On Tuesday night, I sat around the Seder table with a group of young Russian Jews, most of whom knew little about Passover or had never celebrated the holiday before. These are the children of parents and grandparents who were denied access to their Jewish heritage and came to America...

The moment the calendar page flipped to February my friend was already thinking about it.

"Ugh," my friend sighed, looking at the blank 14th square in her calendar. "I just can't be disappointed again on Valentine's Day."

This was a story I had heard on repeat. Her boyfriend, so...

As the New Year approaches and everyone's starting to reflect and resolve--evaluating what they've accomplished last year, and looking towards what they want to do in the next--I've been thinking a lot about one of the key pieces of advice I share in my (upcoming) book: make "unreasonable" choices. Because...

Now that you've gotten your dose of gratitude talk (if you're like me, you got 100 emails from people you're subscribed to thanking you so much for being part of their tribe, or telling you what they're thankful for or asking you what you're thankful for -- the same goes...

Do you know that feeling you get when you just can't wait to tell the world about your latest achievement? So you can prove yourself to everyone -- especially the naysayers?

This isn't bragging I'm talking about, it's quite the opposite. It's the kind of showing off reserved only for...

This past weekend, I told a friend of mine that I want to live in New York City part-time. I'm based in San Francisco. While I recognize these two cities aren't that close, they aren't that far, either.

"I will live in New York City part-time," I told my friend....

I recently devoured Tama Kieves's new book Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life's Work! In it, Tama instantly becomes your career coach, biggest cheerleader and most understanding champion. She tells you why everything you think you need to succeed may actually be standing in the way of your...

If you've read my work or heard me on the radio, you know that I'm crazy about inspiring people to live their dream life. I cringe when people tell me they're doing jobs they hate, or slugging through daily routines that drain their energy and make...

I've started playing a game with my peers. When they vent to me about work -- describing their cranky bosses, long hours and unfulfilling days -- I ask them a question: If you could do anything, what would you do?

Most of them don't have an...

It seems that most of my friends are having meltdowns. In these final years of our restless 20's, we're wrestling with some big ticket items -- getting married, finding better jobs, moving, settling down, having kids. And it seems that some of us are swept up in storms of uncertainty...

My husband is away on business for nearly a month. When I first heard about his plans, I huffed and puffed, unhappy he'd be away so long, but the trip didn't budge. I quickly relented and bolstered myself with the upshot: I would avoid the NHL playoffs and hunker down,...

If you're chasing big dreams like I am, you know that the road to success is paved with stumbling blocks. This is nothing new. No one's traveled over the rainbow without a few flat tires along the way.

Obstacle-ridden tales from the most successful people tell us that success...

If you know more about seasonal fashion trends than seasonal food options, or spend more time in the morning thinking about what you're going to wear rather than what you're going to eat, listen up. Lori Reamer, registered dietitian and longtime nutrition director of Canyon Ranch, has written The Food...

I don't know about you, but I rarely leave the house without makeup. I've even submitted to the mighty makeup brush on occasion before my morning run -- the one time of day I usually dare to step foot in public without brightening my (pale) cheeks with blush or lengthening...

This month, your heart is supposed to be throbbing with love -- the romantic kind, full of chocolate and flowers. But mine is aching. Because I know that Valentine's Day ushers in a crushingly difficult time for the women who produce, pick, and package those flowers. It's hard to see...

Have you heard of the disappearing date? The one that's great for some dinners and after hours fun, and then -- poof! -- he's gone? My happy hours lately have been consumed with this same tale.

I don't know what happened, my friends tell me, one after...

You probably think it's stale, the Having it All talk. You've heard it 1,000 times. The I-can-have-a-vibrant-career-and-be-a-mother-with-a-wonderful-family-too, mantra. Career and family, career and family, career and family.

There's no shortage of us fertile and feminine types waxing poetic on the ever-convincing possibility of Having it All.

I grew up claiming...

I've been thinking, as you have, a lot about gifts this past week. As the holidays approach, our gift-giving lists lengthen and we're all running around, accumulating stuff to give to people who already have piles of it -- at home, on their office desks and scattered in the back...