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Wind Down Wednesday - Give yourself a neck massage!

This tip comes from ehow.com. Especially if you work somewhere that involves a lot of time on a computer, a 5 minute neck massage can do wonders for your stress level. Step 1: Loosen up your neck before you give yourself a neck massage, slowly stretching it forward, backward and side-to-side. Step 2: Pour some massage oil into your hands and rub the oil between them to warm it (though you can give yourself a neck massage without it). Step 3: Flatten your right hand and mold it to the back of your neck. Your fingers should be facing toward your left side and wrapped around that side of your neck. Gently but firmly pull your hand to the right, down toward your chest, using your palm and fingers to apply pressure to the neck as you go. Then do the same with your left hand. Alternate each hand repeatedly in the same sweeping motion several times. Step 4: Make fists and use the fleshy side of them to gently but firmly pummel your neck. Start at the bottom where your neck meets your

New year, new outlook?

"Happiness is a form of courage." ~ Holbrook Jackson I know that I am a very strong person. Anyone that's ever met me can agree wholeheartedly. When you go through as much as I have in my relatively short life-span, you'd know there are only two ways to be; strong, or weak. I guess it's really that way in every situation. - When your parents arguing all the time and you are the oldest sibling, you have to be strong for them. When the arguing got really bad, I'd make sure my sister and I would have plenty of things to do in our room so we didn't have to be around our parents. - When they finally got divorced, I had to be strong for my mom and my sister, because most days my mother couldn't get out of bed. I'd help my 7 year old sister get ready for school, and do my best to make sure we had food to eat. - When I jumped from school to school because we never stayed in one place, I had to be strong in the face of ridicule for being the new kid.