November 8, 2006

The Story Of The Coat Hanger

In This Issue:

Feature Article: "The Story Of The Coat Hanger"

Myth Buster : "Do Fasting and Detox Diets Really Work?"

Quick Tips : "3 Tips To Avoid An Email Disaster"

* FEATURE ARTICLE *

“The Story Of The Coat Hanger”

Yesterday afternoon, my 2 and 4 year old daughters were playing
together upstairs.

I was preparing the evening meal and my husband was doing some work downstairs.

As long as the girls were happy - talking, singing, laughing, dancing and who knows what else - we were all happy.

Then my oldest came downstairs wearing her fairy wings.

Uh-oh, I thought, there's only one set of fairy wings and typically when one daughter has something that the other doesn't... it ends up in tears.

However, to our delight, our littlest wasn't upset at all. In fact, she walked up to Daddy waving a coat hanger.

After a few seconds during which she gestured madly, Daddy realized what he was expected to do: he propped the hook of the coat hanger on the back of her top and...

Now she had fairy wings too!

Needless to say we were delighted with our 2 year old's problem solving abilities and inventiveness!

And, after a little reflection, I think this story holds messages for us all. Here are three (3) that come to mind:

1. Kids don't need the "latest and greatest" toys to have fun and be happy. In fact, it's probably best if they don't have them. Let children imagine, be creative, and come up with their own solutions and ideas! Not only will it take the pressure off you to give them all the latest stuff, but it will much better prepare them for life's challenges.

2. We don't need the "latest and greatest" things either. Given the opportunity and a little motivation, we can also arrive at creative and less costly solutions and get the same (if not better) results.

3. One adult's coat hanger is another child's fairy wings. If we want to, we can enjoy the most mundane objects and situations too... We just need to open our eyes to the beauty and possibility in everything.

Children can really teach us something, can't they?

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

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* MYTH BUSTER *

“Do Fasting and Detox Diets Really Work?”

According to Professor Roger Clemens and Dr Peter Pressman of the University of Southern California, there is NO evidence that
fasting or "detox" diets remove unhealthy toxins from our bodies.

Writing in the Food Technology Journal (May 2005), Clemens and Pressman state that the benefits claimed by people on detox diets are attributable to improved diets, not their bodies getting rid of excessive toxins!

Moreover, the researchers say that fasting or a restricted diet of lots of water and some fruit and vegetables does NOT of itself remove toxins. On the contrary, according to our current understanding of human physiology and biochemistry, the body is designed to "detox" itself.

Hmmm... sounds to me like "detox" diets may not work... but a "healthy" diet will help you feel and *be* a lot better.

And what exactly is a healthy diet? Opinions vary, but my experience and research suggests that it consists of mainly (and a variety) of whole, unprocessed vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains, some meat and mono-saturated fats, and as few sugary and processed foods as possible.

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* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *

“How A Healthy Diet Will Lower Your Blood Pressure”

Kevin Riley thought he was fit and healthy...

He ate "healthy" foods... he hiked... he worked out at the gym.

So imagine his shock when he discovered he had dangerously high blood pressure.

Yes, high blood pressure - the no.1 cause of the United States' biggest killer: cardiovascular disease, which kills an astonishing 2,500 Americans every single day.

Driven to find the reasons - and cure - for his high blood pressure, Kevin spent literally months researching the latest medical and scientific reports.

Determined not to resort to drugs, Kevin was relieved to discover that he could lower and control his blood pressure by making simple changes to his diet and lifestyle.

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* QUICK TIPS *

“3 Tips To Avoid An Email Disaster”

If you've used email for any length of time, chances are you've
had at least one email disaster...

You know, when you just-a-bit-too-quickly hit "reply to all" or "forward" or "send" and email a somewhat sensitive message to the *wrong* person or people?

I personally will never forget the time when I was working as a lawyer and sent an internal email about our client... to the client!

Thank goodness, I followed at least one of the steps below and made sure NOT to say anything offensive or unkind about the client in that email.

Others haven't been so lucky.

Like a secretary who sent an email to the entire law firm poking fun at a senior partner. (She didn't stay at the firm very long after that...)

In fact, I recall at least one DEFAMATION case resulting from someone offending someone else in an email sent to a large number of people.

So email disasters really can be... DISASTERS!

Okay, so here are 3 tips to avoid an email disaster:

1. Never, ever, say anything remotely offensive, unkind or defamatory about *anyone* in an email. You just never know who might end up seeing your email...

2. Before you hit "send"... STOP! Check the "To" field to see exactly who your email is going to. Is that the person (or are they the people) you want reading this? Are they likely to forward your email to someone you don't want reading it?

3. Also before you hit "send", scroll down the email to make sure there's nothing there - like previous email exchanges with others (if you are forwarding the email to someone) - that you don't want the recipient to see.

Feel free to send this newsletter to anyone though :-)

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