I'm a wanna-be yogini. Here in Los Angeles where I live, many folks have adopted yoga clothes as their daily attire for running errands, walking the dog, shopping, meeting friends for coffee or lunch, and more. They tote their yoga mats and water bottles with them everywhere. I like the...

Bill Treasurer is one of my favorite business authors - not just because his books are good - but because he reminds me of the Wizard of Oz - his work always offers three important elements: brains, heart, and courage. His newest book, "Leaders Open Doors" is no exception. I've...

In addition to writing books, I also teach seminars and workshops for corporate groups and professional conferences. I call it "edutainment" -- educating people by embedding nuggets of information and wisdom in a fun froth of entertainment. After all, you can't teach anybody anything if you can't keep their attention...

My father is a member of the Greatest Generation. He is 89-year-old -- a military man who served in three wars, on three continents, over three and a half decades. After retiring at the rank of colonel from the U.S. Air Force, Dad worked a second career as a banker....

Since the Boston marathon bombing, we are deluged with views on what we should -- and should not -- do about this assault on innocent citizens at a sporting event. We hear political views, military views, media views and a great deal of distressed public opinion. We think we could...

Over the past year, I've been getting involved with several animal rescue groups in the Los Angeles area where I live. Their Facebook pages are compelling and the dramatic rescue videos they post often go viral - with good reason. Nothing tugs at the heartstrings like a homeless, terrified, dog...

I squinted and looked closer at the Facebook photo my friend Caroline had posted -- rows and rows of glistening colors, lined up on white shelves, from one end of the color spectrum to the other. What are those things? I wondered. Rods of colored glass? I couldn't quite tell....

With the publication of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In, the dearth of women in corporate leadership is back in the news again. Here we are, years after Virginia Slims congratulated professional women, "You've come a long way, baby," it seems we haven't come such a long way...

Eighty-one percent of Americans say they want to write and publish a book. That's 200 million people who feel they have a story that would interest and/or help others. Could all these people be right? I don't know about 200 million, but I do know that for thousands...

"I want to know ... how to be manly and womanly, to be assertive and soft,
to act with power and move with grace, to march when I need to and dance when I can."
~ Lori Ann Lothian, author/publisher

As women continue to make inroads in...

Mindfulness is all the rage in organizations these days. Google's mindfulness training program "Search Inside Yourself," established in 2007, proved so practical and popular that last year Google spun it off into a freestanding unit -- Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute -- devoted to "creating enlightened...

It was the doggie bling that caught my eye. Not long ago, I was cruising around Facebook when I saw posted photos of silver charms and medallions for dogs. I hate to admit that I've turned into a middle-aged woman who adores her canine companion, but alas, it's true. I...

Mom was wrong when she taught me, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Names do hurt -- names can shame, ridicule, and humiliate. Some pertain to race or gender; others refer to weight, facial features, or a particular part of one's anatomy. Names...

One of the things I enjoy about Facebook is the opportunity to meet people I would never meet otherwise. Over the past few years, I've accumulated a good number of artist friends from all over the country. They, in turn, have introduced me to other artists. That's how I found...

Who doesn't love a sweet, inspiring love story? Who doesn't love cuddly cats and precious pups? And who doesn't love the happy surprise of inter-species friendships? Put them all together and what do you have? A new book entitled Henry and Tink: a Remarkable Romance.

Henry the three-legged cat is...

Louise Hay may be the public face of Hay House, but Reid Tracy has been her right-hand man and partner in publishing for the past 25 years. The two first met in 1988, when Reid was Louise Hay's CPA, working for an accounting firm whose offices were across the hall...

Like many companies over the past ten years, the company that I worked for was downsizing -- offering generous buy-out packages as an incentive for employees to leave the company. What a great deal! I had been unhappy in my job for quite some time, and this looked like the...

THE MAGICAL PATH: Creating the Life of Your Dreams and a World That Works for All might well have been titled, "Marc Allen Teaches You Everything He Has Learned in His Entire Life About How to Make Your Dreams Come True While Everyone Else in the World Is...

For the first eight months of 2012, adult non-fiction book sales in the U.S. are down 17 percent from the same period last year (according to BookScan, which tracks approximately 75 percent of retail book sales, including Amazon). But one publishing house is bucking the trend: Berrett-Koehler is having their...

My heart sank when I heard Mitt Romney's videotaped comments to a group of wealthy campaign donors. I had wanted to believe that he was a good, kind, spiritual man -- even though I disagree with his politics. I think Jesus' heart must have sunk, too, to hear such cold,...