I Don’t Get No Respect: My Life As A Substitute Teacher
I’ve done a few plays in my time, in civic theater and in school. No matter how good you are, or at least think you are, there’s always that tightening in the gut before curtain, when you wonder if they’ll like you-really, really like you. The only difference between that and being a substitute teacher is that you don’t really care if they like you. You just really, really don’t want them to throw things at you.
A Woman’s Guide To Everything: Breaking Bad-Habits, That Is
Bad habits suck, and so does the notion of willpower. I have absolutely no self-control when it comes to food. Ergo, I keep on hand only that food that will enable the goal of health and weight loss. If I want something else, I have to go out of the house to get it. By the time I figure out that I have to change my clothes, put on shoes, and drive somewhere, I’ve changed my mind and the Cheetos whim has flown the coop.
Read MoreA Woman’s Guide To Everything: Debt Collection 101
Carl Dascole was on my radio show, ‘A Woman’s Guide To Everything’ on Blog Talk Radio, again last night talking about debt collection, and tips to better manage financial matters. Carl has been in debt collection and accounts receivable in one capacity or another, for the last twenty years and more. We began by talking about health insurance and what may happen when there is a subrogation clause in a policy.
Read MoreA Woman’s Guide To Everything: Beautiful Skin, Avocados, and 302 Skincare
I have always known that avocados are good for us, like a meal from soup to nuts. They are chock full of goodness, with good fats, minerals, and vitamins. They are not high in calories, despite a bad rep. They are delicious plain, and provide the healthy fat that keeps the internal fires burning bright. In 2004, a skincare product came out that was introduced to me by an aesthetician-302 Skincare. She told me the products used an ingredient found in the avocado. She insisted I try it, and gave me several sample bottles with sufficient amounts to give it a fair trial, since a very little goes a long way, like most good products.
Read More
A Woman’s Guide To Everything: So, Our Brains Are Getting Old?
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about how our brains start to age and lose the capacity to keep even the most inane conversations afloat by about the age of 45. It used to be thought, in our fog of denial, that this wouldn’t happen until much later in life. Then, that changed to warnings about hitting sixty, and being prepared to forget where we put our car keys. It seems we are becoming obsolete earlier and earlier, according to the scientists whom we pay to tell us bad news.
Read MoreA Woman’s Guide To Everything: Back To Work After Being Mom
This last week on ‘A Woman’s Guide To Everything’ radio show on Blog Talk Radio (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gigijwolf/2012/01/05/a-womans-guide-to-everything-a-long-island-christmas), I talked with a friend who has been a stay-at-home mom for the last twelve years, and will soon go back to work outside the home. She has found a job, and I jumped at the chance to get her insights on the show, because she has turned some of the tenets of the recent surveys I’ve read on their ears. What was especially encouraging was that age didn’t appear to be a disadvantage, and her experience seemed to count. (The browser address for the episode keeps reflecting another episode I did with Carl Dascole, but it is actually the ‘Back To Work’ episode).
A Woman’s Guide To Everything: Prayer, Visualization, Actualization
I recently gave a friend some unsolicited advice (no! not me!) garnished with the caveat that he may find it ‘new age’ and creepy, but which has worked for me, many times. I learned it from my guy, who regularly practices it. Whenever he gets an ache or a pain, a symptom that is causing him discomfort, he places his hand over the spot, and finds a few quiet minutes to concentrate on it. He visualizes it as being pain-free, and as being flooded with healthy red and white blood cells.
