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When trying to get pregnant, there's plenty you can do to boost your chances of conception. While there's no guaranteed formula, here are the key things you can try...
If you're ready to start trying for a baby, the obvious thing to do is to stop using birth control. Besides this, there's plenty you can do to both optimise your chances of conceiving and give a possible pregnancy the best start you can.
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If it's already established that the man has a low sperm count then intercourse can be timed even more precisely to try to ensure that an optimal amount of sperm is delivered at the optimal time. With a low sperm count, leaving a couple of days between sex will give more time for sperm levels to rise again.
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Dr. Cara Gardenswartz: Though the DSM-IV-TR (the "Bible" of mental disorders for the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association) does not formally recognize sexual addiction as a mental illness, most psychologists and trained therapists believe that sexual addiction is real, just as they consider gambling addiction to be real. It is speculated that in the latest version (currently in progress) of the DSM (DSM-V), sexual addiction will be included as a mental illness. In the 1980s, the 12-step movement popularized the notion that behaviors could be as addictive as substances such as cocaine or alcohol. They founded 12-step programs for compulsive shoppers, gamblers, "sexaholics," and so on.
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Honestly, I don't know if we excuse him with being a "sex addict" or if this is a real illness. What do you guys think?
It is a real illness as any addiction is. It's not just the harmful effects of experiencing the addiction and its after affects that can lead to vertigo-like lifestyles, but it's also the effects of not experiencing the addiction.
I believe he is a sex addict, but so much media attention is placed on his money and endorsements and the attractiveness of his mistresses and not his overall emotional and mental health which I can imagine was dealt a serious blow after his father passed away.
His behavior shows a level of personal disregard and recklessness. It also demonstrates excessiveness.
I think he and his family need their privacy so that the healing process can begin and that he seek the treatment he deserves.
He is a human being. Let's start being human too and understand his frailty. He's accepted his imperfections. Let's accept ours.
Excuse him? For what? He only did what 99% of us would do with the options he has. I'm proud of him… The only thing that dissapoints me about this whole situation is the way Tiger is groveling to his wife and mistresses. Cmon tiger, have a backbone.
Mike: what options?
Even though Tiger doesn't have all the symptoms Dr. G mentioned I think he has enough of them to be classified as an addict. I feel bad for him….
It could be that Tiger is just a jerk who is too pampered and thinks that he has a right to other women.
Or it could be that his wife is like 60% of the other wives out there who have children drastically cut down on the sex to once a week or less. That is the numbher one complaint of married men is that their wives sexually starve them to death.
Now no woman should be forced to have sex against her will, but why is it that so many women feel entitled to force their husbands to do without sex against his will.
For every time you force him to masturbate alone, you are builidng up tremendous resentment inside of him. It leaves him open and vulnerable to women who are willing to grant him sexual favors
Wether or not he's an addict or has a mental problem, this behavior has to have consequences. It's never an excuse. It's a way for us to understand what's happening, but that doesn't mean guys get to act out because of it.
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WHy is it that people has such hard time accepting sexual conduct as a normal aspect of our social life, as a society we live for sex, we sell sexy advertising, appealing to our sexual desires, Tiger is a product of our society, it is insane that some guy can make $5 billion playing golf, however is not wrong that he does have sexual desires and can afford them, nothing wrong with that, except that he hide it !!!!
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The Top Ten
1On the Floor
She's awesome in general but I love how she sings this song and it's kinda catchy
This song is absolutely brilliant! It's a worldwide hit and everybody loves it.. It's very catchy and full of energy.. J Lo ROCKS!
Love this song so much j-lo looks so hot in this song
[Newest]Really very good dancing music song I really like itMore comments about On the Floor Listen to sample
She is singing very awesome and very good
This song is absolutely brilliant! Its a worldwide hit and everybody loves it.. Its very catchy and full of energy
She is singing very awesome and very good
This song is absolutely brilliant! Its a worldwide hit and everybody loves it.. Its very catchy and full of energy
2Waiting for Tonight
Definitely itz d best song by JLo... superb music.
The best one as I hear for the 1st time, very excellent performance with unique simple dance. Special dialect for all the national ^^ international audience. I really appreciate it ^^ will remember forever as I think.
Her performance is really brilliant here. After this song I became a JLover. The video was fantastic as well - beautiful locations and stunning Jennifer
More comments about Waiting for TonightListen to sample
[newest]JLO is so hot in the video.
3Dance Again
AWESOME! Song man feat by pitbull it should be at least number 1. Listen and vote for it because its a new song and deservers to be atlest first!
I wanna dance again in party...
Nobody knows what I'm feeling inside
I find it so stupid
So why should I hide
That I love to make love to you baby
(yeah make love to me)
So many ways wanna touch you tonight
I'm a big girl got no secrets this time
Yeah I love to make love to you baby
(yeah make love to me)
If this would be a perfect world
We'd be together then
(let's do it do it do it)
Only got just one life this I've learned
Who cares what they're gonna say
(let's do it do it do it)
I wanna dance, and love, and dance again
I wanna dance, and love, and dance again
I wanna dance again in party...
Nobody knows what I'm feeling inside
I find it so stupid
So why should I hide
That I love to make love to you baby
(yeah make love to me)
So many ways wanna touch you tonight
I'm a big girl got no secrets this time
Yeah I love to make love to you baby
(yeah make love to me)
If this would be a perfect world
We'd be together then
(let's do it do it do it)
Only got just one life this I've learned
Who cares what they're gonna say
(let's do it do it do it)
I wanna dance, and love, and dance again
I wanna dance, and love, and dance again
AWESOME! Song man feat by pitbull it should be at least no 2. Listen and vote for it because its a new song and deservers to be atlest second!
LOVE IT! I wasn't a fan of her songs but man, I heard this one time and now I am hooked! On this song especially but on her other songs too! She is so talented. Deserves to be in 1st place for sure!
More comments about Dance Again
[newest]JLO rocked in this video! Another successful music video by J-LO! Love her music till date, and movies!
A very catchy song by J-Lo SHE IS AMAZINGLY TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL. Her songs have never disappointed me and this song is amazing LISTEN TO IT!
Very touching song... Great job lady. Lyrics dipped in the sweetness of her voice is what makes this song good
This video is hillarious and had me laughing all the time, you awesome JLo and so talented, bless you!
More comments about PapiListen to sample
[newest]Love it! Papi should've gotten higher on the charts!
5I'm Into You
I'm into you is amazing song that is very catchy and makes up want to get up and dance! I just downloaded this song on iTunes and it makes me so happy and energetic! Great song! I give it 5 stars for a rating(: enjoy the song!
Great music & voice
J LO rocks! This song worth to be number 1.. Hats off to the music..
J LO rocks! This song worth to be number 1.. Hats off to the music..
Lil wayne and jennifer lopez 2 top class singers. Nice lyrics and amazing music. Vote for it guys!
More comments about I'm Into YouListen to sample
[newest]LOVE? Is the best album by J-LO, I LOVE IT! On the floor, I'm into you and Papi rock the album!
6Ain't It Funny
Best of J LO for sure
Good lyrics perfect performance, Super voice
Good lyrics perfect performance, Super voice
This beautiful/emotional track should be #1 - touching lyrics, beautiful video, amazing dancing. J. Lo is real talent and this phenomenal song proved that
Amazing xx ;) bet song she has ever done..
She is so amazing and brilliant
Jlo I love you xx
She is so amazing and brilliant
Jlo I love you xx
More comments about Ain't It FunnyListen to sample
[newest]From the begining, J-LO has showed the world what she can do. And in this song, she really does show you that it's funny!
7Love Don't Cost a Thing
LOVE this song its in my top ten! Along with On The Floor, which is no. 1 ( no surprises there! ) In My opinian this is jennifers best song LOVE DON'T COST A THING! WO HO
I don't know why I like it. But the fact remains that I just keep listening to it, whether comes On The Floor (No. 2) or Waiting For Tonight (No. 3)
You be with J-LO, watch out! She can sing, dance, act and sell herself to everyone and do all the things you can think of. However, this song shows something different - Love don't cost a thing.More comments about Love Don't Cost a ThingListen to sample
8If You Had My Love
Its really a very nice song. I can kept it listening all the time.
There is a sentence: "The first one is always the best one". Well, this case is no exception. "If you had my love" and "Love don't cost a thing" are JLO"s bests.
I love this song, it is such a nice song! Some of my other favorites are "Love Don't Cost A Thing", "Dance Again", "Waiting For Tonight", and "Let's Get Loud".More comments about If You Had My LoveListen to sample
So beautiful, deeply emotional and touching track. Jennifer's vocal sounds impressive here. This wonderful song should have been a huge hit
Wats it doing here at no.6. Gt b higher..
love dis track
love dis track
Everyone needs to be "Brave" this song has the ability to encourage that! Amazing song.
[Newest]Amazing song! Can listen to it the whole dayMore comments about BraveListen to sample
10Live It Up
J lo + Pitbull = Super hit... Great music... Go on!
Awesome song! Made me live it up :) Her collabs with Pitbull are always amazing. Waiting for new ones!
Love this song! J lo & pitbull, they both just are amazing!
More comments about Live It UpListen to sample
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11All I Have
I adore Jennifer. She released so many great songs but "All I Have" is one of her most memorable ones. Fantastic lyrics, nice performance and brilliant video
Reminds me of my beautiful childhood
All her songs rock because she is jloListen to sample
12Get Right
Ma favorite nothing's better that thisListen to sample
13I'm Real
1 because irvs beat, the catchy hook and her and ja both going hard
I love you Jennifer so mutchListen to sample
14Let's Get Loud
Best of the best
ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL SONGS EVERListen to sample
15Hold It Don't Drop It Listen to sample
16(What Is) Love?
I love this song so much. It has a variation of music and jennifer's voice is just perfect for this song. She has a strong and loud and a stunning voice. I love her and all her songs. There's no doubt about that she's the best. She is a sweetheart. I love her and all her songs!
This song is better than it's previous part. You should listen to it and get addicted!
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Awesome song, my favorite JLOListen to sample
Why does this song get forgotten? This was a top 20 hit when it came out and one of my all-time favorites. She did not put this song on her greatest hits album and never performs it on tour.Listen to sample
18Que Hiciste
Love the guitar piece at the beginning!
I love the guitar piece at the begining!Listen to sample
19I'm Gonna Be Alright
I'm gonna be alright I love the song I also like the video and the songs brave & first love & fresh out the oven and waiting for tonight hex hector remix but I like I'm gonna be alright the most!
I'm going to be alright-I love the song & the video! I also like the songs, Waiting for Tonight Hex Hector remix, First Love, Fresh Out of the Oven, Invading my Mind, & Brave!Listen to sample
20Jenny From the Block
What an amazing era! Jennifer Lopez is awesome in this song and the message she wants to pass...That she's just a simple girl from the block <3, even though she is a huge star now.
As a young boy I danced with the hottest older girl to this! Good memories
I lv the wy she sing... I thought... Lv don't cost a thing is the best 4 me.Listen to sample
21Goin' In
This song should enter top five. One of her best songs. Listen to it and vote guys! You should love it like I do. Thank You!
Should had been TOP #3 how did 'papi' got there
I love this song! Its should to be top 5!More comments about Goin' InListen to sample
22Si Ya Se Acabo
One of the most beautiful, touching and emotional tracks from Jennifer Lopez. This song should have been released as a single
Irina2932Listen to sample
23Do It Well
The electronic song which she sounds best on.
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24Como Ama una Mujer Listen to sample
25I Luh Ya Papi Listen to sample
26Feelin' So Good Listen to sample
27Loving You Listen to sample
28No Me Ames Listen to sample
29Mouth 2 Mouth
Love dis song catchy lyrics and music is just Fantastic! Must listen guys... This one rocks... What is it doing here must be in top 10...
Whoa jenifer and enrique are the best bes for sure its awesome qw life si never possible without it
30(Can't Believe) This Is Me
To me, this is her best song. However, she hasn't the voice to give it the intensity and the passion a great voice could provide it with. If this song was sung by another singer, it would make a very powerful ballad.Listen to sample
31Run the World
When I hear this song I always imagine a music video on a beach:) Such a cool song with great summer vibeListen to sample
32Alive Listen to sample
The best... Awesome lyrics on the floor is nothing in compare with this still is not a stolen song though... This song is a legend only real jlo fans do love itListen to sample
34Starting Over
She sings this song with huge passion. I never seen anything like it.Listen to sample
35T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)
Great songs jennifer lopez just rock this song will.I. am is also great! The tune is great! Great song should be at top eleven!Listen to sample
36Should've Never
Such a good song... SHOULD'VE been a single :PListen to sample
37I'm Glad
Cracker. Sexy video, banging instrumental, good concept. Love you j loListen to sample
38Baila Listen to sample
39Dance with Me Listen to sample
40First Love
Such a good song. Very strong
Heard this for the first time on pandora and I'm in love with it! Not more than my girl though :P
I juSt loVe wiTh jLoMore comments about First LoveListen to sample
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41Baby I Love U! Listen to sample
42Hold You Down Listen to sample
43Forever Listen to sample
44That's the Way Listen to sample
45One Love Listen to sample
46Me Haces Falta Listen to sample
47Fresh Out the Oven
THIS is the first collaboration between J Lo & Pitbull. THIS is what made On The Floor a success.
48We Gotta Talk Listen to sample
49The One
The One- I really like it! It should be #2 instead of Waiting for Tonight!Listen to sample
50He'll Be Back Listen to sample
51Again Listen to sample
53Sweet Spot
Though it is Flo rida's song but J LO has a great part in it
Awesome collaboration with Flo Rida.Listen to sample
54Cherry Pie Listen to sample
55Good Hit Listen to sample
56Invading My Mind
This song definitely deserves the vote! One of her best, it awesome!
I love this song as it is written by lady gaga!Listen to sample
57Hooked On You
58Carino Listen to sample
THIS IS THE SMASHING SUMMER HIT OF 2014! VOTE!Listen to sample
60A.K.A. Listen to sample
61So Good Listen to sample
62Acting Like That
I like the fact that jlo and iggy are collab!Listen to sample
63Tens Listen to sample
64Emotions Listen to sample
65Never Satisfied Listen to sample
66We Are One (Ola Ola) Listen to sample
67Charge Me Up Listen to sample
I like villain a lotListen to sample
I like the songListen to sample
70Same Girl
I like same girlListen to sample
71Girls Listen to sample
72Follow The Leader ft. Jennifer Lopez
I really love this song it's so amazing. Actually j lo is so talented and awesome in writing and singing songs, you can't even choose between her songs the best singer ever
Real Catchy song, and even though it was in the Spanish market, the American mainstream would have really enjoyed it. One song to actually listen. Top 10 at least
God 23? What are you insane it should be in top 5More comments about Follow The Leader ft. Jennifer LopezListen to sample
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Many observers speculate the company will fail to meet earnings expectations.
Depending on who you talk to, BlackBerry 10 (BBRY) has either been a huge success or a predictable flop.
One report claimed that BlackBerry 10 had beaten the rumored sales estimates and acquired several iPhone customers from Apple (AAPL).
Days prior, Canaccord Genuity reduced its sales estimates from 1.75 million BlackBerry 10 units to just 300,000 units.
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A U.S. senator from West Virginia has become the latest politician to climb on a soapbox and pontificate about television — and help those he's trying to hurt.
After watching a preview of the forthcoming series "Buckwild," Sen. Joe Manchin is calling on MTV to cancel the series. Because it makes West Virginia look bad. OK, worse.
"We have an awful lot of constituents," said the Democratic senator. "They're very much offended that they're trying to portray our state in this light."
Let's forget for a moment that Manchin hasn't actually seen the show he's complaining about. No one is denying that "Buckwild" is going to do for West Virginia what "Jersey Shore" did for New Jersey — demonstrate that there are some really idiotic young people who will do anything to be on TV.
Just as in the other 48 states.
To oversimplify, if that's possible, "Buckwild" features attractive young people drinking, partying, having meaningless sex and participating in various stupid stunts.
But Manchin's comments, coming just weeks before the Jan. 3 premiere, are like a gift to MTV. You can't buy the kind of publicity he's generated.
Weirdly enough, this is a repeat. Four years ago, New Jersey State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale sent a letter to MTV's parent company demanding that "Jersey Shore" be canceled.
"Jersey Shore is a fabrication created by MTV Networks and marketed to represent reality," read the letter. "This is a far cry from a documentary of a naturally occurring subculture existing in New Jersey."
Substitute West Virginia for New Jersey and it sounds pretty much the same today.
"In no way shape or form is this reality, and definitely not reality in West Virginia," Manchin said. "As I'm told and I understand, this was all scripted and … [they would do] four or five or six takes if that's what's needed to make it look as outrageous as it possibly can."
Yup. That's reality TV on MTV. And Manchin has done more to promote the show than anyone else.
Here's what you do if there's a show about your state you don't much care for: Ignore it if possible. Downplay it if you're forced to comment.
Such as when former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was asked about the fictional HBO drama "Big Love" back in 2006. "Hollywood tends to rely on extremes when they make shows," he said. "That's what sells. I'm not sure too many people are swayed by whatever message it's trying to impart."
I can't agree with Huntsman the TV critic — he wrongly called "Big Love" "contentless" and "pointless."
But when it comes to politics and TV, Manchin should have looked to the guy from Utah, not the guy from New Jersey.
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Historians have long argued that there was more hostility than initially perceived between Mao's China and CCP and Stalin's USSR as early as the 1920s and 1930s. I just came across a July review of a new Cold War history piece by Donggil Kim that sheds more light on what is now known as the Sino-Soviet split.
We know that both Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai suspected that Stalin did not want the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to cross the Yangtze River in early 1949, eliminate the contending Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and unify China. Kim believes that it was Stalin's recommendation that the CCP enter into peace talks with the KMT that led Mao and Zhou to conclude that his real purpose was to "divide China into a CCP-ruled Northern Dynasty and a KMT-ruled Southern Dynasty". Since the PLA had yet to cross the Yangtze, the ceasefire preceding the talks would establish the river as the dividing line.
Kim thinks this is true, and provides interesting insights into why Stalin wanted a de facto partition of China. The first motivation is well-known. After the destructive impact of WWII on the USSR, Stalin's main aim was to keep Soviet borders secure. Since he both grossly underestimated the strength of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vastly overestimated the likelihood of U.S. military intervention in China to prevent a complete communist takeover, he believed it would be better to secure a CCP-led north China buffer for the USSR rather than risk the presence of U.S. troops on Soviet borders.
More interesting is Stalin's second motive. Kim thinks that just like Stalin believed that American intervention in the 1950-53 Korean War would divert U.S. forces away from the critical European theater, the Soviet leader viewed a 'KMT-ruled Southern Dynasty' as a potential troop-intensive distraction for Washington.
If he did perceive such treachery early on from Stalin, Kim asks, why then did Mao choose to align China with the USSR in 1950? Simply put, the USSR was the lesser of two evils. Yes, Mao remembered the significant differences he had with Soviet-trained orthodox Communists within the CCP and never forgot Stalin's betrayal at the Yalta Conference of 1945, where he pledged not to support the CCP in exchange for territorial concessions in China. But Marxist-Leninist ideology told him that U.S. imperialism was much more dangerous than Soviet socialism and that, from a practical standpoint, he needed Soviet assistance in economic and technological development as a model for China.
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NARRATOR: The painted neon sculptures depicting the word "America" in this gallery were inspired by the opening of Charles Dickens's, A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." GLENN LIGON: The first neons that I did were at the moment when our economy was booming, but we were in a war in Afghanistan. Well, we're still in a war with Afghanistan, but since then Barack Obama, the first black President of the United States, was elected. NARRATOR: Ligon began to think of America in terms of dichotomies, contrasts, and light and dark. Neon, sometimes painted black to seal in the light, became his new medium. In this work, Rückenfigur, it takes a moment to realize that Ligon hasn't spelled AMERICA backward. Each individual letter is flipped to face the wall. But because the "A", the "M," and the "I" are symmetrical, they still seem to face out towards us. Curator Scott Rothkopf:SCOTT ROTHKOPF: And that's one of the really interesting things about this piece, I think, this idea of America, this country, this word facing away from us but at the same time addressing us. There's a sense of vulnerability in this piece—you see the back of this sign in a way, these wires that dangle down. You see the fragile connections between these letters, which I think suggests the sense of America, this country, as a confederacy that's both united and sometimes divided. And I think that all of those things, in a way, function metaphorically for where this country is at this moment.
ADAM WEINBERG: This work's title, Rückenfigur, is a German term that describes a figure in a painting who is seen from the back contemplating a grand landscape. In many ways, Glenn Ligon puts us in that position—through his work we are confronted with the vast and contradictory landscape that is America today.Thank you for joining us today.


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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- An upstart South Korean squad beat Canada with defence and ended Heather Nedohin's chances for a gold medal at the women's world curling championship.
Skip Ji-Sun Kim made a tap for two points and a 4-3 win in Saturday's game between the third and fourth playoff seeds. The surprising South Koreans advanced to the semifinal against Switzerland later Saturday.
Canada plays for the bronze medal Sunday, making it the second time in as many world championship appearances Nedohin will play for the lesser medal.
"There's no way we're losing that bronze game," Nedohin said as her voice shook and the tears came. "I did the damn same thing in 1998. I'm going to win the bronze."
Canada last won gold at the women's world championship in 2008 when Jennifer Jones team prevailed in Vernon, B.C. Kelly Scott in 2007 and Colleen Jones in 2004 were the other two victorious Canadian teams in the last decade.
The semifinal winner between South Korea and Switzerland's Mirjam Ott meets Sweden's Margaretha Sigfriddson for this year's gold medal Sunday. The semifinal loser meets Canada for bronze Sunday morning.
No one predicted the South Korean run at this year's tournament. The country has appeared in just four women's world championships since 2005.
Kim went 2-9 skipping South Korea last year in Denmark, but the country has begun intensively preparing their athletes to excel in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Saturday's playoff game was the first at the women's world championship for South Korea. Kim had a clear strategy of a conservative, hitting game to keep the score low and close.
"It was on purpose that the strategies were very simple," Kim said through an interpreter. "In order to be able to beat Canada, the way would be not to make too big of a score difference."
With last-rock advantage to start the game, they blanked the first two ends, the fifth when they got the hammer back and again in the ninth to be down a point coming home with hammer.
"I thought the Koreans came out not to play against us," Nedohin said. "They were extremely defensive from the get-go. The only entertaining end was the last one and she did make a pistol. It was a great shot to win.
"I was ready to play the game. Maybe that's a good tactic against us, to play extremely boring. Congratulations to them. They got a 'W' out of it. I just don't think it was an entertaining game whatsoever."
Boring or not, Canada was unable to draw the South Koreans into trouble with the exception of the sixth end when the hosts stole a point.
The Canadians didn't play badly, shooting 87 per cent as a team, but their shooters on hits rolled out of the rings a few times to take the pressure off the opposition.
"We had a couple of opportunities where we could have pressed the issue a little bit," third Beth Iskiw said. "Not that we played poorly, but we could have made it a little bit harder for them."
When there were rocks in play in the 10th, South Korean third Seul-Bee Lee executed a couple of key hit and rolls to position rocks advantageously.
Iskiw missed a runback double and a subsequent corner-freeze attempt bounced out in the open. Nedohin also wasn't precise enough with her corner freezes.
Kim's hand was visibly shaking on her penultimate throw of the end, but she still made a double hit to lie two. Nedohin's attempted corner freeze on her final throw was just short of being shot rock, leaving Kim a raise on the top of the four-foot rings for two points and the victory.
"I thought I would win," the petite skip said. "I thought it in my mind before the game started that I would win and that's why I was able to not be too scared or afraid of this game."
A small, but vocal band of supporters for South Korea engaged in a cheer battle with the pro-Canada Enmax Centre, which made for a lively atmosphere.
Canadian women have finished out of the medals just five times in the 33-year history of the tournament. Nedohin, Iskiw and front end Jessica Mair and Laine Peters had to emotionally recover from their loss in order to not be the sixth.
"I think it's devastating," Peters said. "I'm not happy at all. We came here to win gold. We're not going to do that now.
"We have to now regroup and come out and win bronze. We will do that. It's certainly our new goal. I don't think we're quite there yet, but we will get there."
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The Stress Doc outlines three recent encounters that stimulated the design of a new speaking program. He also provides a paradigmatic preview: the emotional tasks and trials, tears and small triumphs as well as key skills and strategies for cultivating "Passion Power."
Finding the Pass and Passion in the Impasse: Keys to Unleashing Purpose, Persistence and Power
At a recent Society of Government Meeting Planners (SGMP) luncheon I was confronted with some cold hard marketing reality. An experienced hospitality-hotel-conference planning consultant explained that today's meeting planner or hotel salesperson would not immediately bite on my Practice Safe Stress program line. While there is considerable stress in the industry, in the current highly competitive, numbers-driven economic climate these professionals are obsessed with the bottom line. Based on feedback from running scores of focus groups, the consultant declared that industry personnel are thinking of themselves first and foremost: will a speaking or training program help increase their sales; will a program make them more influential communicators or more savvy marketers; in the eyes of clients or potential customers, what skills and strategies will have these folks perceived as more powerful, responsive and effective?
This was the first of two other recent encounters that began pushing me out of my presentation program comfort zone. The second encounter was actually the culmination of a series of interactions that almost always occur right after I've delivered a keynote or workshop. I'm no longer surprised (though always pleased) when people come up and tell me that they really enjoyed the workshop or "great program." But for this essay, even more salient is how they aver with a touch of amazement, admiration and/or gracious envy that, "You really love what you do, don't you!" Or someone will comment on my "great energy."
Clearly, the motivation is not simply due to a desire to express one's appreciation. The implicit message is: How can I get such an emotional charge from my work? How can I bring such intensely focused, exuberant energy to my professional (and/or personal) life?
A Mentoring Moment
And just two weeks ago, a workshop participant took her exploration one step further. During a break in my Safe Stress Program, a social worker approached me about her interest in doing public speaking. People have told her she has a flair for communicating with groups. When I encouraged her to choose a subject that for her evokes feelings of passion, her immediate reply: "That's what everyone says." But alas, she claimed she wasn't feeling passionate about anything right now; she couldn't focus on a particular subject.
I suspect she may have been dealing with some form of BBS: Bjorn Bored Syndrome. BBS is named after Bjorn Borg, the Swedish,'80s tennis great who suddenly burnt out and dropped out of the pro tennis circuit despite being, seemingly, at the top of his game. After so many championships, the glamour was gone while the daily grinding practices remained. The Bjorn Bored Syndrome: When Mastery Times Monotony Provides an Index of Misery! The Stress Doc's rejuvenating elixir: "Fireproof your life with variety!"
This woman intuitively understood the need to shake up her career puzzle. What helped her find the proverbial pass in the impasse? I made and raised several additional suggestions and questions:
1) identify a source of or an experience related to major personal pain or trauma and/or life-identity challenge or crisis
2) reflect broadly and deeply on how this experience impacted you and significant others?; what were past-present-future fears, frustrations and fantasies exposed or cultivated by this trauma or challenge?
3) how did you not just cope but fight through the warring external dungeons and dragons and internal self-doubts and demons?
4) what did you learn from the initial or ongoing trials, failures and successes? What aspects of your life - substance and style, mind-body-spirit - were transformed? and
5) how will you organize your newfound understanding in your head and heart and how will you share this hard-earned wisdom with others?
And suddenly the light went on. This seeker had a pregnant concept to ponder, nurture and pursue. She stated that she would credit me for her launch once she's on the national speaking circuit. And with practice and persistence, along with a healthy dose of such attitude, she just might make it!
So these three encounters - professional confrontation by an expert, audience affirmation along with attendees' covert and overt desires to capture some of that Stress Doc energy and exuberance, as well as a brief mentoring experience - have moved me to design a new speaking and workshop program. Its name: Unleashing Your "Passion Power": The Four "P"s for Generating Powerful Presence and Peak Performance. (The Four "P"s in the program subtitle is based on a model for powerful public presentation developed a couple of years ago. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for the article and those magical "P"s.)
Walking My Talk
I will close this essay with "Seven Keys for "Unleashing Your 'Passion Power.'" (Hopefully, the book will come out in 2007!)
1. Let Go of Toxic People or Situations. Perhaps the biggest drain on unleashing your dynamic, positively motivated and visionary self occurs by tying up time and resources, energy and ego in dysfunctional relationships or self-delusional undertakings. In each circumstance you believe your identity and well being, more often psychological than physical, is dependent on staying in the draining or self-defeating situation. In your clouded mind, even trying to break out of the toxic box would yield disheartening if not devastating consequences, e.g., fervent dreams or financial opportunities would be dashed or lost forever; feelings of failure and humiliation seem like an eternal cross to bear.
Or you feel stuck in emotional quicksand or bound by golden handcuffs. Or self-righteous and enraged battling with a partner or significant other more likely reveals some codependency, difficulty being alone and/or a fear of striking out on your own than it reflects a healthy relationship worth fighting for. In truth, if you resign yourself to a "no exit-no option" scenario, if you do not reach out for help, then, over time - sometimes quickly, more often inexorably -you will truly erode your sense of confidence and competence. You will increasingly feel helpless and hopeless.
While letting go definitely stirs feelings of anxiety and anger, shame and sadness, you are actually taking the first steps out of your burnout or depression tunnel. And if we can stay on this courageous path of liberation, there is often a rainbow at the end of the psychic storm. As Nobel-winning author, Albert Camus, observed: Once we have accepted the fact of loss we understand that the loved one [or loved position] obstructed a whole corner of the possible pure now as a sky washed by rain. Plan for your first step!
2. Pursue a Passionate Path of Excellence. Choose a stimulating activity, a role or facet of a job description, a hobby, an entrepreneurial, athletic or artistic dream, etc. in which you have a strong desire to excel or succeed. And to excel or to realize your goal, you must embark on a learning path that continuously provides evolutionary challenges: grappling with or hurdling unexpected barriers, absorbing data, tackling new problems or tasks that have you feeling stuck, and generating solutions that are imaginative, that have you breaking "out of the box." On this journey, you must find resources and develop skills to forge insights, methods and designs that are both obvious and obscure. Grappling, hurdling, absorbing, tackling, breaking and forging…these are charged action words. Clearly, in the pursuit of excellence, focused aggression is a vital component for realizing ambitions or aspirations.
3. Bring Your Whole Self. To heighten your energy and determination engage in an activity that asks you to bring your fullest self (without being full of your self). This includes bringing a paradoxical or "yin-yang" and holistic perspective. As much as possible, you should be challenged to be both analytical and emotional, to possess substance and style, to give play to both your masculine and feminine sides, to be aggressive and empathic, to be intuitive as well as logical or sensation-driven when processing data, and to integrate your mind-body-spirit for maximum health and vitality.
Here's a brief example of my being a walking and talking (actually rapping) paradox. At the close of my speaking programs, I pull out a Blues Brothers hat, black sunglasses and a black tambourine. I proceed to let folks know that I'm pioneering the field of psychologically humorous rap music. Naturally, as a therapist, calling this endeavor "Shrink Rap" ™ Productions. (Go ahead; imitate the audience…groan loudly.) Invariably, once the audience gets over the shock, they dig the clever lyrics. For example:
When it comes to feelings do you stuff them inside?Is tough john Wayne your emotional guide?And it's not just men so proud and tight-lippedFor every Rambo there seems to be a Rambette!…
And with respect to bringing one's fullest self, participants eat up this rhythmically-challenged expert coming alive as a "psychohumorist" ™, prancing around in a joyfully absurd and self-absorbed manic mode. And just yesterday, on an evaluation form, I received the ultimate post-rap, contradictory yet harmonious compliment and outrageous moniker: "Stress Doc, you are a 'righteous dawg!'"
4. Work through Old Hurts. Another means of bringing your fullest self and heightening your "passion" is to choose an activity that: a) challenges you to relive past painful feelings, especially childhood feelings of humiliation, failure or unworthiness, and b) has you grappling with these emotions as you build a skill-based sense of competency and confidence. Overcoming longstanding fears of embarrassment and a sense of inadequacy through public speaking has significantly closed the gap between my real and ideal self-image. Earlier I mentioned how people come up to me and say, "You love what you do." One reason for this is that I am literally feeling self-love; each speaking opportunity reminds me how far I've come from being the fearful, shame-based child and young adult.
5. Generate Audience Synergy and Self-Effacing Laughter. For some, passion power is released by being on stage - through self-expression and by engaging with an audience. Energize your audience, but also allow your audience to turn you on or rev you up. You don't have to be a star or a charismatic authority figure to feel the power. Through Q & A and interactive exercises, from being a playful provocateur to a low-key orchestra leader, you can enable and encourage others to bring out their best music. Learn to bask in and feed off this communal energy and "higher power" expression.
Also, people feed off your being genuine, especially when revealing both your vital and vulnerable sides. And one powerful way to be both real and to reveal your imperfect humanity is through gently poking fun, first and foremost, at yourself. People admire and identify with the ability to use self-effacing humor, to reduce perceived status and cultural differences between you and your audience. Such humor fosters a sense of "we're all in this together." For example, sometimes people razz me for needing to be in the limelight, soaking up all that attention. My two retorts: "You haven't heard the old expression, 'Vanity they name is Gorkin?'" Then I inform them that my greatest desire is "to get enough exposure so I'm finally arrested for indecency!"
6. Harness Time Pressure. Learn to structure and harness time and psychic energy. Passion power isn't just unleashed at the eleventh hour. Passion power is cultivated by having sufficient opportunity to work on and sleep on a problem. You want an optimal cycle of performance anxiety, problem-solving focus, hitting the wall in frustration, grieving or letting go, taking, as I call it, an "incubation vacation" to hatch a new perspective, etc. You need sufficient time and space to allow this new perspective and high-energy mix to unfold.
At the same time, for intense motivation, it helps to feel somewhat that time is running out, and not simply because you are wondering if there can be "life after deadlines." But time sense can be tied to other existential concerns. Gail Sheehy's writings on mid-life crisis in her groundbreaking book, Passages, pose such bridge questions:
a) to what degree are your decisions and choice of actions determined by a sense of security and/or danger; i.e., do you tend to be bold and decisive or do you procrastinate out of fear?,
b) to what degree does your life and sense of self reflect aliveness and/or stagnation? Of course, too much security or too much "dead time" or "time to kill" without a sense of time limits or time consciousness can lead to ennui, apathy and helplessness? Conversely, when we believe time is running out, we often get into a higher gear.
7. Embrace Evolution and Risk. Finally, if you are feeling trapped and are having to dull your senses in order not to feel empty, lonely or helpless, if you are suffering from that Bjorn Bored Syndrome - when mastery times monotony equals degree of misery - than reach out for help. Don't suffer in silence. While significant change or shaking up your life puzzle can be difficult and scary, chronic stagnation can be both existentially and medically injurious if not deadly. With proper coaching, you too can turn pain into purposeful and powerful passion and persistence; you too can transform stagnancy into a new life journey. And while pursuing this risk-taking path can generate moments of angst or painful periods, consider the wisdom of the medical pioneer, Jonas Salk: Evolution is about getting up one more time than we fall down, being courageous one more time than we are fearful, being trusting just one more time than we are anxious.
So go ahead, start breaking down the walls of the self-imposed prison. Take a chance on new life over false security. One must not just risk failure but actually fail over and over again to realize one's rich, complex and imperfect self, to narrow (never completely close) the gap between the ideal and the real. To be reborn, to ignite your "Passion Power," consider this psychic-poetic tinder:
For the Phoenix to rise from the ashesOne must know the painTo transform the fire to burning desire!
Closing Summary
The article opened with a strategy for identifying an area of passion in one's life. Then I enumerated "Seven Keys for "Unleashing Your 'Passion Power.'" These are:
1. Let Go of Toxic People or Situations2. Pursue a Passionate Path of Excellence3. Bring Your Whole Self4. Work through Old Hurts5. Generate Audience Synergy and Self-Effacing Laughter6. Harness Time Pressure7. Embrace Evolution and Risk
Finally, let me close with a passage penned years ago:
Errors of judgment or design rarely mean incompetence; they more likely reveal inexperience or immaturity, perhaps even boldness. Our so-called "failures" can be channeled as guiding streams (sometimes raging rivers) of opportunity and experience that ultimately enrich - widen and deepen - the risk-taking passage...If we can just immerse ourselves in the these roiling yet unpredictably rejuvenating waters.
Surely words to encourage the cultivation and release of "Passion Power" and words to help one and all… Practice Safe Stress!
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