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Infographic: How Dogs Improve Your Health!

April 8, 2017 by Joi Leave a Comment

I am a bona fide animal-lover if there ever was one. I’m pretty sure you could tell from all the pictures of animals on Self Help Daily or in my Twitter timeline, but I thought I’d write it out loud just in case.

Left to my own devices, I’d have at least two of every animal known to man, but my cats (and husband, for that matter) don’t share my off-the-hook enthusiasm. What’s more, we are, primarily, a cat family. We are blessed to live out of the city, so we’re able to take in cats who need a forever home, a forever family, and all the love they can stand.

How much are we committed to these cats? Well, for one thing, forfeited our entire carport to house a couple of (heated in the winter, of course) cat houses, cat food stations, chairs, and toys… lots of cat toys. Their set-up is ridiculously sweet. At any rate, this is the only reason I don’t have a dog, or two, or twenty. Dogs are amazing, loyal, beautiful, sweet, intelligent…. but woefully an enemy of our cat family.

Dogs aren’t just wonderful and loving family members, they’re actually very healthy for you. Just one of the ways I’ve found this to be true has been with dogs I’ve had and loved in the past (before the cats took over our hearts and yard!). Over the years, I have, without question, walked more frequently (and for longer periods of time) when I’ve had a canine companion. They love it so much, you just don’t want to stop their fun!

The great infographic below tells more ways dogs are actually very healthy for you. As for my opinion on the matter – I think that dogs (like cats) add to your joy and happiness – and that, fellow-animal lovers, is a key component of having a healthy and worthwhile life.

If you are able, I wholeheartedly suggest heading to your local shelter and allowing a RESCUE to take place. Just be warned, it won’t be the dog (or cat) that’s rescued!

How Dogs Improve Your Health Infographic

Infographic Credit: A Place for Animals!


Filed Under: Fitness, Health, How to Be Happy, Infographics, Must Reads, Positive Thought Tagged With: dogs, how dogs are healthy, how to be happier, infographics, pets

Heather Von St. James: 10 Years Cancer Free!

May 17, 2016 by Joi Leave a Comment

Heather Von St. James
Heather Von St. James
Ever read about what someone else has been through and want to kick yourself for complaining about allergies, low blood sugar, or migraines. Not that any of those are fun, mind you, but they’re pebbles compared to the mountains others have had to carry or continue to carry.

Case in point – a few days ago, I was bemoaning seasonal allergies when I read about a 26 year old young mother who had a stroke.

26!

People all around us are fighting monsters each and every day. Not the ones who hide under the bed or in the closet. The monsters I’m talking about aren’t fond of hiding. They’re fond of getting in your face, yelling, taunting, and threatening to take everything you love.

What never ceases to amaze me is this – some of these monsters pick fights with the wrong people!

In 2005, Heather Von St. James and her husband had just welcomed a beautiful healthy baby girl into the world, Lily.  Is that a beautiful name, or what?

The joy of having a newborn was short lived as the fear of what the ever-daunting “C” word would mean. Cancer. Heather was diagnosed with a rare but preventable cancer mesothelioma. The cancer, she learned, was something she developed after wearing her father’s work jacket around the house as a child, a jacket she did not know carried toxic asbestos fibers that would affect the lining of her lungs. Excitement and potential turned to fear and uncertainty as the new family she created began to slowly process that she was given only 15 months to live.

Fear can be quite powerful, something that paralyzes most, and prohibits. But Heather did not allow this to happen. After some time asking herself why, wondering what would happen, fearing the future even, her survivor instincts kicked in. She knew that she had no other option but to beat this, and looking at Lily and Cam affirmed this. She couldn’t let the fear control her, or dictate her decisions. This led Heather to undergo an extremely risky surgery that involved the removal of her left lung, which her family later dubbed Lung Leavin’ Day. The surgery in addition to early detection, radiation, and chemotherapy are some of the reasons that she can proudly stand a 10 year mesothelioma survivor today. This is not something that many meso patients can brag, as she is one of few.

Lung Leavin Day!
Lung Leavin’ Day!
Heather now aims to be a voice for the victims, and speak out about the secrets of the asbestos industry, as the material that almost took her life is still around and legal today. She encourages everyone to conquer their fears, and even has a site where you can virtually smash your fears into the fire, much like her friends and family do with her for Lung Leavin Day. Fear can be powerful, yes, but it should never control your life.

A clear case of, yet again, an ugly monster picking a fight with the wrong girl!

I hope you’ll click through the links above and learn more about Heather, her monster, and how she put him in his place.  This is one of those wonderful stories where, not only did the monster not take everything she loved, he (in spite of himself!) left her with more strength than she probably knew she’d ever had.

Take one look at Heather’s beautiful face and you’ll agree with me, strength is a very beautiful thing!

~ Joi

Heather Von St. James and Family
Heather and Family: Strong and Beautiful!




Filed Under: Health, Make a Difference, Must Reads, Positive Thought Tagged With: cancer, mesothelioma

The Health Benefits of Kefir

December 3, 2015 by Joi Leave a Comment

Kefir Milk
The Health Benefits of Kefir Milk are M-A-N-Y

Before I get to the many health benefits of kefir (specifically kefir milk since that’s what I have the most experience with), I’ll briefly share my own digestive “issues.”  Not to brag, mind you, but rather to allow you to see if you recognize your own experiences in mine.

If kefir milk has provided relief for me, there’s every reason to believe it’ll do the same for you.

My Digestive Problems

First of all, I believe my digestive problems all stem from a gluten intolerance that went undiagnosed for years. And I do mean YEARS. Like most people who are gluten intolerant, have wheat/gluten allergies, or are celiac, the symptoms we experience (especially early on) are simply too easy to blame on a million and one other things.

  • seasonal allergies
  • “nervous stomach”
  • overeating
  • stress
  • age
  • etc..

Only recently are people beginning to realize that food intolerances are the first place they should look – not the last.

Unfortunately, like millions of other people, by the time I realized that, essentially, I was poisoning my body, the damage had been done.  My oldest daughter, Emily, is in the same boat I am. I’m just grateful that she didn’t “poison” her body for the number of years I did mine. Even still, she, too, has many digestive issues now that she could have avoided if we’d only knew what we didn’t know!

Basically, the damage has forced us to look at each bite and each drink we take with extreme caution. Things most people take for granted – like sitting down and enjoying a great meal – can never be taken for granted when it could mean pain, a life-threatening allergic reaction, or two weeks of what feels like a wicked bout of intestinal flu.

Emily has undergone tests and scopes in efforts to diagnose just how much damage has been done. She’s much braver than her mother, which is why I just typed, “Emily has undergone tests and scopes…” rather than “we have..”

I’m a chicken – there I said it.

They found that, in addition to chronic “silent reflux,” (don’t let the name fool you, silent doesn’t mean painless – it may actually be the worst named condition of all time) she now has Barrett’s Esophagus (a serious complication of GERD, which stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease). About 10% of people with GERD develop Barrett’s esophagus.  Left untreated, it can lead to cancer of the esophagus.

My own GERD/acid reflux is not “silent.” He’s many things but silent he is not.

Both Emily and I have to make certain not to eat anything for at least two hours before bedtime. Eating anything within that time frame will lead to food coming up into our mouths while we’re sleeping – causing choking, vomiting, burning, pain, and… well… a heckuva miserable night.

In addition to GERD, I have a hiatal hernia – which, if we’re being honest, here – is my least favorite thing in the world. Many individuals who have hiatal hernias never even know they have them.

Why can’t anything I have ever be silent?

On top of these lovelies, because I’m gluten intolerant, if I come in contact with so much as a crumb of bread, my stomach makes life miserable for me. Fortunately, I’ve become an expert at detecting gluten and that seldom happens anymore.

However, because of the other issues and the damage that has been done, my digestive track doesn’t exactly work on all cylinders. I have to eat much more slowly than most people and, when it comes to digesting what I’ve eaten, my body is the human equivalent of a sloth.  I’ve found, however, that Papaya digestive enzymes are a Godsend. They are amazing and if you have any digestive problems, I highly recommend Papaya Enzymes.

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Kefir Cream

Kefir Cream

Health Benefits of Kefir Milk

Okay, now on to what’s really important – how Kefir milk can help you, whether you recognize your symptoms in the ones mentioned above or not.

Almost weekly, people are discovering new benefits of kefir. As more and more of us drink it daily, we find different reasons to love it.  A quick Google search for “Health Benefits of Kefir” will blow your mind. I recently read that many women, as soon as they feel a yeast infection coming on, will drink kefir milk.

The infection goes away immediately – without the use of any medications.

Mind, blown.

I’ve also read that a lot of people who normally suffer from insomnia have found an evening glass of kefir milk to be the answer they’ve been looking for.

Health Benefits of Kefir:

  • As I said above in my riveting digestive health confessional, eating late at night (due to GERD) is a surefire path to agony for me. However, I’ve found that if I drink a glass of kefir milk at bedtime, I don’t have any reflux whatsoever. NONE. It’s as though the kefir milk stands guard between my stomach and my esophagus and flat out refuses to let any torch carrying demons pass.   Is there any wonder I love kefir milk so much? 
  • Kefir is a more powerful probiotic than yogurt. Research suggests kefir has three times more probiotics than yogurt. Probiotics help protect and strengthen the immune system and help keep harmful bacteria out. Probiotics have many digestive benefits as well.
  • Kefir has powerful antibacterial properties.
  • Kefir is a great way to get more protein – making it ideal for vegetarians or anyone who follows a restrictive diet.
  • Kefir helps protect your bones and lowers your risk of osteoporosis.
  • Kefir improves lactose intolerance. People with lactose intolerance can drink kefir milk without issue.
  • Researchers believe that kefir is actually protective against cancer.
  • Kefir is a good source of several B Vitamins.
  • Kefir may improve symptoms from allergies and asthma.
  • I experienced something with kefir milk that a lot of people have raved about – it improves your quality of sleep.  Many people, after they begin drinking kefir regularly, report sleeping deeper, waking less often, and waking up feeling more rested than before.

How to Get Kefir Milk

I make my own kefir milk, but you can find great kefir milk in your grocery store’s dairy section. Before I got my own kefir grains and began making my own, we drank Lifeway Kefir. We actually still buy it to enjoy the different flavors.

Some members of my family like to mix the homemade kefir milk with Lifeway’s flavored kefir milk to jazz things up. Their Blueberry and Strawberry Kefir Milk are both fantastic.

I’ll often blend my homemade kefir with a little of Lifeway’s flavored kefir for a great smoothie. The combination of Lifeway’s Strawberry Kefir Milk, my homemade kefir milk, and a banana makes a delicious smoothie.

Making your own kefir milk is something I highly recommend if you have the time and can commit to the daily process. It takes only about 5 minutes each day, but for people who work outside of the home, an extra 5 minutes can seem like 30 minutes to the rest of us.

Personally, I “feed” my kefir grains and make my kefir milk each morning.  You can  choose the time of day you want to do the process, but I don’t personally recommend the evening. I like getting it done first thing. Plus, then I’ve got the jar of kefir milk to enjoy during the day.

I bought my kefir grains and learned all I know from the Kefir Lady.  There are other people online, of course, where you can order your grains, and there are countless videos on YouTube about making kefir milk.  However, you just aren’t going to beat the kefir lady.

Besides, she loves goats. How can you not going to trust someone who loves goats?!

How Does Kefir Milk Taste?

Delicious! It seems that kefir milk is one of those things that some people enjoy the flavor of more so than others. It floats my boat – as in totally floats my boat. I think it’s creamy, delicious, and perfect. If you like yogurt, you’re probably going to agree with me.

Here’s what I’d do first, if I were you: Buy a carton of Lifeway Kefir Milk and see how it goes. The strawberry or blueberry are the ones I’d start with.

If you choose to try to make your own kefir milk, it’s something you’re going to enjoy immensely. It’s a fun, even relaxing, daily ritual and produces a delicious drink. I’ve also made kefir cheese (similar to cream cheese) and kefir cream (similar to sour cream – pictured above) with my kefir milk.

I hope you’ll give kefir milk a try – whether you have any digestive issues or not. The taste and health benefits make kefir milk a no-brainer. However, if you DO have GERD, acid reflux, frequent indigestion, or any other digestive issue or ailment, I’m all but begging you to give it a try.

It’s made a huge difference for me and I’d love to see it have a chance to do the same for you.

~ Joi

Read What Others Are Saying About Kefir:

  • Kefir: The Ancient Antidote for Modern Maladies
  • Kefir Lady
  • 9 Best Foods You’re Not Eating (WebMD)
  • What are the Benefits of Kefir?
  • Lifeway Kefir (lots of great information)


Filed Under: Health, Must Reads Tagged With: health benefits of kefir, health benefits of kefir milk, how kefir helps digestion

One Small Step Can Open a Whole New World

March 10, 2013 by Joi 4 Comments

No Line Bifocals
I know, better than anyone, that my advice isn’t worth pure gold. Even on my best day, I’d never suggest that anything I have to say is worth a $20 bill. Someone once suggested that I charge people to read certain articles on Self Help Daily. I was relieved that he suggested it in e-mail, so he didn’t have to see me throw my head back and laugh as I said, “Oh, that’s a good one!”

I don’t have an over-inflated sense of myself or anything about me… well, I take that back. I’m beyond cocky about my cooking. I’m pretty sure that if anyone ever told me something I cooked or baked was less than a 10 on a scale of 1-10, I’d grab them by their collar and throw them out of my kitchen, all the while asking them how they managed to live to this point with absolutely no taste buds.

I’d offer to set up a fund and solicit money to buy them a new tongue – one with taste buds that actually function. I’m just charitable like that.

In all seriousness (an area I seldom visit), the advice I’m about to lay on you is golden. It’s the best advice you will get all year.

I’m not being cocky.

I’m not being grandiose.

I’m simply being honest.

If you have anything in the world that stands between you and  being able to enjoy life to its absolute fullest, I plead with you to take the one small step to navigate around it.

I have been needing new glasses for years. YEARS. But, like most people, I kept seeing other things that I’d rather spend time and money on. Looking back, I know just how ridiculous I was. I’d even go as far to say that I was foolish.

Since I’d last gotten a pair of glasses, my vision has changed a great deal. I could tell when driving or riding in a car, for example, that I couldn’t read signs I was pretty sure I once read. When reading a book or the back of a cereal box, for that matter, I always had to take my glasses off or peek over the top in what I always termed my “annoyed librarian look.” The kind of look a librarian throws to a kid who isn’t talking with his/her “indoor voice.”

The vision change happened so gradually I wasn’t fully aware of just how much I was missing.

I knew I needed stronger glasses and I knew I needed bifocal lenses. But I kept putting it off – for years. And years. It wasn’t vanity because thanks to AMAZING technology, today’s bifocals look exactly like all other glasses. “No Line Bifocals” look the same as all other glasses. It boggles the mind, but NO ONE knows you’re wearing bifocals except you. You know it when you can actually read without taking off your glasses, you know when the text on your phone is clearer than ever, and you know when you don’t whip out your annoyed librarian look while reading small print.

More than anything, I think I was afraid of being able to adjust to bifocal lenses. I envisioned myself getting seasick just walking through the room. I pictured myself floundering in a distorted world that suddenly seemed like a house of mirrors.

I got my beautiful new No Line Bifocal glasses this weekend and am relieved to say I’m neither seasick or floundering. What I am is amazed.  Absolutely amazed.  A whole new world has, literally, been opened up for me and I realize, now, that I didn’t even realize, then, just how much I was missing.

As soon as we left Lenscrafters, I found myself reading billboards and restaurant names from FAR away.  Because my vision had deteriorated slowly, the world had, in a sense, slowly slipped away from me.  But the story has such a happy ending, I can’t even feel sad for the time lost – I’m too excited for the time saved!

If you need glasses, bifocal lenses, hearing aids, or anything else that will help open a whole new world for you, again, I’m pleading with you to simply take the small step needed to walk through the door.  The world may be slowly slipping away from you and, because it’s been so gradual, you may not even completely realize it.

My mother experienced gradual hearing loss beginning at a very young age. Although everyone needed to repeat things to her several times, she always seemed to think that people were mumbling.  Everyone, thinking of what all she was missing, kept telling her to get her hearing checked because she needed hearing aids.  No one did it in an ugly manner, of course – only jerks do that.

Personally, I never even minded repeating myself.  If someone actually cares enough about what I say to ask me to repeat it… I’m flattered.

However, my mom (who was such a character, I can’t even tell you – she was the very definition of a PILL!) did what just about everyone with hearing loss did. If she’d already asked someone to repeat themselves several times – she didn’t want to keep on asking, “What?” or “Excuse me?”  She’d simply kind of guess at what they’d said and either laugh or or answer with something she hoped would fit the situation.

Sometimes she’d be so off base I’d have to laugh.  She’d answer my dad at times with completely off the wall responses and I can still see the befuddled expression on his face.  One time he told her that the heat needed to be turned up “a couple of notches” and she said, “I’m going to the store later.”  He said, “Okay. Let’s go with that.”

To which she replied, “Of course you can go with me.”

He then looked at me and whispered, “Help.”

While we sometimes laugh at moments that surround vision and hearing – at ourselves as well as others – let’s be honest. It’s not all that funny, is it?  While we may tell ourselves, “I’m as blind as a bat!” or while someone may tell us, “You can’t hear a lick!” – I don’t think anything that stands between someone and enjoying the world around them as much as they possibly can is anything to laugh at.

My mom, to her credit, did make an appointment for a hearing test. She got a couple of hearing aids and, honestly, tears kind of come to my eyes when I remember the look on her face when she heard birds singing for the first time in what must have been 20 or more years.  We were in front of her house and she said, “Listen!  The birds are singing!”

I didn’t say it out loud, but I thought, Momma, they’ve been singing all along.

So often, she’d ask us, “Have you always been able to hear that?”

She started calling her hearing aids her “ears” and would often say something like, “We can go in a minute… just let me put my ears on.”

The world had slowly slipped away from her and she didn’t even know it.   You, while reading these words, may be in the same boat as my mom (hearing loss) or with me (vision problems).  The world could be slipping slowly away from you.

If the only thing standing between you and hearing aids, glasses, reading glasses, or bifocal lenses is vanity – let me give you a wake up call.  No one cares. They really don’t.  I think a lot of people are afraid of looking “old” or of being perceived as “old” when it comes to glasses and hearing aids.

Duh!  There are grade school kids who require glasses and hearing aids.  Besides, I’ll give you another little wake up call.  If you’re in your fifties, you aren’t keeping that a secret from anyone, no matter what you may think.  The world will know you’re there and, guess what… again, they don’t care! Fifties and sixties, today are like the yesterday’s forties.

Never be ashamed of your age… be proud.

Besides, let’s be honest, who will be perceived as older, the one who has to do the “annoyed librarian” maneuver or the one who simply sees what they want to see.  Who’ll be perceived as older, the one who says, “What?” or the one who gives a perfect answer every time, right on cue?

Today’s glasses and hearing aids are made so stylish, anyway.  With people living longer, companies are making sure that these products are as fashionable and discreet as ever. Trust me, you’ll be blown away.

You’ll want to kick yourself for not taking that first step sooner. When you’re seeing or hearing everything you’ve been missing, you will feel like a whole new world has opened up right before you.  Think of the scene in the movie Avatar when Pandora opens up for the first time.  It’s like that… only better.

You’ll find that you have more time to actually LIVE and enjoy life. You may not realize just how much effort it takes to try to do things others take for granted. I spent so much time taking glasses off, putting glasses on, walking closer to see what I needed to see, etc. I never realized how much effort I was having to put into life!  The same is true for those who have hearing loss. They have to ask others to repeat what they said (and subject themselves to some people who get annoyed when they have to repeat themselves), they have to try to read lips (my mom mastered this trick), they have to, nervously, throw out an answer and hope for the best.

That’s a lot of effort. It’s also a great big fat (and needless) barrier between yourself and life.

Please don’t live on the sidelines any longer. Make this the week you call for an appointment. There is LITERALLY a whole new world waiting for you to step into it. You just have to make that first step.  As I’m typing these words, I see my computer screen more clearly than ever. The words are sharp and clear.  Every now and then, I glance out of the window my my desk and window and see the birds and trees that I love so much. They had been slowly fading away from me and I can’t tell you how overjoyed I am to have them back.

When things fade away gradually, you never realize it fully until you have them back again.  I stopped reading the signs on the way home because it occurred to me, my husband has seen them all along. He doesn’t need me to read them to him!  So, I silently read them to myself and felt so much joy that I had trouble containing it.

The world is a joyful, beautiful thing. Please don’t let it slip away. I feel so strongly about this that it hit me this morning – if my words and our story (mine and my mom’s) can make just one person take that first step, every minute I’ve ever put into Self Help Daily will have been more than worth it.

~ Joi

 “Listen!  The birds are singing!”  (Momma, they’ve been singing all along.)

Filed Under: Health, Must Reads, Positive Thought, Problem Solving Tagged With: bifocals, glasses, hearing aids, open a new world, Self Help, self improvement

What You Allow is What Will Continue

February 27, 2013 by Joi 4 Comments

What you allow is what will continue. - Unknown
As you know, I’m an avid collector and great lover of inspirational quotes. I’m not sure I ever met one I didn’t want to sit down and spend a little time with. Over the years, I find that I always have a few “favorite quotes of the moment”  at any given time. The quotes that just seem to find their way into every conversation and seem to be applicable to whatever is going on around me.

Funny thing is, the quote you see above has been a favorite quote for as long as I can remember.  What you allow is what will continue. It never goes out of style, never gets old, and (as far as I’m concerned) should never leave your side.

This past week, alone, the quote came to mind in three different instances.

  1. My husband and I were at a favorite restaurant in town that often seems to have a problem with being understaffed. We’ve heard, on several occasions, that they have a problem with servers simply calling in at the last minute. As the manager ran around like a chicken in search of its head, I wanted desperately to write the quote down and slip it to him as he flew past our table on one of his rounds. If he keeps allowing his workers to treat him, the restaurant, and their co-workers with such blatant disrespect, they will.  It’ll continue.
  2. I heard about a girl (from one of my daughters) who has a ridiculously unhealthy relationship with her boyfriend. He treats this girl in a way that makes me want to smack him in the head… with an electric eel.  And she isn’t even MY daughter – I don’t want to even think what he’d be in for if she were! The relationship (if you can even call it that) has been going on like this for a few years and, by now, this unhealthy and abnormal reality probably seems normal to this young girl.  What I wouldn’t give for 10 minutes with her.  If she continues to allow herself to be treated like a doormat, this jerk will continue to trample on her.
  3. Okay, time to rat on myself. I try to eat healthy. Like most people, these days, I try to make the right choices in the store, in my kitchen, and in restaurants.  A few times this week (alone!) I messed up big time. Let’s see, I messed up in the grocery store by buying unhealthy snacks, I messed up at home by choosing the unhealthy ones over the beautiful fruit that was sitting on the counter, and I messed up in a restaurant (Seriously, Joi? Three rolls?  With Butter? Three?) I whipped out the beloved quote on myself last night in the grocery store. I had a bag of Doritos in my hand, licking my lips as I was thisclose to throwing it into the cart.  Then I realized that if I keep allowing my inner snacker (she with the rationality of a 10 year old) to call the shots, my downward spiral will continue.  I put the bag of crunchy goodness back on the shelf and got some celery instead. It was cheaper, healthier, and is one step in breaking a cycle I want to break.

The celery over Doritos choice may seem small – and I guess, compared to gleefully eating 3 rolls… with butter… it is small. However, we’d all do well to keep in mind that every choice we make either carries us one step forward, one step backward, or sinks us further in the ground where we stand.

As I’ve mentioned before, one of the most searched things on Google is How to Be Happy. Ironically, that fact makes me pretty sad.  The thought of so many people out there who may be so removed from happiness that they’re turning to a search engine to remember where it is… well, that’s sad.

The thing is, we’re born happy. When we’re babies and toddlers, we wear our happiness on our face for the world to see.  Think of the insanely popular videos on YouTube with nothing but babies laughing.  People (including me) love these videos and spend copious amounts of time watching them… laughing with the babies the entire time.

Why? Because pure joy is a beautiful, intoxicating thing.  If we allow the wrong things to keep playing out, we’ll continue to be further and further removed from happiness and joy.

Leave behind anything that stands between you and happiness and, while you’re at it,  tuck this life-changing quote into your pocket so you never forget it again…..

What you allow is what will continue. My wish for you is that you’ll only allow positive, uplifting, joyous things in your life because… mark it down.. they’ll continue! Pure joy is what I want for YOU – the kind you just can’t keep in or hide.

~  Joi

Filed Under: How to Be Happy, Must Reads, Relationships, Vintage Self Help Daily Tagged With: happiness, how to be happy, inspirational quote, Relationships, self improvement

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