The earthquake hit five minutes after I got off the plane. I cruised through customs and was delighted to discover my suitcase already circulating the carousel -- no waiting for luggage at Narita! The airport felt remarkably uncrowded with only one person in front of me at the final checkpoint....

Our New Year's resolutions don't stick for two main reasons:

1) We have grand notions of what we want -- to lose 50 pounds, to be happy, to get a boyfriend, to make a lot more money. Just as sitting down to write a book is so intimidating that most...

"I am filled with self-loathing," I said yanking my tank top down over my bloated belly. "Me, too," said Jonathan, the other yoga teacher at last year's annual OM yoga New Year's Eve class. Well, at least I wasn't the only one who had overeaten and under-exercised for the last...