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A Free Ticket to Better Health & Happiness

by Kim 06.30.2010 Feel Good
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If I told you that your life would be better and that you would be healthier and happier if you did something very specific for one hour each day, would you be curious to hear what that one thing is? It’s free and relatively easy to obtain… SLEEP. Getting just one more hour each night [...]

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Adultitis Relief Brief: Dream Makers

by Jason 06.11.2010 Adultitis Relief Brief
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Chasing after a dream requires a lot of passion, preparation, and persistence. But there’s one other “p” word that might be even more important. This episode outlines a crucial strategy you need to be aware of if you want to see your dreams come true. iPod Version (4.2 MB)

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5 Musts for a Meaningful Marriage

by Kim 05.27.2010 Life Balance
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The other day I received a nice email from a woman who shared, “I was at the conference in Milwaukee last week and really enjoyed your message — thank you! Very positive and I just left thinking…wow, they must have a really fun marriage.” What a nice thing to say and very timely, since we [...]

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Top 13 Inspiring Movies

by Kim 04.29.2010 Tips & Inspiration
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I’m a sucker for movies that challenge me to be a better person, ones that help me remember to live each moment to the fullest. If you’re going to spend two hours of your life doing something, you might as well walk away fired up about living a richer life. Here are my top 13 [...]

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9 Ways to Celebrate the Child Within

by Kim 04.14.2010 Play
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This week is officially the “Week of the Young Child” and today is Celebrate Children Day in Wisconsin. Boy, this is right up our alley. In celebration of all of the fabulously inspiring shorties out there, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that you don’t have to HAVE kids or WORK with kids in [...]

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A New (Really Old) Way to Create Calm In Your World

by Jason 03.28.2010 Family Time
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The idea of taking one day a week as reprieve from the hectic pace of modern life may seem pretty revolutionary, but it is actually as old as human history. It even has a name, albeit an old-fashioned and highfalutin sounding one: Sabbath.

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20 Signs That You’re Living Life to the Fullest

by Kim 03.12.2010 Live Passionately
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Are you living life to the fullest? If you had to name one person in your life who lives their life to the fullest, who would it be? Did anyone immediately pop into your mind? Now, be honest… did you name yourself? I hope so. But if not, why not? It’s never too late to [...]

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How To Stay Sane in A Fast-Paced World

by Jason 02.16.2010 Kim & Jason News
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We call people who get our weekly email newsletter Kim & Jason Insiders. Because not only are they the most prominent people in Kim & Jason Nation, but because they get the behind-the-scenes stuff and extra goodies no one else gets. The inside scoop, if you will. Every weekly issue features an extra bit of [...]

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9 Decisions You Can Make With a Rock, Paper, and Scissors

by Kim 02.04.2010 Play
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Remember the childhood game that settled every argument? No, not thumb wrestling (or even arm wrestling, for that matter.) I’m referring to “rock-paper-scissors.” Sure, it’s fun to flip a coin or draw straws, but nothing says childhood like this favorite classic. If you don’t know that rock beats scissors, then you might need to reconnect [...]

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Tame Adultitis by Tackling Life’s Little Annoyances

by Kim 01.28.2010 Adultitis
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Jason and I often get asked the question, “How does a person contract Adultitis?” Well, there are the obvious ways we all dread: the major u-turns in life that you can’t avoid, like when someone hits your car or when you’re up all night with a sick kid. Adultitis is also severely contagious, so if [...]

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What Grocery Shopping Can Teach You About Life Balance

by Kim 01.21.2010 Life Balance
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ShareI am the worst grocery shopper — ever. I’ve found that many of the reasons I was able to teach kindergarten effectively all fly in the face of being a good grocery shopper. Being easily distracted with a short attention span and the endless aisles of marketing mayhem do not serve me well. It’s a [...]

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6 Ways to Avoid the New Year’s Blues

by Kim 01.06.2010 Feel Good
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ShareDo you ever get the blues this time of year? I sure do, and I have a feeling I’m not the only one. On January 1st, you start the year with a natural high associated with a new beginning. A restart. Whew. Finally, permission is granted to try again. Thanks New Year, I needed that!… [...]

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