A Giggle for the Day - Laughter NEVER Gets Old!

B'SD

7 Tevet, 5775

Some readers of this blog are in their 50s and beyond. I hope that all of you will find this light-hearted look at the aging process worth watching.

Laugh at what ails you. Own it. 

Make your reality work for and with you, instead of fighting it.

Laughter never gets old.

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Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.

Face Your Future with Optimism.

Fight fear and frustration with humor.

Here's Help for Coping with Anorexia, Bulimia, & Poor Body Image!

B'SD

26 Tishrei 5770



If you want to help yourself or someone suffering Anorexia, Bulimia, and the Poor Body Image that usually goes with those eating disorders, watch this all on your own or with that suffering acquaintance:




It's a start on the road to better emotional and physical health.

If you want to find a competent mental health therapist to help that recovery along, seek out their contact information in the Global Resources section of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.


You're beautiful as you are. Artifice is not your reality, or anyone's.

Praying for your success,



Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Here's How to Talk Your Teens Out of Piercing Their Mouths

29 Sivan 5768

Dear Moms, Dads, & Everybody Else Trying to Talk Someone Out of Oral Piercings:

Sighing won't help and yelling already failed (even with curse words!). I suggest a change in tactics: Focus on BODY IMAGE!

Teens who pierce their mouths do it to look cool (kewl to some Gen Yers). But, ah, Mom and Dad, try turning the situation around when ask your child "How cool is it to make your teeth fall out?"

Yep, mouth piercings cause so much trauma in the mouth that teeth can end up falling right out. Open holes in the head never looked attractive, did they, Junior? They smell lousy, too.

And WOW does tooth loss HURT!!!

And, er, what about DYING from oral piercings? NOT the way you wanna end up, huh?

OKAY, now that you're progeny is listening up (even if he or she has arms folded and they're facing away from you), suggest that they read THIS ARTICLE. It's by a dentist who wrote about what he knows on the dangers of mouth/oral piercings (around the world) last year, in the American Dental Journal. Trust me, it's BAD news.

And you thought getting fillings or a root canal was nasty...

OOH!!! One more important thought:

End the conversation with hugs and words of love. Your child needs you, and the connection works better when parents and other loving people keep demonstrating love instead of anger or frustration.

You don't enjoy being forced to do anything, either, do you?

And you ALWAYS appreciate a loving gesture more than a bad attitude. Kids do, too.

UPDATE: Oral piercings can cause big tooth trouble

Read my book for more ideas on how to stay calm and effective when you feel like falling apart. Mental health experts recommend that you read It's My Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To: A Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Click on the correct links in the right-hand margin to buy your copies today.

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To your good health and that of your teens,

Yojeved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life.