Living with behavioral problems can be stressful for everybody involved. Dealing with behavior issues takes patience, sometimes requires visits to professionals, and always involves time and effort working with the animals at home. There’s no easy solution, no simple pill that will take care of the problem completely. If you find yourself feeling over…
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Added by Arpita Malik on September 11, 2009 at 8:03am —
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Emotions are more stubborn than thoughts. The glue that holds you fast to your beliefs and expectations is emotion. Whenever you tell yourself that you can’t let go, you are making an emotional statement.
In reality you can let go of any situation any time. “I can’t” really means, “I fear the emotional consequences if I do.” Your ego draws a line in the sand and insists that you will n…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 28, 2009 at 10:00am —
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My daughter and I had a blast this weekend making paper dolls from scratch. It was wonderful for so many reasons; unleashed creativity, fine motor skill development, hours of focused attention, while continuing to establish the concept of beauty as a truly flexible and personally defined art.
A bit of a fashionista, my daughter reveled i…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 12, 2009 at 8:01am —
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To paraphrase Kramer talking to George on Seinfeld, “Oh you may stray, but you’ll always return to your dark master, the cocoa bean…and only the purest can satisfy you.” Amen to that! The cocoa bean, that is. I always welcome the chance to talk about chocolate–both its pleasurable and healing aspects. As a matter of fact my hubby is fond of saying that if he could come up with…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 11, 2009 at 6:03am —
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Scientists and engineers are searching for the big breakthrough that will represent the end of our desperate dependence on fossil fuels and usher in the next age of clean energy independence. But maybe we’ve all just been ignoring the answer that’s right under our noses: tugging at our pant legs and asking for more lemonade.
That’s…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 10, 2009 at 4:05pm —
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The one thing we all pray won’t happen, happened one day when Art was driving home from a hockey game in Vail, Colorado, with his wife Kathy and their two young sons. As he drove through Glenwood Canyon, high up in the Rocky Mountains, a boulder fell from a canyon wall, crushing his car and instantly killing his wife…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 9, 2009 at 11:06pm —
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Going vegetarian, at least for one day a week, is becoming the “green” thing to do in many countries. A number of upscale restaurants in Israel recently began promoting Vegetarian Monday, an initiative to encourage meat-eaters to go vegetarian once a week in order to help combat climate change. Sir Paul McCartney has been promoting a similar program in Britain and Austral…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 8, 2009 at 3:15pm —
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In 2007, Pacific Gas & Electric launched its Climate Smart program, which asked customers to agree to pay a little extra on each bill in order to fight global warming. The Public Utilities Commission gave the utlility permission to launch the plan with a budget of $16.3 million over three years. The money collected has been used to fund four in-state…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 7, 2009 at 9:30am —
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The Los Angeles Zoo, while well regarded and an exemplary urban zoo at that, has a dark history (as most long-standing zoos do) that lurks barely under the surface. A mile or so down the road from the existing Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park, are the remnants of the first Los Angeles Zoo built in 1913. Without much effort, you could vis…
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Added by Arpita Malik on August 3, 2009 at 8:32am —
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It is said that the game of love is everyone’s favorite game, and yet even with all the new technologies designed to help us connect, more and more people are opting out of the game, preferring to live alone, rather than to risk another bad relationship outcome. This preference reflects a deep change in our collective human psyche, for it used to be that what lo…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 28, 2009 at 9:37am —
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Health experts' understanding of depression has come a long way in the last few decades. In many cases, depression doesn't have only one cause. It often results from a mix of biology, psychology, and stressful or traumatic events.
Reasons for depression include:
* Biology: Researchers still have a lot to learn about exactly why people become depressed. But s…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 26, 2009 at 10:02pm —
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Sodium plays a vital role in our health. Although no one knows for certain, scientists estimate the body requires 250 to 500 milligrams (mg) each day for basic physiologic functions. "We need salt to transport nutrients, transmit nerve impulses, and contract muscles, including your heart," says Anna Di Rienzo, Ph.D., associate profes…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 26, 2009 at 5:56pm —
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Nowadays the recession is not only depleting our finances, but is triggering guilty feelings like surviving a job layoff when a colleague or friend has been let go. You might be surprised to learn that it’s not just a crime or a lie that makes most of us feel guilty, rather happiness and fun. Consider the phrase: “I’m so happy that I just can’t stand it!” Or are you afraid of being ji…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 25, 2009 at 6:35am —
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Celebrity magazines all too often feature stories about overdose deaths and rehab admissions, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy is running an advertising campaign about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
But when taken as prescribed, just how risky are drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin?
The truth might surprise you. Myths a…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 21, 2009 at 6:15am —
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As the latest Harry Potter movie installment, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, hits theaters, teenage hormones are running at an all-time high at Hogwarts. The sixth book in J. K. Rowling's insanely popular series took us to a major turning point in Potter and Co.'s love lives as Harry's relationship…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 20, 2009 at 8:03pm —
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Romantic comedies spread misconceptions, according to a new study. Here's what your girlfriend may have mislearned, and how you can write a happier ending.
1. False message: Bad behavior has no long-term consequences
In My Best Friend's Girl, Dane Cook and Kate Hudson split after he intentionally pukes at a wedding and propos…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 20, 2009 at 7:21am —
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Couples who live together before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced than those who wait until after the big day, a study shows.
Sharing the same home can pressurise people into getting married for all the wrong reasons, according to scientists.
In the UK more than three-quarte…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 16, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Homosexuality can be described as the attraction or sexual relations between members of the same sex. At times, even the sexual orientation of such people is called ‘homosexuality’ only and they, themselves, are known as ‘homosexuals’. Though in the western countries homosexuality is not a big issue, it is still considered as a taboo in India. The soci…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 8, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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Love, relationship, and break-ups are matters of heart. Relationship requires commitment. So, are you ready for commitment?
Meghna and Tushar had a break-off after being in the relationship for a year. Two weeks after their break-up, Tushar started dating other gal in his college. Soon he started feelin…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 5, 2009 at 9:34pm —
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Before you commit, make sure your relationship isn’t guilty of these three compatibility dealbreakers.
Compatibility Dealbreaker: No Shared Interests
Answerology member thetrekhippy said, "For me, both people have to have enough common interests so that you can enjoy spending time together doing those, but enough separate inte…
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Added by Arpita Malik on July 1, 2009 at 5:01pm —
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