The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

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NUTS! by JANEY GOUDE: Are you trying to perform tasks but find you consistently come up short? Maybe you are working outside of your skill set. As I watch a squirrel, his tiny cheeks chock full of nuts, I marvel at how easily he can crack open the shells. This feat is made Read More...
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When to Let it Die by JANEY GOUDE: We lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. You'd think we would have been in heaven. The sun, the sand, the glitz. But our experience was far from heavenly. While I finished out the remaining six weeks of a contract assignment, my husband moved down to get Read More...
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Sun Spot Sightings by JANEY GOUDE: Yesterday was a bad day. That's how I went to bed remembering it, anyway. Mulling over its badness, I realized yesterday was really only bad in spots. Because those "spots" had come toward the end of the day, they eclipsed all the good that came before Read More...
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It’s All I Know by JANEY GOUDE: Watching the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , I couldn't help but feel sorry for Mutant. He enters an environment where he is the outcast. In a world of imagination and creativity, he speaks a language of rules and regulations. When difficult times Read More...
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Gardasil Vaccine by JANEY GOUDE: Why is this "cervical cancer" vaccine not being advertised honestly? I watched a commercial with my teen daughter several weeks ago. When it was over I asked her, "Based on this commercial, should you receive the vaccine?" Her response was along the lines Read More...
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Balancing Hormones by JANEY GOUDE: It's a taboo topic. But the truth is if you are a woman, you deal with it. If you are a man who has ever lived with a woman, you know about it, you sense it coming, and - if you're smart - you get out of its way! I wish I could get out of its way, but Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our “YES!” by JANEY GOUDE: The best defense to avoiding overcommittment is to learn how to say, "Yes!" I know what you're thinking: But saying, "Yes!" is what gets us in to this mess! No. Saying, "Yes!" indiscriminately gets us into this mess. Here are some guidelines to bring Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Xenophobia by JANEY GOUDE: Late Saturday night I noticed my neighbors' flood light on. I'm not usually a paranoid person, but Saturday morning these neighbors woke to find three slashed tires on two of their vehicles, presumably at the hands of a known assailant. As I tiptoed from Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Visions by JANEY GOUDE: Lamenting that Walt Disney died before the completion of Disney World, a man said to Mrs. Disney, "It's too bad he didn't live to see all of this." Her response: "Oh, he saw it. He saw it before anyone else." Walt Disney had a vision. Do you have a vision Read More...
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Bringing Balance to the Unique by JANEY GOUDE: Sometimes unique is difficult to ignore: like this turtle we found attempting to lay eggs in the middle of our yard! I immediately interrupted my routine. I beckoned my husband and children as I grabbed my camera. Our commotion disturbed her serene life-giving Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Time by JANEY GOUDE: I struggled with "T." I had already written the piece about turning tragedy into triumph when I received a poignant email. I felt strongly about the tragedy piece because it is something therapists deal with almost daily. But I can't get away from the Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Stressful Schedules by JANEY GOUDE: Stress - noun (from dictionary.com) 1. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another. 2. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Quality and Quantity by JANEY GOUDE: As much as we'd like to justify that quality and quantity can each stand on their own, we all know that isn't true. Every relationship - work, spouse, children, family and friends - needs both quality and quantity to survive. Relationships need lots of Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our People-Pleasing by JANEY GOUDE: "It's important to have a little guilt in life. And feeling bad can accomplish a heap of good." --Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday In this excerpt Dr. Leman is speaking to parents who prevent children from suffering the consequences of their Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our “NO!” by JANEY GOUDE: " No! " It is one of the first words in a child's vocabulary: right after "da-da" and right before "mine." How does it happen that a word we have no problem using as a child creates so much angst as an adult? This week I watched Abigail's first struggle Read More...
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