Archive for September, 2010

Your Pet Could Bring Health Benefits

Your Pet Could Bring Health Benefits

Posted on Sep 28, 2010 in Lifestyle | Leave a Comment
If you believe that your life has come to a standstill. Either stress or some illness/disease/disorder seems to be taking over. Most pet owners will tell you that having a pet has gotten them over these conditions or kept them away from these conditions altogether. Your favorite animal might actually help you keep healthy and stay that way. You might just about be surprised about how much a pet can help, when it comes to improving your health. Natural Mood Enhancers: Spend around 15 minutes with your cat/dog or watch your fish swimming, and you’ll realize that you have begun to feel less anxious than you were before you began this activity. Your levels of cortisol, which is a hormone associated with stress will fall. Blood Pressure in Check: Well, you may still have to watch your weight and  [...]

The Truth About Adoption

The Truth About Adoption

Posted on Sep 23, 2010 in Family | Leave a Comment
It almost seems like celebrities like Madonna and Angelina Jolie are on a one man (oops, woman!) mission to save the orphaned children of the world. What else would you think when you see the entourage of children they had adopted; and that too from different ethnic backgrounds! Adopting a child may seem easy when you see them doing it with so much élan, but little do you know that it takes lot to have a successful adoption and then much effort goes into raising your child. Before you do make up your mind about adoption, check whether or not you’re ready for it. Why and When Do People Turn To Adoption? Most people will turn to adoption as a resort when they’re biologically unable to have a child of their own. But it would be wrong to generalize, because there are a number of other reasons  [...]

6 Mistakes That Occur During Doing Up A Home

6 Mistakes That Occur During Doing Up A Home

Posted on Sep 21, 2010 in Lifestyle | Leave a Comment
The idea of setting up a home is quite a task. You have a number of elements that you need to consider – the setting, the furniture, the colors, the accessories and a million other things. The point is that, when all these elements come together, they should still look great. Well, it may sound tough, but let us help you out by putting together a list of the most common mistakes that people make while decorating their houses. Avoid these blunders and you could end up prettying your house. The King-Size Fiasco: Furniture stores will set up their furniture in a way that looks oh-so-appealing. More often than not, the same furniture will look awfully out of place when it gets transported to your house. The best way to avoid such a fiasco would be to measure up your rooms and decide what amount  [...]

Who’s Your Boss?

Who’s Your Boss?

Posted on Sep 16, 2010 in Career & Finance | Leave a Comment
Being the boss has never been an easy job; unless you’re the kind of conniving boss who steals credit for a job well done by a subordinate.  But what if you haven’t been the boss for too long and you’ve recently gone from being a team member to team leader? What then? It gets even tougher. Suddenly you need your team members to understand that you’re the boss. It might tough to belt out orders and crack the whip on the team that was once where you belonged; and now suddenly you risk the chance of being nicknamed ‘dragon boss’. So how should you deal with going from taking orders to being the one belting them out? How should you get the team to actually work with you and respect the fact that you’re now in charge. Keep these rules in mind; and it might actually work out very well  [...]

Cyber Safety Tips to Keep Your Kid Safe

Cyber Safety Tips to Keep Your Kid Safe

Posted on Sep 14, 2010 in Family | Leave a Comment
As parents, we’ve all worried about our children using the internet. While we grew up, our parents kept telling us about the big-bad-world out there; but now, as our children grow up, they have access to that big-bad-world at the click of a finger. With the growing amount of explicit content online, it may only be weeks now before your child comes and asks you questions about topics that you, as a parent, wouldn’t be ready to talk about until they’re a whole 6 years older than they are right now. Well, worrying has never gotten us anywhere, and so it would be a better idea to get involved in the whole process of making the cyber world a slightly safer place for our kids to be in. Here are some of the tips to keep in mind. Keep your child away from inappropriate content: Ensure that you  [...]

Facial Exercises to Keep You Wrinkle-Free

Facial Exercises to Keep You Wrinkle-Free

Posted on Sep 09, 2010 in Stay Young | Leave a Comment
Have you noticed one thing? Your face is perhaps the first place (and the neck as well) where the skin begins to take a toll first when you start aging. From crow’s feet to fine lines appearing on the face, to the skin on the neck sagging; these can all be unsightly problems that take over once you reach a certain age. Just like you give your body some exercises so that it can tone itself, give your face a reason to be ‘uplifted’ post these workouts designed for the face. This set of facial exercises should help you in saying goodbye to all those fine lines and wrinkles; and should leave you with a rosy pink glow. The best part: These exercises will not take anything more than 10 minutes of your time. The cost: ZILCH. It comes for free. Great, isn’t it? I.      Mouth: As stupid  [...]

Sexual Harassment – Nothing LOL about it!!!

Sexual Harassment – Nothing LOL about it!!!

Posted on Sep 07, 2010 in Career & Finance | Leave a Comment
Not too many films have dared to broach the topic that this one chose to broach. The Hollywood flick Nine to Five which released in the 80s focused on the sexual harassment that a boss inflicts upon 3 of his employees. While some may have loved this movie and laughed their you-know-what out at the sexual innuendos that the movie boasted of, not many may have chosen to look at the darker side of things. The truth of the matter is that sexual harassment is not something to be laughed about; by no means! If you think that you’ve had to deal with sexual innuendos being made while you’re at work; or you’ve found yourself at the receiving end of crass sexist jokes while at work, you’d know what we’re talking about. Well, we aren’t suggesting you form your own Powerpuff bandwagon and get  [...]

Does Your Child Hate the Crèche?

Does Your Child Hate the Crèche?

Posted on Sep 02, 2010 in Family | Leave a Comment
The maternity leave was over a long time back. You decided to stay away from work for a little longer, because you wanted to spend some time with your kid. But now that you’ve decided to return to work, you had no option but to think of choosing the perfect daycare center for your kid before you returned to the rigmarole of office life. But there is one little problem that is standing as an obstacle in the way of you settling back into your work life – the crèche and your child! Your child seems to hate the crèche and there’s not much you can do about it; because you did your research and chose one of the best daycare centers your side of town. It isn’t enough that you cross your fingers and hope that your baby gets used to it. But then again, expecting this isn’t enough. You have  [...]

Hair Loss No Longer to be Feared

Hair Loss No Longer to be Feared

Posted on Sep 01, 2010 in Stay Young | Leave a Comment
Picture this - You walk into the bathroom to wash your hair. You turn on the shower. You pick up the shampoo. You apply it your hair. It lathers. You relax as the aroma of that flowery shampoo takes over your bathroom. You wash the shampoo off; and you relax some more. You turn around and your eyes fall on the bathroom floor. You scream. This can’t be happening. I am going bald. I can’t be going bald. All that hair that is flowing off with the water; all those precious strands of hair are lost. Losing hair is normal and is considered absolutely routine. It is absolutely normal for a person to lose up to around 50 – 60 strands of hair in a single day. Shedding hair is part of the daily hair care regime. But excessive loss of hair could be a matter of concern for many. So before hair loss  [...]