Understanding and Managing Stress: A Path to a Balanced Life

Reading Time: 4 minutes INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Dr. Ann Hester to provide another commentary in a series. The Dr. Ann Hester Commentaries Stress is an inevitable part of life. Whether it stems from work responsibilities, family demands, or the unexpected challenges that arise daily, stress finds a way to influence our lives. While it’s easy to view stress as a purely negative force, it can be a motivator in small doses, sharpen our focus, and enhance…

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Fostering a Feedback Culture: How To Give Feedback Effectively

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Price of Business Digital Network has a new series of outstanding commentaries from thought leaders.  This is one in that series.   Joan (Joni) Hibdon, PCC, CPCC   Summary: Joan (Joni) Hibdon is a coaching and consulting professional, focused on cultivating high-performance leadership excellence in organizations. Over the course of her career, Joni has focused on coaching executives to lead with a sense of awareness, purpose, and action, resulting in success for her clients. Joan’s insights heighten executive effectiveness, emotional intelligence, improvement in team dynamics, the ability to navigate…

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The Neuroscience of Alcohol Addiction: Understanding the Brain’s Role in Dependency

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a complex and multifaceted condition that affects millions of people worldwide. At its core, AUD is not just a behavioral issue but a neurological one, deeply rooted in the brain’s chemistry and structure. Understanding the neuroscience behind alcohol addiction is crucial for developing effective treatments and interventions.   One of the key players in alcohol addiction is the brain’s reward system, specifically the mesolimbic dopamine system. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is closely associated with feelings of pleasure and reinforcement.…

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Have You Been Feeling the Solar Storms?

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, nationally syndicated columnist, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time.  To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. How Do Solar Flares Affect Humans? The Northern Lights are spectacular, but they’re just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to solar storms. The explosions of radiation ejected…

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Tackling the Foster Care System, a Task for All

Reading Time: 3 minutes INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, welcomed Nancy Poland to provide another commentary in a series. The Nancy Poland Commentaries Foster care: a combined family who becomes a temporary solution to a heart-breaking problem. Any child taken out of their biological family will experience trauma. Look around, it is likely there is a foster care family in your community. In the last month Nancy Poland has published three articles on different facets of foster…

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5 Ways To Keep Your Dreams Alive When Everything Looks Impossible

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time.  To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way.     5 Ways to Nurture Our Dreams and Goals It takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a community to nurture a dream into fruition. This is why it’s…

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What Happened to Political Etiquette?

Reading Time: 4 minutes   Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time.  To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way.   Why Aren’t Peoples Opinions Private Anymore? It seems as though there is no such thing as privacy anymore. People will post anything and everything about their lives and overshare them online. But why…

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Understanding Karma: The Key to Health, Happiness, and Success

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is karma? Sometimes, it is better to define something by what it is not. That is probably the best way to understand karma. In our Western pop culture world, we often hear karma referred to as good or bad. This predisposes judgment. However, it’s important to remember that karma is not about judgment.  Good and bad signify punishment or retribution if a deed is not morally correct. But what is morally correct is subjective, depending upon your culture and point of view.  Karma, therefore, is not about punishment or…

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Dr. John Explains Hunger and “Eating Like A Toddler”

Reading Time: 4 minutes To understand hunger, you don’t need to look any further than the mechanism by which babies regulate their consumption of milk, or toddlers regulate their consumption of food. If you think about it, both infants and toddlers decide on their own when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat to thrive physically, mentally, and emotionally. When you were an infant and then a toddler, this is what you did. So today, to lose weight, you need to alter your eating habits, so you can eat as you…

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Looking for Calm in the Chaos?

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to empower women to build a strong Foundation of Wellbeing: One Whole-istic™ Step at a Time.  To feel HOPE: harmony, options, peace and empowerment to help others along the way. 5 Ways to Keep Calm in Turbulent Times   As we know, it’s not easy to keep calm in turbulent times, but being able to stay level-headed under pressure is a critical skill…

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