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Today I take a moment to say thank you to all those who expressed Love and kindness.  It's so easy for  me to believe that the world is a beautiful place, when I am in the company of such wonderful people.

"Times are only as dark as you perceive them to be"

We often try to show the world the best that we are, afraid to let people in to our hopes and dreams, fears and worries.  Even I have been guilty of this.

Today, with $87.00 dollars to my name, I share with you how I see my future.

In this episode I talk about my story right now, and how I still smile and persevere, knowing that I am the blessed by the life I live.

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This week I have been focusing on drama.  More to the point, I have been focusing on drama from the standpoint of dealing with people who are prone to drama.  However, today I look at things from the other side.  Perhaps listeners would want to know if they are manufacturers of frenzy, gossip and backstabbing

3 Ways to Stop Being a Person of Drama

• Ways to determine if you are a person of drama
• Ways to limit your drama-rich behavior
• Determining what you get out of drama

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Today I talk about ways to handle friends or acquaintances who are manufacturers of drama.  As a quick not, I say handle in the short term.  We should never condone drama rich behavior.

There are so many sources of drama in the world: TV, Movies, your coworkers.  However, it is safe to say that thanks to technology we can now access drama 24 hours a day on our devices.  What is the biggest contributor?  That's easy; social media.  Like anything though, it has the ability to drown us in despair or lift us up.  Today I talk about which forms of social media are the best and the worst for drama

• Why images create more drama than words on social media
• What is the least drama-filled form of social media
• Why Facebook is so heavy on drama

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Yesterday I told you 4 ways to spot drama from a safe distance.  My goal was to help you stay away from situations that would drain your energy.  However, I did make another point that warrants repeating; we should never judge a book by its cover.  You should always seek to commune with people.  Be compassionate.  If there are people who are prone to drama, don't ostracize them.  Interact with them to hopefully help them see there are other ways to live.  With that said, do not jeopardize your positivity by condoning drama.  Today I talk about why some people enjoy drama.

• How some people use drama to silence their inner dialog
• Why some Drama creators yearn for excitement.
• How understanding your passion deactivates the need for drama

6 Steps to Defuse a Drama Queen and Get Your Life Back

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It's time for a series, Travelers!  I thought about one aspect of life that is always a stressor; drama.  I'll start with helping you identify drama in the wild.  Sometimes it is too late to escape the gravitational force of petty gossip and backstabbing.  You are at a social event where you don't know many people.  Before you know it you are knee-deep hearing a new acquaintance talking about her tumultuous love life, string of bad luck and illness she just can't seem to beat; ones that have all the best doctors baffled.  The good news is, I have been able to develop a pretty good way of understanding signs of drama from afar.  Now you can safely watch from a distance and determine if it is safe to enter a conversation.

• The definition of histrionics
• How to spot narcissism from across the room
• The significance of volume when trying to discern drama

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There are many reasons reasons why people tune out of life.  It can be hectic, scary and overwhelming.  But even if life is all those things, you can handle it...without numbing yourself.  And when I say numb yourself, I mean in little ways and in huge ways.

The good news is though, if you are introspective, you can see when you are dropping out out of life, running away a little bit.  In the event you have not reached the pinnacle of your introspection game, I have a list of questions that you can ask yourself to see if you need to continue with what you are doing or if you need to shut down what you are doing and get back in the game.

• 4 Questions to ask yourself when you feel numb
• Why you numb yourself

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I used to think that there was no such thing as 6 minute abs (there still may not be).  But I have recently heard about a new workout that takes 8 minutes a day and delivers some seriously good results.  It's called Tabata, and I talk about it today.

• What Tabata is
  • How Tabata sets are performed
• Some things to be aware of when doing Tabata

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9 Must Try Tabata Moves

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This week is all about new ways to eat better and move more.  In getting ready for the week I thought about doing an episode about the chemicals that are in our foods that are deemed safe but are not really doing us any good.  Then I realized there were just too many of them, so I decided to make a plea for you to eat more whole foods.

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