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Setting goals and challenges for yourself can quickly overwhelm you if they're too big. A wise and more positive approach is to set a series of small, realistic goals that deliver easy successes and quick rewards.

If taking better care of yourself is one of your self-made goals, aromatherapy can help strengthen your resolve, make your efforts enjoyable and reward your successes. "Applications of 100 percent pure essential oils (which are distilled from aromatic plants) provide true aromatherapy benefits, as opposed to synthetically perfumed products," says Tom Havran, aromatherapy expert at Aura Cacia. Havran suggests trying these aromatherapy applications as original and effective motivational treats for your senses. They can reward and inspire you along the way, too.


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International Womens Day 2010 on March 8 - Empowering women can break the cycle of hunger and poverty. When food is scarce, women and children suffer the most.WFP distributes food through women as it's the best way to ensure that entire families will eat. In honor of International Women's Day, March 8, you can send a message of solidarity to women worldwide.
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In a video made for International Women's Day 2010, Nadege Auguste, from Haiti tells how she was raped 3 days after the earthquake. Jean-Claude Fignole, ActionAid's Country Director, describes how they are working with community groups to strengthen security, particularly for women. Immacula Jeanty, widowed by the earthquake tells us how she feels more secure for the protection that is in her camp.
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