Over 50% of middle school and high school students are involved in a school sport, and it is widely looked upon as healthy, and highly encouraged. Schools pride themselves in their sports teams, most which have become no longer recreational activities but very serious pursuits. Even dangerous. Kids are often...

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest stars today, known perhaps more for her outrageous outfits and performances than her music. She definitely has a taste for weird, and her outfits go from weird to weirder and even shocking. I put together a list of her 15 absolute worst outfits...

There has been a lot of buzz about Ralph Lauren lately, as some may know--The Lincoln Center in New York presented An Evening With Ralph Lauren, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, on October 24th just 2 weeks ago. It was a benefit for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer...

Becoming a pescetarian was one of the most important and life-changing decisions that I've ever made -- and I made it at age 14. I have not eaten meat since then except for fish, and I don't plan to for the rest of my life.

You may be wondering, "What...

Rewind 100 years when fur was the most desired item of clothing for the wealthy -- when basically you weren't worth anything unless you wore fur. Now fast-forward to today, where wearing fur has been protested for the past 60 years, yet, it is still a fashionable item to many,...

The political spectrum is the range of political attitudes of the public, going gradually from extreme to moderate to extreme: radical, liberal, moderate, conservative, and then reactionary. Every individual lies somewhere along this political spectrum, but many do not know exactly where they lie, or they label themselves as something...

As technology advances every year, electronics have taken over today's generation. Some call our generation "The Technology Generation." Everyone has an iPhone or a blackberry or an Android, a laptop, an iPod -- an iPad! What's really the use of an iPad?! Electronics have become accessories instead of...

What does it mean when an item of clothing or an accessory is "earth friendly", or "eco-friendly", or "green"? You see it on labels, it makes you feel good to buy it, or maybe you don't feel anything because you don't really know what it even means. An earth friendly...

Most people WANT to make a contribution to charities, but many have no idea which ones to donate to, and how much of their money actually goes through to the people in need on the other end. So, they usually end up not donating at all, except for maybe some...

Ugg Boots, the fall and winter boots with a suede exterior and sheepskin interior, have been in style since the 70's. They originated in New Zealand and Australia, originally popular among surfers to keep their feet warm as they came out of the freezing water. But after surfer Brian...

One evening, I got a feverishly excited phone call from my dad. He was at the "Unleash the Power Within" Tony Robbins Seminar, and he informed me he had just walked on burning hot coals. He exclaimed how amazing he felt, how he didn't feel a thing as...

Depression. It's a serious illness, but also one of the most common ones out there. Everyone will at some point in his or her life be affected by depression, either their own or someone else's, according to Australian Government statistics (depression statistics in Australia are comparable to those of the...

Many people tend to not take teenagers seriously in complete honesty when they say they want to do something or they have a goal. It's true they're still young and changing their minds often, and figuring out what their interests are, but when a teen is really motivated about something...

I've just come back from the Elite Retreat, and I have to say, that was one of the most influential experiences I've ever had. It wasn't just about making money, but building a brand, building a business, and being passionate about it.

Sitting in my seat and listening...

School is important. But knowing life skills, such as how to earn money, the smart way, is even more important. Kids are getting taught how to draw a right angled triangle with a compass, and when Galileo was born, but what about the real world? Most kids in high school...

Vegetarian. What just came to mind when you read that word?... A hippie in a knitted beret? A guy with dreadlocks wearing a skirt?... When I tell people I'm a vegetarian, they go "oh!" and suddenly they look at me funny, like I'm some kind of a freak. True, I'm...