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How To Become Your Own Personal Trainer

Hiring a personal trainer is an excellent way to ensure you will get your workouts done. If you are currently working with a personal trainer or have had one in the past, you probably realized that one of the benefits of hiring a trainer is ACCOUNTABILITY. When you schedule and pay for the training session…

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Teenager Reprimanded Because of her Urban Hairstyle

Last week Destiny Tompkins, a 19-year-old college student from New York posted on her personal Facebook page about workplace discrimination she experienced at the Banana Republic in the Westchester Mall. Destiny said that she went to work on October 4th and the district manager who was a white woman stopped in for a visit. After…

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How to Match Your Parenting Style to Your Child’s Needs

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci “I’m never going to drive when I grow up,” my 5-year-old son, Alessio, says in his quiet, determined way. “I am,” his sister, Sienna, replies. She is three. “I’m going to drive a pink convertible, and I’m going to drive it really fast.”…

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The Name Game: Can Your Name Affect Your Personality?

It’s a universal truth – there is no sweeter sound in all of creation than one’s own name. Unless of course, it isn’t. Tom, Dick or Harry; Peter, Paul or Mary; your name is your identity. It distinguishes you from some people and binds you to others. To you, you are unique. But did you know that your name and your personality might be related?

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Come Clean, Parents! | What’s Your Real Cleaning Style?

Raising kids is the toughest job in the world, and no parent is perfect (in spite of what's posted on your Instagram feed). Fortunately, appearances don’t matter when we’re spending time with our families, and we get to be who we really are. And the fact is, from time to time, we all have to make some compromises—smelly,…