So I’m here in my native town Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, producing a Canadian film.  About two weeks ago Madonna was in town collecting money for SFK and her Raising Malawi charity.  SFK stands for Spirituality For Kids, a Kabbalah Center effort and Raising Malawi is a Madonna, Michael Berg...

While reading Lisa Guest’s post on her sex journey through her adulthood I thought about my own.

I have been sexually active since a very young age.  At that time I had a boyfriend who I loved with all the heart of a tween and he loved me back...

I have always thought when people passed away that the ones left behind cried for the fact they would not have the person they loved in their lives any longer. The truth is we cry for not having that person but we also cry for all they will never get to do and...

A few weeks ago I read an article in the LA Times about a man, Epham Nehme, suing Blue Cross because the insurance company had denied his request for a liver transplant outside his network even though Ephram was told by his UCLA doctor to leave LA for a center...

When I leave my house my dog sits outside my office door and waits for me.  He sees me go out the front door but he goes outside in the backyard, where my office is, and sits by my locked door.  He does that because during the day that’s where...

I don’t have a clue.  Seriously, I don’t have the faintest.  To me life contains as much randomness as purpose.  Shit happens as they say, and anyone that says that you can control what happens in your life by only having positive thoughts is lying.  The bottom line is that...

Anger, I know it so well.  I lived with it for a very long time and have claimed it as a kin of mine.  It got my heart rate and blood pressure up, and it got my adrenaline, and noradrenaline up. “Never” and “always” were our code words and justified...

I have now been a widow for fourteen months.  I loved my husband as I have never loved anyone in my life before.  When we met it was like we both had won the lottery -- neither one of us perfect but perfect for each other. 

My loss is...

A Beautiful Life, a film that I produced and co-wrote with Wendy Hammond, opens on October 2nd in limited release and stars Jesse Garcia, Angela Sarafyan, Bai Ling, Dana Delany, and Debi Mazar.

The film deals with sexual abuse, love and violence. I'm not going to give the plot away except...

I was getting my nails done when I saw a couple kissing across the street.  As I knew I was going to be hostage to my chair and without the use of my hands for the next thirty minutes, I became enthralled in their kissing which led me to think...

Honesty is speaking truth and creating trust in minds of others. – Wikipedia

I would also add that honesty is a way of life.  I’m not talking about giving money back when someone gives us the wrong change or returning a wallet we found on...

Today I read an Oprah.com article on CNN.com (here) about self-esteem. 

I don’t know if issues of self-esteem are more prevalent among women but I could certainly identify with the writer. 

I’ve been working on my own issue of self-esteem for a very long time.  People that...

My husband used to tell me all the time that I have no patience.  He always said: “you just did such and such, give it time.”

I’m always in a hurry.  I do something and I want to see results.  Maybe that’s why when I first landed in NYC at...

CNN is investigating organ trafficking in this country and abroad. Here is a video interview with an Israeli organ broker.

Drew Griffin, the interviewer, says: "And listen how cold he thinks about the donor." And then at some point Drew says to...