So, what is love? Love is a process: finding a partner, falling in love, and sometimes falling out of love. It isn’t a permanent thing. It’s not something you find and have forever because it never changes. Instead, love is fluid. Its definition changes over time, depending on each couple. Couples who make love last have learned to change together and to support each other’s individuality. Love is beautiful and sometimes painful....

Keep aiming until every detail is in place and then — aim again. It’s agonizing to grind through your work, making sure every detail is perfect. But it’s not only agonizing; it’s actually an inefficient way to work. The problem with working to perfection is that it causes stress that limits your productivity. You need to get the work done, it needs to be done well — but your focus on getting it perfect causes your anxiety to increase....

Much of our daily communications consists of giving instructions, whether helping friends find our new house or office or writing a manual for a new product or helping a jury decide the guilt or innocence of the accused. The popularity of blog posts (like this one) with titles that tell you “how to” do something, and even whole sites like Instructables.com and WikiHow.com, suggests the importance of good, clear instructions....

Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Visual-spatial intelligence is one of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences. Gardner’s theory expands what we think of as intelligence. Instead of just academic intelligence, or book smarts, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences leaves room for people to excel in other areas. Gardner’s multiple intelligences include musical, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, existential, and visual-spatial. Visual-Spatial Intelligence Visual-spatial intelligence is the ability to visualize objects’ positions, shapes, movements, and their relationships to other objects....

Foods That Help Increase White Blood Cells Vitamin C Including many vitamins in your diet, with Vitamin C being one of the most essential, helps to increase white blood cells. Foods rich in vitamin C include chili, and green and red peppers. Broccoli has not just vitamin C to increase white blood cells, but also vitamins A and E, along with many antioxidants. Zinc Zinc is a well known immune booster and is connected with the production of white blood cells....

If you’re a leader who prioritizes success and wants to achieve the best results for you, your team, and your organization, then you’re willing to employ several strategies to drive inspiration. As you experiment with them, you’ll need to test and measure the outcomes of each mechanism. The results will help you unearth what works. And since there is no one-and-done strategy, you’ll continue the cycle of employing and experimenting....

Supplemental health benefits fill in the gaps where health care coverage falls short. So don’t worry about hospital bills, the after-effects of a car accident or getting proper medical care after a heart attack or stroke. With supplemental health insurance, you can get the coverage you need for true peace of mind. The best way to go about buying supplemental health benefits involves several key steps. “First, get to know your existing coverage,” says Greg Feste, CEO of Rezilient Direct....

All right, enough with the questions. Now’s your chance. I challenge you to take on these three little, teenie shifts in your speaking (and being) for ONE WEEK. As a bonus, you can come back in one week, check in and report how things went. The challenge is simple: ditch your story, tell the truth, and say no. Here are some examples to get you started. Ditch your story: I really wanted to attend your party but I was working late and the kids had a meltdown when I came home and by the time things were calmed down it was too late....

You can successfully control your blood sugar. Working with your doctor and using tips from this list, you can manage your sugar levels effectively. Then you can spend more time enjoying life rather than managing complications from high blood sugar. Change Your Diet Your diet plays a crucial role in regulating your blood sugar. Choose more complex carbohydrates, but don’t go overboard. Whole grains and bran are good choices. Beans help, too....

When we shake up the jar all you see is swirling glitter. You can’t see the clear water anymore. It’s chaotic and confusing when we can’t see clearly. Like when we have a tantrum of some sort. It gets messy in that mind of ours. So, what to do? Pause. Set the jar down and breathe. Watch (for about 3 minutes) as the glitter slowly settles down. After it settles we can see the clear water, our mind is clear, we can now make better decisions....

I once drove from San Francisco to San Diego on the day before Thanksgiving and a trip that normally takes eight hours took sixteen. If you are anticipating the ugly aspect of holiday travel, this article can help make your trip as stress free as possible. A few of our favorite tips: Book early Get your shopping done in advance Notify clients or set an out of office reply Plan in a little down time...

The simplest way to improve our productivity is to avoid the most common productivity traps and put better processes into place. Interruptions Right at the moment when you get in the zone of some really productive work is when co-workers show up, the phone rings and new message notifications pop up. Your focus is ruined, your mind has to make a mental shift and momentum is gone. Interruptions are difficult to recover from, so the best strategy is to avoid them by effective planning and clear boundaries....

The words “I’m sorry for your loss” can sound like such a cliché if not said with meaning. Remember that when you do express your condolences, it will not be the words that matter, but the expression and concern on your face. It doesn’t particularly matter if you never thought well the deceased during his or her lifetime – you can try to mentally “bury the hatchet” and remember any good qualities the person might have had....

Reducing the Appearance of Cellulite There are several ways to reduce the appearance of cellulite naturally. Perhaps the best way is to look at eating habits, and choose foods that will not contribute to cellulite. Certain natural topical treatments will also lessen its appearance, as will making other healthful choices, such as exercising, quitting smoking and drinking lots of water. This lesson is free for the first 7 days, after which; to subscribe to the lesson will cost only $1....

Crossing the Line In life, there often seems to be a line where many things move from being a positive to a negative. From a healthy part of our existence to an unhealthy one. From a functional and normal process to a dysfunctional and abnormal one. From something that should be life-enhancing, to something that becomes potentially life-destroying. Food Take food, for example. Over the years, I’ve worked with many people who have turned their healthy eating habits into completely unhealthy eating disorders....

Here’s a great idea – try screen printing. This is a DIY fashion enhancement that is easy to create and can be as original as you are. You choose or create the designs that match your own personality – your hobbies, your pets, your sports teams – whatever you like. And you can print on anything from a T-shirt, shorts, tights or anything else that you can stretch onto the embroidery ring....

Here’s some essential tips, tricks, and tidbits on how to effectively utilize your desk space to maximize productivity, output, and, most importantly, your happiness while at work. Surround yourself with things that make you happy Some argue that a clean desk results in an unobstructed mind. While that may be true for some, a lot of people find liberation in the freedom to decorate their own desks according to their tastes....

For people who stay up late and fewer hours sleeping, this could be impacting your ability to lose weight. From an evolutionary perspective, your body will store more body fat during the summer months. Getting less hours of sleep tells your body that it is summer, which means the hormones are eternally trying to store body fat for the winter. Your body has programmed over millions of years to produce this response and the reality of the season will not change anything....

We know without having to interact that whatever may be inside is at its best harmful and to be handled with care and at its worst poisonous and to be avoided at all cost. Toxic people can be quite similar in terms of their ability to negatively impact us and do some serious damage. But unlike those products, toxic people don’t come with warning labels making them much more difficult to spot....

For most of us, it starts with an idea. The idea can either be to break free from the corporate world. Be our own boss. Stop feeling like a cog in a machine and actually make a difference. Or it can be more specific. Build the first or the best widget in the world. Because I’ve used every other widget out there and they are all lacking in a specific way....