When it comes to public speaking, others will typically tell you to pay attention to your body language, choose your words wisely, be engaged with your audience, maintain eye contact, and know your content. Although these are all great things to know, knowing what you need to know is half the battle. Practicing each skill […]
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Three tips to have a stress free holiday season
Holidays can cause some stress. It’s the holiday season once again! Everyone is getting ready to travel, cook, and spend quality time with family. These are also the ingredients which could result in a stress-filled time of the year because everyone seems to be on the go. Even beyond the holidays, we might have some […]
Episode 11-Essential Oils with Jennifer Hurtado
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In this podcast, we are discussing Essential Oils with Jennifer Hurtado who has told us that she doesn’t take over the counter medication unless she absolutely has to. Instead, she uses essential oils to supplement her life. Links shared in this podcast: www.Doterra.com www.mydoterra.com/jennssentials www.youngliving.com Picture from: www.pixabay.com Music from: www.bensounds.com
Lets Celebrate Day of the Dead
Here we are in Day of the dead aka Dia de Los Muertos. During Halloween and up until November 2nd of the past recent years we have been seeing an increase in visibility of the sugar skull designs. You know, white skull painted with colorful designs and most have some form of a spider web. […]
Adult coloring books will decrease your stress!
Let’s face it we all do it, and it happens when we least want it. We get STRESSED! “To some it seems that stress has been a part of everyday life for as long as they can remember and they expect it to remain that way for time to come.” Many things can cause the […]
Improve Your Memory by Playing Video Games
If you are seeking justification for playing video games, your search has ended! What if the answer lies in the fact that playing video games is similar to a brain triathlon? Imagine if you will, a place where you can play video games and improve your memory simultaneously. Currently, some games purposefully (and inadvertently) target parts […]
Garden Chronicles: Month 2!
Hey everyone! It’s been about a month or so since I was able to write about my first article regarding gardening and unfortunately, I haven’t been able to write as often regarding the garden. However, the garden has been doing great and we actually were able to get some radishes and a lot of zucchini […]
Recreation Railroad
My family and I had the utmost pleasure attending our first train ride facilitated by the California Railroad Association in Sacramento, CA. The pure joy emitting from my sons face made the small ticket price (and the fact that we almost missed the train because we could not find the shoes my threenager wanted) feel […]
Executive Orders won’t stop me from enjoying my life
I’ve always wanted to travel to Cuba, but never got around to it. Well, the time has come and decided it was time to go. Shortly after I purchased my plane ticket, the President issued a memorandum directed to eliminate individual people to people contact and just like that travel was forever going to change at least […]
Leisure Inc.
I remember the classroom like it was yesterday. It was an evening grad class and I was studying the foundation and elements of leisure. This was one of my first graduate level classes as a Recreation grad student and I had just worked a full day at my job. My professor was educating us on […]