by Darcy Sinclair

The headlines nowadays are laughable. Even in the midst of an economic crisis, a still-raging war in Iraq, and a new presidential administration, the American mentality is wrapped around its morbid obsession with celebrities. Incessant dwelling on Sarah Palin, Lindsey Lohan, and Eminem, just...

As an Olympic ski medalist who has been skiing for over thirty years, I wonder why Natasha Richardson's tragic demise has not catalyzed people across the US to push for mandatory helmets for skiing. Instead, traffic on the internet is still arguing about whether a helmet would have saved...

Every time I pick up my friend Spencer Sherman's book, I find that it has a profound effect on me. Which surprised me. I have read a lot of books about money, especially self-help books that purport to give you a better "money attitude." In fact I even wrote one....

I learned from a Hollywood star-maker that superstars are not necessarily those with the most talent or the hardest working. The people who become superstars are simply those who receive the most help. Learning to be "helpable," makes the difference.

My friend, Marci Shimoff, is a great example of this...

There were hardly any kids at the Shriners Hospital today... The administrative assistant I contacted had tried to discourage me from coming because the hospital would be so empty. But I went anyway, because I was in town. I wore my Olympic medals and brought souvenir postcards to sign for...

Yesterday I found out my mother died. In the last speech I gave before she died, I talked about courage and vision...my Mom was there in the audience, which was a rare joy. I learned from her that courage was being able to run toward the problem while most people...

I just spent a year writing about prayer. The biggest impact of interviewing 50 women on prayer, including well know people like Maya Angelou, Edie Falco, Barbara Bush, and Kathie Lee Gifford, was to make me less ego driven, less likely to try to control everything, and more at peace...