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Top Workout Trends of 2016 – Technology is Taking Over Fitness!

January 8, 2016 No Comment

Who has their New Years Resolution all figured out and planned? Well, if you don’t – better start planning! Technology is taking over, and it sure is taking over our 2016 workout trends! The number one fitness trend of 2016 is wearable devices! Wearable devices that give you feedback immediately make you push yourself and […]

Happy New Year 2016 – The Year of the Yang Fire Monkey

December 28, 2015 No Comment

We are fast approaching the last of year 2015, and now is a good time to plan ahead to welcome the New Year with festivity, but proceed with moderation throughout the year. According to the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year begins on February 8th, 2016, and it will begin with a New Moon, signifying […]

Meaningful Gifts

December 21, 2015 No Comment

With the holidays just around the corner, children and adults alike are struggling to find that “right” gift for a loved one and become concerned with issues such as quantity, quality, degree of personal appreciation, and amount of money available for gift buying in an economy that is tight for many. The giving of a […]

Managing Family Holiday Visits

November 23, 2015 No Comment

Now that the Thanksgiving family holiday is just around the corner and other holidays are coming next month, many are preparing for extended family holiday visits. Although for some the experience is enjoyable and savored, for others it can be a time of stress and conflict. This is due to the fact that earlier conflicts […]

Feng Shui 101 – Name Names that are Using Feng Shui

November 19, 2015 No Comment

This was one of my segments during my last speaking engagement in Minneapolis: FENG SHUI ~ DOES IT WORK? In a study for the Price Waterhouse Appraisal Department, Orell Christian Anderson found that approximately 70% of Asian purchasers in Southern California considered Feng Shui during the purchase of property. So, what is Feng Shui, and […]

Brookfield Residential Joins HomeAid San Diego to Collect Clothing During Homeless Awareness Month

November 13, 2015 No Comment

San Diego homebuilder Brookfield Residential is teaming up with HomeAid San Diego to provide warm clothing, blankets and necessities to families in need this holiday season during Homeless Awareness Month in November. According to HomeAid San Diego, an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people are without a home on any given night in San Diego County. […]

San Diego Run for the Hungry

November 2, 2015 No Comment

San Diego Run for the Hungry Returns to Downtown Thanksgiving Day Proceeds Benefit Food Assistance Programs at Jewish Family Service of San Diego and the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank WHAT: Our hunger problem extends far beyond the homeless. Here in San Diego, one in four children and one in five […]

Dental Benefits: End of the Year

September 21, 2015 No Comment

Most of us are watching our spending habits with more scrutiny these days since 2008. We shop for better gas prices, we look for coupons on the internet, we wait for Black Friday to buy that big screen TV. So why don’t we pay closer attention to our yearly dental benefits? Many of our patients […]

Feng Shui Columnist Speaks at AREAA San Diego

August 17, 2015 No Comment

Gwen Coronado, a Feng Shui Columnist for the Carmel Valley Life will be speaking at the AREAA (The Asian Real Estate Association of America) San Diego on September 24, 2015 from 9:00 am – 10:30 am at the MARINA VILLAGE, 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109, Captain Room. Her topic: “EVERYTHING YOU HEARD ABOUT FENG […]

Can You Have It All By Applying Feng Shui?

August 4, 2015 No Comment

It doesn’t matter how you look at it because you cannot divide the 9 Feng Shui areas of your life equally nor have it all equally. The good news is, you still can have a well-balanced life when you apply the 6,000 year old science, in the traditional and old fashioned way. All of us have […]

How to Eat This Summer to Blast Belly Fat Fast…

July 31, 2015 No Comment

Our last article covered a quick, simple workout to banish belly fat. But ultimately, your diet is the largest contributor to that extra weight around your midline. First, you can always tell in my body when I’m not eating right. I am the classic apple shape. The first place I gain weight is in my […]

High Intensity Intervals to Blast Belly Fat Fast

July 21, 2015 No Comment

One of the biggest struggles of most Americans is a fight with belly fat. Abdominal fat is the most dangerous type of body fat, as it is the fat that surrounds our organs. Ultimately, there are two real reasons we have belly fat. One, our workout routine. Two, our dietary choices. Today we are going to cover […]