Years ago, when my son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), my life changed. I went from being a mother to also taking on the additional roles of advocate and mediator. In order to help my son get the help he needed and the services he was entitled to...

Water is something that many of us take for granted. It is a necessity, and it is readily available to us. We turn on the faucet and there it is, clean, safe, drinkable. We shower in it, water our gardens with it, and wash our clothes with it. But for...

Food is huge right now. We've got The Food Network with programming around the clock, cookbooks flying off the shelves as people spend more time in the kitchen, and chefs are the new rock stars. And yet, for 1 in 8 people in the United States hunger is a reality....

In my CoffeyTalk newsletter this week I put out a challenge for readers to join me in the "Complaint Free World Challenge." Here's how it goes:

"Maya Angelou writes: "If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Now there's an...

The headline in today's Los Angeles Times caught my eye: "Healthcare insurers get upper hand." The article is written by Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger. You don't have to read the paper every day to know that the healthcare system in the United States is a mess. We're all living...

My friend Sandy and I had had yet another one of our philosophical discussions this weekend. She said, "I have a great title for your next blog: Marriage is Temporary, Divorce is Forever." Having been divorced myself I can understand her sentiments. Yes, divorce is forever. But now, truly happily...

A study commissioned by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption showed that nearly 40% of American adults, or 81.5 million people, have considered adopting a child. If just one in 500 of these adults decided to adopt, all of the 134,000 children in foster care waiting for adoption would have...

Ayurveda is India's 5,000 year old "Science of Life." It is the art of living in harmony with nature, and it explains the nature of everything in the universe. When we learn about Ayurveda, we learn about ourselves, how we "tick," and how we can be our healthiest and happiest...

Since Michael Jackson's untimely death last week we've been inundated with stories and speculations about his life. I'm in the generation that grew up with Michael. We watched him as a child singing on TV with his brothers, ABC and Rockin' Robin, and tried our best to copy his moves....

Time is a commodity. It's been compared with money. We only have so much of it in this lifetime, so time is precious. And how we spend our time says a lot about what is important to us. Recently I've had a big change in where I've been finding my...

Recent survey results released by the American Cancer Society reinforce, once again, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and the findings are definitely cause for celebration. The online survey, which showed a strong link between health and attitudes about birthdays, revealed that people who say they are in excellent health...

For couples having trouble under the sheets, improving their relationship could be as simple as getting a good night's sleep.

Catching extra winks together in bed can significantly help improve a relationship. A good night's sleep is restorative to the mind and body, gives us energy and...

"Tantra" means "instrument of the body." It sounds exotic, but it is actually very simple. Tantra teaches us to use all five of our senses consciously, because our senses are how we are connected with the physical world. And of course, it is with our five senses that we connect...