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O is for Over Training

I’ve posted warnings about over training before. I’ve made suggestions and recommended rest. I’ve said that over training is bad for you and can have negative side effects, but let’s talk about what over training is. Typically, if you are exercising beyond your ability to recover, then you’re overtraining. What does that mean? Someone who exercises 7 days a week at a high intensity, never giving their muscles the 24 to 48 hours they need to rest, recover and repair from the previous workout are overtraining. They are doing this because the constant stress on the muscles without repair can … Continue reading →

Deciding if More Training is Worth It

You have probably noticed by now that everything come downs to time management and a cost analysis in your home business—most things get evaluated based on whether they are worth your time and effort, and how they will affect the bottom line. Taking a class, getting more training or expanding on your education can fall into that same consideration—how can you tell if it is going to be worth your time and expense to invest in extra training? Start by looking at areas of definite weakness—places where some extra training would really benefit your business. If you are not very … Continue reading →

Alternatives to Traditional Veterinary Surgery

Real old school veterinary medicine Deciding what to do for pets that have serious medical problems is often difficult. Surgeries we wouldn’t think for a moment about getting for human family members often give us pause when they’re for our furry companions. If we don’t have pet insurance, sometimes these procedures can be too costly. They also come with a health cost to our pets. Maybe we don’t mind spending the money, but the surgery is riskier on our animals’ fragile bodies than it would be on ours. I know I dread the day I might have to make such … Continue reading →

Keeping Up With Continuing Education Requirements

If you are in a business or work as a consultant in a field where you need to be licensed or certified (or are working toward any sort of licensing or certification), then you will likely need to take some continuing education credits on a periodic basis. More and more conferences and workshops are offering continuing education credits, but it will still be up to you to find them, keep good records, and submit those records in order to obtain your continuing education credits for your profession. All sorts of professions now have continuing education requirements—many of these are the … Continue reading →

What Can You Get from a Conference?

As someone who spends part of her work world organizing meetings and conferences, I am constantly hearing from attendees about what they “hope” to take away from a conference experience and what they actually do take away. The truth is, conferences can be a great way to energize your career, stimulate your passions, meet new and interesting people, and gain all sorts of specific training and information. The trick is to find the right conference for what you need. I’m writing today about attending a conference as a participant, not as an exhibitor (that is a whole different can of … Continue reading →

Compulsive Hoarding-Part 3

In the third part of Compulsive Hoarding, I would like to discuss the strategies we employed in our attempt to positively retrain Daniel in his obsessive behaviors beyond the kitchen and his food issues. Medications are available for the treatment of obsessive behavior. Because the symptoms are usually included in the categories of Attachment Disorder and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder, some physicians prescribe meds (used to treat these specific disorders) to assist in minimizing the symptoms. Paul and I declined this resource of treatment. We felt in the beginning, and still maintain the logic, Daniel’s compulsive behavior was due to his circumstances … Continue reading →