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ACT You are receiving this newsletter because you or someone you know subscribed you to our mailing list. This Newsletter is 100% Opt In Only! Please pass this newsletter on to anyone who you feel might benefit from its content. Just send them a copy or have them visit our Website at: http://www.healthywealthynwise.com If you feel that you have received this newsletter in error and wish to be removed from our mailing list, you will find easy removal instructions at the bottom of this newsletter. ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE BALANCING ACT The only FREE weekly publication dedicated to Helping you create a life of Health, Wealth, and Balanced Abundance in today's hectic world. August 28, 2003 Volume 1, Issue 8 Liz Thompson, Publisher mailto:lthompson@healthywealthynwise.com Meredith Landino, Managing Editor mailto:mlandino@healthywealthynwise.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ISSUE: ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Note from the Editor - Message from Our Sponsor - HABITS: The Comfort in our Discomfort - A question from our readers - This Week's Resource - Quote of the Week - Inspirational Story - Your Success Tip - Copyright and Publisher Information - Legal Stuff ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE FROM THE EDITOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- This week's issue of The Balancing Act is jammed full of helpful, positive information to help you create YOUR life of choice, from improving your habits to protecting your eyesight. Be sure to share the wealth you find here with your friends and family by forwarding your copy of The Balancing Act to those you know would enjoy it. And be sure to send us your thoughts and ideas about what will make each issue even better for you, our valued reader! Sincerely, Meredith Landino mailto:mlandino@healthywealthynwise.com REMEMBER: Each month we will dedicate one entire issue to answering your questions. If we don't know the answer to your question, we'll find someone who does! Simply send an email to mailto:BalancingAct@healthywealthynwise.com?subject=My_Question and look for your answer in the next issue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Special Free 8-Week Teleclass: "Staying in Love: 7 Steps to an Open Heart and Mind" During this 8-week series, Chris and Janet Attwood (featured on the July cover of Healthy Wealthy nWise) will teach you the practical tools from their upcoming book Staying in Love When the Marriage is Over. At the conclusion of the eight weeks your life will have changed. You will: · understand the relationship between your emotional body and your physical body and why it's important · have experienced the nature of emotional expansion and contraction · know why contraction is natural · have learned The 7-step Expansion Process for dealing with any upset · know the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual tools allowing you to open again when you shut down · understand how to avoid "falling out of love" again · know how to tap into the bliss of unconditional love · have the secret to a happy, fulfilled life As a subscriber of The Balancing Act, you can attend this amazing class, absolutely FREE! This course will not be offered for free again, so register NOW! To register go to: http://www.stayinginlove.com?Page=17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- HABITS: THE COMFORT IN OUR DISCOMFORT by Wendy Jameson ----------------------------------------------------------------- Let's talk a minute about our habits. I just love my habits, and that's good, since some of them are not so helpful. I have great habits like exercising every day and washing my face at bedtime, but I also have some nasty habits that keep me from getting myself and my business to the next level (like extended coffee breaks). The "stickiness" of our habits depends not only upon how long we've had them, but also upon how much we get out of them. It may be hard to believe that we benefit from bad habits, but believe me, it's true. Look at smoking. Intellectually, all of us know smoking is bad for our overall health. Yet, how many people continue to smoke, in spite of that knowledge? What do they get out of it? Some say there's pleasure in inhalation... others say it's "my one vice." Whatever our reasons, there's comfort in our habits, despite the discomfort they may give us. We continue to go back to what's known because what's known, although uncomfortable, is psychologically easier than what is unknown. What is unknown is frightening, and we'd rather know what to expect than fear what could be. The only way out of bad habits is to let go of fear and find new, more positive habits to replace the old ones - like sugar-free lollipops for smokers. Whenever we remove something from our lives, we need to find something else to fill the void, or the absence will create longing. Take some time this week and make a list of your bad habits. Note the benefits and the costs, and explore what could replace them. Pick one or two and work on them for 21 days (the time it takes to create new habits). See how free your life can be! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wendy Jameson, MA, offers life and business coaching through her company, Potentiate (www.potentiate.net). She's the author of The Low Carb Survival Guide e-book and co-creator of the email-based Self-Manager Success Program. Wendy lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband and two boys. wendy@potentiate.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- A QUESTION FROM OUR READERS by Meredith Landino ----------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION: Richard from Tennessee writes... Five years ago we invested in stock options, and lost our shirt. We're fine now, but my wife does NOT even want to risk $300 to start a business at home. She is just too afraid. With this attitude from my wife, there is no support to get a business going. Anyone have any ideas how I can turn her around? Mind you, I will not start anything without her at my side. We are a team, and you can't be pulling in two different directions! SUGGESTION: This is, unfortunately, a very common situation. We need to think of this, not only in terms of money, but of fear. It seems as though it is not the loss of $300 but the fear of loss itself that is troubling your wife. Fear is a very powerful emotion. Once imbedded within our psyche, it is VERY hard to overcome. I have found that, for me personally, if I recognize my fear, I can then work to get past it. If I don't work to eliminate my fear, I'm letting the fear rule me instead of living my life as I choose. Here is a classic example of what I am talking about. At 17 years old I went horseback riding. We were out filming a movie and the cameras spooked the horse. I am not the best of equestrians, so I had a close and personal meeting of the minds with a rock. A two-day hospital stay in and out of consciousness did nothing to endear me to riding again. However, as soon as I was able, I was back at the stables. Though, granted not on the same horse. Nevertheless, I was back in the saddle, literally. Now I am able to go riding without the fear of falling and I truly believe it's because I worked to overcome my fear when it arose. Instead of stock options (the horse that threw you), why not try an investment that you have some control over and that is not so fickle (i.e., MLM, real estate, information marketing, etc.)? Maybe, actually having some idiom of control over the outcome, will help your wife to feel more comfortable. Sincerely, Meredith Landino mailto:mlandino@healthywealthynwise.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIS WEEK'S RESOURCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- "How to Control Your Destiny through Your Attitude" In Success Without Struggle: How to Control Your Destiny Through Your Attitude, you'll learn: · Ten simple, positive, no-fail strategies for injecting success into every area of your life. · Exactly what kinds of goals to set for yourself - and how to break them down into easily doable steps that will get you from where you are to where you want to go before you know it! · How to avoid becoming overwhelmed... and get more done more easily than you ever thought possible! · Why taking time off isn't a bad thing - in fact, it can actually help you reach your goals more quickly! (How great is that?) · The one incredibly important thing that only 10% of business owners do and why it's no coincidence that they're the most successful 10%! · How to laugh your way to better health and greater success! · What the three C's are and why it's critically important for you to avoid them. Plus, Joan shares nine very specific, easy-to-implement steps to creating a more positive attitude. You'll learn: · How to eliminate worry from your life (yes, it really can be done!). · How to automatically get people to respond positively when they see you - each and every time. · How "failures" can be turned around and lead to opportunities you might never have considered before. · And much, much more! This is, very simply, one of the most uplifting, motivating, information-rich e-books you'll ever read! A remarkable amount of wisdom is packed into about 45 pages. How to Control Your Destiny Through Your Attitude can help you completely turn around your life - and lead you to accomplishments you previously thought were out of your reach! http://www.healthywealthynwise.com/products/attitude/attitudesl.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL FREE 8-WEEK TELECLASS: "STAYING IN LOVE: 7 STEPS TO AN OPEN HEART AND MIND" ----------------------------------------------------------------- During this 8-week series, Chris and Janet Attwood (featured on the July cover of Healthy Wealthy nWise) will teach you the practical tools from their upcoming book Staying in Love When the Marriage is Over. At the conclusion of the eight weeks your life will have changed. You will: · understand the relationship between your emotional body and your physical body and why it's important · have experienced the nature of emotional expansion and contraction · know why contraction is natural · have learned The 7-step Expansion Process for dealing with any upset · know the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual tools allowing you to open again when you shut down · understand how to avoid "falling out of love" again · know how to tap into the bliss of unconditional love · have the secret to a happy, fulfilled life As a subscriber to The Balancing Act, you can attend this amazing class absolutely FREE! This course will not be offered free again, so register NOW! To register go to: http://www.stayinginlove.com?Page=17 Every issue of The Balancing Act contains a resource that we believe to be of value to you, be it a book, a software program, an audio or video tape, etc. We hope you'll share your knowledge and insight with other readers of The Balancing Act by reviewing these resources and allowing us to share your opinions in a future issue. Simply send your review to mailto:BalancingAct@healthywealthynwise.com?subject=My_Review ----------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTE OF THE WEEK ----------------------------------------------------------------- " Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." - Dale Turner ----------------------------------------------------------------- INSPIRATIONAL STORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing." Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We now that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb." - Author Unknown ------------------------------------ Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself,"This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often." In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again." All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet? - Author Unknown How to Submit an Inspirational Story for Next Month's Issue: We are always looking for inspirational stories to share with our readers. One of the best things about Healthy Wealthy n Wise is bringing together people from all walks of life in various stages of success and letting them learn from each other. We encourage you to send in your story and share with your fellow readers. Simply send your story mailto:BalancingAct@healthywealthynwise.com?subject=My_Story . ----------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR SUCCESS TIP ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loosening your neckties may help save your eyes. If your shirt collars, ties, or scarves are worn too tightly around your neck, it could have an impact on your eyesight, research suggests. In a recent study, a necktie that was tied too tightly increased the pressure of fluid within the wearer's eyes. Over time, such increases in fluid pressure could raise a person's risk of glaucoma. ----------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT AND PUBLISHER INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Balancing Act is Copyright (c) 2003 by the Metis Group. All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this publication may be reproduced without express written permission from the publisher. Liz Thompson, Publisher Meredith Landino, Managing Editor The Metis Group 401 S. 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