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13 Secrets Your Smile Can Reveal About You
You’re lying Tatiana Ayazo/Rd.com A smile can have a hidden meaning for a crafty person. “There is a smile called the ‘Duping’ smile or ‘Dupper’s Delight’ which is typically a little smile that comes across the face when a liar or deal-maker or cheating-winner thinks they have duped someone,” explains Patti Wood, MA, a body language expert based in Atlanta. Another tool to decipher a gloating smile is that the smile may be a mismatch for the other person or people you are with so they feel left out and less than, she says. Learn more about how a fake smile can be hurtful. You’re full of joy Tatiana Ayazo/Rd.com…
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4 Signs That You Are Doing ‘Team’ the Right Way
There are thousands of youth sports teams, but how many of them are really doing ‘team’ the right way? July 3, 2017, by CoachUp Nation Leave a Comment By Janis Meredith There are thousands and thousands of youth sports teams, but how many of them are really doing team the right way? As a sports mom for 21 years, I watched my kids play on more than 100 teams, and if I am being honest, I will have to say that a lot of them had no clue about how to do team the right way. What makes a good team? As a coach, here are the team characteristics you should be striving to nurture,…
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Two Generations
My grandmother—a white woman of Scottish descent—was born 2 years after the 13th amendment was passed. The black-as-night Bajan man she married working as a chef, saving him from peonage laws and debtors’ prison. My mother was born at the height of the Jim Crow era, where you could lynch a black person for looking at you the wrong way. She was one of the first research scientists to work on the correlation between cigarettes and cancer. She received a janitor’s salary. The year I was born, interracial marriage was still illegal in the United States. Four years after I was born, schools were desegregated. Two generations. That’s all it’s…
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Five Things Feminist Dads Do
— While more dads adopt the banner of feminism, what does that really mean? Here are five things that every feminist dad does: He is a true life partner. A feminist dad sees himself as equal to his spouse. He does not fall for either the “homemaker” or “sole breadwinner” stereotypes. He does not think that women should do the bulk of the domestic chores and childcare. He makes sure that everyone shares the day to day work like dishwashing and laundry and sees himself as a positive role model for his daughter. He supports his spouse in her career and adopts a flexible work schedule so he can be a…
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Exhaust, Trauma, Compassion, Love, and Life
I can’t speak for the cultures of other countries, but here in the U.S., we are raised on a steady diet of violence and war, conflict, power and aggression. It is as much a part of our national identity as baseball and apple pie. So is it any wonder at all that we tend to treat our own mental illnesses the same way? For the longest time, I resorted to the age old perspective of “battling” my mind. I went to war with the demons that had invaded my psyche. I took the view that I needed to slay them each, to best them in mortal combat lest they smother…
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Advice for the Modern Man: Why Aren’t My Sibling and I Friends?
Just before turning 18, my sister ran away from our mother’s house to live with her father (my mother’s ex.) I’m afraid it was my fault because she and I used to fight. She also fought with our mother. Now, our mom is worried that she’s lost her daughter, especially given how manipulative her ex (my sister’s father) can be. And I’m worried I’ve lost my sister. While we had our disagreements, we did get along and would talk about our personal problems with each other. I would like to continue that relationship. Is this situation my fault? Did I do anything wrong? Am I a bad sister? –Lonesome Sister;…
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Connection May Just Save Your Life
“He was a quiet guy. The type of guy you pictured one day taking a gun out and going on a shooting rampage.” If you think about it, everybody knows a Craig. I mean, I don’t actually know anyone named Craig, but I know I am Craig. For a time, I WAS Craig. I can tell by the confused dog looks I’m getting, I’ve lost you. It’s okay, not like context is important or anything. This past Monday night, I was working on this week’s article, when I got distracted by something on Facebook. I’ve got to say that this is a common occurrence for me. Modern-day writing is 50%…
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What NOT to Expect When You’re Expecting
— On the 25th of May, at 7:23pm, I became a father when my daughter was born with a tiny squeak resembling a cry and her middle finger in the air. For a moment, somewhere between my shock and surprise of the moment, I thought that everything would be alright. The major problem I was trying to ignore was that Zoey was born premature. The normal gestation period of a human being is 40 weeks in the womb, Zoey was 23 weeks at the moment she was born. Four days prior to being born, Sarah started having contractions and went to the hospital knowing they were early. After a dose of…
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Attract Your Best Partner by Being Your Own Best Lover
— My radio guest, Rebecca Clio Gould is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Qigong and Meditation Teacher, Sexual Awakening for Women Facilitator, and Author of “The Multi-Orgasmic Diet.” She’s on a mission to help women live healthier lives, step into their power, love themselves more, experience more joy, and live life to the fullest. Rebecca has been running her own business, Elemental Harmony, PLLC since 2007 and lives in Seattle, Washington. Following are highlights for this episode. You can also listen to the full podcast below. Why is it important to practice self-love? I view self-love as a foundation for optimal health and well-being. It’s important…
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Success for a Millennial
Not being handed anything in High School taught me to go for opportunities in adulthood. July 1, 2017 by Maya Bahl Leave a Comment “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a wonderful book on morality and ethics, and a great coming-of-age story in rural America. It was a high school requirement of mine to read the text, and coming from a rural area of Massachusetts myself, I could attest to a community being small and oftentimes spaced out. The movie version of this…
