Tools, tips and education to help you live the life you choose

For some it is Christmas, a holiday or a change in lifstype, for others it can be a gradual thing. However it happens, you can find yourself in front of the mirror thinking that those really are love handles appearing or putting on some clothes that suddenly seem tighter and you realise that you can't deny it any longer, you really have put on a little bit of extra weight. This is where 101 Tips To Lose 10 Pounds can come to the rescue.

For those of us working in kilo's we are talking about 4.5kg, so you can see these tips are more about little changes you can make to help tune your diet and exercise to get rid of those few extra kilos, it's not a diet plan to help you lose tens of kilo's.  Having said that I think anyone can incorporate these tips to help them live a healthy life.

Losing or maintaining a certain weight can be a challenge for some people.  This book says you 'control weight by input and exercise', something I think most would agree with.  I think there is a third element and that is mindset i.e. your attitude to your weight and lifestyle.  When I discussed our book on your metabolism in the October Newsletter I learnt how being stressed can effect the speed of your metabolism.  Similarly I believe other states of mind will actually have a bearing on how your body feels and is energised – however that is a whole topic on its own and for today we are just talking input (what you put in your mouth) and exercise.  So what are the tips… (more…)

Home Theatre Systems are all the rage now. The simple TV in the corner doesn't cut it any more – or so He says. Now He is a self confessed TV addict and we have had a Home Theatre System for a couple of years. However that doesn't stop Him scanning any junk mail or other information to keep up to date with what's out there and I know he has designs on updating our system.

So for those who still have the TV in the corner and are thinking of taking the plunge and getting a Home Theatre System, what's it all about? Well I guess as the name suggests it's all about reproducing the experience of going to the cinema in your own home.  This saves you money, you get better food and, of course, the movie starts when you want it to.  Does it replace going to the cinema – well that depends on your system and how much you enjoy the atmosphere etc of the cinema.

So what does your Home Theatre System comprise of and how do you choose one?  (more…)

What's this? I questioned five year old Son, as I looked through the dozens of photos that had been taken after he and his sister hijacked the camera. He laughed as I scrolled to the next photo and all was revealed – literally!  I could say that my little man is showing typical male characteristics in not being shy at revealing what's down his trousers. Other photos are of more interest with some quite well composed and worth keeping.

How things have changed from when many of us grew up before digital cameras, you were more careful about the photos you took and there was always the anticipation when you picked up your photos after processing to see what had worked and whether you had captured that moment while everyone was smiling before Aunt Ellie blinked and little Johnny picked his nose and so on. Now I just snap away happy in the knowledge that I can delete whatever doesn't work.

All of us approach photograhy in a different way with varying levels of interest.  If you fall somewhere between total disinterest and total fanatic when it comes to digital photography we publish a book that may interest you called Your Guide to Digital Photography.  This ebook covers everything from some basics about digital photography, choosing your camera, taking pictures and what to do with them.

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I was listening to this audio the other day and the guy was talking about making your life fun and as part of this he posed an interesting scenario and question.  Stop for a moment and imagine that all the mundane things in your life were taken care of, there is plenty of money to cover the bills, people to do all the cleaning, gardening or whatever household chores you didn't want to do and you didn't have to go to work.  Think about it, what would you choose to do all day?  Really think about this, for many of us we have never had this choice, most of our daily lives are filled with work, keeping a household going and hundreds of other activities – we don't often get an opportunity to actually think about what we would fill our time with if we had a choice.

That brings me to one of the books on our site "Getting Your Life Together".  If you stop and think, do the exercise above, many of us may realise that maybe we don't have our ideal life.  For some of us we may decide to change, to go for our dream, make it a goal.  But how do you change your life, turn it around? (more…)