Not everyone experiences stress in the same way, or feels stressful around the same things…in fact one person’s stress can look like another person’s joke of the day, ouch…but it’s true! It’s also true that we all have some form of stress in our lives, and it’s your job to bring your self back into balance and alignment moment to moment.

People have long used personality tests to find the perfect job. Anyone scoring as an introvert, for example, might chafe at career in sales or public relations but might find research or library science worth pursuing. And just ask any classic extrovert if she’d rather spend her work day interacting with people or with laboratory test tubes.

According to Self Magazine, a new study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine noted that people who believed in their ability to succeed increased their chances by 139 percent! Just knowing this is enough to keep me practicing positive outlook techniques.

I do not resolve to make huge changes just for January, instead, I’m working on goals and a plan to reach them. Luckily, there are some great support communities to help with these goals as well. Here are my top goals for 2011 with some information on how I plan to reach them and where you can find support if you have similar goals.

I wrote about this topic about two years ago and thought it was a good time for an update. Do you realize that about 50% of people have given up on their New Year’s Resolution by the middle of the year. How about you? Did you set a goal that is strong enough and important enough for you to stick with it? Or, are you letting other things get in the way. Are you letting yourself get lower and lower on your priority list?

At the start of a new fitness program, you clean up your diet and hit the workouts, and the weight seems to fall off. But when you get down to the last 5, 10, or 15 pounds you want to lose, the scale may suddenly refuse to budge. You might be tempted to drastically reduce calories or increase the amount of time you spend working out. Don’t do it. Instead, here are some simple tricks to help you lose those last 10 pounds.

Debblie Siebers is one of my favorite trainers when it comes to fitness advice. She is probably most famous for her Slim-in-6 program, but her sensible advice is something that I often come back to time and time again. Recently, Debbie wrote a great tip about the importance of emotional well being in addition to physical fitness.

So, if you are on the fence about trying P90X, I say go for it. If for any reason you are not thrilled with the program, you can return it for a full refund. I would be so thankful if you would order through me and I’ll be your coach. There are also many other programs to choose from, so browse around and send a friend my link too. Thanks to all of my readers for your great support!