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Oops, I Forgot to Have a Baby
Do you strike a balance between what is nearest and dearest to you and all the rest? Or are you paying too high a price to maintain "all the rest?" Are you attracting into your life the things you truly desire or the things you would rather avoid? In other words, do you control your life, or does your life control you?

Seven Ways to Wish Upon Life
Wishing is welcoming the sense of possibility. When we wish, we capture the fleeting nature of time. When we wish, we no longer totter with impossibility. No longer are we sitting on the couch in our home. Instead we have been dropped in a faraway land of magical feeling unscripted from the core of the earth. Learn more from Dana Dorfman.

How to Put the Love Back into Valentine's Day
Whether you're in a relationship or not, with a Valentine or not, make this Valentine's Day meaningful for YOU. Sharon Rivkin shows us how.

Holistic Stress Management
Stress is an inevitable part of life. Managing stress effectively is important for every person. Too much stress or stress that is not handled effectively can affect the immune system, and it may also make you irritable and interfere with your quality of life. Try to incorporate some of these stress busters into your life.

6 Unique Stress Relievers
Too much driving, too much shopping, too much rushing around, running the kids around--family and work demands have you stressed out. But there are some easy ways to help you alleviate stress, even if temporarily. Here are few unique ways.

Five Roadblocks to Facing Emotional Pain and How to Work Through Them
We all experience emotional pain in our lives, and many of us have difficulties with processing these issues. However, if you cannot look at your pain, then you can never resolve it. Why, then is it so hard to look at it? Bob Livingstone LCSW helps us tear down the roadblocks.

7 Simple Steps to Forgive Others & Yourself
No matter what your goals-whether you yearn to feel free, become empowered, lose weight, be more loving or break a sugar habit-you may not be able to move forward or succeed until you forgive your loved ones, friends, yourself or even strangers who harmed and wronged you, whether deliberately or unintentionally.

Intuition by Sandy Andrew
Have you ever had those quiet moments when gentle thoughts or ideas enter your mind in peaceful ways for finding solutions to difficult problems at work or at home? Do you inwardly know when something is right and when it is wrong, without consulting another person, nor even researching the subject from memory or other source? The above are examples of intuition at work.

Overcoming Worry: The Calming Power of Exercise
A regular exercise program will help ease your worrying. You will notice that the confusion that is created by anxiety will decrease or dissipate. You will discover that issues that once seemed impossible to approach, much less resolve, and become much easier to work through. You can learn to capture this peaceful feeling that you obtain from exercising while you are sedentary. This process won't happen overnight, but it can with practice. Author Bob Livingstone, LCSW, will show you how.

Balance - (That Dirty 7 Letter Word!)
Why is it so difficult to find balance? Achieving balance will make you more organized, more productive, more fun, much happier, and way less stressed. If you must implement the changes to find balance gradually, start with making time for yourself first and you will find that the other areas of your life will begin to fall into place shortly thereafter.

Connecting with Yourself and Achieving Success
What you don't know about yourself controls you and keeps you stuck in negative beliefs and feelings that are unresolved from childhood. These early self-esteem wounds unconsciously play out in your significant relationship/marriage and show themselves as unrealistic expectation. A gentle hand of love will heal your wounds, but the gentle hand of love must first be your own. Author Michele Germain shares five tips for healing.

Put a Little Passion in Your Life
Not the male/female kind of passion - but the "make the heart lighter and the feet dance" kind of passion, deep down to the soul. Do you enjoy your day to day life, or are you just going through the motions? By identifying your passion and making a commitment to follow it and let it guide your heart, if you are not already doing so.

Making Time for Y-O-U!
Make today the first day for creating a habit for yourself that will provide both you and your family members with a lifetime of love, by providing the best you possible.

Grab Life By the Tail!
Let Take Charge of Change Week be the catapult that you need to thrust you into the active participant role. It's time to vacate your seat on the sidelines and create your happiness.

July is Social Wellness Month
Need a little sprucing up on your social skills? Let's face it-- unless you've been to an etiquette school or have been seriously schooled at home on proper etiquette everyone could use a few pointers now and then. Let us show you a few.

Stretching Your Creativity Muscle
May is Creative Beginnings month and it's your turn to step out of your comfort zone and introduce yourself to something new, fun and exciting! How do you get started? We'll show you how!

National Women's History Month
The month of March is significant to the plight of women in history. Back in 1857 a group of women protested unfair working conditions and wages. They were stopped by policemen, but went on to form their own union. In 1987 congress voted to designate March as the month to honor the accomplishments of women throughout history.

A Daily Dose of Cheer - For Y-O-U!
Welcome to National Self-Esteem Month. Want to know what your self-esteem has to do with the winter blahs? Well, a person with a positive self-esteem won't allow the blahs to move in. They're so busy doing things they love, with people who love them, at places they love, that they're having WAY too much fun to be glum. So how does that help you? It's time to give your self-esteem CPR.

Ten Steps to Improved Self-Esteem
It's not vain to think well of yourself - it's called confidence. Gaining self-esteem is not as hard as you think, so why not start doing something about it right now?

What's Really Stopping You?
We're all familiar with the cycle: 1. We want new, but resist change; 2. We want satisfaction, but procrastinate.; 3. We want control, but defer to circumstance. So, what's really stopping you?

Make Your Own Bubble Bath
Indulge yourself and make your own bubble bath. Wouldn't it be nice to relax into a bubble bath that you'd created? Making bubble bath is simple and fun. They can also make wonderful gifts for friends and loved ones for the holidays or other special occasions.

10 Ways to Reduce Commuting Stress
Although there is no antidote to stressful commuting, there are lots of ways to shoo off the energy vulture. Here's how to thrive while you drive.

Make Your Life Happier in 60 Seconds
You have the power to change your mood -- to make a Conscious Choice to look for something that will bring the happiness. Professional Life Coach Kathy Gates shows us how with simple steps.

Achieve Instant Calm the Wise Woman Way
Susun Weed offers a number of approaches women can use to calm jangly nerves, achieve greater overall calm, and cope on-the-spot with stressful situations.

EW's Beauty Channel
Beauty is more than skin deep - learn how to cultivate your beauty with our selection of articles.

Healthy Weight Loss & Fitness Channel
Lose and maintain your weight the healthy way by healthy weight loss and fitness.

EW's Health Channel
Read our health and fitness articles to keep that body humming.

Jennifer Louden's Self-Care Minder
Refresh, reawaken, rediscover your tender self with a cup of concentrated comfort . . . Jennifer Louden's Self-Care Minder essays will show you how.

Susie Michelle Cortright's Nurturing Your Spirit
We're very pleased to bring you a series of articles from Susie Michelle Cortright of Momscape.com. Susie writes on the joys - the small, unexpected treasures of motherhood.

Celia Straus' Journey to Self
Take a spiritual journey with author Celia Straus. Celia explains, "If we are truly going to explore our womanhood, we must begin to trust the unknown, the reality of the moment, the exploration process."

Book Reviews
Read our recommendations for nurturing your mind, body and soul!

TLC Calendar ~ Tender Loving Care of YOU!
We'll help you give "Tender Loving Care" to yourself, your family, your home, your friends, and your marriage!