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Monday, September 21, 2009

Have a Good Bad Day...

We all have days that feel like this.

In her website, The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin offers an antidote, listing Tips for Feeling Happier Right Now. Each tip is guaranteed to lift your mood, as will the mere fact that you've tackled and accomplished some concrete goals.

1. Boost your energy. Pace while you talk on the phone or, even better, take a brisk ten-minute walk outside. Even a small amount of exercise elevates your spirits.

2. Listen to a great song. Research shows that listening to music you love is an extremely effective way to improve your mood.

3. Reach out to friends. Make a lunch date or call a friend. Having warm bonds with other people is a key to happiness. Perhaps surprisingly, it turns out that socializing boosts the moods not only of extroverts, but also of introverts.

4. Rid yourself of a nagging task. Answer a difficult email, purchase something you need, or call to make that dentist's appointment. Crossing an irksome chore off your to-do list will give you a big rush of energy and cheer.

5. Create a calm environment. Clear some physical and mental space around your desk by pitching junk, stowing supplies, sending out quick responses, filing, or even just straightening up your piles. Outer order contributes to inner serenity.

6. Lay the groundwork for some fun. Order a book you've been wanting to read (not something you should read) or plan a weekend excursion. Studies show that having fun on a regular basis is a pillar of happiness. Try to involve friends or family , as well; people enjoy activities more when they're with other people than when they're alone.

7. Do a good deed. Make a helpful email introduction, set up a blind date, or shoot someone a piece of useful information or gratifying praise. Do good, feel good - this really works. Also, although we often believe that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act. When you act in a friendly way, you'll strengthen your feelings of friendliness for other people. And that's a happy feeling.

8. Go outside. Research suggests that sunlight stimulates brain chemicals that improve mood and increases focus. For an extra boost, get your sunlight first thing in the morning.

9. Save the life of a stranger. Every day, seventeen people die while waiting for a donated organ, and just one donor can save or improve the life of as many as 50 people. Most Americans say they approve of organ donation, but not many actually sign a donor card. Register and tell your next of kin you want to donate. Imagine the joyous faces of the people who will one day get a call from a hospital, to tell them that their prayers have been answered. That will make you feel pretty darned happy.

Are there other ideas you could add to personalize this list? Try adding them and then copying the list and posting it on the fridge or above your desk as a reminder that we can sometimes make choices that will lift the gloom and tiredness and allow a better day.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Forgiveness or Reconciliation...

Anger and resentment can be a great drain on the energy of anyone with compassion fatigue or chronic sorrow. And forgiveness or reconciliation can bring equally great renewal.

Forgiveness is different from reconciliation. As marriage and family therapist, Tom Moon, says, "Forgiveness means letting go of the past, but reconciliation is about committing to a future."

Forgiveness means letting go of anger, resentment, hurt, judgment and condemnation. It means giving up the victim role and the desire for revenge. It is something we do on our own, for ourselves, to prevent these feelings and actions from poisoning our own lives.

Reconciliation, on the other hand, is a process where both parties own and acknowledge their parts in the problem, without excuse or blame, and strive to restore trust in the relationship. It's something we do together for the sake of the relationship.

We are free to choose forgiveness or reconciliation as our goal in any situation. And, oddly enough, when we know that we don't have to reconcile, we can often be more generous with our forgiveness. (Fear of being hurt again by an unrepentant person can be a legitimate reason for forgiving but not reconciling.)

Both forgiveness and reconciliation are processes, often lengthy ones, so they can take patience and persistence. In considering forgiving someone, Tian Dayton, PhD, author of The Magic of Forgiveness, suggests writing the answers to the following questions:

1. What is the forgiveness issue I'm working with?

2. Where am I stuck?

3. What will I gain if I forgive?

4. What will I need to give up if I forgive?

5. Why am I afraid to forgive?

6. What feelings keep coming up when I contemplate forgiving?

7. What do I feel angry about?

8. What do I feel sad about?

9. What, if anything, am I holding against myself?

10. What, if anything, am I holding against someone else?

11. What do I think forgiving myself or this person will mean?

12. What do I want it to mean?

13. What am I afraid it might mean?

14. What do I imagine forgiveness can give me that I don't have now?

Reflecting on these questions can help to ready us for the steps to forgiveness listed on the website for Zen Habits by therapist, Allison Mupas, MFT:

1. Journal or talk to someone about what happened, your feelings, and let it all out.

2. Look at your side of the event, disagreement, or problem. How did you participate? Do you have anything to clean up? ("Clean up" means take responsibility for.)

3. Consider whether you're even willing to forgive yet. If not, take some steps to work through the underlying feelings.

4. Make the decision to forgive anyone involved in the situation. Don't forget yourself, if you need it. Decide if you need to say or write anything to anyone involved to get your feelings out and be heard.

The person you are forgiving does not need to be willing to receive them or to be present for you to complete this process. You can ask an objective person to be on the receiving end if you don't feel safe or comfortable going to the person with whom you're upset. You can visualize that you are speaking to that person when you are speaking to a friend or objective listener.

5. Let go! Keep in mind that you are choosing to forgive. If you are holding on to a belief that the other person has to do something before you forgive, you may be choosing to remain stuck. If you find situations re-stimulating the old feelings of hurt, you may need to repeat step 1.

Keep in mind that this process is not easy but it is very rewarding and can be very freeing...

If you are having difficulty with your forgiveness or reconciliation process, you might want to contact a counsellor, spiritual advisor or professional coach for help.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Bits 'n' Pieces...

I have a number of bits 'n' pieces of things buzzing around in my head this afternoon, and rather than letting them use up my precious cognitive space, I'll write them down for you now, rather than waiting until next week's post.

So, here goes:-

1. One knows that a concept has really hit the tipping point when you see it in Oprah's, O Magazine! Did you all see the Compassion Fatigue article, (page 141), in this month's issue? It is a short but well written article entitled, "Do You Have Compassion Fatigue?", by Tom Jarvis and I was particularly pleased to see that he had acknowledged CF as a problem of both helping professionals and family caregivers.

2. I'm reading two great books on mindfulness this weekend:-

a) Letting Everything Become Your Teacher: 100 Lessions in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Delta Trade Paperbacks: NY (2009)

b) You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambala Publications, Inc: Boston, Mass (2009)

The first is a nicely laid out small book of excerpts from Full Catastrophe Living (2001), designed to "inspire you to embrace what is deepest and best and most beautiful in yourself". It's the perfect sort of book for exhausted people with short attention spans because the excerpts are brief, pithy and very easy to read.

The second is, again, a small book, this time written by the renowned Zen monk and meditation master, Thich Nhat Hanh, based on a retreat he led for Westerners, explaining a range of simple practices for cultivating mindfulness. It reminds me a little of his earlier book, Peace is Every Step, in that it is restful and calming just to read its pages.

3. My own little ebook on Chronic Sorrow has been coming along nicely but, because BC will be embracing the Harmonized Sales Tax in April, I will hold off on publishing the book until the sales mechanism on the website can be set up for the new tax. So expect to see the ebook in about mid 2010. My apologies to those who have been waiting patiently...

4. I am currently looking for a lovely, clean, quiet, peaceful, meeting space, with kitchenette, to rent occasionally for Saturday workshops in the Greater Vancouver area. If you know of such a space, I would be grateful to hear about it at

That's cleared my head for the moment, so I'll leave you with warm wishes for happy and restorative moments this beautiful autumn weekend.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Spiritual Renewal...

Most people believe that we have a spiritual nature as well as a physical, mental and emotional one. In living through compassion fatigue and chronic sorrow, we can become spiritually spent and we need - and often yearn for - spiritual renewal as well as physical exercise and emotional support.

But how do we go about enriching our spiritual lives? Frankly, there are as many ways as there are people. The spiritual path is a highly individual one, without a rule book or standard curriculum that fits all. That said, there are some practices that have emerged through the years and across faiths, that can lead to a richer spiritual life:

1. Set aside time every week to nurture your spirit. (Eventually, you may find this time so nourishing that you want to set time aside every day.) During this established time, you might want to:

* Spend time in silence or prayer with Whom/Whatever you believe in that is greater than   yourself - God, Love, Nature, Truth, Beauty,The Universe.
* Visit different places of worship, paying attention to the music, the architecture, the difference in the sermons or teachings. Or, conversely, visit at a time when the place of worship is empty to pray or meditate alone. There is a wonderful peace to be found in sitting in a sanctuary where others have prayed before you.
 * Read inspirational writings and reflect on them. They needn't be "holy" writings, rather, anything that inspires you, be it poetry, a novel, autobiography or spiritual writings of your own or another faith.
* Write a poem or story for or about your Spirit.
* Write a prayer that celebrates your relationship to your Spirit or Higher Power.
 * Write a spiritual autobiography, noting times of spiritual insight through nature, relationships, and events. What are the stages through which your spiritual growth has progressed? Has your faith been helpful to you in times of strain and stress? Are there beliefs that frighten you or seem nonsensical and need reconsideration?
* Study an aesthetic discipline.
* Attend a meditation or prayer group.
* Begin a "Seeker's Group" to discuss spiritual issues.
* Attend a retreat.
* Spend time in contemplation of beauty, kindness, compassion, nature.
* Listen to uplifting music - dance to it.
* Create a spiritual journal for quotations, reflections, recording the spiritual happenings of your life.

2. Practice peace and reconciliation. The irritability and unmet needs that accompany both CF and CS easily lead to situations where forgiveness and/or reconciliation are needed. The topics deserve more space than I have today. Watch for more next week.

3. Practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is a form of meditation but, more, it is a way of life. A way of be-ing. It is a way of becoming intentionally aware of the present, in this moment and this moment and this moment... A way of living life deeply and fully.

4. Practice gratitude. Open your awareness to the gifts of this world - large and small. Becoming consciously grateful for the fact that you step on to a carpeted floor when you get out of bed, that you drink clean water, that you have someone to love, that you're surrounded by the beauty of nature, that you have eyes to see and ears to hear, can do a lot to balance the pain of compassion fatigue and chronic sorrow.

I could say much more here but this is a good start. Think about your spiritual wellness this week. If it could use a tune up, perhaps try one of these ideas - or one of your own - to begin a process of spiritual renewal.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Who Inspired You?...

September and the return to school never fail to remind me of the wonderful people who inspired me to become the helper I am today. Some were family, some friends, some therapists, some famous persons I would never meet. But most were the teachers who wove a golden thread through the tapestry my life from kindergarten through graduate school. Each of them in-spired, or breathed into me, the desire to learn and then to support the learning of others.

Miss McIntosh, my third grade teacher, taught me the importance of empathy, warmth and compassion in creating an emotionally safe space for learning. Barry McDell, my highschool English and Journalism teacher, taught me that a painfully shy teenager could do more than I ever dreamed possible - even edit the school yearbook! And Dr Selma Wassermann and Lin Langley showed me that respectful teacher-student interactions are at the core of all good teaching. They demonstrated again and again that content matters less than the learning experience - that the medium truly is the message.

Without these deeply human and caring mentors, I could never have become the teacher I am today and I will be forever grateful.

What about you? Who inspired you to become the helper you are today? How did they do that? What did they say? What did they do? Perhaps you could share your story of inspiration here so it can, in turn, inspire others?

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Creating Vision Boards

Vision boards can be a powerful tool whenever we want to regroup, refocus and gain a vision to guide us. This can be at the beginning of a year, or any other time that will help us focus.

Tools and Materials
Creating a vision board can be as simple as cutting photos out of a magazine and tacking them up on your office bulletin board, or it can be as complex as a hand-made frame with personal photos and trinkets. There are at least 3 basic ways you can proceed:

• Digital: Created with software designed for the task, or with Photoshop or some other image-editing tool. Ease of use is the obvious benefit with this kind of vision board, because you can quickly add and edit your board.
• Physical: Paper, bulletin boards, whiteboards, or even a wall in your home with hanging pictures. Your creative options are endless here, but your vision board will obviously be less portable.
• Mobile: Created on an app made for tablets and phones. The advantage here is that you’ll have your vision board with you everywhere you go.

Regardless of which type you choose, remember this before you begin to work on your vision board:

“So, what’s the big secret to creating a vision board that works? It’s simple: Your vision board should focus on how you want to feel, not just on things that you want. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to include the material stuff, too. However, the more your board focuses on how you want to feel, the more it will come to life.” – Elizabeth Rider, “The Reason Vision Boards Work and How to Make Them”, TheHuffington Post Blog, 01/12/2015

Another thing Elizabeth Rider says in the above post is that “There is only one major rule to creating a vision board that works, and it’s that there aren’t any rules. You aren’t going to mess it up, you can create your vision board on your own terms.”

Creating Physical Vision Boards
Remember when you were a kid in art class? Your vision board materials can be just as much fun—especially if you’re creating a physical board to hang on your wall.

Start by gathering up a selection of materials to work with:
• Swatches of fabric and ribbon
• A stack of old magazines (hit up your local library for their outdated copies)
• Colored pencils and markers
• Construction paper
• Poster board
• Crayons
• Glue and tape
• Scissors
• Stamps & ink pads

Flip through the magazines. Resist the urge to get sucked into the articles, and instead, concentrate on how you feel as you see the photos. Do they make you happy? Do you smile at a particular shot? Does it bring to mind a particular goal or dream? Cut out the images that speak to you in some way.

Don’t worry about organizing them or categorizing them at this point. For now, just make a stack of images that have meaning for you.

Next, take your board—and it can be a single piece of paper, a full-size poster board, or even the bulletin board in your office—and begin arranging your images, quotes and other materials.

You can have a single board with areas devoted to each aspect of your life, or a different board for each. Your board can be a hodgepodge of random images, or a carefully laid out plan that progresses naturally from one to the next. It can be color coordinated or not. Ultimately, it has to please no one but you, so let your creativity flow.

Don’t be afraid to use your pencils and markers to decorate your board, draw attention to certain images, or divide it into distinct quadrants. You can add dates and dollar figures if you like, or the names of people you want to think of as you work with it. Most importantly, just have fun.

Creating Digital Boards
Digital boards have the advantage of being portable, so you can enjoy and be inspired by them anywhere. Plus, they’re easy to recreate and re-imagine as your goals, dreams and values change.

There are several web-based apps that will help you create your boards that you can consider. One favorite is, which not only provides the tools to create your “dreamboard” (as they call it) but also a community of like-minded dreamers to support and encourage you. Best of all, Dream It Alive is free to join.

Use vision boards to bring your dreams and goals to life. Try a couple of approaches and see what works best for you.  If you’d like a tool with more information, check this out: Vision Board Resource

Transforming Your Years After 50: Vision Boards Work in Many Areas of Life

Vision boards can affect various aspects of your life as you are transforming your 3rd Act. When you create your vision board, regardless of which of life’s aspects you’re focusing on, be sure to look for images and words that make you feel the way you imagine you’ll feel when you achieve your goal. It’s not about what you want to have. It’s about how you want to feel.

Any area of your life can benefit from a vision board. Here are some key areas with some tips.

How’s your health? For many people over 50 years old`, it could be better.

How can a vision board help? By making it clear how much better you will feel (there’s that word again) when you do eat healthy, exercise, and are hydrated.

A vision board filled with images of fun activities in relaxing locations is just the thing to remind you—the next time you reach for another slice of pizza—that you’re working toward an achievable goal.

Family & Friends
We don’t often think of vision boards as being helpful with building relationships, but give it a try. First think about…
• What kind of relationships do you want to have?
• What’s most important to you as a spouse? Parent? Son or daughter? Friend?
• How do you want your spouse to feel when he sees you?
• How do you want your kids to feel when they’re teenagers?

Fill your vision board with items that represent the best relationships you can imagine, and soon enough, you’ll begin creating those bonds in your own life.

Recreation and Adventure
This might be the easiest area. Include both things that you could easily do and the big dream trips or adventures. Focus on how you will feel when you are doing these things.

With your vision board populated with meaningful images, thoughtful and motivating quotes, inspirational messages, and plenty of creativity, even these big scary goals suddenly feel much more attainable.

A creative vision board can help with your financial goals, too. Start by asking yourself…
• What does financial freedom mean to me?
• How can I change the world if I earn more money?
• What charities will I support when I start earning $xxx?

Then find the images that represent the feeling of fulfillment and joy you’ll have as you’re able to achieve these goals and more. Maybe that’s a photo of needy children your church group helps support, or an animal rescue organization you love. Or maybe it’s just a big pile of money so you can retire young and live on a yacht. It’s your dream, and it can be anything you want it to be.

These areas and others are all part of transforming your years after 50 into a time of joy and fulfillment. Vision boards are a tool to help you do that.

The Power of Vision Boards

At the beginning of a year or whenever you want to regroup, vision boards can help you be and do the things you desire. How? You have probably heard of the law of attraction, which some years ago became widely known through the movie and book, The Secret. Simply stated, when we focus on something, we attract more of it, whether positive or negative.

If you spend all your time worrying about money, it seems to slip right through your fingers. If you obsess over your weight, the pounds stubbornly hold on. And if you daydream about relaxing in the Caribbean sun, you’re a lot more likely to find yourself on a beach chair in the near future.

This isn’t some airy-fairy make-believe, either. We’ve known for decades that daydreams have power, and that purposeful visualization is the key to greater success in every area of life.

Top athletes practice endlessly, not only on the field, but in their minds. They actually see that perfect shot, winning race, or stunning back flip. They concentrate on the minute movements that make it possible, how their muscles will react every second, and how they will feel at the end of a stellar performance. This type of visualization creates neural pathways in our brains that are virtually indistinguishable from those caused by completing the act itself.

The result? Nearly the same as with actual, physical practice.

It works the same way for you. When you visualize your ideal retirement years, your happy home life, your dream vacation, and even your income goals, you’re primed to achieve them. And you’ll meet those goals much faster and with fewer stumbles than if you simply list your goals (and deadlines) on a calendar.

Like anything though, effective visualization takes practice. As kids, we spend much of our time daydreaming and playacting, but those are skills we lose as we age. A vision board can help kick start those creative visualization skills again.

Here’s another benefit of creating a vision board: It will boost your spirits when you face life’s inevitable struggles. Having a bad day? Spend some time working on your vision board, and you’ll feel noticeably lighter at heart.

Feeling overwhelmed? Take a look at your vision board for an instant reminder of why you’re working hard now, and what you stand to gain from it.

Struggling to reach a client? Read through some of the beautiful things other clients have shared about their journey with you. You’ll be immediately reminded about how valuable you are, and why you do what you do.

Vision boards can be effective in many areas of life – health, family and friends, leisure, finances, learning, etc. As you continue transforming your years after 50, vision boards can help you focus on those things that will give you joy and fulfillment.

Here’s a tool you may find helpful: Vision Board How-To

Transforming Your Years After 50: Introducing Vision Boards to Achieve Your Dreams

As you are transforming your years after 50 into a joyful and fulfilling time, you need tools to help you focus on your goals and dreams. Too often we think of goal setting and creating big changes in your life as requiring lists and deadlines – the kind of things we might want to leave behind as we transition from full-time structured jobs and careers to other configurations.

We look at that list of dates and to-dos and we’re instantly overwhelmed with the enormity of it all, so we file it away for “later.” And often “later” will be never. So looking for other tools is a great idea. We have dreams of how our retirement years can be, and that’s what vision boards are all about: dreaming. In fact they are sometimes called dream boards.

Rather than a bland calendar or spreadsheet with dates and impressive sounding goals on them, vision boards give you the creativity to let your dreams grow. It is a visual tool that helps you feel the achievement of your goals and dreams. That’s the real power of a vision board.

What Exactly is a Vision Board?

It’s a collection of images, quotes and symbols that have meaning to you and which represent your life as you would like it to be. Vision boards come in many different formats, both digital and physical. We’ll talk more about that later, but for now, let’s take a look at the components of vision boards.

Images. By far the most common item on vision boards are images: photos, drawings, mind maps, sketches or anything else that has some meaning for you. For example, if world travel is one of your goals, you might include photos of historic landmarks you want to visit, or airplanes or ships (imagine the feeling of freedom associated with those).

Motivational messages. Your vision board might include messages you see posted on social media, phrases you read and jot down in your journal, or even testimonials from your clients or nice things others have said about you. Anything that’s motivational to YOU.

Inspiring quotes. Inspiration is different for everyone, and the sources are endless. You probably already have favorite quotes; expand those by doing Google searches by topic or by person.

Everything else. What else inspires or motivates you? The blue ribbon your grandmother’s quilt won at the state fair? A small vial of sand from that secluded beach you’ll retire to someday? Vision boards can include these treasures as well. You just might have to be a little creative when it comes to adding them.

Transforming your 3rd Act calls for new tools like Vision Boards. See additional posts for more specifics on how to create and use them.

Transforming Your Years After 50: What if My Current Relationships Improve and I Create New Ones Regularly?

It’s easy to get in a rut with our relationships over the years. We may not even notice what had evolved into comfortable, known patterns are now more of a rut. As we individually travel down our life journey, our needs change but our relationships don’t always evolve along with them. If we haven’t moved or changed jobs for many years, our circle of friends, co-workers, neighbors and acquaintances may not have changed too much.

As we change our status from employed to retired, it dramatically affects our relationships. Let’s look at some of those relationships, how they will change, and how to re-create them during this time of change.

Relationships with Your Spouse or Whoever Lives in Your Home with You

You will likely be spending much more time with the people in your household during retirement even if they still go to a job each day. Take some time before you retire if possible to discuss what this change will mean for all of you. Here are some topics you may want to look at.

+ Household maintenance responsibilities. What are your expectations of how that will change; what are theirs? Especially if they still go to a job, their expectations may be that you will have time to do all of the cleaning, cooking, etc. That may not be your expectation. Discuss this and negotiate if necessary.
+ Household expenses and budget. Be sure you’re on the same page about this as soon as possible.
+ Any hints that there are new issues caused by your new status. Raise them sooner rather than later. This can be an exciting time of reformulating and renewing your relationship.

Relationships with Other Family Members

You’ve probably anticipated that family members who are still working will be thinking or saying, “S/he is retired now; s/he can do that.” It may be planning the next family gathering, taking a larger share of caretaking or support for an elderly relative, taking care of grandchildren or other children in the family…you get the idea. To minimize the friction about such issues, be proactive in informing family members what your intentions are as you move into retirement. Let them know what you will be doing with “all that time.” If you are willing to take on some additional things as noted above, say that also. If there are not-so-positive responses, it’s better to work them out early than to have tension and negativity. Invite them to celebrate your new status and plans. You will also be modeling how they can make the transition themselves

Relationships with Your Former Co-Workers

You probably spent more hours with them in a given week than with any of your friends and perhaps even family members, and now they will be outside of your daily orbit. At the farewell lunch or party, you will probably talk about getting together regularly as a group or at least with a few of your closest friends. This can be a good transition strategy for you because abruptly cutting off all of those relationships can be an emotional loss. Unless you are leaving under negative circumstances, keeping some contact with the organization and the work may be a positive move.
As you continue relationships, be alert for any signs that this has become an obligation on either side rather than a genuine desire for contact. If this happens, you have a couple of choices: decrease the frequency of get-togethers or together redefine your relationship. Rather than the occasional lunch during a workday which tends to put the meeting in the context of work, do something else together in the evening or on the weekend. Develop new shared experiences this way.

Relationships with Friends Outside the Workplace

Maybe you have retired friends who will assume that you are free and ready to spend lots of additional time with them now. If you agree on that, great! If you want to spend your time differently than they do, however, here’s another opportunity for early direct communication. Have a conversation focused on your transition to retirement, your plans and dreams and how your relationship with them fits into that. You will build the foundation of the next phase of your relationship and could even inspire them to be more intentional about their retirement lives.
As you are transforming your years after 50 – especially as you move to retirement –  you will also meet new people and form new relationships. This can be one of the greatest parts of these years.

Transforming Your Retirement: What if You Generated Any Needed Income in Creative, Fun, Fulfilling Ways?

It is very possible that a significant number of baby boomer retirees will need to generate additional income during retirement. As the economy has had ups and downs, savings, investments and pensions have been affected. Companies have even reneged on promised pensions and paid health to retirees. Others were already low on savings and had inadequate pensions.

Transforming your retirement may include some income-generating activity so that you can afford to do the things you most want to do. One of the most important mindset issues is to replace concern, fear and worry with positive expectation and belief that there are many more ways to earn income than we realize.

Part time jobs fit some people’s needs; independent work rather than an hourly job will be appealing to many of you. You can be a consultant, a virtual assistant, a writer, or have your own business – online or offline, brick and mortar or virtual, free standing or direct sales through network marketing, to name a few options.

Once you have expanded your horizons about what the range of possibilities are, the challenge is to determine the best match for you. Let’s examine some possibilities.

Using your knowledge and skills to earn money

Grab your handy notebook or computer file and do the following:
Make a chart (if doing by hand) or spreadsheet (on computer) that has the following cells listed vertically in the left column:

1) Knowledge & skills acquired through your employment
2) Knowledge & skills you’ve acquired through hobbies
3) Knowledge & skills acquired through volunteer involvement and community participation
4) Knowledge & skills you’d like to acquire in areas of your interest and then share with others

Then put the following horizontally across the top of the chart or spreadsheet:

1) Ways that you could share this information (for example, teach community education classes; write books or ebooks; provide workshops, teleclasses, webinars; be a consultant; etc.)
2) Places, venues or contacts that may provide places for you to do this and earn money (for example, specific community colleges in your area, your city school district community education, your church or other churches, online publishing, online radio or podcasts, etc.)

Start with what you can think of right now and continue to fill it in and expand it as you explore more possibilities. This chart or spreadsheet can be a resource and inspiration for you for a long time.

Virtual Work

Another way to use your skills is to provide products and services from your computer that others need. You can work at home or practically anywhere you can access high speed internet. There are thousands of Virtual Administrative Assistants who provide administrative support for solo entrepreneurs and small businesses, including website construction and maintenance, online marketing and more. These can be long or short term jobs. I did support work for the church I worked for in Minnesota for a year and a half after I moved to California: newsletters, bulletins, board meeting minutes and PowerPoint presentations. There are a number of websites where you can learn more about this type of work. Search for “virtual assistant.”

Direct Sales/Network Marketing

Direct selling through network marketing has become a recognized business model that is used by many large corporations and endorsed by financial experts. It is a viable option for many people in this economy and well worth exploring.

There are hundreds of network marketing company options and it can be very difficult to decide which company to choose. One resource to assist you with this is:

Affiliate Sales Online

Affiliate Sales basically means selling other people’s products. You can sign up for many affiliate programs, free of charge, and earn a commission for selling products that are made available through that affiliate program. This is a well-established way of earning money and you can do it in areas that are of particular interest to you. You can be an affiliate for companies that sell “hard” products – books, appliances, tools, jewelry, etc. – or information products online. There is a huge amount of information available to help you get started and be effective. You can begin with Associate Program. The commissions are low, but the wide range of products makes it very attractive. They provide lots of affiliate resources also.

These are some of the possible ways you can generate money to augment your income as you are transforming your retirement. As you begin your exploration, start by looking at what you enjoy doing.

Transforming Your Retirement: What if You Created a Legacy Notebook?

“There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase ‘to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy’. The need to live is our physical need for such things as food, clothing, shelter, economical well-being, health. The need to love is our social need to relate to other people, to belong, to love and to be loved. The need to learn is our mental need to develop and to grow. And the need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.”  –Stephen R. Covey

Part of transforming your retirement into one of satisfaction can be this legacy work. You can start by creating a very simple tool, a Legacy Notebook.
Section 1 of your notebook can be writing down the kind of legacy you want to leave in each of the areas:
1) how you are remembered as a person – your personality, the way you treated others, what people saw in you and learned from you;
2) the work you did and the impact it had on others,
3) the family you left behind,
4) contributions of time, energy, creativity and finances that enriched others, and more.

There are a variety of ways to draw forth great thoughts, memories, etc. Some people suggest you write the obituary you would like to have written about you, or the eulogy you would like someone to deliver at your funeral or memorial service. If that appeals to you, do that.

Section 2 of your notebook can be journaling about the things in Section 1 not yet accomplished, but desired. These questions may be a guide in that process:

1. What might you do to bring this legacy into reality?
2. What will need to change for that to be possible?
3. How can you start moving in that direction?
4. Start writing your responses to these questions and let them be your guide to designing your coming months and years.

Section 3 of your notebook can be a place to list documents, recognitions, plaques, etc. that record or recognize specific parts of your legacy. For example, you may have received a plaque for “outstanding service to the citizens of your neighborhood” for a particular project. You might also collect any actual items into a “legacy box.”

Section 4 of your notebook can be a place to record your ideas of ways to communicate your legacy. You may write a book, compile a scrapbook, record an audio or video, or all of the above. As you continue to gather content and add to your legacy with new accomplishments, you may decide on additional ways.

Transforming your retirement from a foundation of clarity about your legacy – aspects that are already accomplished and those that you are still working on – can be an amazing experience.

Transforming Your Retirement: What if I left a stunning legacy to my family and others?

Most of us want to make a difference in the world; we want to leave a legacy behind. As you move toward or into this period of transforming your retirement, it is an ideal time to take time to both reflect on your life so far and look forward to what you want to add to your legacy in the years ahead.

There are different kinds of legacies, including:
1) how you are remembered as a person – your personality, the way you treated others, what people saw in you and learned from you;
2) the work you did and the impact it had on others,
3) the family you left behind,
4) contributions of time, energy, creativity and finances that enriched others, and more.

Perhaps you think it’s too late at this stage of your life to do anything about it. “Que sera, sera; whatever will be, will be.” That’s simply not true. Although you can’t go back and do things over, you do have the ability to interpret and draw meaning from your life so far and to add to your legacy. That can benefit both you and those who view you and your life now and in the future.

Perhaps you are thinking now that this seems self-centered and presumptuous. But consider this. We live in times where celebrities of various kinds have become the primary role models for many people. Our electronic media of all kinds have become the purveyors of values and significance. Too much information, much of it trivial, has blocked out the truly meaningful messages about life, contribution, family and legacy.

You have the ability and, dare I say, the responsibility to make your contribution to changing this sad state of affairs! Too many of our younger people seem to have little interest in what has happened in the past, either in the society and the world or in their own families. This should not stop us from doing our part. Each of us has a unique experience that is given to us as a gift and can be given as a gift to others.

It may be of immediate interest to your family; it may not. It may take years – even decades or centuries – for someone to sincerely look for who you were and what your life was about. If you haven’t documented that in a way that can be saved and accessed, it is lost.

I suggest that you do some legacy work, first of all for yourself – to look at this precious journey and what it has meant to you – and secondly, to influence and communicate the legacies you leave behind. It can be a significant part of transforming your retirement into a time of joy and fulfillment.

Transforming Your Retirement: What If the Next Phase of Your Spiritual/Faith Journey is Invigorating and Joyful?

It’s my belief that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. Although we may experience it differently, we are all on some kind of spiritual/faith journey during our life on earth. That journey can be a key part of transforming our retirement.

As we age, we often have more questions about this journey and where it is leading. It may be that you are happily settled where you are, or you may be apathetic or bored, or you may be actively looking for something more, or you are in an expansive stage in relation to your faith/spirituality.

The first step is to get a sense of where you are and what you are thinking and feeling. Describe your spiritual/faith journey over the past 3-5 years. Consider these to help you put it together:
+ level of participation in an organized faith community, if any
+ any change in your beliefs or participation
+ any exploration of practice or beliefs outside of your particular faith community
+ any significant events, positive or negative
+ any new revelations or new questions that are significant to you                              + Gaps, emptiness or needs you are feeling spiritually

When you’ve completed the snapshot, rate your level of satisfaction with where you are in your spiritual/faith journey right now. Use a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “bored or dissatisfied,” 8 being “extremely satisfied” and 10 being “joyful and growing.”

If your ratings are between 8 and 10, congratulations! You are in a good place on your journey. And you can always expand your options and involvement if you want to be even more joyful and growing!

If you have ratings that are less than 8, I suggest that you take three additional steps:
1) Write down anything with which you are not satisfied and what’s missing that lowered your rating. This may take some reflection; take your time and perhaps come back to it later to allow some thoughts and feelings to surface.

2) Next, take some time to write down exactly what you would find satisfying and meaningful in the coming years of your spiritual/faith journey. Use the “What if….” format to create statements like, “What if I found/created a faith or spiritual community where I experienced genuine love and community?” or “What if could find ways to heal my church/religion-caused wounds from the past?”

3) After creating your list, choose the one about which you feel most strongly. Come up with some possibilities of how to make that happen, beginning now. As time goes on, do the same with the rest of your list. Enjoy some new exploration and excitement as your faith journey continues – which can be a major part of transforming your retirement.

Transforming Your Retirement: What if You Made Significant Contributions of Many Kinds to Family, Community and the World?

Most of us wish we had been able to do more for our family and friends than our time and resources allowed in our working years. Perhaps you have experienced, as I have, an interest and desire to get involved in and make contributions to community projects and organizations and respond to needs and issues in other parts of the world.

The first step is to look at what you really would like to contribute so that your creativity can get to work on the “how.” Let’s start with a “blue sky” step.

Write down what you would like to contribute, if there were no limitation of resources, to each of the following categories. Think in terms of time, money, expertise, and anything else you might offer:
+ to your family and close friends
+ to causes that are dear to you (specify your priority causes)
+ to your community
+ to the world

Now separate these desired contributions into two categories:
1) things you can at least begin to do with the resources currently at your disposal, and
2) items requiring additional resources.

As you look at the lists, see what excites you the most in each. Write each of them down, leaving space to brainstorm and record ideas of how to begin making that contribution as soon as possible. This is another bridge into retirement that gives you purpose and enjoyment. Think of the joy and satisfaction to be gained from your contributions in areas that you feel strongly about. This is a powerful means of transforming your retirement into a time of giving and satisfaction.

As time goes on, work more with this list – thinking of creative ways to accomplish items on your list, exploring how to secure or leverage needed resources and finding others with similar interests. One of the by-products of reaching out and making a difference is meeting new people and gaining new friends.


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Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1940.

Also issued as part of the box set: Errol Flynn the signature collection.

Special features: "Warner night at the movies" hosted by Leonard Maltin (Introduction by Leonard Maltin; "Virginia Ciity" theatrical trailer; Newsreel; "Alice In movieland" short film; "Porky's Poor Fish" cartoon; The Sea Hawk); "The Sea Hawk: Flynn in action" featurette; Theatrical trailer.
Credits -- World map -- Readying for attack -- Lowering Spanish colors -- Ship to ship -- Cargo transfer -- Spanish loot and feelings -- Only a pirate -- Royal displeasure -- At war with the world -- Diplomacy vs. force -- Thorpe's plan -- Lady of the Roses -- Suspicious minds -- Charting his course -- News overheard -- Racing to Dover -- Jungle trek -- Little too easy -- Surprise attack -- Back to the Albatross -- Lopez's prisoners -- Enslaved -- Threat of war -- Not for him -- Work stoppage -- Unchained -- Taking the ship -- Inseparable now -- Onto the castle grounds -- Inside the palace -- Traitor's death -- Rallying cry -- Cast list.
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What About Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) In Cats?

On May 1, 2018 by AntheaAppel

IBD or Irritable Bowel Disease is defined as an inflammation of the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and/or the colon. There’s even some suspicion that feline stomatitis may also be a representation of IBD as an extension of the gastro-intestinal tract. IBD is thought to occur from dysregulation of mucosal responses which result in inflammation to intestinal microflora changes and/or dietary antigens.

The symptoms usually include the obvious GI distress of vomiting and/or diarrhea that occurs for at least 3 weeks. But the cat doesn’t have to have diarrhea to raise the red-flag for IBD. It can be something as subtle and not-so-obvious. Such as, a sudden change in litter box habits: like, pooping outside the litter box, or vomiting up fur balls. Yes, fur balls can be an early sign of IBD. Many people think cats upchucking fur balls is a normal thing, but it’s not. Cats digestive system is designed to ingest fur and feathers. So, the next time you step on a cold, wet, fur ball you may want to consider your cat may be having some kind of a motility disorder, especially if it’s occurring frequently.

Before deciding it’s IBD we need to rule out a few other possibilities. Such as:

1. Food allergies or intolerance (Studies have shown that 80% of cats are allergic to fish, beef, and dairy products. And, food sensitivities may account for 16% to 65% of diarrhea cases in cats).
2. Parasites (e.g., Giardiasis, Salmonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Tritrichomonas foetus infection, Clostridium spp infection).
3. Medications. Adverse side-effects.
4. Plant or toxin intoxications that can lead to vomiting or diarrhea.
5. Endocrine diseases like hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus. Or, renal disease, liver disease, FeLV, FIV, coronavirus.
6. Neoplastic growths (Feel around for a mass in small intestines). This is important to consider in long-term chronic cases of IBD.
7. Motility disorder (stomach contractions and the digestion of food is abnormal).

The Role Of Gut Flora

A healthy, balanced microbiome will support the immune system, and by competition, it will help exclude transient pathogens that may come in through the mouth via food. The microbiome will also provide nutritional benefits by way of short chain fatty acids and other metabolic by-products that help to nourish the gut. 99% of normal intestinal microbiota will typically constitute firmicutes, bacteroidetes, actinobacteria, and proteobacteria. Recently, it’s been found that feline microbiota can be modulated by the amount of soluble fibers and macronutrients (carb/protein/fat content) in the diet. The microbiome also has a major impact on gastro-motility and that’s because short-chain fatty acids play an important role in muscular contractions in the stomach.

In 2008, there was a study that looked into whether there was a difference between the gut flora of a cat with IBD vs a cat with a healthy microbiome. And what they found was a large imbalance in intestinal flora. Cats with IBD had a total of 66% of Enterobactericeae spp in the gut, compared to a healthy cat that had less than 0.3%. The healthy gut also showed more variety of bacteria: e.g., streptococcus spp., bacteroides spp., clostridium spp., E.coli, and other bacteria.

The following is a dog study but it is relevant to cats: In 2015, there was another study comparing the bacteria in the feces of dogs that were fed a processed commercial pet food and a raw diet. Researchers were hoping to discredit raw diets by proving the stool would contain high amounts of gram negative pathogens like salmonella, E.coli, etc., thus, presenting a health risk to humans. What they found was the opposite was true:

It was expected that the groups of dogs fed commercial raw diet would have an increase or the presence of enteric pathogenic bacteria as Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia spp. and E. coli O 157, however the results showed that the dogs fed commercial raw diet has similar enteric flora, and no pathogenic bacteria was found in the raw group as expected.

Whereas, the stool of the dogs fed a processed commercial pet food were found to not only contain a number of gram negative pathogens but were much higher than expected (link to study is posted below).

The Role Of Diet

Although IBD has been considered idiopathic (unknown etiopathogenesis) there is evidence that suggest processed pet food plays a big role in the disease. In one study, cats were divided into two groups and were either fed a processed wet or dry diet. After five weeks, they discovered a dramatic shift in fecal bacterial communities. Bifidobacteria were not present in either the dry food or wet food group of cats. In this study, fecal Lactobacillus population was much greater in dry-food fed cats. These results demonstrated that short-term dietary exposure to processed dry or wet food leads to large shifts in fecal bacterial populations that can affect the ability for the cat to process macronutrients in the diet. This is one of the reasons you see diarrhea in cats when you suddenly change their diet, it’s because you’re changing the microbiome.

So, what’s in processed pet food that can affect your cats gut flora? Well, there are a number of things. But right now I’ll discus two things: Most commercial pet food contain Maillard by-products: one such by-product is 5-hydroxymethylfurfural which is a palpability enhancer that helps to make your cat addicted to pet food. During the processing procedure of pet food, the Maillard reaction occurs. This is where sugar and amino acids come together under high-heat and create the browning, crispy effect you see on toast. It makes the food look appealing and tasty. In 2014, a study took a look at how much Maillard by-products were present in pet food. They found the content was 129 times higher in dog food, and 40 times higher in cat food, compared to the average intake in human consumption. The thing is nobody knows the long term effect of our pets eating these by-products. But what we do know is that rat studies have shown that 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by-product of thermally processed foods (like French Fries) are carcinogenic. The only problem is they don’t know exactly how much Maillard by-product it takes to cause cancer in humans, or in our pets.

A pet food ingredient possibly linked to IBD is carrageenan. I’ve written about this before, and you can find my blog here. But, I’ll summarize: About 80% to 85% of canned pet food contain this ingredient. Carrageenan is seaweed that is alkalized in the processing procedure and forms into sulphated polygalactan. This is important because carrageenan is a major cause of gastro-intestinal inflammation in humans. Not only does it cause ulcerations in the GI-tract, but also tumors.

Studies have shown stress is a contributing factor in Cohn’s Disease in humans. Stress signals are received by the brain, triggering transmission by the vagal nerve to the gut. This can have a large impact on pain associated with IBD in humans. In animals, a study observed that stress releases the hormone corticotrophin which reduces intracellular protein which activates interleukins that control bacterial growth in the body. So, if you have increased cortisol then you have reduced proteins and now have decreased control of bacterial growth. Therefore, this is one of the things that can modify the microbiome.

The usual allopathic treatment for feline IBD is to give drugs. Such as, steroids, like Prednisone or Prednisolone. Also, Metronidazole, which works locally in the GI tract and is rapidly metabolized in the liver. Then there is Azathoprine, but because of bone marrow suppression, it is rarely used. For colititis, and large bowel issues, it is Sulfasalazine, but is not commonly used in cats. Veterinarians will also administer Cobalamine (B-12), because cats with IBD often have very low Cobalamine levels, especially cats with weight loss.

Is There A Natural Solution For IBD?

Yes, there is.

Probiotics is a blessing to IBD sufferers. I always recommend soil-based probiotics, so check the ingredients. There are brands on the market that contain corn starch and milk proteins which many cats can be sensitive to and this may make things worst.

Probiotics can help reduce pathogenic bacteria and intestinal pH. They also help produce short-chain fatty acids, as well as, lactic acid and acetic acid. Probiotics produce antimicrobials, antivirals, and antibacterial products to fight against bacteria which competes with and/or deplete nutrients, and can occupy binding sites of bacteria.

Herbs can be used as a pre-biotic to add fiber to the diet. Such as, marshmallow root, or slippery elm. Marshmallow is a feline friendly herb and can help soothe an irritated gut. What I like to do is add a small amount of dried marshmallow root to some warm water until I get a mushy, mucilage and add it to the food.

Bitter herbs are the key treatment for IBD. They help to stimulate function and motility of the gastro-intestinal tract, increase gastric secretions, normalize digestive function, balance intestinal flora, increase bile secretions, and are antimicrobials.

Carminatives are usually aromatic herbs and spices and can help with flatulence and pain. And, adaptogen and nervine herbs help reduce stress. Withania is an adaptogen herb that also has an anti-inflammatory effect on the gut, and this herb has traditionally been used in India as a treatment for diarrhea in children.

Berberine herbs are exceptional antimicrobials for the gut and gut dysbiosis. Herbal formulas may also include demulcent, astringent, carminative, antispasmodic, immune support herbal agents.

And, let’s not forget homeopathy. I have used homeopathic remedies successfully to help cats with IBD. So, along with a fresh raw food diet, stress reduction, probiotics, homeopathy, and herbs…Yes, there is a natural way to help your cat with IBD.

If you have a cat with IBD and you need help with a diet plan and herbal/homeopathic remedies, I would suggest a consultation.

Further Reading: The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between diet, gut microbiota, and host energy metabolism

Comparison of Enteric Gram Negative Rods in the Stool Of Healthy Canine Pets Fed Dry Food Diet and Commercial Raw Diet

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Student Medical Shop is small family owned business that has been selling medical supplies for 30+ years. We are an authorized distributor of many recognized brands including Welch Allyn and 3M Littmann Stethoscopes. The mission of studentmedicalshop.com is to offer medical professionals and allied health students diagnostic equipment in a range of prices affordable to any budget. We provide the highest quality and most trusted brands in diagnostic equipment at competitive prices with reliable and dedicated personal service. By doing so, we enable our customers to obtain the equipment necessary to be successful healthcare professionals or students. We are happy to help with any questions you have.

A little bit about some of the Student Medical Shop Senior Staff:

Vicky previously worked as an RN so she has extensive knowledge of the medical field and equipment that we sell. Vicky does it all from processing your order to Custom Engraving your stethoscope!

Christine previously worked in Medical Sales. She can help you set up group sales by providing a personalized coupon code for your school or organization!

John visits over 100 medical schools, PA programs, and nursing programs across the country every year to show students the equipment in person. This allows them to "Try Before They Buy" and make an educated investment in the tools of their trade.

Al is new to the crew. We are excited he has brought his talents to Student Medical Shop where he will be running the warehouse and doing all the heavy lifting!

At Student Medical Shop we understand that the medical equipment our customers purchase is fundamental to their education and career. We pledge to continue to provide essential product information, knowledgable staff, competitive pricing and service that best supports a student or health professional in choosing and acquiring the equipment they need to succeed.


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Healthy and active aging is one of the greatest social challenges in EU facing longer life expectancy. Early prevention of chronic diseases that have severe impact on general well-being of patients is extremely important if we want to reach this goal and ensure sustainable health care systems in CE. Lack of development and promotion of innovative quality health services, disease management models and education have a profound negative effect. To tackle this challenge, this project demonstrated development and pilot testing of innovative health service model in management of celiac disease (CD), aiming at improving knowledge, management and organizational capacities. CD is model of a lifelong disease caused by ingestion of cereals. It affects 1-3% of population (up to 5 million in CE) of all ages. It is estimated that 80% of people having CD are un/misdiagnosed Diagnostic delay remains 6-10 years. Undiagnosed/untreated CD leads to a number of sever (potentially preventable) complications: infertility, osteoporosis, neurological disorders, malignancies, etc, which have profound effect on quality of life. CE regions have different knowledge capacities and health care systems, the Focus IN CD project improved the knowledge and addressed current problems. By transnational cooperation and analysis of differences in diagnostic approach, experts' knowledge and patient awareness and satisfaction and benchmarking of existing patient management models we gained important data to develop e-learning tools for health care personnel and patients, to close the knowledge gap between stakeholders and to improve patient support. In each region an innovative pilot services were tested, based on which a comprehensive celiac disease management model was designed including organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. This enabled us to develop a patient centered health care service, and thus ensure healthy and active aging of CD patients.

Kratek animiran video, ki bo pomagal vašim malim bolnikom bolje razumeti osnovne principe endoskopije zgornjih prebavil, ki je včasih potrebna za opredelitev osnovnega vzroka različnih težav, kot so dolgotrajne bolečine v trebuhu, dolgotrajna driska, težave pri požiranju itd.

How to prepare a safe gluten-free meal – a sticker with the most important instructions for restaurants and households.

Kaj se dogaja v tankem črevesu osebe s celiakijo

What happens in the small intestine of someone with celiac disease

ICT App forHCPs

E-learning tool for patients

E-learning tool for HCPs

Policy recommendations for patient focused celiac disease management model include the guidance on how to most effectively address the challenges of CD management in the framework of existing health care systems, by using interdisciplinary approach and new innovative services. Recommendations were built upon detected knowledge and management gaps and inequalities in the region and best services and solutions designed and tested by project partners within the project. Policy recommendations provide key innovative solutions and services. Suggested recommendations could minimize health complications of CD patients in long-term period of time, therefore are crucial to be taken into consideration. To ensure quality of life of CD patients, also legal framework conditions are relevant. Two policy recommendation are suggested: ensuring basic social rights (finance, i/material) for patients of all ages and reducing the value of added tax for gluten-free products, which should be used by interested stakeholders to influence changes, to convince decision makers and to improve situation in Central Europe.

Policy recommendations fact sheet

Among the greatest social challenges facing Europe is longer life expectancy with aging population. This fact has also contributed to increased burden of chronic diseases among European population in the past decade. Lack of development and promotion of innovative quality health service, disease management models and education in the field of management of chronic diseases, is affecting sustainability of central European health care systems.

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How to set up a safe gluten-free kitchen?

To the health of patients with coeliac disease even the smallest mistakes and contamination of the gluten-free products can be harmful.
In order to ensure a safe, strict gluten-free diet it is important to buy gluten-free products, but also to store and prepare them properly to be able to produce a real gluten-free meal as a result. To help with tips and suggestions on how to prepare the kitchen surfaces and rearrange the articles in the kitchen, check the “Gluten- free Kitchen” video:

e-guidelines for newly diagnosed celiac disease patients in Slovene language

Few months ago, we published our e-brochure for newly diagnosed celiac disease patients in English, we translated the comprehensive brochure into Slovene language, which is the first brochure in partner language, Croatian and Hungarian guidelines will be available soon.

Project documents

project duration

Start Date

June 2016

End Date

may 2019


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How to De-escalate domestic conversations

When dealing with your family, friends and significant others sometimes there will be conflict. Often what you argue about is not even the real issue. It is just a symptom of a person in pain. This pain may spring from lack of sleep,physical or mental pain, stress, anxiety and cause a loss of emotion and critical thinking and lead to verbal attacks and even violence.

These upset loved ones can test our patience and cause us to lose our compassion and patience and communicate poorly.

1. Don't crowd people. Give them space (physical and emotional space).

2. Keep your voice calm and even (don't be condescending or belittling) Sometimes, it is not what you say but, how.

De-escalation and communication tips:

Don't avoid conflict as it is often necessary to help get to resolutions.

Be quiet, don't interrupt, and be attentive.

Remain calm.

Avoid being defensive.

Listen to what the person is trying to tell you.

Don't play the blame game. Work to see both sides and reflect on what the other person is saying.

Avoid the need to be right.

Help the other person clarify what they need.

Be empathetic. This is the quickest way to calm an angry or difficult person.

Think of when you felt as they do. As you align yourself to their feelings it is easier to empathize.

Avoid arguing. Be sincere but, don't just contradict what they say.

Don't attack their character.

Let them know you understand the complaint even if you don't agree there is a problem or with the solution.

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Curator: Susana González/Santiago Olmo

Artist: Pedro Cabrita Reis

15 November 2019 - 2 February 2020

The show WORK (always) IN PROGRESS proposes a sequential exploration of the key themes of Pedro Cabrita Reis’s work (Lisbon, 1956), encompassing representative series such as Compounds, Favorite places, True gardens or Floresta, a body of work spanning three decades. The show is structured around some thirty pieces arranged throughout the vestibule and the first two floors of the CGAC, alongside site-specific installations on the building’s facade and terrace. The selection speaks to the artist’s vast output, and demonstrates the dialectical potential of a practice that joins constructivist and process-based principles, minimalist formal concerns, and a focus on the use of preexisting objects.

The meaning of Cabrita Reis’s work, as the exhibition title suggests, is the result of his unique gaze, engaged in a constant reflection about the physical and the philosophical. His through process revolves around ontological premises and empirical examinations of phenomena that are less than obvious, but which allude to existence and the essence of being. The foundation of his practice is anthropological reflection, which examines social behavior across time and space, granting the ability to conceive the world in symbolic terms, as opposed to sociology’s more scientific approach. To do so he relies on a conceptual framework connected to the philosophical ideas of impermanence, existence and memory, reflecting on the essential from the standpoint of life’s finite nature.

Pedro Cabrita Reis proposes a hybrid constructive approach, using a variety of industrial or discarded materials, and building up the work through superposition, juxtaposition, repetition or addition. He belongs to the family of artists whose common denominator is a reflection on sculpture based on the use of materials and shapes normally associated with architecture.  His vision of what it means to construct is a unique one, based on an exploration of the metaphysical—a realm free of any of the discipline’s inborn sociopolitical dependence or subordination. Cabrita Reis has no intention of delivering a verdict on society, but rather seeks to interpret it through a creative process that transforms old into new by building upon the past, moving one step beyond what has come before. He always aims at upward development—WORK (always) IN PROGRESS—but from the melancholy stance of one aware of man’s position in the face of nature.

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Presentation video. Cabrita Reis, Susana González and Santiago Olmo

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15703 Santiago de Compostela
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Pet Dental Care

Pet Dental Care From Cherry Knolls Veterinary Clinic

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, dental health is essential to your pet's overall health. Many people don't understand the importance of pet dental care. Like humans, pets can get dental diseases like periodontal disease and gum disease. At Cherry Knolls Veterinary Clinic in Centennial, we offer pet dental services to make sure that your pet gets proper dental care.

Pet Dental Care

What Are the Benefits of Proper Pet Dental Care?

There are several ways that your pet can benefit from healthy, clean teeth and gums.

  • Prevent Bad Breath: There is nothing worse than snuggling with your pet and smelling its bad breath. Proper dental care can prevent bad breath, making snuggle time a happy time.
  • Prevent Tooth Loss: If you do not properly care your pet's teeth, your pet may lose teeth. It is normal for your pet to lose its baby teeth, however, if your pet loses its adult teeth due to poor dental care, it can be painful.
  • Prevent Periodontal Disease: When plaque builds up on your pet's teeth, it can result in periodontal disease. This can cause tooth loss, pain, and difficulty chewing.
  • Prevent Organ Damage: In serious cases, dental disease can cause damage your pet's organs. If the bacteria in your pet’s mouth travel into the bloodstream, it can infect its heart. This can result in a potentially fatal heart condition.

How to Keep Your Pet's Teeth and Gums Healthy

There are a few ways to ensure your pet's oral health. Some methods can be performed at home, while others would require a visit to the veterinarian. The home care methods include:

  • Dental sticks: Dental sticks are great for dogs. When your dog chews on the breath freshening stick, it will scrape the tartar from his or her teeth.
  • Tongue cleaner: Pet tongue cleaners are made with all natural enzymes and anti-plaque properties. The surface of the cleaner tastes great, which will encourage your pet to lick it. While your pet licks the cleaner, it cleans the tongue and prevents plaque and tartar buildup.
  • Pet toothpaste: If your pet will allow you to, brushing his teeth is the best way to keep them clean and healthy. You can buy pet toothpaste that will taste great to your pet. You can use a toothbrush that is designed for pets.
  • Dental wipes: If your pet doesn't allow you to brush its teeth, pet dental wipes are the second best thing. With a few quick swipes with the wipe, you can clean the plaque and tartar while making the breath smell minty fresh.
  • Loofah dental toy: This dental loofah is designed to be shredded. As it shreds, it will floss his teeth and clean the gums.

While home remedies are very effective in keeping your pet's teeth clean, you should also schedule regular appointments with our veterinarians at Cherry Knolls Veterinary Clinic in Centennial for regular teeth cleanings. Our veterinarians will ensure that your pet’s gums and teeth are healthy. Call our veterinary clinic at 303-779-1170.

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Cylinder Halbach Array Magnet Assembly

Halbach Array
A Halbach array is a special arrangement of permanent magnets that augments the magnetic field on one side of the array while cancelling the field to near zero on the other side. This is achieved by having a spatially rotating pattern of magnetisation.
  The rotating pattern of permanent magnets (on the front face; on the left, up, right, down) can be continued indefinitely and have the same effect. The effect of this arrangement is roughly similar to many horseshoe magnets placed adjacent to each other, with similar poles touching.
1. Materials
Magnet: Neodymium Magnet
Hardware part: 20# steel, martensitic stainless steel
2. Application
Linear Halbach arrays:
Such as the brushless AC motor, voice coils, magnetic drug targeting to high-tech applications such as wiggler magnets which are used in Particle acceleratorsand Free-electron lasers.
Halbach cylinder:
Such as brushless AC motors, magnetic couplings and high field cylinders. Both brushless motors and coupling devices use multipole field arrangements.


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• From the Stock Pot

  • Soup Of The Day

    Served In A Crock Or Cup
    (Try Our Soups In A Bread Bowl For A $1.00 Extra)

    $ Priced Daily

    House Made, Creamy, Old Fashioned. Cup / Bowl

    $4.50 / 5.50
  • Onion Soup Au Gratin

    Our famous onion soup is loaded with sautéed onions in a sherry wine broth. Served in a crock with a jumbo crouton and a thick layer of melted cheese.

  • Clam chowder bread bowl

    Our famous AWARD WINNING New England clam chowder served in a hollowed-out sourdough bread bowl that you can eat.

  • Vegetarian Chili

    Just like regular chili, without beef. We use celery, carrots, mushrooms, bell peppers, chopped tomato & onion, beans and spices, topped
    with jack-n-cheddar cheeses. 7.00

  • Not So Chilly Chili

    A crock of our special recipe chili, made with ground beef and just the right amount of spices topped with cheddar and jack cheeses. Served with tortilla chips. Also available in a cup. $5.50


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