Welcome to the Twenty Second Edition of the Carnival of Improving Life

There are a lot of articles here this week again, so enjoy them all, and please bookmark the carnival so you can go through all of the great articles! I'm not sure if there was any way that I could NOT choose this weeks Top Post Award, not only is it good for a laugh, but it has some great information as well!

This weeks Top Post Award goes to: Azelma Petit presents The Chuck Norris Guide to Self Motivation posted at Biz.Edu. Gives solid advice on motivating yourself in all walks of life, including entrepreneurship, using the humor of Chuck Norris references.

Finances

GrrlScientist presents High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families posted at Living the Scientific Life. This is a book review of a nonfiction masterpiece that will keep you awake at night, planning how to safeguard your economic future -- all on your own! It talks about the most important and long-term relationship in your life: your relationship with your work, and how that has changed substantially since the 1970s. It also discusses the myth that the average American can become a wise enough financial planner and investor to "beat the odds" and become at least more financially comfortable.

Fitness & Exercise

fitnchic presents Cravings - Your biggest motivator :: FitNChic.com - Get in Shape Fashionably :: posted at FitNChic.com - Get in Shape, Fashionably!.

Workoutebooks presents Why Don’t I Lose Weight? posted at Workoutebooks.

Barry Wright III presents 14 Day Strength Training Program | 3stylelife posted at 3stylelife.

Food & Nutrition

Simonne presents Is the Raw Food Detox Diet Good for Weight Loss? posted at Ways to lose your extra pounds. The raw food diet can help detoxing the body and losing several pounds as well. It can become a new, permanent lifestyle, but you need to watch out the secondary effects.

Personal Growth & Development

Caroline Middlebrook presents Learning To Deal With The Fear Of Change posted at Life Should Feel GOOD!.

Sridhar J presents Work-life balance posted at lifesays.com. This is a 3-part series on Work-Life balance. I try to cover all aspects of an enriched life, including finance in my blog. Thanks for allowing me to participate in the carnival.

Maria Gudelis presents Series I - Lessons learned from the Enlightened Wealth Institute posted at Maria Gudelis.

Corinne Edwards presents HARD TO STAY ?HOT? - and other tragedies of age posted at Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards. Dealing with age is a problem that we all, no matter how we try, will have to confront. Here is a practical and whimsical article to ponder!

Lovelyn presents Life Lessons From a Game of Cards posted at The Art of Balanced Living.

Stephen presents How to Skillfully Deal with Suffering in the World posted at Balanced Existence.

Nadege presents Overcoming F.E.A.R. posted at Clearly Envision.

ari Campbell presents Personal Power- tap into your power and begin living as your ultimate self! posted at Your Joyous Life! Create the life of your dreams!. An inspirational article on how to tap into your personal power, operate at a level 10, and create your dreams!

Jimmy Atkinson presents 100 Awesome Self Improvement Blogs: Improve Your Physical and Mental Health, Achieve Your Goals posted at Online Nursing Degree Guide.

ElleAtDefiningSomeday presents How Braces (and Self-Care) Can Change Your Life | defining someday posted at Defining Someday. How investing in yourself aids in personal growth.

Productivity

Azelma Petit presents The Chuck Norris Guide to Self Motivation posted at Biz.Edu. Gives solid advice on motivating yourself in all walks of life, including entrepreneurship, using the humor of Chuck Norris references.

Andrew Rondeau presents All Managers Are Customers Too posted at The GreatManagement Blog. Whatever business you are in, you will find that there is one key cause of your success.

Richard Johnson presents Do You Know When You Need A Break? posted at Reaching A Better Place. It can be hard to know whether you need a break from work or just really want one. Our minds can come up with so many tempting excuses. This article explains a simple, always effective way to tell when you really could do with a break and when you should just press on a bit longer.

Relationships

Ari Koinuma presents How to Get Ready to Meet Your Soulmate posted at Our Best Version. Looking for that special someone? Finding a soulmate remains a formidable challenge for many of us. The good news, however, is that it’s possible. Many of us have found that someone. Here’s my take on how I prepared myself for that special encounter.

HighGrace presents How to keep a relationship sweet: Secrets for staying together posted at Face to the Sun.

Relax presents The way you dress does affect your life posted at The Wise Curve. Respect is an abstract concept that is hard to be defined. At its broadest level, respect means having acknowledgement that someone has value. The significance of this value is that it changes people’s reactions towards you, typically in a positive way. The way we dress affects this value, which affects how people around us perceive us as a person.

Andrea Semler presents Why Men and Women CAN be Friends posted at The Nerd. Male-female friendships may be controversial, but they are not wrong

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