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How Happiness Grows Your Business

I’m presenting at eWomen Network in Geneva, IL on April 18. You can attend without being a member at member rate as my guest. Contact Beth directly to sign up. eWomenNetwork “Accelerated Networking” Event Wednesday, April 18 at Villa Verone, Geneva, IL How Happiness Grows Your Business Former IRS Agent, Kelly Epperson, is now an [...]

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How Happiness Changes Your DNA!

Have you noticed how some people live their lives in “cancer prevention” mode? They attempt to eat well, exercise, and do certain things with the mindset of warding off cancer. It’s like they assume it’s out there waiting to pounce and they must kept it at bay. Why not eat healthy, get proper rest, and [...]

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Spring in the closet?

Written by Kelly Epperson I just read a lively article about spring, gardening, and bright colors. The author wrote in poetic prose her love of the surprise of brilliant hues that appear as spring shakes off winter, sometimes seemingly overnight. The writer concluded her ode to spring by stating she was donning her brightest clothes [...]

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Happiness is a drug and I’m a dealer

Well, yeah, sorta. I teach happiness and how to get yourself there. You can go from feeling yucky to feeling yummy. No drugs required. Anybody can get happier. The first step is to decide you want to. That sounds silly perhaps. Wouldn’t we all want to feel happier? You would think that, but many people [...]

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Wild citylife

Watching turkeys, woodchuck, and chipmunks play in my yard. One would think we live in a rural area. Nope.

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Happy or Hippie?

If it feels good, do it. If it brings you joy, do it. Life can be that simple. People think society would run amuck if we followed that rationale. Not so. If we tap into our inner voice, our IV, it is the voice of our higher self, our wise self. It’s going to guide [...]

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One Way to Break the Cycle of a Bad Day

When the challenges of life get us going, we can take back the reins of our day and say, “Whoa!” We can put the brakes on our bad mood and we can stop ourselves before we go nuts and punch our computer. Rarely are my frustrations with people. It is the tech stuff that gets [...]

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Left Handed Snails Have Advantage

Written by Kelly Epperson I recently uncovered a folder in my computer with “story ideas” dating back several years. If a headline grabbed me, I’d put it here for future column fodder. Obviously I never run out of ideas to write about because I forgot I had this stuff. The links are all inactive now, [...]

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Do We Have the Power to Make Ourselves Feel Better?

A passage from Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now, states something about holding on to the false belief that the past is more powerful than the present. Ponder that. How many of us let ourselves get trapped playing the “victim” to our past? I realize some folks had pretty crappy pasts. I get it. [...]

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Leap Day is a bonus day – make the most of it

  Written by Kelly Epperson I may not understand time, the Gregorian calendar, or how planets rotate around the sun. All I know is that we get an extra day this month. A bonus 24 hours called February 29. Do something fun with this day we call Leap Day. Call in to work and explain [...]

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