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About me - Rachel Faye

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I just joined the Helium family on the 23rd of April 2008.

I am a stay home mom of 5 kids. Their age range from 16 to 4 years old! So I would say that I have faced all things that a kid can throw at a parent. I hope I can share with you my experiences

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Home & Garden > Home Interior Tips on furnishing your home on a budget: 1 of 22

Make over a room for under $100 Living on a budget does not mean that we can't have our dream room. Here are some useful, cheap and simple to do ideas to bring new life to a room. PAINT Choose wisely a color that you like and that will coordinate with the environment. If you are considering painting your kitchen, take a look...
Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management How to overcome the fear of public speaking: 2 of 39

How to overcome the fear of public speaking You have this task of standing in front of either the home crowd – your fellow colleagues or complete strangers. Both fill you with fear like never before. In fact, speaking in front of your fellow colleagues may be even worse! If you did a poor presentation...
Celebrations & Holidays > Mother's Day & Father's Day Mother's Day: Gifts and activities to make Mom feel special: 2 of 19

The perfect gift for mom Mother's Day is just round the corner. What is the perfect gift to get her? She has everything! You have other siblings also vying for that same perfection to present to you mother. You have a limited budget. You have not spoken to her in ages. She is getting older as each Mother's Day passes. You wa...
Relationships & Family > Communication Skills How to improve your communication skills: 6 of 32

How to improve your communication skills Communication either verbal or non-verbal (body language) or in the written form serves the purpose of letting the other party know what you want from them. You want the other party to understand and remember your message. Thus your communication skills have to be effective for that t...
Relationships & Family > Family Life Thoughts on what mealtime represents for families: 23 of 69

Thoughts on what mealtime represents for the families I can quite safely say that mealtime for myself has remained unchanged for the past 40 years, only the family members whom I share the meal with has changed. Until I was married, mealtime was with my parents and grandparents at dinner time at the dining table every week n...
Relationships & Family > Friendship Issues & Advice What is friendship?: 38 of 95

What is friendship? A friend is someone whom you can depend on. He is someone whom you can rant and rave at and still be there for you. He is someone who will still listen to what you say even though you have repeated it like ten times over. He is someone who understands what you are saying even when you are incoherent. A fr...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Pregnancy brain: Dealing with your new-found forgetfulness: 4 of 10

Pregnancy brain: Dealing with your new found forgetfulness "Wait stop, let me write that down before I forget." That has been my tag line for the last 15 years of my life. Yep, ever since my first born was conceived, I found it more challenging to multi-task, multi-remember and multi-anything. But I found this to be very hel...
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing A guide to managing stress: 2 of 5

These days, we all have multiple roles to play; family roles include being a child, parent, grandparent, sibling, relative or spouse. In the work place, we are employee or employer. In society, we are citizens of our country, friend, neighbor, religious member, productive member of society, student, retiree, etc. We do not h...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Helping children deal with problems and issues relating to school: 13 of 32

Helping Children Deal with Problems and Issues Relating to School School is like a second home to the children as they spend most of their time there. That is the place where the children learn all they need to know how to survive or excel in their future. Some children, unfortunately, are not able to cope. Here are some tip...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Teens (Other) Teach your teen wise money habits: 10 of 21

Teach your teen wise money habits Ma, I need $5 for lunch tomorrow! This coming from a twelve-year old boy who is not earning a salary. As a working adult, even I don't have a $5 lunch well, not everyday, just a couple of times in a month. It was time, my 12 year old learned how to manage his weekly finances, WISELY. W Waste...