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Are you sabotaging your relationships?

You’re beautiful, smart, fun to be with. Everyone you know tells you that you’re an awesome catch, and any guy would be lucky to have you as his girlfriend and even his wife. “Why, then, am I still single?” you ask. Part of it could be lousy luck—but do you have any habits or even [...]

Herbs and supplements that help manage diabetes

You can live a full, active and enjoyable life even if you have diabetes. With a good diet, exercise, and constant coordination with your doctor, you can manage your insulin levels and your health. And there are more and more tools for diabetic to help control blood sugar level. You may want to talk to [...]

How to conquer self-consciousness

I’ll admit it: I hate going to formal parties. I feel like I’m in high school all over again, wearing the wrong thing and saying something that will totally embarrass myself in front of the “popular kids” (in this case, the bosses, or the gorgeous socialites, or actually anyone else in the room). Once, in [...]

How to embrace change — and love it!

Any kind of change—moving to a new city, retiring from a career you loved, ending a long relationship—fills us with sadness and fear. But change is part of life. Trying to cling to a chapter of our life that has served its purpose can be like animating a corpse. Happiness and growth lies in allowing [...]

Best summer U.S. food festivals

Many states throw incredible food festivals that celebrate their best produce and local delicacies. Many of these food festivals are accompanied by outdoor concerts, family-friendly activities and even cooking demos. So mark your calendars and book your vacation leaves—these are just some of the events you can look forward to during the summer.

How to discourage kittens from biting and scratching

It is common for kittens to have aggressive play behavior as it “wrestles” with its siblings and mother. Pouncing, chasing, stalking, and biting are part of its natural way of playing. It’s the cat version of family bonding, and does not indicate that the kitten has a “mean” temperament. However, by playing with its siblings, [...]

How to train your kitten not to scratch furniture

Kittens, like our own human babies, do what’s instinctive. They eat when they’re hungry, sleep when they’re tired, they breathe and purr, and they also scratch. This instinct was used in the wild to mark territory and assert power, especially when threatened. And it also served the practical purpose of strengthening her paw muscles and [...]

Anyone can write a blog–in fact, it’ll take you less than 10 minutes to set up a free account. Unfortunately, about 99% of the blogs that are polluting the Internet today aren’t worth reading. You see a lot of personal rants, bad grammar, and a whole lot of information that (quite frankly) nobody wants to [...]

How to create interesting web content

You can invest a lot of money and time into building traffic to your website, but if you have lousy content, visitors will just leave and never come back. So despite all the fancy search engine optimization tools, the heart of a good website is still top quality content. Here are some tips on writing [...]