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The Shocking Girls’ Guide to Workplace Success

From the moment baby boomers joined the workforce, women made it their mission to create a fair playing field for everyone. But after decades of feminists plowing down the boys’ club, today’s women enter a totally different kind of workplace and need totally different advice for succeeding. What should the new rules be? This list is long, but here are five points to get the conversation going:

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Compare the Best Diet Plans

A wide variety of diet plans are available. You can find plans that count calories. Others feature low carbohydrate options. Other diets use convenient prepared foods. Good diet plans include a variety of foods, adequate support systems and a plan for long-term weight loss maintenance. The best diets are affordable, easily implemented and include a variety of healthy foods. While these diet options are healthy and appropriate for most adults, if you have special health concerns or considerations, consult your physician or a dietitian.

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About the Curves Weight Loss Program

Curves, the self-proclaimed “largest fitness franchise in the world,” started in 1992 with a single center in Harlingen, Texas. Today, founders, husband and wife Gary and Diane Heavin, oversee a franchise that boasts nearly 10,000 centers in more than 70 countries, according to Curves.com. While Curves’ unofficial motto has been “no makeup, no men and no mirrors,” some centers reportedly do allow men to join.

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Our Children's Biggest Problem: Obesity

What would you say is the biggest problem facing our children today? It is heartbreaking to know that childhood obesity is the most common nutritional disorder as well as a growing global epidemic in developed countries. It is also considered to be the underlying factor causing a variety of chronic illnesses in the Western World.

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Pain Free Birth — It's Possible!

Can you imagine not feeling any pain while giving birth? Most of the moms in our office laughed when talking about the idea and said “yeah, right?!” But according to HypnoBirthing experts and the HypnoBirthing philosophy, it really is possible to visualize your way through a pain-free birth. Modernmom talked to HypnoBirthing coach and teacher Stella Greenhalgh, who teaches HypnoBirthing in California and answered all of our questions — Gosh, she really turned us into believers! (Well, some of us at least). Here’s what she had to say: