From stay-at-home moms to CEO’s to women in the armed services, American women lead busy, stressful lives. Although a little pressure can stimulate creativity and enable us to achieve more, too much stress is unhealthy both physically and emotionally and can seriously interfere with our interpersonal relationships. So let’s look at a few ways to C.U.T. S.T.R.E.S.S!

his article was written by Christine Kane. I get her e-newsletter every week and always enjoy her articles. In her introduction she writes that she needed this advice herself this week! How many times do you ignore your own symptoms/signs that you are worn out and need to take some time out? Her tips for self-care are so easy, why wouldn’t we do at least one if not all 9 of them?

Betty Murray, CN, HHC, RYT. Betty is a nutritionist and holistic health counselor. If you read her bio online, you learn that she is committed to seeing each person as a unique individual and creating a health/eating plan unique to you. We are not all the same and not every plan works for everybody. Trust me, over the years I have tried them all. Since high school, I have been a yo-yo dieter, losing and regaining and losing the same 50 pounds. As I have gotten older it has gotten harder to lose the weight, to find the energy and focus to follow a plan for any length of time. I am too busy, too tired, too stressed, don’t care enough, you know the drill, too many excuses.

Move over Tony Robbins, there’s a new motivational force in town and her name is DeDe Murcer Moffett. “What if you knew that YOU were the only one standing between you and the life of your dreams!” says Murcer Moffett, a women’s motivational speaker based in Frisco, Texas.

Beginning Tuesday, March 2, Vista Ridge Mall will host The American Mall Model Search Experience, which includes a Fashion Show and Talent Contest Extravaganza. Interested individuals can register at stations located throughout the shopping center beginning Tuesday, March 2. Registration will continue until Tuesday, April 13.

I want to give a big shout out to Melissa Plaskoff and her son, founds of Lemons to Aid. Melissa wanted to help out the families in Haiti in a way that was meaningful to …

Since my children started playing soccer and going to Brownie meetings, I have done my duty as “snack mom”. My job was to provide a drink and a snack for each of the kids participating …

What a great way to get you and your kids outside! Here in the DFW area, we have so many great places to go bird watching from the beautiful cardinals and blue jays in our …

As I move forward into a new year and hopefully a new me, I loved her ideas for creating a morning ritual. Mine is haphazard at best although I love rituals. I do find it hard to build new habits. How about you? Do you have a morning ritual? With two young kids at home, I find the only way to get anything accomplished in the morning is to get up before they do. That can be a challenge some mornings, but maybe if I knew what I had to look forward to, it would motivate me to get up!

What’s wrong with that picture? I just turned 45 years old, I am 45 pounds overweight (poetic justice in those numbers) and my business has been on hold for the first several weeks of the year. If I keep doing what I am doing, I will not be alive in 20 years to play with my grandchildren, grow old with my husband and see my children’s success in their lifetime. And I really want to be here, in a way that I have not focused on before. Maybe it is that big number, 45, which suddenly looks a lot closer to 50 than it ever did before. Maybe it’s just realizing that I am cheating myself. I don’t have the energy or enthusiasm I used to have for anything.