226. From Barbara

Blog Title Blogging Without A Blog
Blog URL: http://bloggingwithoutablog.com
Blog Tagline: Blogging Lessons, Links and Observations
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Blogging Without A Blog is about helping, sharing with, and listening to new bloggers (and some, not so new). I teach what I’ve learned and work on building community, not only on my blog, but on others. Once a week, I find and showcase a new blog for my “New Blog Of The Week” series (on Tuesdays).
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
I’m currently running a fabulous interview with Lorelle VanFossen which is making readers think, comment and (maybe) change the way they look at their blogs and writing. Liz, “Part Four” (on Monday 7/28) will include a link to your blog, and your new book, in a heart warming paragraph dedicated to you (written by Lorelle). For anyone looking to meet other bloggers and
joining a community of like minded people, Blogging Without A Blog is the place to be. Hope to see you there!

227. From Amy Lillard

Blog Title Quiet Rebel Writer
Blog URL: www.quietrebelwriter.com
Blog Tagline: “Writing and Creative Success Through Righteous, Rockin’ Rebellion”
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Here’s the deal: By quietly rebelling against some freelancing lore, I’m making my career work. By quietly rebelling against the old status quo in the outside world, including my relationships, my identity as a woman, my general conduct, and more, I’m making a unique and infinitely happier life. Perhaps by writing about this, I’ll provide an interesting and irreverent take for readers on ways to make their lives their own, and to get moving on that whole “pursuit of happiness” thing.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Writers have to be rebels. We have to take the idea of normal and turn it on its head. We have to examine the status quo and the world that exists around us, analyze it, question it, and present it to our readers in ways that make them think and see and feel. Writers have to be a little weird, perhaps even annoying or troublesome or inexplicable. We subject the world inside and outside to tremendous scrutiny, and it can leave us a little touched in the noggin. Writers also have to build immunity to levels of rejection and criticism that far exceed that for sanity. So why do it? At Quiet Rebel Writer, I try to figure it out.

228. From PsychMamma

Blog Title PsychMamma
Blog URL: http://psychmamma.wordpress.com
Blog Tagline: Wit & Wisdom From Everyday Life
What makes the blog worth visiting?
post about parenting tips and tricks, product reviews for parents and kids, and my own experiences as a SAHM to my spunky 2-year-old daughter who has special medical needs. Come visit me soon. Bring coffee & chocolate.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Excerpt from post: 12 Tips for Better Doctor Visits with Kids

12 Tips for Better Doctor Visits with Kids

Bring a change of clothes for child AND YOU. — You can leave them in the car, but nobody wants to drive home wearing surprise vomit.
Bring something to catch said “surprise vomit.” — We always carry two extra cloth diapers and a plastic bag, which wads up nicely in a corner of the diaper bag.
Bring crayons for coloring on exam table paper. — This is the one thing that helped Jenna to not be afraid of getting on the crinkly sounding/feeling paper.
Take a favorite stuffed animal or doll. — Have the nurse and/or doctor do “scary” procedures on special buddy first.
Ask for Sweet-Ease before shots or blood work. — Or you could bring your own in a medicine syringe. This is simply sugar water, but we learned the trick from NICU nurses. It calms and soothes due to an endorphin release. Drug-free soothing. Sweet!(Ha!)
Look forward to seeing you soon!

229. From Rosemary Davies-Janes

Blog Title Miboso Training
Blog URL: http://mibosotraining.com/
Blog Tagline: Exploring and Explaining Training
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Today, training comes in far more flavors, formats and formulation than Baskin-Robbins’ ice cream. As few can afford the time or money required for retraining, knowing which training format give you the fastest results and greatest retention is critical. MibosoTraining.com offers tips, insights and perspectives that will help you effectively navigate the wide world of training choices.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
A sample of blogging advice from
http://mibosotraining.com/category/training/executive-training/
The paradox in selecting executive training is that what will minimize the pain of the issue is often chosen over that which will tackle the source of the pain. From the inside, it can be very difficult to tell the difference, as the pain can be overwhelming. And indeed, in industries experiencing a great deal of pain, such as manufacturing executives who are facing a loss of competitiveness due to their huge labor costs, a general anesthetic may be a necessary prelude to life saving surgery. But the anesthetic will only hold the pain at bay for a short time. If surgery is not conducted, recovery will not be possible. The entity—as it was—will cease to exist and a new life form will emerge to take its place. Addressing what’s causing the pain in your organization requires courage. Anything less than complete truthfulness leaves remnants of the problem intact. They fester and reinfect the organization. Repeat surgeries increase the odds of executive or organizational mortality.
Our Training Needs Analysis is designed to diagnose the true cause(s) of your organization’s pain and provide a succinct and targeted prescription formulated to kill the infection and establish an environment for vigorous growth. And if, after reading this, you think, “Hah! Yeah, right,” perhaps the disease you are dealing with is indifference to the truth?

230. From Carol Solomon

Blog Title Hypnosis And Diet
Blog URL: http://hypnosisanddiet.com
Blog Tagline: Weight Loss Without The Huffing And Puffing
What makes the blog worth visiting?
This blog is worth visiting because it will make your weight loss easier and more effective. You’ll stop doing all the wrong things and finally get results.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
From what I can tell, most people want to eat a mountain of junk food, go to bed fat and wake up thin, never having to think about it. While it may not work exactly like that, programming the subconscious can considerably shorten the learning curve, and ease the pain of any diet.
The subconscious cannot distinguish reality from imagination. In fact, it runs on pictures and imagination. So if you think to yourself “I gain weight just looking at food,” or “these brownies go right to my thighs,” you are giving instructions to your subconscious mind.
It’s like a big, hungry robot. You program it to do something and it does it, but it can only do what you tell it to do. Controlling your self talk is critical, because the subconscious mind is always listening for your instructions. Self talk is a form of self hypnosis.
The good news is that the subconscious is a VERY powerful tool that can be used to your advantage. Hypnosis and Diet shows you how to program in what you want. Then wash, rinse and repeat it often enough, and you are in control.

231. From Davina Haisell

Blog Title Loving Pulse
Blog URL: http://lovingpulse.wordpress.com
Blog Tagline: I trust and allow the loving pulse of my spirit to connect me with the wisdom of life’s mysteries.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
To share in the journey.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
As Samuel Butler says, “Words are clothes that thoughts wear.” So, come and enjoy Davina’s fashion show.