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How to Measure Your Life

If you are like me and like many other people I know, you sometimes ask yourself just how successful you are. Birthdays and New Years are typical opportunities to do this, but there are many other soft moments, when we find ourselves sitting quietly and thinking, “How is my life going?”

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Published: October 22, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: beliefs, happiness, spirituality, positive attitude tips, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, focus, vision, projection, values, emotional intelligence, choice

How to Raise Food-Smart Kids

These days, when children’s eating habits have led to an increase in obesity, parents’ responsibility to raise food-smart children has increased too.

It is the quality or the nutrition in the food we give our kids, coupled with the teaching of good habits, that will determine our kids’ health as children and later as grownups.

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Published: October 21, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Health / Wellbeing, Parenting Tags: self confidence / self esteem / self worth, choice, health / wellbeing, practical parenting / parents, change, food, fat, overweight, lifestyle, family matters, obesity, diet, kids / children, how to

Decision Horizon

It is amazing to discover that more and more often, decisions we make are no longer long-term or life-long decision but very short-term ones.

My parents come from a generation in which they thought that when a decision was made, it was made for life. If we misbehaved, they thought we would misbehave our entire lives. When we did not want to learn (OK, when I did not want to learn), they thought we would hate learning forever. When we hung around certain friends, they were afraid we would be with those friends forever.

Not so for my kids.

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Published: October 3, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting Tags: generation gap, change, family planning, lifestyle, decision making, generation X, Generation Y, goals / goal setting, vision, values, choice

The Seatbelt is Your Friend

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When my daughter started driving, I was scared to death. Talking to her and many of her friends, I heard some awful reasons why they did not want to wear seatbelts. I was also shocked that those who wore seatbelts were doing it just to avoid a fine!

Highway signs where I live warn, “Wear a seatbelt of wear a fine”. This makes young people think that the police are out to get people who are not wearing seatbelts so that is the best reason to wear one. In a way, I believe the authorities are promoting negative thinking about seatbelts with their choice of advertisements.

Instead of teaching people it is important to take care of themselves and wearing a seatbelt can preserve their lives, they scare them into doing it to avoid punishment. But I think that’s the wrong motivation.

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Published: October 2, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 9, 2021In: Health / Wellbeing, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: beliefs, video, teens / teenagers, behavior / discipline, health / wellbeing, practical parenting / parents, choice, safety

Matters of Life and Death

Throughout my childhood, I often heard my parents talking about “making the right decisions”. I remember wondering many times, “What are the right decisions?” I remember the strongest feeling I had from what my parents thought about the right decisions was that decisions were always a matter of life and death.

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Published: September 22, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: failure, bullying, decision making, teens / teenagers, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, success, suicide, fear, choice

Health Allowance

Last month, I went to visit my family. My mom, who is over 65, was not feeling very well. In fact, she was feeling horrible. She had been diagnosed with Diabetes and had to check her blood every day. For the whole month we spent together, I understood exactly why she had been sick for so many years and why she suffered from so many serious medical symptoms. You see, my mom makes allowances for every little unhealthy thing she does.

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Published: September 1, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Family Matters, Health / Wellbeing Tags: persistence, focus, positive attitude tips, success, health / wellbeing, choice, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, goals / goal setting, beliefs, motivation, determination, lifestyle, family matters

Parenting for Tomorrow

Here is a typical scene in many homes these days: you come in the door, pass by the living room and see the TV on and one or two kids holding something in their hand, with a wire leading to just under the TV. They kids are totally absorbed in what is happening on the screen and ignore you completely, while pressing buttons and pushing little levers on the box in their hands.

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Published: August 20, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Parenting, Education / Learning, Opinion Tags: practical parenting / parents, choice, purpose, lifestyle, family matters, positive attitude tips, kids / children, behavior / discipline, focus, health / wellbeing, values, education / learning, emotional intelligence

Happiness Has No Address

Traveling is a great way to expend your internal world. In search of happiness, traveling is a good way to realize that happiness has no address. You only need to open your door and leave your comfort zone to find out you are carrying the whole world with you in your thoughts, your mindset and your actions.

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Published: August 15, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Personal Development, Life Coaching Tags: relationships / marriage, dreams, lifestyle, positive attitude tips, focus, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, choice, beliefs, travel, change, happiness, Life Coaching

The Two-Edged Swords of Modern Life

Modern life night scene

As parents, one of the things we always worry about is what kind of a world we will leave for our kids. No matter how many times we vote and realize we can only cast one vote in millions into the box, we somehow still feel it is our responsibility to make sure that when our kids grow up, the world will be safe, clean and pleasant for them. It’s OK, it’s natural.

So let’s explore some things parents do “for their kids” and let’s see what they have to sacrifice in the process. If you have any more examples, I invite you to post them in the comment box below.

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Published: July 16, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: July 31, 2020In: Family Matters, Relationships / Marriage, Opinion Tags: positive attitude tips, communication, practical parenting / parents, focus, choice, safety, security, motivation, relationships / marriage, lifestyle, privacy

Relax: Let Go of Your Glass

Woman in a sauna

People carry all sorts of “glasses”. Some are heavier than others, but over time, even the lightest ones create stress. If we want to live a happy life, we need to find ways to put them down, even for a short time or better.

To understand the need to let go or at least put down some of your glasses, look at kids. Sometimes, their hands are full and when you hand them something else, they become confused.

Grown ups are just like kids. Their hands are full with so many things to do, think and feel that they are afraid to let go of some of these and to clear their minds for new ones. Remember, you have only two hands.

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Published: July 15, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 19, 2021In: Emotional Intelligence, Health / Wellbeing Tags: choice, holidays, travel, motivation, relaxation, stress / pressure, health / wellbeing, emotional intelligence, meditation

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