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Sleep is Important

Butterfly over calm water: Good night. Sleep well

Sleep is one of the key ingredients for success. I have the perfect example to illustrate the point.

My son Tsoof is 18 years old. As his mother, I am slightly biased, but he is very smart and talented. He is in his third year of university and is excelling in everything. He is taking extra subjects, plays in three bands, he teaches two music classes and is simultaneously composing music and working on producing a show..

This week, I read an article that explained one of the reasons why Tsoof is so successful. He sleeps a lot.

Sounds funny, right? Keep reading to see what I mean.

The article I read talked about the damage of not getting enough sleep. Tsoof, from a very young age, was a good sleeper. When other kids in day care did not need to take an afternoon nap, he still slept in the afternoon. Later on, when he was in primary school and even in high school, no matter what movie was on or what he had to do for school, he slept an average of 10 hours a night. Our two daughters consider sleep to be a waste of time, but Tsoof never needed to be “encourage” to go to bed. Today, he is busier than ever before and he still averages over 9 hours a night.

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Published: June 24, 2014 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: April 18, 2018In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing, General Tags: partner, memory, practical parenting / parents, school, anger, music, sleep, success, decision making, emotional intelligence, kids / children, depression, stress / pressure, health / wellbeing, change, creative / creativity, overweight, education / learning, feeling, dreams

Workplace Stress is Expensive

How to manage workplace stress infographic

I started looking into workplace stress recently, after attending a networking breakfast. It was after some talk by the Australian Government about efficiency at work. They seem to have invested a lot of money in technology to improve efficiency. Unfortunately, they do not seem to feel there is a need to invest in people more than machines.

Let me tell you, this breakfast meeting made me stressed. Unemployment is stressful for people and creating machines to do the jobs of human beings is going to have some negative consequences. I realized that the hope that less and less people will need help managing their feelings though therapy and coaching is disappearing.

I do not know if you know this but in Australia, the number of people who take “sick leave” (or as they call it, a “sicky”) is quite extreme. I have to admit that this really surprised me because as yet, I have never in my life missed work because of sickness.

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Published: June 10, 2014 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 5, 2015In: General, Opinion, Health / Wellbeing Tags: society, school, vacation, skills, technology, money, kids / children, emotional intelligence, stress / pressure, negative, health / wellbeing, action, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, emotions, change, education / learning, government, feeling

The Motivational Speaker

After two years of blogging on parenting and many years of working with parents, after 6 years of coaching and many years of turning kids into super powers, Ronit Baras is going on stage!

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Published: June 24, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: General, Education / Learning Tags: relationships / marriage, motivational speaker, community, communication, wealth, inspiration, public speaker, success, presentations, choice, cultural, language, diversity, change, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, motivation, practical parenting / parents

Happy Birthday to Family Matters (poll)

Two years ago, we launched the “Family Matters” website. Wow, when I look back, I realize so many things have happened since. Now, we have 438 posts (all original material from our own experience with our own kids), and lots and lots of comments. We are very proud and happy to be making a difference in so many families’ lives.

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Published: June 22, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, General Tags: family matters, kids / children, practical parenting / parents, community, poll

Global Free Hugs Day

The 19th of October (my birthday, how exciting) has been declared “Global Hugs Day”. Free huggers will be going out to streets around the world from 11am to 1pm local time, offering free hugs to all and spreading human warmth.

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Published: October 6, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 24, 2022In: Spirituality, General Tags: free hugs, spiritual, social, video, health / wellbeing, friends / friendship, inspiration, emotional intelligence

Queen’s Birthday in Australia

Wax figure of Queen Elizabeth

Today, everyone in Australia is celebrating Queen’s birthday.

I remember, when we first arrived here, we were very surprised at the holidays Australians have.

The birthday of the Queen, who is only officially the queen of Australia, but has no role in daily life here, is still a good reason for a public holiday.

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Published: June 9, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: May 26, 2020In: General Tags: holidays

Welcome to my new blog!

Hello and welcome to my new blog. I will share with you my experiences with my coaching clients (no names mentioned, of course), my family, my travels and my writing. I will let you know about new and upcoming things in the field of Personal Growth (or Personal Development), Relationships, Parenting, Education and just good old Happiness.

Come and visit this site for ideas and inspiration and register to be notified about my new posts.

See you again soon,
Ronit

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Published: June 21, 2007 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: July 29, 2019In: General

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