In late August, you could find me in the lap of luxury at the larger-than-life Badrutt's Palace Hotel in the storybook Swiss Alpine village of St. Moritz. Just one month later, I was checked in at the Courtyard Marriott in eastern Pennsylvania. Boy, did my coach ever turn into a...

Parenting is an extremely rewarding but daunting enterprise, as any seasoned parent can tell you, and the beginning of the school year brings its own great challenges. Thus, it is vitally important that we organize our lives so we do not fall into that all-too-familiar trap: using our kids and...

Why does it seem that everyone we know is taking antidepressants or some other substance to suppress emotional pain? Why are we numbing ourselves, and why is it accepted as normal? What is the common denominator here?

A slow but steady detour away from the independent values that made our...

As tribute concerts and celebrations keep popping up around the world, it's clear that Michael Jackson's musical legacy will live on forever. Perhaps less obvious to his loyal revelers is that he truly was and remains "the man in the mirror"--or what I like to call a "perception-giver"--reflecting the tragic...

One of the most frequently asked questions among my readers and clients is "Do I have to exercise?" Let's shine a new light on exercise, once and for all.

There are three key things the body needs to be doing constantly:

1. Taking in oxygen
2. Pushing out...

When you cleanse your body, you become more sensitized to all aspects of your life. You will naturally want to clean and organize your immediate environment, such as your home or office space. Then, at a certain point, you will be ready to examine your relationships -- how you respond...

Along with most of you, I know a number of people who have lost their jobs and many more who have lost their nest eggs and fortunes (both modest and whopping). I even received the shocking news that one friend took his own life over the holidays. The only way...

Anger. Such a loaded word, but how many of us really understand anger? Words like "light" and "love" are trendy among the enlightenment-seekers. Those are wonderful words and, yes, they carry great energy and power. But so does "anger."

Anger is the desire to protect. It is not some...

If you are interested in diet, health, raw foods, or any offshoot of the detox lifestyle, you must understand the beauty of simplicity. No matter what level of health you are coming from -- be it decades of raw or right off the hot dog cart--the quickest, most painless route...

As an avid observer of trends, I have noted a significant shift in what we find beautiful in our culture. Instead of continuing to value youth for the sake of youth and flawlessness for the sake of flawlessness, as we are "awakening" to the higher truths of humanity, we are...