Advice

Breakfast Really Is Important.

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Why do we need to start the day with food in our belly? Well there’s the whole fuel for your body angle, but we’re going a little more metaphysical here.  Feeding yourself makes you feel more centered.  By eating, you’ve made fruit-platter-425time to take care of yourself in a super-basic way, but you’ve also set an unconscious precedent. You’re learning to take the time you need to take care of you.  The habit of treating oneself well isn’t an easy one to learn, but if you make the tiny change of stopping for a brief spot of “you” time every morning, you’ll be on your way.  Breakfast is the beginning of your day. And as a wise lyricist once wrote, the beginning is a very good place to start.

Be well, and love well.

Dinah

A Good Gang – Appreciating The People Who Love You

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Inquiring after my friendships, my Grandmother used to ask me, “Do you have a good gang?” I never understood this as a teen.  Did she think I lived in a Little Rascals movie? As an adult I understand. She grew up in 1930s Brooklyn (not the movie version) where she needed her “gang” to help her get through what can’t have been the Jennifer-Yanct-photos-011-300x199easiest life.  So how about you, do you have a good gang?  I’m guessing yes.  Friends, family, we have to be grateful for the people in our lives who support us.  Tell them you love them this weekend.

Be well and love well.

Dinah

YOUR WEDDING AND THE TV- NOT THE BEST MATCH

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Do you keep the TV on for “background noise?” Me too. But there’s a danger. I’ll aimlessly tune in while washing dishes, and next thing you know, I’m knee deep in a “Real Housewives of Cleveland” marathon, and poof! 5 hours have gone by. Don’t get me wrong, we all need to escape into a great story once in a while (check out Wedding Movie Wednesday blog posts for non-housewife suggestions) but be careful that your “background”noise doesn’t pulls you away from being more involved in life, liberty and the pursuit of a fabulous wedding.

Be well, and love well.

-Dinah

The Real Housewives of New Jersey - a train wreck I can't take my eyes off, I'm ashamed to admit.
 Ashamed to admit it, but I can’t take my eyes off this train wreck.