03/24/2025
Is keeping secrets a good thing?
Excel Again - IS KEEPING SECRETS A GOOD THING?
It depends… There are two kinds of secrets, good and bad. The good ones are those with good intentions, like organizing a birthday party or taking your significant one on a surprise trip. The nasty secrets are those that put pressure on your conscience. What can happen if you keep bad secrets? You...
09/27/2023
Codependency is sometimes known as a “relationship addiction” because neither person can function well without the other.
Excel Again - AM I A CODEPENDENT?
Codependency or codependence is a tendency to act overly passive or excessively caretaking. This behavior adversely impacts an individual’s relationships and quality of life. It typically involves continuously placing one’s needs at a lower priority than others while being excessively preoccupie...
06/30/2023
In a research study, the individuals were asked, “How often typically do you look back on your life and wish you had done things differently?”
Excel Again - HOW TO USE REGRET TO MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON
In a recent study, researchers revealed subjects’ videos of Olympic professionalathletes standing on the podium being granted their medals. The researchers saw theprofessional athletes’ faces– and needed to review who looked the happiest. Unsurprisingly the ones with the most incredible smiles...
05/14/2023
Communication skills are pivotal to all personal and professional relationships, yet many people struggle to master them...
Improving communication
Master conscious communication with group coaching As George Bernard Shaw once espoused, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” You may think you have communicated clearly and effectively when the exact opposite has occurred. Communication skills a...
01/19/2023
Is this one of your New Year's resolutions?
Weight Loss
Losing weight and getting into better shape are two of the most popular New Year’s resolutions each year. It is easy to understand why with nearly 42.4 percent of the U.S. population qualifying as obese. Obesity-related health conditions like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke also are on ...
01/18/2023
Am I a food addict?
Excel Again - Am I a Food Adict?
The concept of food addiction has recently gained increasing support. Brain imaging and other research studies of the effects of compulsive overeating on pleasure centers in the brain helped to support this concept. Recent research reveals that, for some people, the very same reward and pleasure cen...