Dance, Monkey, Dance! Tips For Overcoming Stage Fright.

Last night at Banjo Jim's I had the fight or flight response when I got on stage to sing. My heart started throbbing in my chest, my throat got tight, and I felt like I had to pee, even though I had just peed several times. 

I was looking forward to being back home in NYC, playing and singing in front of people I know and love. I was bummed that the next fifty minutes might turn out poorly due to unexpected stage fright. 

Performing is my favorite thing to do when I'm doing it well, and the opposite when I'm dying a slow death out there. If you have ever had a fear of public speaking, any kind of performance anxiety or stage fear, you have felt what I was feeling last night.

In the front of three rows were Abeline and Lucas who had both taken my "Sing Better in A Day" singing class earlier in the day. We had just talked about stage fright. I discussed a number of tools for overcoming stage fright, and there I was with a loud hum going off in my brain and shaky hands.  I have been a vocal coach and singing teacher for almost twenty years. 

I have given thousands of singing lessons, and worked on performance with hundreds of voice students, I have spent hours and hours helping students with a fear of public speaking, but there I was, sweaty and tongue-tied. All I could do was say what I remembered Joie Blaney telling me - you're not nervous, you're excited to play - and say, "Apparently, I'm very excited to see you guys. I'm really glad you're here."

Looking For Chocolate Cyst Treatment? This Natural Cure Could Solve Your Problems

Many people may be asking 'what is a chocolate cyst'? I had never heard about it until I worked with a girl who suffered the most terrible period pains ever and would at times nearly faint with pain. Unluckily by the time she was diagnosed, her cyst had reached the size of a large grapefruit and complications had set in and damaged one of her ovaries. As she was only in her early twenties, it was a considerable blow to her.

So what is chocolate cyst and how does it get its name? This cyst is derived from a condition known as endometriosis and it affects women during their child bearing years. It happens when the lining of the uterus detaches itself and begins to grow outside the uterus. This lining can then implant itself anywhere within the abdominal cavity. The endometriosis invades the ovary, producing blood filled cysts known as endometriomas. Eventually this blood darkens and becomes thick and sticky, virtually like chocolate - hence the term chocolate cyst.

Fat Burning Foods 101

Everyone wants to lose weight. In today's world everybody knows the importance of staying healthy.  To achieve this target, they go to the gym and exercise regularly. Some of them also get into crash diets but still end up with bad results. I know you might have tried just about everything to burn those extra calories. Now let me tell you a secret to lose that fat so you can look gorgeous and live healthy.

The food that you eat can burn that extra cholesterol for you. This means that certain foods can actually help you lose weight. This is because they contain calorie burning chemicals. Not only do herbs and shrubs contain such qualities but the food which you eat everyday can also help you to burn those calories. These foods also can increase your metabolism as well.

Some Tips on How to Gain Weight and Muscle - Start Packing On Mass Now

While many people try to overcome problems and issues with obesity, there are many that have difficulty gaining lean muscle mass. In short, they are at a complete loss as to how to gain weight and muscle. 

In a way, this can be more difficult than losing excess body fat since a person with a very fast metabolism might discover weight gain to be an elusive creature. Thankfully, we have several decades worth of successful results to look at to arrive at an answer.

First and foremost, do not employ the use of commercial weight gain shakes as a first resort. The way these products work is that they provide the body with an enormous amount of calories. A single shake may contain 2,000 calories and these shakes are intended for very hard gainers. 

Remember, any calories you do not burn will turn to fat. These weight gain shakes are for those individuals with very fast metabolisms and should never be used flippantly or else they will yield undesired results.

And if you must use weight gain products, select one from a reputable manufacturer. Use this as a supplement to your food, not substitute.

If there was one acceptable starting point for the answer of how to gain weight and muscle, it would be to launch a mass building exercise program. If you are performing high reps with low weights, you will not gain weight since this is a weight loss/toning strategy. 

If you are doing weight lifting exercises at reps of 50, you might gain slight mass but your workout will mainly be one that promotes muscular endurance.

Choosing Your Next Health Plan Made Easy

Choosing a health plan can give anyone a major headache. When you start looking at all the terms; HMO, HSA, in network, out of network, deductibles, indemnity, etc, it can become overwhelming trying to understand all the words that associate with any health plan.

It makes you wonder how we are supposed to find the right plan for us at a cost we can afford. It can be accomplished with the right help.

For instance, health insurance coverage should offer the same options across all the states, regardless of where you live. If we need individual coverage, there are dozens of plans, if we need family coverage there are that many more plans, and some even cover just kids.

Some plans have coverage for dental and vision while others do not. Some have high deductibles, and some of those have health savings accounts in place to help pay for those high deductibles. It can all become too much to think about.

That's why there are experts out there who are willing to help us figure things out. Getting the guidance we need will help us find coverage that meets our needs, as far as cost and amount of coverage we want, with monthly premiums at a price we can afford. 

By having an expert sit down with us and helping us to work within our budgets, we can get a health care package that we can afford and that will give us the coverage we need.