Accepting Change
I lost my water bottle. Change was bound to happen after that.
I know it is really no big deal as it’s just a little thing – but I really liked that water bottle! It fit perfectly in the cup holder of my car, it had an easy to open lid, a spill guard that made it easy to drink out of and it was decorated with some cool stickers that really spoke about me that I’d acquired over the 3 years I had used it. I drink a lot of water and I carried it with me everywhere. My water b…
The Alexander Technique, Fibromyalgia, CFS: End Gaining, Tension, Release And The Four Concepts Of Good Use; Part 2
Society has made remarkable medical and scientific advances over the last few hundred years, but there are still many serious diseases that continue to baffle doctors and scientists.
Indeed, many “diseases of modern society” are reaching epidemic proportions.
These include backache, neck and shoulder pain, arthritis and spinal diseases, asthma and auto-immune conditions, depression, neuroses and insomnia.
At the very apex of “diseases of modern society”, come 6 milli…
The Alexander Technique, Fibromyalgia And Cfs: Implementing The Four Concepts: Part 3
Alexander’s 4 concepts of good use:
1. Allow your neck to release so that your head can balance forward and up
2. Allow your torso to release into length and width
3. Allow your legs to release away from your pelvis
4. Allow your shoulders to release out to the sides
What exactly do we mean by release?
Try this little exercise while you are reading this article.
Pick up a cup as though you are going to drink from it.
Hold the cup close to your mouth and rele…
5 Ways To Maximise Your Personal Energy Supply
Different governments, officials, environmental agencies exhort us to conserve the energy we use in order to save the environment and sustain our continued existence on the planet.
On a personal level I think that we also need to know how to conserve, focus and maximise our own personal supply of energy. We unconsciously dissipate and waste our energy on people, situations, thoughts, attitudes and events which do not serve us well. This leaves less space and energy for cre…
How to Create a Better News Release
You can get a better response from reporters and editors, if you follow a few simple guidelines in writing your news release. Appropriate content, an interesting headline, a packed first paragraph, polished wording, using a standard format, and by being prepared for questions.
Your 6-Step Plan For Press Release Placement
There’s a clear way around press release failure and it’s called the pitch. A lot like it sounds a pitch is a fast throw at busy editors about a possible story. If they want to find out more, then you send the press release.
That leads me to a huge pet peeve: Sending out press releases via e-mail to a list of editors. From my experience it’s never – ever – worked. I no longer try it and suggest you don’t either. It’s a waste of your time and all of the editors. Instead:
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