What do Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds and I all have in common? All left handed? No, although two of us are. Biblical middle names? Close, but still only two of us. And while we all may struggle a bit with the media, that's still not the answer I'm looking for....

"Healthy Weight Loss." It's certainly not as catchy of a title as "Star Wars" or "Return of the Jedi." And I'm pretty sure that this article is not going to spawn an empire of action figures or lunchboxes that leaves me living in a magical place in Marin County called...

Healthy weight loss: Is it an oxymoron? You know, a phrase whose words seem self-contradictory: jumbo shrimp, a wise fool, an honest politician, the whole part, or a little pregnant. With our current obsession with immediate gratification "healthy weight loss" does seem to fit in nicely. But today I would...

Warning: What you are about to read could very well extend your life by several years.

I would love this to be the very best article that you have ever read, however, being limited to 700 words and not wanting to peak too early, I will be satisfied with you...

Two-thirds of our country is overweight or obese. The current generation is predicted to have a shorter life span than their parents for the first time in recorded history, by up to 10 years. And the greatest killer in our country, the greatest single threat to our lives is not...

What is it with vampires these days? Books, TV shows and movies featuring these mythical creatures seem to be all the rage and I can hardly turn around without bumping into something "fang"tastic. Now, I'd love to tell you that I'm above jumping on the bandwagon of this current fad...

Meister Eckhart is credited with the famous quote that says, "If thank you is the only prayer you ever said, it would be enough."

Beautiful right? However, I would add, "If thank you was the only prayer you ever said, AND you really meant it, AND weren't just saying...

You know that 2:30 feeling? Or 3:30 or 4:30? Have you seen that commercial? I think it's an amazing commercial because I knew exactly what they were talking about from the very first sentence. That tiredness, that desire to nap, that kind of lethargy that demands an Oscar-worthy performance to...

"This is the first generation of kids in history who are predicted to have a shorter lifespan than their parents."

Some scientists believe that the universe will continue to expand only so long, and then it will begin to...

"Community cannot for long, feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers and sisters."
-- Howard Thurman

The earthquakes that have hit Haiti have been devastating in every sense of the word. The destruction caused is beyond...

Do you know who Roger Bannister was? He was the first person to break the four-minute mile. Before him, no one thought it was possible, scientists claimed that the heart would literally explode at that pace and therefore was an irrefutable impossibility. But Roger didn't buy into that and ran...

"The race doesn't always go to the swift, but to the ones that keep on running."
-- Anonymous

What are going to say next is so profound you aren't going to believe it. And as much as we'd like to take full credit for discovering it, we think...

First of all... Happy New Year! I, like many of you, hoisted my champagne glass, tooted my party horn, and hugged and kissed my friends at the strike of 12 all in celebration of the new year.

Isn't it exciting? Simply crossing the threshold from one year to the...

Is your life crazy busy? Do you wake up excited to greet the day or do you wish you could stay in bed just a little longer? Do you feel fresh and on top of things or does it feel like you are always fighting to catch up with life?...

Is it your bedtime yet?

Remember that question as a child? Mom or dad asking you, "is it bedtime yet?" And the universal answer from every child no matter what time of night it was, would of course be... a resounding "NO." And thankfully our parents had the last word...