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Knowitall.ch often invites local experts in their field to contribute to their own blogs on our site. This means not only you will benefit from the useful recommendations that we make on our News pages, but you can also profit from some of the great advice and tips that these experts have to make on their favorite subjects. Whilst each of these bloggers has been recommended to us at some point during the evolution of Know-it-all passport and  knowitall.ch, obviously we are not able to test out all the suggestions they make on their blogs, nor do we necessarily agree with all their opinions.  So if you do find one of their tips useful (or not!), do let us know!

To make these blogs more accessible to you, we have now decided to group them altogether in one section, entitled Guest Blogs, accessible from our main menu bar.  We will also post the most recent blogs on the home page of our site in the right hand column.

We are still building up this area of the site, and are looking for bloggers in a number of sections, including Your Home, Travel, and Leisure, so if you feel you have a useful contribution to make in either of these areas, and have the time to submit blog entries approximately every month, then please get in touch!

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Article by Carolina Rodriguez Barros, Dare to Glow, (www.daretoglow.com) and Hiba Giacoletto, Healthwise Health Coaching (www.healthwise.ch)

In Part 1 of our article about pain-free periods, we looked at some spirtual and emotional techniques that we share with clients who suffer from PMS or Premenstrual Symptoms.  Part 2 will now focus on nutritional options for helping sufferers deal with a condition that can transform them into a different person in the days before or during your period.

FOOD: NOURISH YOUR BODY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY
In addition to working on the spiritual and emotional side of PMS and honoring your body’s needs at this time, eating the right foods is a powerful ways to turn PMS around.

You don’t need to eat a perfect diet - try instead to aim for at least 80% healthy foods and fully enjoy the 20% of less healthy foods you allow yourself. This is a more realistic way of making sustainable change.

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By Sarah Frei, Brillantmont International School

With examinations looming on the horizon, many students are looking ahead, considering the next stage in their academic life. Many of the international curricula offered in Swiss private schools provide an element of choice with regard to subject combinations  and therein lies the difficulty. If you’re agonising over which course to choose, here are a few things to keep in mind:

Choose subjects you enjoy
Maybe your Dad is an incredible mathematician whilst mum’s a talented biologist. You want to keep them both happy,but what you really enjoy is history and languages. In that case, go for it! For the next two years, you‘ll be devoting a lot of energy and possibly a few sleepless nights to the subjects you choose, so the least you should do is like them! Choosing subjects to please others risks leaving you frustrated, unhappy and quite simply, out of your depth. Similarly, don’t choose a subject just because your best friend has chosen it !

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By Sarah Santacroce at Simplicity

Wow, I didn’t expect that one. LinkedIn has made a few changes recently that annoyed many of us. I’m referring to the disappearance of the skills directory and the activity feed on our profiles for example. And in fact this annoyance many users immediately was reflected in LinkedIn’s stock price: huge drop in recent months.

But this might change again with this recent addition of publishing options for everyone.

What is the ‘LinkedIn Publishing’ Platform?
If you have subscribed to receive updates from a bunch of influencers, you are already experiencing the publishing options first hand. You have subscribed to receive posts from these influencers, without being connected with them. Well, LinkedIn is now giving the opportunity to all of us to publish posts and have people subscribe to regular updates from us.

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This year my blog is dedicated to interviewing leaders and subject matter experts to help promote healthier work-life balance. With any luck this will enable us to create better relationships, productivity and performance. I am convinced that this is an idea that needs to reverberate from the top and therefore will devote this year focusing on just that. With a little help from my friends!

This month, I have been lucky enough to interview Nada Kakabadse Professor of Policy, Governance and Ethics at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. Professor Nada Kakabadse’s latest findings on compulsive Internet use were recently published in the Daily Telegraph, entitled “High-fliers at risk of isolation and depression from Internet addiction.” The piece prompted vigorous debate on risks faced by the very best employees, and how the online environment is adding extensive pressures to achieve more.

I really hope you enjoy her interview as much as I did. Enjoy!

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At school? When you were in Scouts?  Perhaps when you were training to be a life-guard?  Perhaps it wasn’t even called CPR then – ‘Cardiac Massage’, ‘The Kiss of Life?’

One of the most frequent comments that we receive from our First Aid course participants who are updating their skills, is just how much the protocol has changed since they last learnt CPR.  For example, did you know that the new chest compression to rescue breath ratio is now 30:2?

Maybe it’s time for YOU to update what you learnt all those years ago on our upcoming CPR  or First Aid for the Swiss Driver’s licence courses... Fortunately, we are not using these skills every day and so slowly we forget what to do in the case of an emergency.  Doctors and nurses have to be regularly updated too.  I recently attended my update course, over three days.  In fact, I got a red mark on my hand from performing so many chest compressions! (don’t worry – you won’t get this from a 3 ½ hour course).