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1. It's fun (in that scary "Oh my gosh, what am I doing?" amusement-park-anticipation sort of way).

Just like modern day roller-coasters can cause your heart to skip a beat when you think about getting on them, public speaking can appear scary. The reality though, is that its fun and exciting. It gives you an adrenaline rush that leaves you feeling on top of the world.

2. Its easy to get started.

Pick a date. Pick a topic. Outline your ideas to include facts, figures, and examples. Contact your local adult education office, service organization (Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.), or Chamber of Commerce to see if you can give your presentation. Show up and talk. It really is simple to get started.

3. It's a way to build stronger relationships with customers and potential customers.

When you present an informational seminar or instructional workshop to customers and potential customers theyll see you as the expert. Theyll laugh when you tell them about the mistakes youve made and nod their heads in approval when you share your success stories. Theyll see you as approachable when you talk with them one-on-one during a break or after the presentation. Theyll share their ideas, concerns and questions (which youll use to improve your services and/or product selections).

4. It will set you apart from your competition.

Public speaking is overwhelming and intimidating (okay, its terrifying) to many people. But it also makes you visible. It allows you to offer information and assistance in a way that many of your competitors dont. At a workshop or seminar your customers know you are there to share information with them and answer their questions.

5. Its a change of pace from your everyday activities.

If youre like many small business owners or independent professionals you can easily get caught up in working in your business rather than on it. Developing and presenting workshops and seminars provides a change of pace. It allows you to focus your time and energy on meeting your customers current and future needs while also building name recognition, expert status, and additional income streams.

6. It can provide additional income.

When you offer classes through your local adult education center you may get paid a small amount for each class. When you present your seminar at an association meeting you may earn a speakers fee. When your workshop attendees need supplies, they can purchase them from you. When you have developed your speaking skills and your content is solid, you may even charge people to attend your seminars.

7. It can be the basis for creating information products (books, booklets, CDs, etc.).

As you prepare for your seminars and workshops youll probably create handouts, worksheets, and resource lists that will help participants during the course. These items can be combined and retooled into booklets, books, and workbooks. You can record your presentation into audio or video format. These items will all help promote your business and produce additional income.

8. It will keep your knowledge current and your enthusiasm high.

When you offer informational seminars or instructional workshops you'll always be on the lookout for the latest improvements or advances in your field. Youll be aware of how current events impact your industry. Youll be on the cutting edge; but youll also know when and why the old ways are the best ways.

9. It's a quick and easy way to create word-of-mouth buzz about your product or services.

People who attend your information packed seminars and workshops will talk about their experience before and after the event. They may invite friends with an interest in the subject matter to join them. When the topic arises in future conversations theyll talk about you and your workshop.

10. Its an important skill to develop for your personal and business growth.

Public speaking is a skill that many people fail to develop just because it can be scary. But when you develop this skill your newfound confidence will spill over into other areas of your life. Youll discover that you want to take risks that you might not have dared try in the past. Youll become the leader you always wanted to be.

Donna Doyon helps independent professionals and small business owners develop informational seminars and instructional workshops to promote their businesses. Visit http://www.the-public-speaking-advantage.com to learn how you can turn your expertise into a valuable marketing tool and income source.

So what is meant by stretching? Is it painful? Can anyone do it? In this article we will take a look some of the questions surrounding this newer method of natural penis enlargement.

The use of traction to stretch parts of the body has its roots in ancient cultures of India, Africa, and South America. In these places, penis stretching has been used in spiritual practices and other rituals.

In the modern world, traction is being used to help re-grow tissue and heal scars for burn victims and for patients of penis enlargement surgery. The use of traction in penis enlargement surgery helps the patient heal or avoid scars, and it is especially useful for adding even more length and girth to the penis after the operation.

Dont worry though, because theres no need to get under the knife before you see results from a modern penis traction device. The surgery is just what led up the private use of the penis stretcher by men wanting a larger penis just now it can be done without the painful surgery.

Just like the other uses of traction as I mentioned above, a penis stretcher uses a constant, but light pressure to stretch the penis over time.

So what exactly is a penis traction device?

The device is pretty simple looking and fits in the palm of your hand. Its made of a comfortable base ring and silicone loop at the upper end. It is these parts that hold the penis in place while its being stretched.

Connecting these end-pieced are two adjustable bars that run along either side of the penis. You adjust the length of the bars as your penis gets longer. The bars have springs inside that also adjust the amount of force being applied. The stretching force can easily be changed from a 600 to 1500 gram force. Most companies provide a plan to follow for getting the best results.

How the penis can be stretched.

Let me clear up the myth right now that the penis is not a muscle, but it is mostly made of tissue. This is what makes traction so successful at enlarging the penis. What really happens is the cells in the penis tissue expand and get bulkier, as well as the space around them. As this happens, the cells will also get longer and divide to fill up the space this creates more tissue resulting in a larger, healthier penis. By applying a constant, but light force with the stretcher, the penis will get larger over time, in both length and girth.

Your results depend on how much you are using the device. Studies done on the SizeGenetics device have shown that 4-6 hours each day gives very positive results. I can also confirm these results and have also found that a good time for use is in your relaxing evening hours, and also during sleep.

Your results will be different than the next guys but be sure that these penis stretchers do in fact work. It is very possible to gain a full inch of length in under 6 months of daily use. Traction devices are also available as part of a larger package with pills and enlargement exercises. This can be a powerful combination resulting in even bigger and faster gains.

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One thing that women in abusive relationships and their family and friends frequently request is help; help to change the situation. While I understand, and can relate only too well, to their sentiment, the term help makes me feel uncomfortable.

Perhaps I can clarify what I mean with an example. A woman I know believes she has found her big idea and her mission. She is constantly looking for people to help her to realise her dream. (She doesnt feel that she can take charge of realising her dream herself.) So people constantly find her who promise help, but first expect her to help them - generally by paying significant sums of money towards some ill defined scheme of theirs; in very short order.

The problem with help is when it is a cover for dependence. By help we mean someone who will take at least partial responsibility for what we want to do. We look for this help, or powerful intervention, when we doubt our own adequacy.

Freeing yourself from an abusive relationship is no small matter. But looking for help to do it, can lead to further disappointment. Unless you are clear about precisely what you mean and the limits of what you can expect, you may feel that what is out there is rather less than you were wishing for.

First off, any woman will need practical advice, about how to manage leaving the relationship. It is well worth becoming familiar with the information available through domestic violence organisations, like www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/domesticviolence.html.

Then, they will need practical support of the kind provided by a Refuge or Domestic Violence Support Group.

They will also need understanding of the trauma they have been through and the effect that it has had on them. They will need to understand that the very low opinion they have of themselves is all part of the trauma and can be reversed. An understanding of the mechanics of abuse is available through Domestic Violence Support groups and books such as Sandra Horleys The Charm Factor and Robin Norwoods Women Who Love Too Much.

They will need to internalise how this applies to them. This tends to be a longer process, requiring in depth work with someone with an understanding of this particular field, someone who specialises in working with survivors of abusive relationships.

Finally, they need to learn how to recreate their faith in, and love for, themselves. They have to build a strong foundation of self-worth and self-trust. This may sound like the hardest part of all, but it doesnt have to be. Once they have access to the appropriate tools, making the shift from hopelessness to self-realisation and positiveness becomes almost effortless.

Annie Kaszina

Joyful Coaching

An NLP Practitioner and Women's Empowerment Coach, Annie specialises in helping women who have survived abusive relationships heal relationship pain so they can reach their full emotional and personal stature.

Email:annie@joyfulcoaching.com Websites: http://www.EmotionalAbuseRecoveryNow.com, http://www.anniekaszina.com To order Annie's eBook 'The Woman You Want To Be', or subscribe to Annies free, twice monthly ezine, go to: http://www.EmotionalAbuseRecoveryNow.com

The title of the book comes from the words of Lakota holy man Lame Deer:

We had no word for the strange animal we got from the white manthe horse. So we called it unka waken, holy dog. For bringing us the horse we could almost forgive you for bringing us whiskey. Horses make a landscape look more beautiful.

Horses Make a Landscape More Beautiful is a slim volume of poetry written by the remarkable writer/activist Alice Walker. The work is a powerful collection of poems that are raw, honest, and celebrate the capacity to celebrate life and stand up against injustice and abuse.

Horses do indeed make the landscape more beautiful. It is a joy just to watch them grazing and in communion with the landand with their herd.This quote is poignant because of course alcoholism has wreaked so much long-lasting devastation on the Native American people. European settlers, including my own ancestors, also brought other diseases, violence, and the forced removal of native peoples from their tribal lands. Yet, amidst this devastation, Lame Deer honors the return of the horse to the Americas, saying that it was almost worth it.

"Holy Dog" Comes Home
Curiously, we know that Eohippus, or Dawn Horse, the ancestor of the modern horse, lived some 58 million years ago. The horse is one of the few Ice Age animals still surviving today, and originated in the forests and swamplands of North America. Especially prevalent in the Great Plains, Eohippus was only about 14 inches tall. More dog-like than horse-like, E.M. Ensminger describes Eohippus as a small graceful animal, scarcely more than a foot high with a slender face, an arched back, short neck, slender legs and a long tail, adapted for living in swamps.

Amazing Adaptation
As swamplands dried up 18 million years ago, Eohippus adapted by developing a longer neck for grasslands, a single toe or hoof, longer legs, and eyes with almost 360˚ vision to detect predators. The ability to change food as tall grasses replaced the swamp habitat further enabled the horse to survive. Other large animals surviving the Ice Age and drastic climate changes died out because they were only able to eat certain foods that became unavailable.

Evidence suggests that descendants of Eohippus crossed the land bridge from the Great Plains to Europe and Asia. By 10,000 years ago, horses had disappeared from the United States. Ironically, the descendant of the horse that died out in the Americas was returned to the home of its ancestors by the conquistadors and European invasions.

Sacred Companion
The Lakota use of Holy Dog to refer to horses is an interesting one, especially since its ancestor Eohippus was similar in size to a dog. Holy captures the other-worldly or spiritual nature of the horse, while dog confers the special relationship of companion. The words Holy and Dog, when put together become a sacred companion.

Is Beauty Enough?
Lame Deer speaks of the beauty of horses and how they enhance the landscape. Approximately fifty years ago, horses lost their jobs in transportation, agriculture, and the military in the western world. Today it is expensive and time-consuming to care for horses that are no longer of practical use on the farm, for transportation, or in making warfare. Yet, more and more women are becoming owners and riders of horses. Is the beauty of the horses enough to ensure their care and survival, in a culture that values youth, productivity, and usefulness?

Hundreds of thousands of women are voting yes with their dollars, their time and their love of horses. Perhaps they are seeking a Holy Dog, a sacred companion to accompany then on lifes journeys.

For more information exploring the relationship between women and horses, I invite you to visit http://www.dreamhorsewomen.com