I personally know what it was like to receive the email that opened with "Congratulations" and invited me to retrieve a voucher good for two tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial at the Staples Center.

Sunday was a busy day, and I did not check my email until midnight....

Just yesterday I asked my husband, "Who does Obama think he is -- Lindsay Lohan? Every time I look at the news, there is Obama -- having another Kodak moment." Then I find out Bill Maher noticed the same thing. And had the audacity to mention it on national television.

Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks. That is plenty of time to get in shape for swimsuit season.

The rules must be followed strictly and will require some change in your diet. There is...

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was a town called Edendale that had many little children. The children were very happy. They liked to run and play and giggle and tell stories, much like children have always done.

The parents of Edendale were very busy people....

Turns out there was something else your mother was right about. You should get more rest to prevent yourself from getting sick.

As printed in the Daily Dose by Dr. William Douglas researchers from Carnegie Mellon University actually performed a study, which they claim is the first to...

I don't think it is simply ignorance that caused our ancestors to consider a heart could be "broken". As a practitioner of energy medicine (chi meets the nervous system) I have found that people who are grieving or have experienced a recent physical or emotional trauma often experience a change...

I think there can be little disagreement that America, as a whole, has gotten lost in recent years. Otherwise, why do we find ourselves enmeshed in a foreign war that drains our treasury to no discernible end, and facing the worst economic turndown recalled by most of us?

Not only...

I was amazed at how many people were down with the flu over the last month. We live in Los Angeles, and many of our friends headed for the shores of Florida or the mountains of Colorado. Expecting glowing reports of lazy days on the beach, or blissful hours schussing...

In the famous story of Joshua Bell's busking in Washington's L'Enfant Plaza Station, it is mentioned that his parents noticed something unusual when Joshua was four years old. He strung rubber bands between his dresser drawers, and was plucking them to play classical music, arranging the the drawer openings...

I like stretching the boundaries, going beyond the safe, the mundane, and mediocre. I don't believe we were meant to live quiet, secure, small lives. Of course, this has gotten me into a lot of trouble. In many ways things are rigged so that we don't dare much--we...

1. Include a good fish oil capsule (2-4 daily) in your diet every day. This kind of Omega 3 oil helps decrease inflammation, and helps mobilize stored fat in the body.

2. Take digestive enzymes with every meal. It's not just what you eat -- its what you can digest....

At a holiday party a friend of mine told me that he is now working three times harder for half the pay. Welcome to 2009.

Just as greed in the corporate financial world devastated so many people when the bottom fell out of the markets, greed in the pharmaceutical, food...