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Contributors
Sparky Beardslee
Sean Burke
Susie Michelle Cortright
Debbie Dahmen
Chuck and Sue DeFiore
Laura dos Remedios
Fitness and Freebies
Dean Glosup
Cathy Goodwin
C.J. Hayden
David Hutton
Natalie Katsman
Real Estate Maestro™
Kim Newman
Nicole Niemiec
Rachel Paxton
Frank Purcell
LeAnn Ralph
Stephanie Roberts
Tony Severino
Mark Stuart
Al Susoeff
The i-Doctor
Karen Town
Teri Worten
Dirk Zeller

Beauty and Style

Refreshing Baths
Recipes for Refreshing and Relaxing Baths
Instant Beauty Boosters
Use yogurt to cleanse the skin, use jojoba oil or grapeseed oil to shift stubborn mascara,
Fade My Freckles!
Freckles, age spots, pregnancy mask and other types of skin discoloration... Why do they appear? What can be done to prevent them and lighten the skin? You will find answers in this article.
A Word About Alcohols in Skin Care
If you read labels on cosmetic products, often you will find an ingredient or two with the word "alcohol" in their names. Are these products safe to use?
Dont Let Your Skin Go Dry
Water makes up 60% of the human body. Not only blood and other body fluids have water as their main ingredient, water is stored in all body tissues. Cytoplasm, cells and cell walls contain lots of water. Skin is a large water storage, yet it gets dry, itchy and flaky. Why?

Business and Career

Power of Networking
Equinox Advantage believes in the power of a great sphere of Influence!
Marketing Is A Four-Letter Word!
Why do we shy away from the most important aspect of our business? Marketing is the lynchpin of all business endeavor, and those who learn that will always lead the pack.
Rehab Diary - Or Why Should I Listen To Ron
To Rehab or Not to Rehab.... That can be a tough question, until you read this Diary.
Change Your Dialog
The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time
Can't You See I'm Working?
For many working parents, telecommuting or a home business may seem like the answer to your prayers. But the first thing you may discover is that working from home includes many unexpected distractions.

Crafts and Hobbies

How to Make Candles Using Old Crayons
As featured in the story "A Candle For Christmas" from the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm)
Country Christmas Idea: Milkweed Pod Poinsettia Ornaments
If you live in an area where milkweed grows wild, you can use the dried milkweed pods to make poinsettia ornaments for your Christmas tree. Here's how...
New Ways to Use Old Christmas Cards
Several ways that you can use those Christmas cards you save every year.
Scrapbooking Teen Memories
By the time your teen is in high school, you probably aren't taking as many pictures of them as you used to. I have to keep reminding myself that I only have a couple of years left and no time to waste trying to capture fleeing teenage memories.

Debt Management

Things to Know About Your Credit
If you are faced with poor credit, use these tips to raise your scores & increase your buying power.
Anatomy Of A Foreclosure
There are certain steps that Foreclosures follow in most states. If you are going to play the game, you got to know the steps.

Food and Entertaining

Chicken: Healthy, Tasty and Convenient!
A healthy diet does not have to be bland or time-consuming to prepare - chicken to the rescue!
Remove Carcinogens When Grilling Meat
High heat reacts with protein in red meat, poultry and fish to create chemicals linked to cancer, especially of the colon and breast. Heterocyclic amines are the name of the chemicals.
Clobber the Cold - With Food
Researchers know that certain foods can help prevent colds and provide some relief from symptoms.
Chocolate-Flavored Cereal Lowers Cholesterol
People who benefit from the cholesterol-lowering effects of bran but are turned off by the taste and gritty texture may have a sweet new option: a chocolate-flavored cocoa-bran cereal.
Low Calorie Sweeteners

Health and Fitness

Clobber the Cold - With Food
Researchers know that certain foods can help prevent colds and provide some relief from symptoms.
The Physical Dangers of Stress
A list and explanations of the physical damage stress can cause to your body.
Why Physical Fitness?
Our modern life-style fosters unfitness. Many technological advances are intended to eliminate physical exertion from everyday activities.
Physical Fitness Means Living Better, Longer
Regular exercise can provide the basis for good health and wellness.
Introduction to Physical Fitness
For years everyone has known that regular exercise along with good nutrition is good for their health. The trick is how to build sound exercise habits and a balanced diet into your busy schedule.

House and Home

Things to Know About Your Credit
If you are faced with poor credit, use these tips to raise your scores & increase your buying power.
Power of Networking
Equinox Advantage believes in the power of a great sphere of Influence!
When 'Just Do It' Isn't Enough: Coping with the Emotional Aspects of Clutter Clearing
While a "just do it" attitude does help you get started and persevere, clutter-clearing is not quite so simple as that. Running unprepared into the not-so-simple aspects of clutter can bring all of our good intentions to a halt.
How Much Is Enough?
Deciding whether or not we truly need something can be one of our greatest clutter-clearing challenges.
Toxic Black Mold
Mold spores are everywhere and cannot be avoided. They float in through your open windows and doors, or come inside by riding on your clothing or your pets. Real problems in homes and buildings rarely occur unless there has been intense flooding, usually in basements, sometimes from leaky roofs, or where there has been an extensive plumbing problem.

Inspiration

Something for Nothing
Helping folks in Real Estate
Is it possible to help both a buyer and a seller and make a killer profit in a flipping transaction? Read on and see an example of how I did it last year.
Ten Characteristics of Successful Real Estate Investors
In my years in the foreclosure and real estate business, I bet I've met over 1,500 investors. These people have been at all levels of knowledge and experience. Some have become amazingly successful, while others have lost steam or experienced drastic failure. I watched people who are successful and I've noticed that there are certain characteristics that come with real estate investing success.
How To Think and Act Differently
We are all born with some level of creativity. In some people it grows, in others it withers and dies. Here are some ideas on how to think a bit differently.
Do You Manage Your Time, Or Does Time Manage You
No matter how many 5 hour energy drinks you slam, there are only 24 hours in a day. Do you manage them or do they manage you.

Parenting and Family

Who Cares What They Say About Single Moms!
Even in today's sophisticated society, single parent families are often stigmatized and thoughtlessly perceived as not entirely as functional as two parent families.
Loving Beautiful You - An article for Single Moms
In today’s world of the perfect size and the perfect hair and high fashion, it can be difficult to accept yourself and take pride in the beautifully unique creation you are.
Breastfeeding - One Mothers Story (I did it my way)
Breakfast Club - Just five more minutes, please!
A hilarious (but all too true!) look at one family's morning "getting ready to go to work/school" ritual.
Moms at War
Stay at home Moms vs Working Moms

Relationships

Power of Networking
Equinox Advantage believes in the power of a great sphere of Influence!
How To Think and Act Differently
We are all born with some level of creativity. In some people it grows, in others it withers and dies. Here are some ideas on how to think a bit differently.
Rehab Diary - Or Why Should I Listen To Ron
To Rehab or Not to Rehab.... That can be a tough question, until you read this Diary.
Serenity Now!
When I think about the energy I waste acting all frantic and panicky, it makes me...well, frantic and panicky. Here are six tips to keep us all from pushing the panic button.
5 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude
Gratitude keeps us centered and wards off jealousy and negativity. Here are five little things we can do each day to nourish our sense of gratitude...