What Would Be Your Idea of a Fun Day

•What is your PROBLEM There Must Be 50 Ways to
What is your PROBLEM? There Must Be 50 Ways to…   by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, cEQc, The EQ Coach™“What is your PROBLEM?” Have you ever gotten exasperated and asked someone that in “that” tone of voice?Mary: “I want to move near my grandchildren, but how on earth will I move myself up there alone?”You: “Just call a moving company. What is your PROBLEM?”Abby: “I hate being an entrepreneur, but you have no idea how hard it is to get back into a corporation with all the downsizing.You:...

•What Can My Article Be About
?   by Susan Dunn, Marketing Consultant, CoachSo you’ve caught on to how important it is to write articles on the Internet if you want to promote your services and products. And you know you should be writing them. But you, yourself, see articles you know no one’s going to pick up because they’re advertisements, or boring, or full of grammatical errors and typos. In other words, you’re seeing a lot of the same of thing, and you’re also seeing a lot of things you know aren’t print-worthy, and...

•The Immediacy of the Child s World
   by Susan Dunn, MA, Personal and Professional Development CoachI’ve written before about this quiz circling the Internet and the answers my six year old friend gave. One of the questions is “What would be your idea of a fun day?”What would you put for that? Something in the future? Certain requirements? A special place? Couldn’t happen without this person?The Little One’s response was “Today.”Just for your enjoyment, here are some more of her responses … life seen through the eyes of child....

•The Top Ten Things I Learned from My Garden
   by Susan Dunn, Coach1. Weed.Planting seeds means that at some point you're going to have to remove some of the plants so that other ones have the chance to grow and thrive. In the same way, you only have so much space in your life and you need to get rid of the tolerations so you can have the room and the nutrients and the self-care to thrive and grow. In the same way that you let the bigger, stronger plants stay, concentrate on your strengths and let them grow. 2. If you keep doing what...

•Surprising New Info about Children Allergies and Pets
by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical PsychologyHave you wondered whether to get your child a pet or not? Does your family have a history of allergies and have you been told by your pediatrician it’s not a good idea?There’s interesting news from the Medical College of George (MCG), evidence from a new study about children and pets published in the Journal of the American Medical Associatio that having pets may actually help with allergies.Dr. Dennis R. Ownby, chief of MCG’s Section of Allergy and...

•A Meaningful Activity for You Your Animal Companion
by Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach™Whether “you” means you-on-your-own, you and your partner, you and your friend, or you and the kids, the increasing understanding of the healing power of dogs (and other animal companions) offers a unique opportunity for an enriching activity.While I’ll use dogs here, other animal companions have participated in these Visiting and Therapy Programs, such as cats, guinea pigs, birds and rabbits.Known by various terms, taking your animal companion to a hospial,...

•Does It Matter What You Wear
Does It Matter What You Wear?   by Susan Dunn, MA, Personal and Professional Development CoachOf course it does! We want to be appropriately and comfortably dressed so it isn’t distracting. How can you court your honey when your shirt collar is choking you? your waistband is too tight? How can you represent your client if the judge doesn’t allow women lawyers to appear in court in pants? How can you enjoy touring the Turtle Farm on Barbados when it’s 95 degrees and you’ve got on polyester...

•Are You Using All Your Soul s Resources
?   by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, The EQ Coach“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we...

•An Excerpt from Midlife Dating Manual for Women
   by Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ CoachMUSTARD, MAYO, CUT THE PICKLESTrust radius, an EQ competency, suggests trusting someone until you have been proven wrong, but you don’t want to damage yourself in the process. Midlife dating has its perils, and if you’ve been out of the dating world for some time, you’ll need a refresher course. First of all, you have to know what you want, because, like the wall of pantyhose or cheeses you stare at in the supermarket, there are now 500 choices, where there...

•How to Write Email That Gets Opened
   by Susan Dunn, M.A.In some of these tips, I disagree with traditional advice, and I'll tell you why.1. Use a subject line that's descriptive. We are all deluged with email and wary of viruses. Help your reader out. Flag them as to subject matter.2. Don't use all capital letters. It's not because they're screaming, which is debatable by now, it's because it's much more work for your eyes to read words written in all caps. Psych 101. Use upper and lower case letters.3. Take a tip from a...