A Personal Tale of Transformation: SOMETIMES BUSIER IS BETTER

I loved her for more than 40 years, and then one day she did the unimaginable – she broke my heart. My mother passed away seven years ago, and when I sit down and think about it, I think one day the pain will go away and the grief will eventually disappear. Instead, it hovers. It never goes away.

By Lisa Juliano

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Marketing Tips to Help Your Business Get a Piece of the Holiday Pie

Holiday marketing is not something you should haphazardly throw money at. Competition for your consumers’ attention is fierce during the season and you absolutely have to engage in a really unique way if you want them to see you. We mean a Really. Unique. Way. There is more pressure on businesses today to deliver winning holiday messages than there was just a few years ago. True story.

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4 Unforgettably Fun Family Night Ideas

When you look back on your childhood, what pleasant memories do you most remember? The answer is different for all of us, but it usually has to do with those little moments that were made special because they weren’t forced.
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Self-Care During the Holiday Season: The Path to Rejuvenation

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Whether you are ready for it or not, the holiday season is underway. Family visits, holiday shopping, unplugging from work—these are just a few of the demands that offer us less than relaxing thoughts. But it’s of particular importance that we remember to take care of ourselves—both physically and mentally—and believe it or not, the best time to do so is over the holiday break!

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Debunking Empty Nest Syndrome

Empty Nest Syndrome
Back in the ‘70s, both psychologists and the media popularized the term “empty-nest-syndrome”—a myth that parents, especially mothers, feel a sense of depression and loss of purpose when their children leave home. But researchers are now debunking this myth and suggesting that this period in a parents’ life can be one of increased opportunity, heightened excitement and renewed relationships. They are proving parents are excited over a wealth of opportunity they hadn’t seen since prior to having children.

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EMV Chip Regulation: What It Means For Your Small Business


The ways we pay have changed in a huge way over the last few years, and the US has finally jumped on board by implementing EMV standards across the country. Magnetic strips on the backs of many of our credit cards are one of the largest security issues we encounter in our daily lives. It’s increasingly common that cards are being duplicated because the technology has been used for such a long time and there’s no real process to make sure the person who possesses the card is who the card actually belongs to.
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Charity Talk: 4 Takeaways From Movember

Movember
2003: 30 “Mo Bros” ban together to collectively accept a challenge—Bring back the mustache.

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Millennials: Time to Coach the Boss

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Millennials (at least in sheer numbers) are the largest generation making up the working class in both the US and Canadian workforce this year. That’s a fact.

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Productivity Hacks that Will Result In A Novel

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They say the hardest part about writing a novel is being disciplined enough to sit down at your desk each and every day and be productive enough to actually put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Indeed, you cannot take a shortcut when planning out the plot or developing emotionally enthralling characters. But can you streamline the process and center your productivity to produce the most efficient and creative outcome? Of course you can. You just need these tips:

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To-Do List or To-Don’t List? That is the Question

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The to-do list has become one of the largest tools for increasing productivity. But are our to-do lists really helping as much as we think they are? To-do lists can help us set goals and create checks so we do not lose track of a task—or our lives, for that matter—but they often limit us to what we have personally designated as important.
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