My Favorite Self-Help Stuff

Want to know my favorite secret flu fighting weapon. The thing that has finally unclogged my sinuses, barely in time for my next round of flights tomorrow morning?

Several rounds of one of my favorite flu remedies: Tom Kha Gai (sp?), also known as Thai Coconut Chicken Soup. It’s chicken soup on steroids. Buy it by the bucket, and repeat. It works wonders!

If you don’t have a Thai restaurant nearby and don’t feel like recreating the recipe, use any kind of chicken soup and add some finely chopped ginger and garlic and if you can handle it, a bit of cayenne pepper or chile.

Another one: horseradish and/or wasabi. In a word: Sushi, heavy on the wasabi. That too helps. Have some miso soup with it. I think the warm liquids are really an important ingredient.

Of course, I hope you won’t need this advice. And now that I’m back in the Northern hemisphere, I guess this is not particularly seasonal. But it will be before you know it. And of course if you’re from down under, you can put it right to use

Well, I’ll be darned! Here I was a bit hesitant to even publish this article about my experience with something that seemed to have made my hair stop falling out, and now it has had more views at ezine articles than ALL of my other 9 articles combined! Wow!

And what was the big news? That I have started avoiding shampoos that contain sodium lauryl sulfate and my hair stopped falling out. A friend had the same experience — which is what got me started on the experiment. So now it’s strictly all-natural shampoos for me!

I think I’ll have to write some more pieces on hair!

If you want to know all the details, the article is right here.

But be sure to come back here when you’re done!

So now I’m trying to come up with more related topics… I think I’ll write about frugal hair-coloring tricks next, and about how to make the most of whatever hair you’ve got.

Note added in January: I’ve written two more ezine articles on hair and one of them has found even more readers! Go here to check it out.

Foreclosure? A scary concept, and very big trouble, bigger than most people even realize. Obviously, it’s something to be avoided at all costs.

With the mortgage crisis being all over the news, and self-help being my mantra, I thought that even though this is topic is a bit different from my usual upbeat prosperity focused themes, I would devote an entry to it because…

I just came across a fantastic resource for anyone who is sweating about their Option ARM mortgage (that’s an adjustable rate mortgage where one has the option to pay less than the interest, for those of you who are blissfully unfamiliar with that particular item). It may have seemed like a good deal (or a lifesaver) while home values were rising, especially in hopes of big future raises, but when those raises don’t come through and home values are dropping: big trouble!

Tamera Aragon has written an outstanding resource manual for anyone who needs help or even knows someone who could use some help: “Avoid Foreclosure with SMART STEPS.” I heard her and her business partner Michelle talk about it in a teleseminar and just checked out the book. It’s terrific! Both of them really know their stuff.

Not that they are lawyers — they are both real estate investors and both of them know much of that subject from previous personal experience. So they’ve been there, and their mission is to help other people avoid that painful experience.

So if you know anyone who could benefit from this information , check out their SMART STEPS.

I just have to tell you about Jim Katsoulis and his very cool program for weightloss, excess weight release, addictive slimness or whatever you want to call it. He calls it the Thin Formula, and it’s a comprehensive program that changes one’s entire mindset and is also fun, entertaining and attitude changing beyond just the thin thing. Also great for “simply” maintaining one’s goal weight without that constant struggle. Highly recommended.

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Well, actually, the thin formula, while excellent, is just the short version of his program. There’s also a bigger version, which involves mini talks, teleconference lessons and interactive Q & A, some hypnosis, mediations, visualizations, daily motivational emails, and lot more. The program is HUGE, and anyone who has a medical condition that could be helped by weightloss (diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.) can even get their flexible spending plan to pay for it, maybe even their insurance).

Have I lost a lot of weight on this program? Not a huge amount yet, I have to admit, but I have lost a few pounds, and without much of an effort. Even better, my attitudes towards food and exercise etc. have changed a lot, so I look forward to losing a lot more as time goes on. Especially over the holidays, where every pound lost actually counts double because normally I’d put on weight over the holidays, and so now…

I basically feel much more optimistic about the future state/shape of my physical self. Of course, it would also help if I listened to the mp3’s a lot more often. Which isn’t exactly a chore because…

…the man has a VERY nice voice. He’s kind of cute too

So do yourself and/or someone you love a favor and check it out and/or pass it on to someone who would benefit. You can sign up for a free e-zine (and I promise you — Jim’s e-zines are very cool) plus a free hypnosis session, so you get to check it out and actually benefit from Jim’s program before there’s any need to buy anything. I think that’s how I ended up getting mine.

Enjoy the free hypnosis session which you can get here.