery for breast cancer. When she returned home, she put on her JILLIE® and wore the cozy 100% cotton garment throughout her recuperation. “It was soft and feminine and made me feel better, less like a patient,” she said. “The Velcro made access to my post-surgical areas [...]

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Optimism at Olympics 2010: Dare to Dream

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.21.2010 Adventure
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Olympians evoke an image of extraordinary persistence, hope and optimism. They embody the notion of mind over matter. Olympic athletes endure years of training, overcoming challenges, injuries, and withstand losses amidst the wins. They give up the usual social life of the young. These spectacular women and men hail from every part of the world [...]

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