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 Happy New Year 2013 - Count  Down Video For Your Party  Happy New Year From the WiseWolf  Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles Personal Development - Making a Fresh Start John Rohn on Sowing and Reaping Leading Change - John Kotter speaks on how to assess the impacts on the people who will be affected

Betty's New Year's Day Hoppin' John Recipe Here is a recipe to bring you good luck for the New Year In this video from BettysKitchen, Betty demonstrates how to make a traditional Southern dish, New Year's Day Hoppin' John. This is a dish that consists mainly of black-eye peas, rice, onions, and ham. It is to be eaten on New Year's Day, in order to bring a prosperous new year. This is her own version of Hoppin' John, and she has designed it to meet the requirements of the traditional dish, yet taste wonderful! Ingredients: ½ stick butter or margarine, melted ¾ cup chopped onion (2) 10 ½ oz. soup cans beef broth (1) 10 ½ oz. soup can long grain white rice, uncooked (2) 15 oz. cans black-eye peas (2) 5 oz. cans of Hormel smoked chunked ham, cut into cubes (or equivalent) salt and pepper to taste, optional (Salt will probably not be needed, as almost all ingredients are salted.) Place ¾ cup chopped onion in a small saucepan containi

Friday Recipe: Sea Bream Mediterranean Style with Garlic A very simple recipe for today Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles Dating Coach Evan Marc Katz on The Secret To Successful Relationships (According to Grandma) Meditation for Beauty - How To Meditate for Beginners - You Have 4 Minutes Job Search: What Are Your Weaknesses?

Winter solstice (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) How To Welcome Back the Sun for Yule There are a lot of different celebrations going on at this time of the year for many different reasons. Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas, Kwanzaa etc and, of course, the  Winter Solstice , or  Yule . At the heart of this is a celebration of the change of the season.  Due to the  rotation and tilt of the earth the days shorten and our part of the world goes dark. So on the 21st of December, the shortest day we celebrate in good faith that the sun will return.   The ancients knew that the Winter Solstice was the longest night of the year -- and that meant that the sun was beginning its long journey back towards earth. It was a time of celebration, and for rejoicing in the knowledge that soon, the warm days of spring would return, and the dormant earth would come back to life. Because this is a celebration of thanks for light, it is a time for fires and candles as symbols of the sun. It is a time for b

Let's have some fun in "Santa's Workshop 1932/2006"  Something old  for you and your children to enjoy Standard YouTube Licence Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com

Dating Coach Evan Marc Katz on The Secret To Successful Relationships (According to Grandma) D ating coach Evan Marc Katz works with smart, strong, successful women who want to understand and connect with men. Here, he shares that the secret to successful long-term relationships can be discovered by talking to the people who have had them: your grandparents. You can find out more about Evan at  http://www.evanmarckatz.com Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles Job Search: What Are Your Weaknesses? Wednesday Quotes - Career Developme

Monday Quotes - Time Management - Focus on the present Never let yesterday use up today. Richard H. Nelson I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. W. Somerset Maugham It’s how we spend our time here and now, that really matters. If you are fed up with the way you have come to interact with time, change it. Marcia Wieder Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what’s real. Sara Paddison The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something. Carl Sandburg You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got. Art Buchwald Make use of time, let not advantage slip. William Shakespeare This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man who dares to waste one hour of life has

Friday Recipe - Veracruz-Style Red Snapper Fish “Veracruz” is an  “authentic” Mexican recipe If you don’t want to do this in individual portions, you can certainly do it in a regular casserole dish, but you’ll probably need to give it a few extra minutes. Simply use the same fork-flaking doneness test as shown in the clip. Flakiness never lies.   Other than a few minutes of slicing, this couldn’t be easier. Serve simply with some chips, or over rice for a more substantial meal. A ny white, flaky fish will work. Thanks to  http://foodwishes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/veracruz-style-red-snapper-new-take-on.html Ingredients for 2 servings:   2 boneless red snapper filets, about 7 oz each cayenne,  salt and pepper to taste 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 white onion  diced 3 cloves garlic  minced 1 tablespoon capers 1 tablespoon caper brine 1 large jalapeno, sliced, seeded 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1/3 cup sliced Castelvetrano green olives, or any green olive 2 ta

Meditation for Beauty - How To Meditate for Beginners - You Have 4 Minutes  A simple straightforward approach for beginners from Rebekah Borucki (BexLife) mother of 4, TV host, YouTuber, yoga & fitness instructor, health warrior and backyard chicken farmer.  You can find out more at   http://BexLife.com . This is meditation for the busy. Wendy Mason is a career coach.  She helps people reach their goals and aspirations, without sacrificing their home and personal life.  Before working as a coach, Wendy had a long career in both the public and private sectors in general management and consultancy as well as spells in HR.  She now divides her time between coaching and writing. You can contact Wendy at  wendymason@wisewolfcoaching.com  and find out more at  http://wisewolfcoaching.com Related articles A Self Calming Meditation For Kids With Bedtime Story Friendship: Seven Tips for Making New Friends. Guided Meditation Script for Clearing Your Mind Eckhart Toll

Friendship: Seven Tips for Making New Friends. This post is from Gretchen Rubin who is a thought-provoking and influential writer on happiness.  Ancient philosophers and scientists agree: strong social ties are the KEY to happiness. You need close, long-term relationships; you need to be able to confide in others; you need to belong; you need to get and give support. Studies show that if you have five or more friends with whom to discuss an important matter you’re far more likely to describe yourself as “very happy.” Not only does having strong relationships make it far more likely that you take joy in life, but studies show that it also lengthens life (incredibly, even more than stopping smoking), boosts immunity, and cuts the risk of depression. “Okay, okay,” you’re thinking, “I get it — but it’s not that easy to make new friends.” Here are some strategies to try, if you’re eager to make friends but are finding it tough: 1.  Show up . Just as Woody Allen said that

The Argument Clinic from Monty Python John Cleese as a civil servant in the halls of the Ministry. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive, 14-volume DVD-only boxed set that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus .    This "persistently silly" collection encompasses three-and-a-half seasons of dead parrots, cross-dressing lumberjacks, loonies, upper class twits, and spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, and spam. Click past the occasional clunker and go directly to such signature sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Spanish Inquisition, the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Dead Parrot Sketch, the Lumberjack Song, the Cheese Shop, the Argument Clinic, and Nudge, Nudge. Taken as a whole, one marvels at how Graham Chap