I learned a new word today: gerascophobia. Have you ever heard of it? Apparently it means "fear of growing old."

I never knew that being fearful of growing old had its own name. I came across gerascophobia while reading Arianna Huffington's book On Becoming Fearless. When I saw...

You're saying "not possible!" I know, I hear that a lot. There is this misconception that eating a healthy diet is more expensive than eating a junk diet. True, if you think loading your shopping cart with low-fat, sugar-free, low-calorie processed snacks is the answer to healthy eating and weight...

In my last post I spoke about how weight loss is really about "thinning out" the layer of fat that's lying on top of your muscle. I also mentioned how that layer can be as thick or as thin as we allow it to be -- several inches to a...

Whenever a client expresses to me that they want to lose weight, I always say to them, "No, you don't -- what you really want is to thin out the layer of fat that is sitting on top of your muscle, and add more muscle to your body."

Yes,...