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Feel Like A Loser? What to do when you don't have a clue.
Excerpt from the introduction...
In the midst of one of the worst afternoons of my entire life, I suddenly received the best advice ever. I know sage guidance is supposed to come from on high, or from your great-grandmother at an early age, but I was 49 and slowly losing it. It was about time I began to grasp the deeper truths of life, but I certainly didn’t expect to gain them from a TV talk show.
A few months after losing my job, I felt permanently unemployable. No matter how hard I tried, I felt I could not find another place of employment, anywhere! My life felt like it was slowly disappearing down the toilet, and I honestly had no idea where to turn for my next house payment. Desperation had set in with a vengeance!
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Accurate Medical Records Save Lives
Lydia's Style - Medical & Wellness issue, August 2009
She was just going out for a short bike ride around her local neighborhood in south Fort Collins. It didn't really seem necessary to carry an ID, or even wear a helmet. Ten minutes later she was found lying on the ground unconscious...
The Surgery Centers of Northern Colorado
Lydia's Style - Medical & Wellness issue, August 2009
Have you ever wondered where the word "surgery" came from? It comes from Greek words meaning "hand work." Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to investivate and/or treat a pathological condition in order to help improve body function or appearance.
A Candid Look at Candida
The Healing Path Magazine, July/August 2009
You may have Candida overgrowth right now and never receive a proper diagnosis, but that does not mean it will go away by itself. Here's what we should all know about detoxing our bodies.
Non-Invasive Treatment for Scoliosis
Lydia's Style Magazine - Medical & Wellness, May/June 2009
Would you like to learn more about the latest techniques for the treatment of spine disorders? These young doctors are using spine decompression and other new therapies to successfully treat scoliosis and other back problems non-invasively.
Unexpected Changes Offer Freedom For New Path
CBS News Denver, February 11, 2009
Watch a video clip of Laura Lee in an interview with Tom Mustin of Channel 4 News explaining how she became the "Midlife Crisis Queen" and what she hopes to achieve with her well-known blog and new book,
WHY SO SAD?
Healing Path Magazine, January/Feb. 2009
Do you find yourself singing the winter blues this time of year? Did you think it was you? Perhaps you have SAD (seasonal affective disorder).
Physicians' promises of a cure for TB lured many people West
Wild West Magazine, December 2008
In her 1873 book A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Isabella Bird observed: "Colorado is the most remarkable sanatorium in the world ...the climate is considered the finest in North America. Consumptives, asthmatics, dyspeptics and sufferers of nervous diseases are here in the hundreds and thousands."
New Discoveries about Vitamin D
Lydia's Style Magazine - Medical & Wellness, July 2008
Studies suggest that adequate amounts of vitamin D may lessen the risk of several types of cancer and may also play a role in preventing high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, and even schizophrenia...
Kidney Stones Are No Joke!
Lydia's Style Magazine - Medical & Wellness, May 2008
Do you need motivation to drink enough water every day? How's this for incentive? Drinking more could help you avoid the excruciating pain of kidney stones ... our semi-arid Colorado climate increases our chances of developing this painful condition. So drink up!
Blogging Your Way to Writing Success
WOW-WomenOnWriting.com, April 2008
So, what's the deal with this blogging thing anyway? What is it, and why do freelancers put their severely limited time into writing for free? That can't make any sense, can it?
Green Energy Keeps Growing in Northern Colorado
Lydia's Style Magazine, April 2008
All over the world, people must prepare to use new forms of energy. A sharp worldwide rise in energy consumption has created an increasing demand for sustainable resources that do not create more greenhouse gases, pollution, or waste ...
Jeanne Nash's Mundoville Collections
Journey Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
 Tucked away unobstrusively in a quiet Fort Collins neighborhood is a most astounding mother lode of local and international folk arts, collected by a woman who is a gold mine in and of herself...Mundoville Museum is filled with awe-inspiring collections of toys, musical instruments, dolls, miniature homes and market stalls, masks, puppets and wall hangings from every corner of the globe.
One Woman's Personal Journey
Journey Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
My intuition told me I should take my new husband down to Abiquiu, NM...
Coming to Colorado for the Health of It
Coloradan: the University of Colorado Alumni Magazine, December 2007
Thousands of health seekers migrated to Colorado in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, to survive and thrive in the high dry air of the Rockies. The Boulder Sanitarium drew many to Boulder, and some stayed on to become faculty at the new University of Colorado.
A Glow in the Dark Tragedy: The Radium Girls
American History Magazine, October 2007
 Fatally poisoned by the glowing paint they used on the job, the 'Radium Girls' challenged workplace safety rules and helped shed light on the unseen dangers of radioactivity.
Writing and Menopause
www.absolutewrite.com, posted October 12, 2007
Click here to see a .PDF of the article
Becoming a writer is made so much more interesting by menopause...
CoCoRaHS WANTS YOU!
Fort Collins Forum, September 25, 2007
Looking for a fun way to learn more about the weather while providing a great service? We are very lucky to have a wonderful volunteer weather observation program right here in our town.
AANEX Product Announcement
Author: Laura Lee Carter
Press Release, September 2007
Freelance Success
www.writersweekly.com, July 25, 2007
My recent freelance success has been based on some of the worst experiences in my life. Without divorce, job loss and a number of illnesses, I wouldn't have the successes I have experienced in my first year as a freelance writer.
Reduce the effects of osteoarthritis
Loveland Reporter-Herald, July 19, 2007
Noticing aches and pains in your knees and hips? The bad news is that you might be suffering from osteoarthritis. The good news is there are steps you can take to lessen its effects.
How I Know I'm In Love
True Love, June 2007
 I was caught by surprise recently in my forty-ninth year when I met the love of my life. Out of the blue ...
At a Personal Crossroad
Journey, March/April 2007
 Developing into your best self ...
"Beauty is the garden where hope grows"
Caring for the Spirit - Will Rothman Family Chaplaincy Program
Lydia's STYLE, March 2007
 In the midst of all the things we worry about every day, hidden away even from ourselves, is the realization that we all must die. Most of us avoid this thought as best we can, but some among us confront it on a daily basis by choice.
Wedding customs are steeped in tradition
The Erickson Tribune, Febuary 16, 2007
The Erickson Tribune - read the archived article online
Few American institutions are so steeped in superstition and custom as marriage and weddings. Did you ever wonder ...
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