LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE "ADVICE"
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This Column Has Been Discontinued for 2007
Looking Back this Holiday Season 12/26/06 As I write my final article for this year, I think back on all the trials, challenges, and triumphs I experienced this year. And after reviewing it all I realized… We made it through yet again!! ...............................William Martinez
Personal Hygiene, a Must or a Fuss? 11/06/06 Let me know if this has happened to you… you meet someone at a function, and the conversation goes really well...............................William Martinez
Dating Tips for the Connectively Challenged 09/27/06 All woman and men are not the same, so please keep that in mind before utilizing any dating “procedures” your friends may have for you..............................William Martinez
Keep In Mind The Meaning Behind The Change 09/12/06 I felt compelled to write about something I make sure to do every once in a while… re-evaluate any significant changes in my life, and solidify there purpose.............................William Martinez
Anger Management: how to cool your jets, fast! 08/28/06 We would all love to believe that everything is perfect and that we are always happy, but then we wouldn’t be living in the real world............................William Martinez
Eating Right… Key Factors to Remember 08/12/06 If you’re like me, you are constantly trying to balance your fast paced life with eating healthy and right...........................William Martinez
Staying Connected to Distant Relatives 08/03/06 Most recently, my brother and nieces moved away from us to North Carolina....….........................William Martinez
First Day On The Job Can Be Stressful!! 07/25/06 Ahhh… the complex working world, filled with hope, optimism, advancement, and stress!! Yes… Stress!...….........................William Martinez
Communicating With Your Spouse… 101 07/15/06 Just thought I would talk about how we can all improve our relationships with our significant other, and as usual, I like to give you things you can start to do right away!....….........................William Martinez
Beat Feelings of Depression to the Punch!!! 07/07/06 We all may, at one point or another, find ourselves in a little funk. Feeling depressed can be a draining emotion....….........................William Martinez
4 Biggest Reasons Our “Summer Body Plans” Never “Workout!” 06/27/06 I can’t tell you how many times I come across men and women complaining about how they are trying to lose weight, or get physically fit for the summer, and become disappointed with the results....….........................William Martinez
Taking It to the Next Level 06/14/06 Sometimes in our lives we get to a point where we feel like we have reached a plateau. We have gotten as far as we can go...….........................William Martinez
Fathers Day Is Coming, Are You Celebrating? 05/31/06 Fathers Day was a holiday created by Sonora Dodd, in honor of her father, William Smart (cool name, huh?)..….........................William Martinez
FEAR: Tips on conquering yours 05/24/06 All of us are afraid of something. Sometimes what we are afraid of prevents us from reaching certain levels of functionality in our lives, or dreams we want to achieve.….........................William Martinez
What If Your Time Was Limited Here On Earth? 05/11/06 What if you found out that you had only 3 months left to live? I recently saw a wonderful movie called “Last Holiday” with Queen Latifah, and it reminded me of one of the most powerful questions I use to stir up my clients….........................William Martinez
It's Time to Re-evaluate Your Priorities! 05/08/06 Have you had trouble focusing lately because you feel overwhelmed? A lot of times we tend to get overwhelmed in our day to day lives, which can cause us to lose focus, and be of track. This may be due to us taking on too much.........................William Martinez
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 04/18/06 There is no real art to “breaking up.” It is just a “not so nice” part of the dating process; trying different people on to see just how they fit........................William Martinez
Please, Pay Yourself First! 04/11/06 I have been getting some inquiries lately about how people can start to set themselves for early retirement or a comfy retirement.......................William Martinez
What’s It All Mean Anyway? 04/07/06 What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? After all, there must be a grand scheme to things… or is there?......................William Martinez
Set Yourself Up For Success 04/03/06 Are you finally ready to put a good foot forward and try to actually succeed at what you have been putting off for so long?......................William Martinez
Music Soothes the Savage Beast 03/29/06 Music is the bridge to your soul; Music has proven to improve a child’s ability to learn. Yes, we all have heard these explanations and facts about the power of music......................William Martinez
Practice Your Happiness 03/24/06 It’s human nature to focus on the negative as opposed to the positive. When we are upset, unhappy, and sad, we love to bask and mull over our depressive state, but how come we can’t do that when something good happens!......................William Martinez
Getting Organized: Your Spring Cleaning System 03/22/06 What a wonderful time of year… the roses will be in bloom, weather is warming up; it is as if the world is being reborn......................William Martinez
Don’t Let Your Sense of “Reality” Get In Your Way! 03/15/06 What are we talking about reality for? Well, whenever we are presented with a task, decision, challenge, or any situation, we tend to base how we will proceed on our perception of the situation.....................William Martinez
Looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right? 03/13/06 Ahh… the single scene. A love-hate predicament. Love the freedom and the right to pick and choose, although choosing is also a tricky process, like opening up a Crackerjack box; never know what you’re going to find!....................William Martinez
Good Spending Habits Are Important! 03/10/06 How many of us get trapped in buying coffee every morning on the way to work? Making an impulse purchase on the internet or at the mall? Buying fast food at least once a week despite having food at home?....................William Martinez
Time Management: Controlling Time 03/07/06 How many of us could use some great advice on how to develop great time management? OOH… MEMEMEME!!! How many of you feel that is never enough time in the day?....................William Martinez
A Poisonous Relationship 03/03/06 Are you one of those people who are trapped in a relationship that you can’t (for the life of you) figure out how you got into in the first place? Things started out well, you both were infatuated with each other, and spent ever waking moment together, finishing each others sentences, deeply in love....................William Martinez
Personalize It!! 02/24/06 Confucius say, “If you want to feel good about yourself, make others feel good about themselves,”. OK… maybe Confucius did not say that, but that does not mean it isn’t true!.....................William Martinez
Getting in Shape… Finally? 02/21/06 Here we are again, the inner conflict of deciding whether this is the year your going to get in shape. Yes, you know your body is a temple… and it needs to be worshiped, blah, blah,blah!! Forget all that, but do wrap your head around this......................William Martinez
Need to Escape? Here is a Suggestion.. 02/18/06 Change your environment! Get out of the house, your office, your car, your current surroundings. Find a place where you associate feeling energetic or alive, or just plain good, and spend a good hour there.......................William Martinez
Creating Your Nest Egg.... Where to Begin? 02/13/06 No longer are the days of huge companies handing out pensions in award of our tenure at the company, enabling us to retire at the ripe old age of 65 and not having to worry about money in our golden age. With baby boomers left to fend for themselves, with terms like 401k and IRA.......................William Martinez
The Lost Art of Compromise…02/10/06 A relationship with your spouse or significant other can be a wonderful experience. Yet somehow in this day and age, with divorce rates still so high, one can’t help but wonder if a relationship is worth having. The doom of relationships is partly due to the emergence of the “Individual Movement.”
.......................William Martinez
Everyone Needs a New Life… 02/08/06 There is a humanistic need called variety that we all crave once in a while. The problem is that most of the time, we don’t recognize those feelings of wanting something different, or wanting change, and may sometimes feel wrong for having those feelings at all.
.......................William Martinez
