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What to do with leftover candy.

Friday, November 1st, 2013

It’s November 1st. For many of us (especially the children) it’s stomach ache day. I remember sorting through our kids’ candy when they came home from trick-or-treating, to pull out anything that was open, or we considered unsafe. I also remember going through it, after they were asleep, to pull out the candy we wanted […]

Tags: behavior, Blog, choices, Halloween Candy, NewDirection Life Coaching, Pam Horton, stress management, USO NC, will power

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Staying fit during recovery

Friday, March 15th, 2013

How many of us have started a new exercise program only to end up with a sports injury that sidelines us? (Yup, I’m raising my hand, are you?) I am on day six of no exercise, after having started out 2013 very well. I’ve had nine weeks of doing Zumba four or five times a […]

Tags: behavior, Blog, cautious, health and wellness, NewDirection, NewDirection Life Coaching, Pam Horton, positive attitude, Raleigh, recovering from a sport injury, stress management, will power

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Who ate the kid’s candy?

Friday, November 16th, 2012

I don’t know about you, but for me – Halloween through New Year’s Eve is a battle of the bulge. People sometimes comment on what a strong will-power I must have not to eat all the typical junk food. I confess, I don’t have a strong will-power… I just don’t have it in my house. […]

Tags: behavior, Blog, choices, Halloween Candy, health and wellness, Holiday weight control, life coach, NewDirection, will power

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Why is it that some people don’t seem to understand responsible financial management?!

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

For a while there was a high school math class, Personal Finance, that actually showed you how to manage your money. Things like how to keep a checkbook, pay your bills, what bills you should have, the estimated cost of things, SAVING money, budgeting, credit cards, are all important things. Is this not offered anymore? […]

Tags: behavior, Blog, budgeting, change, choices, debt, education reform, financial responsibility, life coach, money, NewDirection, positive attitude, stuck, teens, will power, young adults

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Am I being Cautious or Paranoid?

Friday, July 20th, 2012

I love being outside and doing yard work. I have planted (with help from my dad) most of the landscaping at most of the houses we’ve lived in. I live to be outside – on a warm sunny day. Some of you have heard that I stepped in two hornet’s nests in two weeks, and […]

Tags: Blog, cautious, change, choices, fear, health and wellness, life coach, NewDirection, paranoid, positive attitude, safety tips, snakes, stress management, will power

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It’s a matter of the mind

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Oh, the itching! Don’t scratch it, it will make it worse. I know but… the itching! Don’t scratch it. Oh, even just lightly touching it feels so nice. Don’t scratch it. I know, I know. Don’t scratch it. ARGH it itches! Scratch, scratch, scratch. Sigh, I shouldn’t have done that. This is the conversation going […]

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