• How Dr. David Hunnicutt, President of WELCOA, left me speechless. (Or, why I wrote a book about Stress.)

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    I first met David Hunnicutt, the President of WELCOA at the American Journal of Health Promotion Conference in Hilton Head South Carolina. Dr. Hunnicutt was giving the keynote address and I was really impressed by it. I happened to bump into him the next day, and I introduced myself, told him a little about what I did, and I told him how much I liked his speech. A year later when I ran into him again at another conference, he surprised me by saying that he remembered meeting me the year before and that he planned on stopping by my booth the next day.

  • Are You Stress Sensitive?

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    Do you ever wonder if stress affects you more than the average person? Are you easily annoyed or frustrated by minor inconveniences?

  • Tend and Befriend Meets Fight or Flight

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    When I was growing up my parents constantly stressed the importance of going to college. That idea was pretty much drilled into my head from the day I started kindergarten. "You're not going to get into a good college with grades like that, Jimmy!" My mother would always say, even on some of my earliest report cards. So you can imagine the stress I put them under when, approximately eleven years later, it looked like I wasn't even going to graduate from high school.

  • Ten Tips for Stress Free Travel

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog Ten Tips for Stress Free Travel Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Friday , July 1st , 2011 Tweet Last summer , my niece invited us to her wedding in the tiny town of Bradninch , England which is about three hours south of London in the county of Devon . I decided to turn this wedding invitation into an epic 17-day family vacation with stops in Rome , Florence , Venice , Paris , London and of course , Bradninch . It was an amazing vacation , but a real logistical challenge which included one 12-hour period where we woke up in a Paris hotel , took a high-speed train that morning from Paris to London , met up with my 21 year old son

  • How To Use Your Whole Brain: Redefining The Notion Of Who YOU Are

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    I learned something very interesting about the difference between my conscious mind and my unconscious mind while taking my 16-year old daughter to her first driver's education class. In order to sign her in and pay for the course, I needed to show her learner's permit, which my daughter had handed me moments before. When I saw her a few minutes later, naturally she asked for it back. I looked in my pockets and then in my wallet and it wasn't there. I asked the person at the registration desk and she didn't have it either.

  • Yoga and Chronic Pain

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    When I miss yoga for more than a week, a long running bout with chronic pain (which may have to do with an old case of Lyme disease) rears its ugly head. When this chronic pain first hits me I feel a low level ache that runs up and down the backs of my legs. Sometimes, if I let things go long enough, it radiates out into other areas of my body, like my hips. It's hard to describe exactly, except to say, that if I bend down with my legs straight and try to touch my toes the pain is often excruciating.

  • Stress, Multitasking and Attention Span

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    I've never been a fan of multitasking from a stress management perspective and as the result of reading an interesting article in Scientific American Mind Magazine on multitasking a few weeks ago, I've decided that my feeling about multitasking have been confirmed. "Effective multitasking is a myth. So, too, is the idea that members of the 'multitasking generation,' who grew up with video games, smart phones and e-readers, can somehow concentrate on several things at once. In fact, research indicates that frequent multitaskers are often the worst at it."

  • You Teach What You Most Need To Learn

    Updated: 2012-09-30 14:25:56
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog You Teach What You Most Need To Learn Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Monday , June 18th , 2012 Tweet When I first got into the stress management business over twenty five years ago , I was stress sensitive see my previous blog entitled : Are You Stress Sensitive and I didn't even know it . Over the first ten years in this business I would occasionally suffer from stress-related health problems and not even fully appreciate the irony , or even care . And that's one of the enduring mysteries of stress : why we don't always see how stress affects us Why we don't see how grumpy we've become , or how easily upset we've become , or

  • Mrs. Mullet’s Baked Chicken Breast Recipe

    Updated: 2012-09-29 10:53:01
    The hidden causes of TMJ, aka Mrs. Mullet’s Baked Chicken Breast Recipe It was 7 o’clock. Dinner had been over for half an hour. The dishes had been cleared, leftovers had been put away. The table had been wiped down. There was talk of pajamas, tooth brushing, and bedtime stories. I looked over at my [...]The post Mrs. Mullet’s Baked Chicken Breast Recipe appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Food Suicide

    Updated: 2012-09-28 15:10:28
    Can you really kill yourself with food? An investigation. Often times on shows like The Biggest Loser, people are told that they are “killing themselves with food.” I always scoff when I hear that. I mean, honestly, if you really want to kill yourself are you going to use a gun or bacon? Me, personally, [...]The post Food Suicide appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Photobomb

    Updated: 2012-09-28 08:00:00
    An otherwise normal photo that has been ruined or spoiled by someone who was not supposed to be in the photograph. The most common photobomb is someone in the background making a face.

  • A Quick Note About Process Improvement Versus Process Obliteration

    Updated: 2012-09-28 05:21:00
    Internal Auditor Login A Quick Note About Process Improvement Versus Process Obliteration A reminder . nbsp No one really has time on a Friday . nbsp We are all striving for one thing get through the day and get to the weekend . nbsp Accordingly , I'm now devoting Fridays to quick hits 200 words or . less Last week I spoke with someone looking for process improvement tools . nbsp He was talking six sigma , he was talking RACI , he was talking process mapping , he was talking black and green and white and paisley . belts Afterwards , discussing the conversation with a co-worker , we realized this person was completely off base . nbsp He was trying to redesign a bunch of antiquated processes . nbsp He kept talking about process improvement when he needed seismic . change In a situation where

  • My Drunk Kitchen – Natalie Wall

    Updated: 2012-09-28 01:44:44
    Want to be philosophical, schwasted, and corny as hell while violating a (dead) chicken with a beer can? Yeah, I didn’t think so. I’m pretty sure tampering with a dead animal carcass is illegal in most states. So why not live vicariously through Hannah via “My Drunk Kitchen” and watch her drunkenly stumble (with her [...]The post My Drunk Kitchen – Natalie Wall appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Where Do All the Unused Meds Go?

    Updated: 2012-09-28 01:30:24
    I love to fish. The problem is sometimes you never know what you’re going to catch!  True story: One time my son caught a huge 5 pound skateboard!  No that’s not a type of fish. It was a real skateboard that must of rolled off the dock.  He snared it, I cleaned it up and [...]

  • Saginaw Supporter says – SHAME ON YOU – I say SHAME Is The Loss of Life Needlessly – RIP Milton Hill

    Updated: 2012-09-27 19:35:58
    I got a comment recently from a “Saginaw Supporter” referring to the Michigan town of Saginaw. The police department made world-wide news a few weeks back when the shooting death of Mr. Milton Hill was captured on video and posted on Youtube. This video was shown on T.V. while I was watching the news. While [...]

  • My Top 6 Cooking Disasters and Why None of Them are My Fault

    Updated: 2012-09-26 14:13:35
    In the kitchen, I’m useless, and always have been. Every attempt I’ve ever made at cooking has been a nightmare. There have been many disasters along the way, but here are the top 5 standouts.   Pepperoni and Cardboard Pizza What happened: Did you know that you’re not actually supposed to bake a frozen pizza [...]The post My Top 6 Cooking Disasters and Why None of Them are My Fault appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Talk Like an Auditor

    Updated: 2012-09-26 05:46:00
    Internal Auditor Login Talk Like an Auditor One week ago , the globe celebrated one of the most important annual events of our times International Talk Like a Pirate Day For those who are unaware , this is an idea that went viral back in 2002 when Dave Barry mentioned the activities of a small group of pirate talkers . nbsp From that humble beginning was brought forth the international phenomenon of spending one day going Avast and Ahoy and Ayyy , matey and Shiver me timbers and talking rum and parrots and dead men's' chests while sounding like there is a hunk of sea water stuck in your throat . nbsp Which leads to my suggestion it is time for auditors to coopt the concept . nbsp We want to increase the profession's global visibility What better way than International Talk Like an Auditor

  • Memoirs of My America – The Power of The Bean

    Updated: 2012-09-25 12:34:11
    I always knew what I had. Coffee, Ahhh, from that first palate burning sip. The perfect drink. Black gold. Brings you up, yet calms you down. Like a good Colombian family, our day began with a silver pot percolating. In fact, I received my own first percolator at age three; my Spanish grandmother would fill [...]The post Memoirs of My America – The Power of The Bean appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Sometimes Even Disney Doesn't Get it Right

    Updated: 2012-09-24 06:27:00
    Internal Auditor Login Sometimes Even Disney Doesn't Get it Right Attention all Disney fans I've got a question for you . nbsp How many of you have had the chance to visit the new Cars Land at Disneyland Well , actually , to be picky , Disney California Adventure but , you get the gist of the question . Have you seen this amazing addition Have you ridden the new rides Is there anyone who has visited who doesn't believe the experience of visiting Radiator Springs doesn't harken back to the magical experience we all remember from our first visit to a Disney park Wait . nbsp You haven't been You don't know what I'm talking about Well , here's the story . nbsp Back in 2001, Disneyland added a second gate , a park called Disney's California Adventure . nbsp It had a couple of hits , but was a

  • OMG I was Caught Cheating…

    Updated: 2012-09-23 04:59:06
    On my Diet!   Yes, it’s a weight-loss cartoon. Title: The pizza shop called wanting to know if they can close now *********************** Friend me on Facebook @chato B Stewart. ——————————————— Subscribe to my Newsletter —————- View previous Newsletters. Originally Posted on http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor YOU need permission use ©2011 ******************************************** Mental Health Humor Cartoons DBSA   Chato [...]

  • Rapists, Please Wrap it Up…

    Updated: 2012-09-22 03:22:04
    I’ve been getting increasingly antsy about the issue of Women’s Reproductive Rights lately.  I’m in no way a political comedian, but I was feeling so fed up about this one issue that I felt I couldn’t not touch on it either with my stand up or a video.  Here in the comedy community we’ve had [...]The post Rapists, Please Wrap it Up… appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Mental Health Feelings Are Like a Cross Word Puzzle

    Updated: 2012-09-19 16:59:07
    Printable Image link: Mental Health Feelings Cross Word Puzzle When was the last time you remember feeling “a deep satisfaction or fulfillment”?  I’m talking about a feeling of RAPTURE, not the feeling of euphoric mania associated with bipolar or mental illness. No, when was the last time you just had a good day filled with PEACE, or  “Quietude, [...]

  • Across the Audit Universe

    Updated: 2012-09-19 04:56:00
    Internal Auditor Login Across the Audit Universe Many of us are in the midst of planning for 2013. And it is also a time when many are refreshing their audit universes . nbsp In honor of this time of year , WIIA brings you a classic hit from the . 60's Words are flowing out like endless rain onto an empty . page They blather wildly as they work into my audit . universe Pools of questions , waves of facts are drifting past my open mind Suggesting and impressing . me Why go through pain now , hmmm Something here might change my . plan Something here might change my . plan Something here might change my . plan Something here might change my . plan Images of poor controls which dance before me like a million findings Call me to the risks within my . universe Thoughts meander like a restless

  • Héléne Bouffant, World-renowned Fashion Stylist – The Top 6 Trends for Fall 2012

    Updated: 2012-09-19 01:44:56
    I am Héléne Bouffant, world-renowned fashion stylist. Welcome to my column on FNS. Most likely, you have not heard my name before. That is because I – like Voldemort – am She-Who-Cannot-Be-Named in the fashion community. It is whispered that if you say my name three times, I shall magically appear and offer you a pair [...]The post Héléne Bouffant, World-renowned Fashion Stylist – The Top 6 Trends for Fall 2012 appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Lena Dunham, I love you – Slutty but Funny

    Updated: 2012-09-17 01:01:59
    Lena Dunham, I love you. (For those of you who don’t know who Lena Dunham is, she is a genius that at the mere age of 26 has written, produced, acted AND directed the critically acclaimed HBO series “Girls.” And if you really didn’t know who Lena was, I’m going to stop typing now, and [...]The post Lena Dunham, I love you – Slutty but Funny appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • How You Handle Rejection Says a Lot About Your Mental State

    Updated: 2012-09-15 18:05:23
    Styrofoam: The Doctor Says I’m not a NUT!  He told me my moods are psychosomatic projections of my situational mis-beliefs. Title: Styrofoam Behavioral Health We don’t like it, but it’s a fact of life: REJECTION!  It could be as simple as my rejection letter below or as complicated as one person rejecting another in a [...]

  • “Live” Radio Interview for New York City Radio Station

    Updated: 2012-09-14 05:51:12
    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/middayconversations/2012/09/12/author-connie-wilson-on-conversations-live Check out this “live” interview about “The Color of Evil” done by Cyrus A Webb of Brooklyn on September 12, 2012. John Saul was “up” as a guest, and Joan Collins’ sister, Jacqueline Susann, and a famous model, so I obviously must have been mistaken for someone else.

  • ALMA Award (American Literary Merit Award) Arrived Today

    Updated: 2012-09-12 08:12:45
    Dear Connie Corcoran Wilson, Congratulations! Your story “Confessions of an Apotemnophile” has been recognized by American Literary Merit Award and awarded an ALMA! American Literary Merit Award’s mission is to recognize talented short story authors and promote the short story genre. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Attached is your digital ALMA medal. [...]

  • 911 Remember – HOPE – Heal

    Updated: 2012-09-11 15:28:31
    I cannot  help but pause today and think about the South Tower of the WORLD TRADE CENTER. It was one Woman’s face which they focused on at a top floor of the South Tower. During the commentary on the news…With new technology many news stations used a powerful zoom lens and focused on her terrified [...]

  • Back From Paradise

    Updated: 2012-09-11 00:27:07
    I spent a week in Honolulu, Hawaii, presenting at the Spellbinders Conference held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. I’m including some candid shots of the gorgeous surroundings, and the remarks made by 1992 Pulitzer-prize-winning Jane Smiley (“1,000 Acres”) and a quintet of Hollywood screenwriters who spoke of their work on such films as “Golden Eye” [...]

  • DEATH is the Family

    Updated: 2012-09-11 00:17:26
    As a person living with a serious mental disorder, you HAVE to learn to laugh and to find humor in some serious subjects in order to cope.  “It’s better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.” ― Michael Crichton (1942-2008).   Michael Crichton knows about fear scaring the dino-doo out of us with [...]

  • If I Had Only Known What I Know Now

    Updated: 2012-09-10 11:31:13
    Internal Auditor Login If I had Only Known What I Know Now A while ago , the following question came up in a LinkedIn discussion group . nbsp What do you know now that you wish you would have known when you were graduating from college Most of the group responded with answers such as learning oral and written communication , understanding the other person's perspective , thinking beyond the text , showing initiative , taking calculated risks , . etc Following is my . response First , I wish I had known I was going to live this long so I would have taken better care of . myself Okay , on to some real answers . nbsp Some things I picked up that aren't necessarily profound , but make it all . easier 1 No matter who you are walking past in the building , look them in the eye and say hello .

  • It Was Twenty Years Ago Today - Part Four

    Updated: 2012-09-07 17:30:26
    Internal Auditor Login It Was Twenty Years Ago Today Part Four And so , we come to the end of our voyage . nbsp Over the last three days we have been going through an issue of The Internal Auditor from August 1987 to determine how much the profession has changed and how much it has stayed the same over that time . nbsp We've looked at advertising columns and articles Now , there is a final article I want to review an article by Ronald L . Bell , the 1987 Chairman of the Board of the IIA . nbsp As Chairs have done throughout the IIA's history , Mr . Bell uses his article titled Auditor's Influence on Management to lay out his goals for the : year Advancing the stature and prestige of the . profession Strengthening educational programs and products to meet our new . challenges Making quality

  • September 11th … what will you be doing?

    Updated: 2012-09-07 12:39:13
    A year ago I blogged (9-11) about meeting up with an old friend who lost her husband in the 9-1-1 tragedy. To recap our brief conversation, she mentioned how her dream was to get everyone to acknowledge the ‘day’ by doing a random act of kindness. She envisioned it as a global way to honour the [...]

  • Sexy Bodies in Motion

    Updated: 2012-09-07 04:22:38
    DBSA Positive 6 Cartoons enter into its 5th month for the “Bodies in Motion Challenge.”  As you may recall, I’ve had the honor and privilege of being the cartoonist for the 6 months of challenges. Each month, I’ve enjoyed drawing the  DBSA Positive 6 cartoon via my Family Stew series.  If you followed along, you [...]

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    Updated: 2012-09-06 16:17:00
    Another funny motivational speakers travel story for my friends. http://motivational-speakers-review.com/2012/09/06/humor/oh-no-he-didnt  

  • It Was Twenty Years Ago Today - Part Three

    Updated: 2012-09-06 08:00:08
    Internal Auditor Login It Was Twenty Years Ago Today Part Three For the last two days we've been reviewing an issue of The Internal Auditor fromAugust 1987 with the intent of determining how much things have changed in internal auditing over the last 25 years , as well as how much they've stayed the same . nbsp In the first two posts we discussed the advertising a recurring column , and one of the articles The discussions wound up primarily focusing on the impact of computers on the business and internal audit . nbsp So , it's time to move on to other things by looking at three more articles . nbsp First is one titled Practical Audit-risk Analysis . rdquo Face it this is a title that any of us could imagine seeing in today's magazine . nbsp And one we would look forward to reading . nbsp

  • It Was Twenty Years Ago Today - Part Two

    Updated: 2012-09-05 05:15:00
    Internal Auditor Login It Was Twenty Years Ago Today Part Two This is part two of an exploration into Internal Audit's . past Yesterday we began looking through an issue of The Internal Auditor from August 1987. The idea was to see how much things have changed in our profession and how much things have stayed the same . nbsp Today , let's start looking at some of the actual . articles Since yesterday's post seemed to include a lot of stuff about computers , let's continue in the same vein . nbsp Because , in spite of what I had thought might be the case , there was a whole lot more going on with computers back then than I imagined . nbsp One of the first computer-oriented entries is a regular column titled Automated Auditing It would be real easy to start out by poking fun at this title

  • Economy Set to Improve Regardless of Who is President, Says Aug., 2012, “Esquire”

    Updated: 2012-09-05 01:54:38
    I’d like to give full credit to the August issue of “Esquire” magazine with Jeremy Renner on the cover for these words about our economy and what we can expect post November, 2012. The original article appeared on page 44, with the title “But, Soft! What Light Through Yonder Widow Breaks!” The basic contention is [...]

  • Legendary Comic Shelley Berman & Wife of 65 Years Still Going Strong

    Updated: 2012-09-04 09:54:40
    As I was working on updating all of you readers (all 2 of you) on the comings and goings of the first Spellbinders Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, and mourning the fact that I did not see Shelley Berman when he visited the lounge last night (although everyone else apparently did), who should stop, this afternoon, [...]

  • It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

    Updated: 2012-09-04 05:14:00
    Internal Auditor Login It Was Twenty Years Ago Today Okay , maybe more like twenty-nine years ago last month that's how long I've been in Internal Audit . nbsp I can only guess that it was because of that experience someone recently asked me to reflect on the differences that have occurred within internal audit over those almost thirty years . nbsp My mental faculties have not deteriorated to such a point where I am unable to conjure up a memory or two from that long ago era , so it was a relatively easy task . nbsp Some of the differences are obvious . nbsp Back in the early 80's we knew about computers , but we were only beginning to understand how they would fundamentally affect the way businesses got things done . nbsp And we were getting some of the first inklings of how computers

  • Labor Day in Hawaii at the Spellbinders 2012 Conference

    Updated: 2012-09-04 01:38:03
    A brunch was held for participants at the Spellbinders’ Conference this morning. Co-organizer James Strauss was the keynote speaker and James is always good. Although I try to make it a rule to “be the change I want to see,” and the change I want to see is starting things no earlier than 10 a.m., [...]

  • Teachers To Blame For Kids Hating School?

    Updated: 2012-09-03 18:20:39
    Teachers to blame for kids hating schools? I don’t think so. I have been hearing a lot of children talking about how much they are dreading the start of school – how they hate school because it’s boring and not fun. And I hear others blame the teachers for that. Sure, there are probably boring teachers ...

  • Moodivational Moment #5: Dare to Laugh Out Loud

    Updated: 2012-09-03 12:59:43
    Ok so I talk a bit fast in this one … next week I promise … “I      wiiiiiill              sloooooooowwww         dooooooown.” Moodivational Moment #5: Dare to Laugh Out Loud

  • 2012 Spellbinders’ Conference in Hawaii Winding Down: Jane Smiley Speaks

    Updated: 2012-09-03 11:11:07
    If you grew up in Iowa, as I did, or attended either the University of Iowa (Iowa City), as I did, or Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa), you probably remember when Iowa City graduate Jane Smiley, author of “1,000 Acres” won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.  She followed up that tragic retelling of the [...]

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