Remember to Breathe

Life can be stressful. Many things may come at you seemingly all at once. It is of utmost importance that you remember to breathe. By taking a few deep breaths you can release much of your stress and find some calm. Your body will appreciate the extra oxygen.


Sometimes it just seems that there is so much piling up that it is hard to keep your head above water. When that happens strap on an air tank and take the dive...don't fear it. But, you must remember to breathe!! And, when your head is underwater you must learn how to breathe...with pressure pushing down on you breathing is not natural at first. Trust yourself to learn how. You can do it. And, you can actually enjoy it and see all the beauty under the water...through the stress...just breathe!
 
Photo by Gina Smith

Decorate Your Love For Christmas

Okay if you celebrate Christmas or not this is the time of year you can really decorate your love for the holidays.  How you might ask can you decorate your love?  Well there are so many different things you can do around this time of year.  For starters you can make a date out of shopping, instead of the entire focus being on rushing around, show down and experience this time with your beloved.  Next decorate you bedroom for the holiday.  Blinking lights and ornaments shouldn't just stay in the living areas of your house.  This will automatically add a little change to your bedroom activities.  Most important way to decorate your love for the holidays is to slow down and enjoy what is really important at this time of year, the ones you love.  Make cookies, go caroling, or take a sleigh ride create some wonderful memories and try to out do this each and every year.

In the Midst of Chaos Be Present

You are running here and there, the phone is ringing, your list of errands is growing, the dog is barking and begging to go for a walk, your teenager is playing the drums, and you can't find your car keys.


STOP!! Are you being present? Or, are you just running around like a chicken with its head cut off? Take a breath and be in the moment. Answer the phone if you can, pat the dog and in a soothing voice tell him you will take him out soon, listen for a moment to what your teenager is playing, and your car keys will show up soon enough. And, if your youngest comes to stand in front of you covered in paint, take a good look at the beauty of the "artwork".

You and only you can choose how to react to events in your life. A dear friend recently shared a quote with me, "You own your emotions, your emotions do not own you." So, take control :)

Photos by: Maya Kruchancova & Christophe Ursitti

Time To Break Out the Christmas Music

Brian Setzer is one of my favorite Christmas Musicians

If you are like me one of the favorite parts of Christmas is the music.  You get to break out the wonderful sounds that you only get to listen to for about a month.  This music is most likely very different from what you listen to the rest of the year.  It is comfort music and creates the feeling of Christmas.  It can take you both back to your childhood as you listen and remember those wonderful days of the past.  Take some time this year and just plop down on the couch you and your beloved and spend a few hours taking in these wonderful songs of Christmas it is a beautiful part of the holidays.  If you have children get them involved and discuss everyones favorite Christmas song and why it is their favorite.  If you don't celebrate Christmas that is okay do this with other music you listen to and just let the soothing music take you to a different place.

Jump & Shout

Don't hold it in.  When you feel excitement, joy, happiness, playfulness let it out.  Let others share in your delight.  It just might brighten their day too!!

Photo by Christophe Schmid

Black Friday is it Worth it?

Black Friday Crowd, or Lynch Mob?

Black Friday has become a tradition for many people.  Getting up early on this day and trudging out to fight crowds for specially priced items with limited numbers.  Marked as the start of the Christmas purchasing season Black Friday can be a nightmare for some.  With the limited number of items many stores have, and the overwhelming crowds Black Friday can be frustrating and harmful to your health.  My suggestion if you are going to experience Black Friday is not to take it to serious, use it as a time to connect with the family and friends you go shopping with.  Understand that you might not get the items you are looking for, know that people will be rude and pushy.  My suggestion is to go into Black Friday to start spreading Christmas cheer and joy.  Maybe if everyone did this on Black Friday they might have to change the name of it.

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Pick up this great Sexy Challenge just in time for the holiday season.  Stay home avoid the lines of Black Friday and purchase an e-reader for you love.  Then load up all the great issues of Sexy Challenges for them and this gift will give you back more in the coming days.  Find all available Sexy Challenges at:

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Spice Up Your Gift Giving!

Osho on Sex and Death as Taboos

What about the Native Americans? They Made Thanksgiving Sexy, TOO.

Gratitude with Attitude.  

Okay okay I made a boo boo in a recent post about Sexy Pilgrims and forgot to mention the Native Americans.  It was a combined effort to produce this Holiday.  Native Americans are sexy because of their connection with the environment.  We can still learn a lot today from the Native Americans and their respect for the land.  Another important part of Native American heritage is how well they treated each other.  Within the tribe each and every person had their place in the village.  Love was an important part of the life of the Native Americans.  They were passionate and natural lovers.  They protected those they loved with everything they had and yet were so giving to others.  This is the force behind Thanksgiving, it would have been easy for the Native Americans to turn their backs on the Pilgrims and let them starve to death.  Instead they help these people that needed it, should we not all take this lesson form the Native Americans.  

Win $100

WIN $100

Joyful Couples Contest

This book is about sharing with others.  It is about sharing a quick story, special moment in your relationship or a quick tip on how you keep your relationship alive.  It is great fun to fill out a couple pages of your own story and then add other couples' stories/tips.  You can write their stories or have them write it in.  It is a great book as a wedding gift, anniversary gift or shower gift!  And, right now it could win you a $100 gift card to Amazon.

Rules: Simply get your copy (only pay $.01 plus shipping & handling), fill it with your story and the stories of others (family, friends, co-workers) and mail the completed copy back to us.  You have until January 15th for it to reach us.  We will have a drawing (from those who returned us a completed/filled out copy of Joyful Couples) on our radio show, The Relationship Guides, on January 18, 2012. All stories or tips shared in the books will be kept confidential unless we receive permission to share them.  

We only have a limited number of  3 copies of Joyful Couples for $.01 - so get yours today and get busy so that you can have a chance to WIN!