Award Entrepreneur: Ambassador for Peace

Award Entrepreneur: Ambassador for Peace
by: Marjorie Moutari


Ms. Marjorie Moutari is the founder and CEO of Kazam Natural Body Care LLC.

A family based business which manufactures Natural Body Care and Organic Health and Beauty Products. These products are available online, in beauty shops and from mail order. We do special orders and gift baskets and we ship all over the United States. These organic health and body care products are also available at home parties and in other stores. Some of our customers and clients includes Celebrities, Fashion Models and Diplomats.


Ms. Moutari received her training in natural personal care products, perfume and essential oil manufacturing in Europe, Africa and the United States, she also hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from Pratt Institute in New York.

She has over 10 years experience as a holistic nutrition and diet consultant, counseling

patients on nutrition and health matters.


As the wife of a high ranking diplomat, stationed in several countries around the world

including Germany, Russia and Africa, where she conducted workshops and seminars, training African women to make soaps , lotions, essential oils and perfumes.

Which enabled them to own their own personal care business which generated an Income for their families and greater independence for themselves.



Ms. Moutari is widely published in Africa, she has written several articles on health and beauty care and nutrition in French. Published in National Magazines, including "La Nourriture Fondement De La Vie" (Translated from French to English, "Food is the foundation of life") Kazam Natural Body Care products grew out of a demand for preservative free products that has no harmful side effects, there are a growing number of health conscious consumers who are seeking natural pure high quality organic and aroma therapeutic products that are made without any harsh chemicals.

Kazam Natural Body Care products, perfumes and essential oils was developed to fulfill this growing need.


Visit our online boutique and discover the delights of pure natural body care products. We have a variety of health and beauty care products, Lotions, Body Scrubs, Bath Salts, Soaps, Candles and more...


www.Kazambodycare.com

Enjoy!

Alone This Valentine's Day? First Of All, No, You A

Alone This Valentine's Day? First Of All, No, You A
by: Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach



Valentine's Day can range from annoying to dreadful when you aren't paired, so let's put a new spin on this!

You probably feel sorry for yourself because you're the Only One who's alone, but if you're alone you're NOT alone. According to the American Association for Single people, 82
million men and women in the United States are unmarried.

If you define adults as those over 18, 44% of US adults are single. By 2010, it should be 47.2%. That's getting very close to half. What will we do then? Rename the holiday? Abolish it? Or will those of us who are single rise up and demand our OWN holiday? An UNValentine's Day??

Holidays DO disappear, you know. When I was young, we celebrated May Day. Honestly, you bought Hallmark paper basket kits, you assembled them, you filled them with fresh flowers and
placed them on your neighbors' doorsteps.

I am not making this up.

But I am digressing.

Back to my point. A LOT of us are single, so you AREN'T alone if you're alone on Valentine 's Day. If that doesn't make you feel better, try these things, which will be just a little tongue in cheek, because I want to ramp you out of your position of feeling sorry for yourself. I've tried most of these, BTW, having been single longer than some of you have been alive, and they work!

This is the old - if you can't change IT, change your FEELINGS toward it.

FREUD!!!

How could we not mention F-R-E-U-D on the national ^romantic^ holiday? Remember Freud's "defense mechanisms"? A common misconception is that they're all "bad," but actually we need our defense mechanisms. They're helpful! We need our defense mechanisms to:

1. Minimize anxiety
2. Protect the ego
3. Maintain repression
a.It prevents discomfort
b.It leads to some economy of time and effort

I'm sure you're with me now that if you plan to, um, GET THROUGH VALENTINE'S DAY AS A SINGLE, a defense mechanism or 10 might come in handy.

So here we go.

DEFENSE, DEFINITION & APPLICATION

1. Affiliation: Dealing with emotional conflict and stressors (hereinafter referred to as "it") by turning to others for help or support. Valentine Application (VA): This is a great defense! Call your coach! Commiserate with friends. Talk to your sweet Mom.

2. Aim Inhibition: Limiting ^instinctual demands^, accepting partial fulfillment. VA: Invite a platonic boyfriend out for Valentine's Day and pretend it's all you really wanted. Who needs mad, passionate sex when you can talk about QuikBooks for three hours at Chili's, right?

3. Altruism: Deal with it by meeting the needs of others. VA: Do as I've done. Choose someone to shower with your affection - a grand-daughter works! Go out and buy all the things you'd want yourself - perfume, flowers, fluffy pink sweater, do it up big! Wrap 'em up, carry them over there, take her out and wine and dine her and savor! Feels great!

4. Anticipation: Deal with it by experiencing emotional reactions in advance of possible future events and considering realistic alternative responses or solutions. VA: Well, that's what we're doing here. We're circumventing a lousy Valentine's Day, and making our plans otherwise. How cool is that?

5. Avoidance: Deal with it by refusal to encounter situations because they represent ^unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses^. VA: Well, that would be Valentine's Day. You could cancel your own personal one.

6. Compensation: Encountering failure in one sphere of activity (like love life?), you over-emphasize another. VA: Let's do a clean-the-house marathon, or workout for 5 hours after work Friday.

7. Self-assertion: Expressing feelings and thoughts directly, non-manipulatively. VA: Go for it! Ask that cute new HR director out.

8. Sublimation: Attenuating the force of an ^instinctual drive^ by using the energy in other, constructive activities. VA: So, we work late Valentine's Day, finishing up a primo project, or go home and write poetry or paint. Good idea?

9. Intellectualization: Deal with it by excessive use of abstract thinking or making generalizations to minimize disturbing feelings. VA: We could talk about how nearly half the other adults in the US are also single, and it ain't so bad. Anyway it's not bothering ME. How about that?

LET'S AVOID THESE ONES:

1. Conversion: Turn it into a physical symptom "involving portions of the body innervated by sensory or motor nerves." VA: No getting of paralyzed arms because you'd really like to sock your ex.

2. Deflection: Redirecting attention to someone else. VA: Don't need to talk about "Loser-boy Tom." We can deal with our own stuff!

3. Identification: Unconscious modeling of one's self upon another person. VA: Sandra's got a great husband and she's going to Quebec
for Valentine's weekend, but that doesn't mean we have to dress and talk like her all week without ^being aware of it^.

4. Displacement: Change in the object by which the ^instinctual drive^ is to be satisfied. VA: Having been abandoned by your boyfriend, resist all urges to vent your anger on your room-mate! Keep your people and your emotions straight, ok? (EQ course available--www.susandunn.cc/courses.htm.)

5. Help-Rejecting Complaining: Requesting help and then rejecting it. VA: (I think that's whining, and playing the victim, don't you?)

6. Acting Out: Dealing with it by actions rather than reflections of feelings. VA: Don't get crabby and kick the dog, or go out and get drunk.

7. Projection: Attributing one's thoughts or impulses to another person. VA: No, your mother isn't mad at YOU, YOU'RE mad at your GIRLFRIEND. Keeping people and feelings straight again.

8. Regression: Suffering the loss of some of the development already attained and reverting to lower level of adaptation and expression. VA: None of that!

9. Autistic Fantasy: Deal with it by excessive daydreaming as a substitute for human relationships, more effective action, or problem solving. VA: This is why we all hate Freud!!

P.S. Work in an office? Send yourself flowers. Like half those other girls aren't doing that?


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
©Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach, offers coaching and Internet courses for your personal and professional development. www.susandunn.cc and mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc for FREE ezine. Give yourself what you've always wanted--a coach! Valentine's gift certificates available.

Amber is Beautiful

Amber is Beautiful
by: Sher Maten


Amber is a beautiful! A true gift from mother nature. It comes in many different colors - yellow, orange, red, white, brown, green, blue and almost black. It may be transparent or clouded. Transparent tones range from pale to dark yellow, to yellow light brown. Cloudy amber comes in a wide range of colors. Amber is fossilized resin of ancient trees that grew in amber forests. Through various physical and chemical changes the resin becomes Amber.


Amber is unique because it is able to preserve the organic tissues in it. It is very common to find pieces of plants and insects, trapped in amber making it extremely valuable to both collectors and the scientists. A beautiful and fascinating gem! Amber is found in various parts of the world. The largest amber deposits are off the shores of the Baltic Sea. Baltic Amber is the most sought after and valuable for making amber jewelry. Baltic Amber has been used for decorative items since prehistoric times. A Baltic amber amulet has even been found in Egyptian tombs .


Amber was also very popular in ancient Rome during the reign of Neron when: jewelry, ornaments, amulets, and even dice were made from amber. During the Middle Ages, amber prayer beads were exported. From the 16th century into the 18th century item made from amber included jewelry, dishes, buttons, pipe mouth pieces, chess sets and a host of other fine products.


The majority of Baltic amber comes from a 400-square-mile area - the Samland Peninsula, now known as the Kaliningrad region. The Kaliningrad amber mine supplies 99% of the Baltic amber. Up until the 19th century amber was retrieved manually from the sea. During the latter part of the 19th century operations became much more sophisticated as they began dredging and mining for amber. Since then millions of pounds of Baltic amber have been mined.. A small town in the Kaliningrad region has the world's largest amber mine. Amber has a special beauty in its ability for each piece to be truly original in nature and content.


The downfall to amber is like anything organic it does not last forever. Baltic amber is known to have the longest life expectancy. Taking proper care of your amber will result in enjoyment for many years, sometimes thousands of years as seen with the recovery of jewels from the past.

Some important tips for caring for your amber:

 Never store amber where it may rub against hard surfaces such as metal or other jewelry.

 Do not expose amber to harsh chemicals such as soap, jewelry cleaners, perfumes, hair products.

 Do not expose amber to direct sunshine or heat.

 To clean your amber wash in lukewarm water. Use a soft cloth to wash and dry. To restore the shine polish with pure olive oil. Where amber with pride, add it to your jewelry wardrobe and be sure to make your fashion statement!



About the Author
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About the author: Sher has been serving customers for over 20 years, providing affordable estate jewelry, and a wealth of information on jewelry, fashion, designers, and beauty with on staff industry professionals. Please visit us at Estate Jewelry International.