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Everybody has, at one point in their lives, been through on. A breakup hurts. Although most of the time this experience is painful, it often serves up several lessons, for men and women.
Renowned relationship expert Susan J. Elliott and author of Getting Past Your Breakup: How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You, offers several tips for trying to move on after a devastating split.
Learn to self-soothe: It's really a combination of relaxation (some meditation), affirmations, positive self-talk and telling yourself that what you're perceiving is not necessarily how it is and, even if it is, you can survive it. Believe me, you will believe it after a while. Because the bottom line is: if you want to be okay, you will be.


Relax: Download a meditation or relaxation song when you're feeling very negative and upset. Light some candles or an aromatherapy diffuser and play the relaxation/meditation audio and just learn to relax. Take yourself out of the

Get connected with Samsung's Olympic Genome ProjectSamsung, a global sponsor for the London Olympics 2012, and the official wireless telecommunications equipment partner of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), launched a social media campaign on Tuesday through Facebook Connect designed to personalize the Olympics 2012 experience for viewers and get them engaged with the Olympic Games. The Olympic Genome Project is a Facebook app that shows how you're connected with US Olympian and Paralympian athletes. Think six degrees of separation meets Team USA!

The Project allows Facebook users to create webs of connections with athletes and produces an Olympic-studded family tree of sorts.

Here's how it works:

Step 1: Join the Olympic Genome Community via Samsung's Facebook page.

Step 2: Connect your Facebook profile with the Genome App to see what you have in common with your favorite US Team Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Step 3: Earn points for prizes. The more friends you get to participate and the more you engage with the app, the better

Breastfeeding_featuredI remember the first time I saw someone breastfeed. I was 27 and had just gotten married; one of my best friends had her baby the same year. We all sat around marveling at this amazing little being she had created and when he started to fuss, she fed him. It was miraculous.

A year later, I had my own baby to feed and I remembered what she told me: Put your baby on your breast the minute he is born. Even if there's nothing coming out, keep doing it until there is.

I was lucky to have that advice, and to be able to successfully feed my son until he was a year old, and my daughters until they were each six months. I breastfed everywhere-at the market, in the park, sitting on a mall bench, even at Disneyland-without incident. Which is why it's surprising to me how much fuss is being raised over breastfeeding today.

After Beyoncé discretely fed seven-week-old Blue Ivy in a New York restaurant, she was enthusiastically supported by breastfeeding activists, who noted that the

April is Autism Awareness Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a number of disorders of brain development and are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.

According to the latest estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Autism affects one out of 88 children in the U.S. The CDC previously put that average at about 1 in 110 kids in this country, but the boost of 25 percent more means that more than 1 million children and teens are affected; some attribute the spike to better autism screenings.

"One thing the data tells us with certainty - there are many children and families who need help," said CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden. "We must continue to track autism spectrum disorders because this is the information communities need to guide improvements in services to help children."

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Traditional business just doesn't seem to cut it anymore. Giant social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, along with a slew of new sites, like Pinterest, are dominating big and small business marketing strategies.

So how you can get in on the action? Social media superstars Guy Kawasaki and Mari Smith breakdown the 7 social media trends dominating business interactions:

1. Big Brand Bypass: New platforms are allowing more consumers to bypass brands and instead sell or exchange directly with one other.

"Marketing is much flatter now," Kawasaki said. "Word of mouth is now what makes products tip. Ideas like Pinterest allow a sort of disintermediation where people can go directly to the user, media or artist. It is brilliant."

2. Humanize to Monetize: In today's world, personality means profit. Bland, self-serving and inflexible brands are not what consumers are looking for. Mari Smith named big companies like Starbucks, Zappos, Southwest and

passoverPassover is probably the most challenging time of the year for anyone watching their calories! It is comparable to having Thanksgiving for eight days in a row! It is a holiday that is high in fat and high in emotions. There are so many comfort foods and traditions associated with the holiday, it can make you meshuggenah!

But that doesn't mean you can't say healthy. Here are 8 tips for surviving the 8 days:

1. The ritual requirements of Seder make a high-calorie night inevitable. Have a plan for the Seder dinners and make smart choices. It is okay to enjoy these two traditional dinners, and be careful the rest of the holiday.

2. Eat fresh, simple foods instead of all the prepared, packaged stuff.Indulge in seasonal fruits and vegetables, make interesting salads. Passover is the "Festival of Spring," and both tradition and the season provide us with an opportunity for a nutritious Seder menu that includes delicious favorites and plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. For Americans who are self-employed, doing your taxes may seem unwieldy and confusing, so we reached out CPA Bob Jennings for last-minute tips for self-employed entrepreneurs filing returns.

1.) Pay your kids. Let's teach them a life lesson, and write it off as well! Set your kids (under 18) up as a real employee with job descriptions, time records, hourly pay, actual paychecks, the whole shebang. When you pay the kids, you deduct their salary and save both income and Social Security tax for yourself, and they can earn several thousand dollars before they even have any tax due.

2.) Hire your spouse. Generally the number one expense a self-employed person has other than housing is medical costs. For the self-employed person with a spouse there is a very simple, secret solution. First, hire your spouse for a valid work purpose and treat them as a real employee. Then, set up an health reimbursement account (HRA) to

"The Hunger Games" is here.

The movie, which opened in theaters Friday and is likely the most anticipated young-adult movie to hit theaters since the "Twilight" series, earned an estimated $155 million, making it the biggest-grossing opening for a nonsequel film.

With two more books to cover and starring the likes of new young stars Jennifer Lawrence, who plays ace archer Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, as well as veteran actors like Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson, the "Hunger Games" franchise is sure to be a box-office record smasher in the future.

The film is based on the young adult trilogy by author Suzanne Collins and has become a cultural phenomenon even before it hit the big screen.

"Hunger Games is a phenomenon that's really following in the phenomenon of Twilight," said Paula Silver, founder of Beyond the Box Productions, who has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing of motion pictures like "Dirty Dancing," "My Big Fat