12.16.06

Educating Men about Effective Communication with Women

Posted in Communication Skills at 5:41 am by Jenny

Educating Men about Effective Communication with Women Sometimes males experience painful emotions since they do not know what to do to resolve things. To improve on communication, men must learn to resist the urge to take the problem completely off a female counterpart’s shoulders. Don’t offer additional solutions. Because women talk about [...]

12.14.06

Big Fight in February

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:54 pm by Jenny

As I mentioned in an earlier post I'm now working with a group of world class boxers. Currently I'm working pretty intensely with Allan Luxford, who is the current Australian Lightweight, and Asia Pacific Super Featherweight title holder. He's a tough little fighter and finally get's his chance to step up level when he fights Gairy St. Clair in February in Sydney.

St Clair up until a few weeks ago held the World Featherweight Title. Originally from Guyana, he is now based in Sydney and trains under the legendary Johnny Lewis.

This will be a tough fight for Allan but I have no doubt he'll do himself proud.

 

12.13.06

How to Become a Better Listener Using 2 Steps

Posted in Communication Skills at 5:01 am by Jenny

How to Become a Better Listener Using 2 Steps Step 1: Learn to withstand distractions. In an ideal world, we could get rid of all physical and mental distractions. In the real world, however, this is not possible. Since we think so much faster than a speaker can talk, it’s easy to let [...]

12.11.06

Collaborative Problem Solving For Ending Social Conflict: A 6-Step Method

Posted in Communication Skills at 5:24 am by Jenny

Collaborative Problem Solving For Ending Social Conflict: A 6-Step Method When it comes to reaching an end to a social conflict by use of communication, skill in listening, assertion, and conflict resolution are required so as to use collaborative problem solving. In addition, you need to recognize a process that [...]

12.10.06

Major obesity surgery for children will be available on the NHS

Posted in Childhood Obesity at 11:45 pm by Jenny

I just came across this story. Can you believe they're even contemplating this?

Why not just teach the parents and children healthy lifestyle choices?

Read on: 

Obese children are to receive potentially life-threatening stomach surgery on the NHS under controversial new guidelines out next week.

Overweight teenagers as young as 14 are set to undergo major operations such as a gastric bypass, stapling and banding in a bid to curb Britain's obesity epidemic. Gastric bypass surgery is regarded as a safer form of stomach stapling, which bypasses part of the small intestine to reduce the capacity of the stomach.

In addition children under 12 will be offered anti-obesity drugs - despite the medication being licensed only for use in adults.

Experts proposing the guidelines say these "last resort" measures should be used only when children are so fat their health is endangered by heart disease, diabetes and other weight-related disorders.

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