Sunday, 18 November 2012
AI Solutions: It's no secret that some food makes us feel ha...
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It's no secret that some food makes us feel ha...: It's no secret that some food makes us feel happier than others, after all if food didn't tick some boxes there would be no need for ...
It's no secret that some food makes us feel happier than others, after all if food didn't tick some boxes there would be no need for the term comfort food. Food a necessary comodity has evolved in a society that has more money into more choice. The latest invention, happy crisps containing St. John's wort, a known natural treatment for depression, but other foods do carry your happy endorphins up a level.
Chocolate, now good news for those with a sweet tooth, how many times have you heard that chocolate is as good as sex, well that's the happy trigger that chocolate and sex bring. On a scale of 5, you'll be pleased to know chocolate scores top at 5.
Strawberries, slightly healthier option, nice sweet fresh strawberries comes in at 4 out of 5, so pretty good too.
Ice-cream, conjures up pictures of a tub and a spoon and a cosy night in, picture Bridget Jones and comfort food, it does of course contain milk and vitamins, so not so mega unhealthy and also scroes 4 out of 5.
Bananas, a nice healthy option too, mashed bananas to release all the goodness and make them easier to digest, was often used as a comfort food and for convalesence during war time. Scores a good 3 out of 5.
Of course for foodies like me the whole lot in a bowl together sound extra yummy, which one is your comfort food, or would you like to know how your favourite scores?
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Financial Health
How healthy are your finances? Whether you are the owner of a business or an employee, financial health needs an overhaul regularly, but where to start. A large corporation may have a board of advisors, but do they have your best interests at heart or are they set in their ways.
The UK has a triple dip recession, the Eurozone is in recession, so World finances are taking a hit, can your business survive yet another slowing of the economy and the general public and retailers holding back with spending.
Small businesses have a lesser chance of survival in these climates, mainly because strategy is wrong for financing and growth, over ambition or a poor business plan. You don't have to lose sleep over the future of your businesss, help is available and future growth is possible even in the current economic climate.
Executive coaching has a proven record, but if you have never trusted someone to help or do not believe anyone can help then the chances are you have not considered a coach.
http://www.aicoachingsolutions.com/financial-world-453.html
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
How do your sleep?
How did you feel when you went to bed last night? Exhausted and fell straight to sleep, restless, or did you feel tired but took a while for sleep to take you. We all have different sleep patterns, yet sleep is a necessary comodity, without it we cannot function. More sleep problems arise at this time of year, it can be due to stress with the expense of Christmas, it can be down to the the change in seasons with night time drawing in, with less sunshine we actually feel a little depressed, our d=body likes daylight and sunshine, which is why holidays in a hot destination are such a boost.
So can you change your sleep pattern? Do you want to? The first step is to look at how you feel at bed time.
1. Do you go to bed because you are tired?
2. Do you go to bed because it is bed time regardless of how you feel?
3. Is your bedroom hot?
4. Is your bedroom cold?
5. Do you watch tv in bed?
6. Do you shower or bath before bed?
7. Do you take a hot drink to bed?
8. Do you like your bedroom?
Answer these questions and then come back to see what is next.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
NHS Wards
So how has the ward system changed since I was a child? As a 5 year old in the 70's I was admitted to have my tonsils removed, a pristine ward, no parents during the day and the children stayed in their beds, we just chatted amongst ourselves. The nurses were scary, but at night a nurse sat at a desk on the ward to watch over us, holding us when we were sick and getting drinks. It was very different to now, but we never felt abandoned, it was just expected.
Fast forward to now, and my experience of the NHS, one thing that has changed significantly is the amount of staff, it is minimal. No doctors on the ward, except a student doctor waiting in the wings during office hours, is this what I pay for? As for the food, well, it was cold and greasy, and certainly not appetising. When you are in that environment to be tempted to eat surely has to be a priority, instead it did not represent the description. Each evening food ordering for the next day took place, so if you have just had an operation then you have no appetite, but 24 hours later are a little hungrier. They were willing to supply sandwiches if you were very hungry, but they were short on filling and the bread was dry.
I spent two days in a high dependency room opposite the nurses station, but you are moved on quickly, so I was transfered to another part of the ward, opposite an eldery lady with Alzheimers, who was constantly on the move, rumaging through peoples belongings, talking, crying and begging to go home. Surprising sprightly she had a few moments of total normality and it was hard not to feel sorry for her, but, when you have been told you have cancer and are recovering from a major op, it is almost unbearable from a coping point of view. It also meant that the staff just constantly guided her back to bed and gave her a picture to colour, but she didn't understand. A doctor arrived to see her and she started to cry and told him to leave her alone, the doctor shouted at her and told her she couldn't talk to him like that but to just get on with it on her own. I was absolutely shocked by the inhumanity of it, and it made me fearful of the future for us all as we get older. That night a nurse arrived, paid for by the tax payer to sit there all night to prevent her from escaping, but the constant crying and arguing left me with no option but to ask to be moved I wasn't strong enough mentally or physically to cope.
It was unfortunate, for want of a better word, that the staff left us waiting for hours when medication was due, to the point where one of the ladies waited threehours past the due time for pain relief, she ended up calling a friend to come to the hospital to go to the nurses station to get help, ridiculous.
So I was shifted to the part of the ward where nobody goes, with four beds, two were occupied by two very nice elderly ladies. Unfortunately ringing for help was wasted, at one point we all had pressed our buzzers, nurse turns up tells us she will be back in a moment, never to be seen again, bearing in mind that we are all post surgery and unable to do very much. However at that point I didn't know this was Stacey's party trick.
It can be quite demeaning waiting for someone to come and bathe you, especially for me, an independent, working woman, who is just used to doing things herself, so when the poor lady in one of the other beds is helped into a chair with a bowl of water I wondered how I would cope when I get older, hopefully I won't be left as she was, with no clothes for an hour, freezing cold and unable to move, because Stacey 'forgot'.
Can the NHS survive? Well NHS or private it seems there is little to choose when you need an operation of any scale accompanied by after care, the adage you get what you pay for isn't true, I've paid a lot in my lifetime to date and never needed the NHS to come to my aid until now, what did I get for my contribution to our society? The treatment I wouldn't wish on anyone. The ward needs someone in charge, who is not a friend or confidante or gossip, but is medically trained, to make a decision when needed. The whole system needs money, lots of it, running a hospital with it's own budget was a stupid idea, because it encourages corner cutting, do we really want our lives gambled with?
Fast forward to now, and my experience of the NHS, one thing that has changed significantly is the amount of staff, it is minimal. No doctors on the ward, except a student doctor waiting in the wings during office hours, is this what I pay for? As for the food, well, it was cold and greasy, and certainly not appetising. When you are in that environment to be tempted to eat surely has to be a priority, instead it did not represent the description. Each evening food ordering for the next day took place, so if you have just had an operation then you have no appetite, but 24 hours later are a little hungrier. They were willing to supply sandwiches if you were very hungry, but they were short on filling and the bread was dry.
I spent two days in a high dependency room opposite the nurses station, but you are moved on quickly, so I was transfered to another part of the ward, opposite an eldery lady with Alzheimers, who was constantly on the move, rumaging through peoples belongings, talking, crying and begging to go home. Surprising sprightly she had a few moments of total normality and it was hard not to feel sorry for her, but, when you have been told you have cancer and are recovering from a major op, it is almost unbearable from a coping point of view. It also meant that the staff just constantly guided her back to bed and gave her a picture to colour, but she didn't understand. A doctor arrived to see her and she started to cry and told him to leave her alone, the doctor shouted at her and told her she couldn't talk to him like that but to just get on with it on her own. I was absolutely shocked by the inhumanity of it, and it made me fearful of the future for us all as we get older. That night a nurse arrived, paid for by the tax payer to sit there all night to prevent her from escaping, but the constant crying and arguing left me with no option but to ask to be moved I wasn't strong enough mentally or physically to cope.
It was unfortunate, for want of a better word, that the staff left us waiting for hours when medication was due, to the point where one of the ladies waited threehours past the due time for pain relief, she ended up calling a friend to come to the hospital to go to the nurses station to get help, ridiculous.
So I was shifted to the part of the ward where nobody goes, with four beds, two were occupied by two very nice elderly ladies. Unfortunately ringing for help was wasted, at one point we all had pressed our buzzers, nurse turns up tells us she will be back in a moment, never to be seen again, bearing in mind that we are all post surgery and unable to do very much. However at that point I didn't know this was Stacey's party trick.
It can be quite demeaning waiting for someone to come and bathe you, especially for me, an independent, working woman, who is just used to doing things herself, so when the poor lady in one of the other beds is helped into a chair with a bowl of water I wondered how I would cope when I get older, hopefully I won't be left as she was, with no clothes for an hour, freezing cold and unable to move, because Stacey 'forgot'.
Can the NHS survive? Well NHS or private it seems there is little to choose when you need an operation of any scale accompanied by after care, the adage you get what you pay for isn't true, I've paid a lot in my lifetime to date and never needed the NHS to come to my aid until now, what did I get for my contribution to our society? The treatment I wouldn't wish on anyone. The ward needs someone in charge, who is not a friend or confidante or gossip, but is medically trained, to make a decision when needed. The whole system needs money, lots of it, running a hospital with it's own budget was a stupid idea, because it encourages corner cutting, do we really want our lives gambled with?
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