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Do We Always Take Everything for Granted?

Monday, October 20th, 2008

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Yesterday I was talking to my former client and now dear friend, let’s say, her name is Kathy. A couple of days ago she came back from Europe, where she was visiting her mother while introducing her new husband. Yes, Kathy is a newlywed (thanks to my successful coaching), and deeply in love with her husband. So she told me that her mother was surprised and even annoyed with her daughter kissing her husband from time to time in public. She even asked her once or twice, why she was paying so much attention to him, he has been already her husband anyway, so why bother kissing him. My friend didn’t get into argument, trying to explain that a happy and healthy relationship takes a lot of work. She knew already that it was wasting of time to argue with her mother or discuss something she knew nothing about.

Well, Kathy was smart enough to let it go until … she came back and called me. She cannot understand why her mother has everything taken for granted, why she doesn’t realize that a good relationship is a hard work (well, we know that it takes two to be happy, and in this case they both do their best).

I am also wondering why is that? Why we don’t appreciate what we have until a wake-up call, until something changes, disappear or lost for good? I mean not only our relationship or marriage but also children and parents, our health, our career, our friends…Does it have anything to do with our ancestors, culture, environment? Or is it a human nature? Maybe if we appreciate a little bit more what we already have, we would be happier, less depressed, stressed out or angry?

Does it sound familiar? What do you think?

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Breathe, smile and be happy,

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselor.com

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Kiwi has more vitamin C than orange.

Papaya is rich in beta-carotene and fiber.

The most important is that they can make great homemade facials: use mashed kiwi with honey when you need a quick face lift; use mashed papaya to exfoliate.

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Walk to Save a Relationship ?

Friday, October 17th, 2008

We know that a walk is good for us because it is an exercise shortcut as well as stress relief technique: it clears our mind and helps to get rid of frustration.

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It also might help to save our relationships if we are smart enough to walk for a walk away… from the argument. Is it really true? Then why it is so difficult to do so ? When I was in my first marriage, my mother used to ask me to shut my mouth, open the door and close it behind me at the beginning of my fight, before it got ugly. Did I follow her piece of advice, at least once? Hmmmm. A good news for me is that I’ve learnt my lessons, even it took me a couple of marriages

What about you?

Unfortunately, a lot of women don’t know how to take advantage of their life lessons, no matter how old they are. I have a lot of clients who are very successful careerwise, but as for their private lives, they act as teenagers at their 30s, 40s and even in 60s! And I always ask myself why that is ??!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselor.com

P.S. Did you know that walnuts, almonds, pears, apples are natural stress busters? A bowl of oatmeal with walnuts and raisins is the best (quickest and healthiest) breakfast ever.