Swedish massage therapy has been used to ease human aches and pains and create relaxation for thousands of years. The instinct to rub and stroke muscles that are tense and tired has been refined and studied so that massage therapy performed by a professionally trained practitioner can promote health and well being, relieve stress and help heal injured areas of your body.What is Swedish Massage Therapy Good For?Have you thought about seeking...more
ARTICLE THREE:BARGAINING AND DEPRESSIONHow Can I Get Relief or Feel Better?We're continuing the series on the range of emotions and behaviors stepcouples struggle with as they adjust from a romantic twosome to solid stepcouple and stepfamily. The next stage is BARGAINING - seeking ways to escape or looking for the cure.You must be realizing by now and feeling assured that you're not alone in this adjustment process. That doesn't diminish the...more
The new training for Foster carersThe Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care have been developed by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) who is responsible for ensuring that people working with children, young people and their families have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice.The Standards have been designed to support Foster Carers from approval through the first two years of service. They give Fostering providers a framework for training and professional development which will mean Foster Carers get the best possible training, information and knowledge to make a difference to the lives of fostered children.There are seven Standards which cover the main areas of the foster care role and set out what Foster Carers should know, understand and be able to do:Standard 1: understand the principles and values essential for fostering children and young people.Standard 2: understand your role as a Foster Carer.Standard 3: understand health and safety, and healthy caring.Standard 4: know how to communicate effectively.Standard 5: understand the development of children and young people.Standard 6: safeguard children and young...more
A funeral eulogy is a personalized speech given at the memorial ceremony of a dead person. It is usually given by a relative or a close friend of the dead individual. It is used to commemorate the life of the person who passed away.A funeral eulogy is somehow similar to a personalized speech. It is read at a funeral and serves as a testimonial to...more
Have you ever been requested to make a eulogy by the parents of a friend of yours who just passed away? If the person you will be writing and delivering a eulogy for happens to be your best friend, then the pain may still be fresh and it may be quite difficult to maintain your composure while delivering it. Nonetheless, you would not want to...more
Are you getting close to retirement? Retirement is a much bigger process than a lot of people actually think, and if one does not go into this process correctly, they could really mess themselves up.With that being said, in this article, we'll talk a lot about the cheapest places to retire. I would have to say that you will be spending more of your retirement spending on housing than anything else. So that means that finding cheap places to retire is important.It might sound like an easy process to retire, but truthfully, it takes a lot of research to end up in a house that you can afford. There is a way to get past this problem, however. Instead of going out to look for a house after you retire, you should begin prepping for your retirement and doing some preliminary research while you are still working. If you want to wait until after you've retired, then that's fine too. In either situation, how does one go about finding the cheapest places to retire?You should try talking to friends, a good real estate agent, relatives, and use the Internet for your research. When you do this, you will get all the information that you want about the area, the community, the...more
There are many uses for a garden building, you could use it as a studio or office, the latter having many benefits. Perhaps the greatest of all is that 'separation' that it gives you between your office life from your home life.Having a separate area...more
New parents are often lack of knowledge and experience especially when buying a baby crib bedding set that is right for their infant. It's not easy to decide whether the crib bedding set would be perfect for the infant's needs or not as there are...more
Fostering and the economyPoverty, homelessness and unemployment are some of the main contributing factors to children being placed in foster care. Considering the current economic recession, it is possible that more children than ever will require...more
One of the major concerns in our culture is the rapidly rising weight of our nation's children. For many, the problem has far surpassed the idea of being "cute and chubby" and has moved on to being morbidly obese. One only needs to look at the...more
There are times when you may want to choose the sex of your baby. You may want to do this for medical or personal (elective) reasons. The method of choice is yours and there are several options you can pursue when deciding whether to look at baby...more
Florida's known as a retirement state. Living in FL, we not only have local senior citizens, but we also have those that get away from the freezing winters up north that spend about 6 mo. down here every year. They're referred to as "snow birds". I...more