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Monday, February 23, 2009

SELF-HELP FOR HEADACHES


Next time you get a nagging headache, try a little fingertip therapy. You might feel better more quickly. Massaging key acupressure points can ease the grip of a tension headache.

1. Your temporalis muscle: With your index and middle fingers, apply pressure to

your temporalis muscle. It’s that tender spot where you feel a muscle move

when you clench your teeth.

2. Behind your ears: Using your thumbs, massage in a circular motion the spots

just underneath the large bones behind your ears.

3. Between your eyes: With your middle finger and thumb, gently pinch the skin

just above your nose and press upward so you feel the pressure around your

eyebrows.

4. The web of your hand: Use your thumb and index finger to squeeze the fleshy

pad of skin between the thumb and index finger on your opposite hand.


5. Most of all….RELAX…don’t let the stress of the day do you in.

Friday, February 20, 2009

TEN KEYS FOR FINDING HAPPINESS


Use these Ten Keys for Finding Happiness in Your Life

1. Live on purpose. Joyful aliveness connects you with your purpose. Learn the skills you need to create happiness. Discover the activities and pursuits that make your heart sing! These engaging activities provide clues to your purpose and will assist you in finding happiness.


If you want to maintain desperation and unhappiness, then believe that life has no purpose.


2. Find Happiness right now. No other time exists for experiencing happiness. Only the present moment contains the spark of life!


You may also create misery by constantly wanting to speed ahead to some other time. Most people live their lives wanting to exist elsewhere and elsewhen.


3. Accept total responsibility for your life! You create your reality and your emotions. Your power and focus exceed your wildest dreams.

You can choose to blame and whine, pretending that your life situation came from without, rather than from within. As within, so without. Accept total responsibility for all.


4. Act in boldness. Take on challenges and pursue lofty goals. Overcoming difficulties and obstacles provide some of the most exquisite joys in life.


To create misery, play it totally safe. Never do anything scary, risky, or out of the ordinary. Follow your fears and let them control your actions. For happiness and joy - feel the fear, and do it anyway!


Thursday, February 19, 2009


5 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 medium shallots, thinly sliced
3 cups chopped peeled butternut, hubbard, red kuri or kabocha squash (1/2-

inch pieces)
2 cups shiitake mushroom caps, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/8 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads (optional)
1 cup arborio rice
1/2 cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
1/2 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

1. Place broth in a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat so the broth remains steaming, but is not simmering.

2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in squash and mushrooms; cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms give off their liquid, about 5 minutes. Add thyme, salt, pepper and saffron (if using); cook for 30 seconds. Add rice; stir until translucent, about 1 minute. Add wine (or vermouth) and cook, stirring, until almost absorbed by the rice, about 1 minute.

3. Stir in 1/2 cup of the hot broth; reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring constantly, until the liquid has been absorbed. Continue adding the broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring after each addition until all the liquid has been absorbed, until the rice is tender and creamy, 30 to 40 minutes total. (You may have some broth left.) Remove from the heat and stir in cheese.

Makes 4 servings, about 1 1/2 cups each

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