I've always been a strong believer in the biblical admonition that we will be judged by what we do for the least among us.

My realization that the private sector alone would not do what is necessary to overcome poverty and address America's social problems played a major role in...

After working in and writing about politics and parenting special needs children, some have asked me, "Isn't it kind of shallow to go into travel the travel writing industry?" My resounding answer is: no.

Seriously, when's the last time you knew a world leader who stayed in their corner of...

Positive thinking and a bit of luck got me to Aspen Thursday afternoon for a three-day Celebration of Tibetan Culture presented by the Aspen Institute in collaboration with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture. A dizzying number of scholars, (okay, maybe it's the altitude or more likely it's the...

Many of my more experienced patients make the statement that the golden years aren't so golden, and it got me thinking. Sure, growing old is a drag. Wouldn't it be lovely if we could gain the wisdom of age without the aching joints, the weak eyesight, the forgetfulness, the sagging...

It all began as I waited for the first of two connecting flights that would bring me from my home in New Jersey to a business conference in Palm Springs. Across from my seat, a young couple were examining their tickets and sighing with resignation. The woman looked nervous. To...

I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it NOW.

My wait problem also applies to my need to lose weight problem.

When I want to lose weight, I want to lose it NOW.

I am happy to report I succeeded at losing...

No, we are not just talking about Nintendo Brain Age and other "games"...but about the science-based training of cognitive abilities such as attention, memory, emotional management...

Given significant market growth and recent research findings, we can observe a number of trends that executives, consumers, public policy makers, and the media...

Anna Wintour may have single-handedly brought back the bob, but I'm pretty sure it's time to declare that natural is the new style - when it comes to hair, that is.

[Side note: Did you know that '"x" is the new "y" was one of the most used phrases...

What's the one thing you've done no one else can ever know?

The mere thought of dredging up some dark and hidden sin, inspires a hard gulping swallow, a pounding heart and perhaps a blush on the cheeks.

Unconfessed sin left festering deep in our psyche can cause psychosomatic...

Talia Rosenberg received exciting news this spring when she found out she would be attending AIDS Walk Africa 2008 as the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's AIDS Walk Africa Youth Scholarship recipient. This year's walk took place in Swaziland - the country with the highest prevalence of HIV in...

People often ask how to make change easier in their own lives. They want to make a change, have tried it will varying degrees of success, but are still trying to figure out if there's some magic formula to it all.

Of course, I can't tell you a secret that...

The pill, the pill,
I'm pining for the pill.
I'll never have any more
Because they're going to bless the pill.

That's the chorus of a song Scottish folksinger Matt McGinn wrote in 1968 after meeting a mother of 22 who wanted to try the pill. That...

Imagine getting a good buzz just off the mere whiff of coffee. Is it true? Can you really reverse the effects of sleep deprivation in the brain from just smelling the beautiful aromas of a good Joe?

A team of Japanese researchers are beginning to think so. In a...

Among the lawyers whom I have known, it occurs to me that the only ones I've liked have had bouts of depression. So when Dan Lukasik, lawyer and depression sufferer, invited me to write a piece for his lawyerswithdepression.com, I gladly agreed.

In Surviving America's Depression Epidemic, I explain how...

Last weekend my husband, Josh, went to Lake Placid and completed the Ironman -- a race that involves a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and essentially a marathon, a 26.2 mile run. Regardless of the unbelievable fact that he came in 5th in his age group and did it...

Let's call him Junior. He's ten years old, a bright boy, eyes open on the world, the youngest in a family quartet in one of those clean affluent suburbs outside a large city. Pick your city. Pick your suburb. Pick your family. Four people: Father, Mother, Sister, and Junior.

At...

NOTE: Please also see my post today at AGE OF AUTISM -- "Top Researcher: Spread Shots Out 'As Much As Possible' With Mitochondrial Disorders"

A very interesting article was published today by Elizabeth Gorman on MinnPost.com that should be researched further: It might shine new light on...

I woke up in Phnom Penh one morning a few weeks ago to a loudspeaker blasting high pitched Khmer music and the sound of a voice repeating the same phrases over and over. I immediately assumed it was a wedding since waking up in Cambodia to abusively loud screeching music...