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A friend forwarded me a link to a YouTube video along with these eight words… “The best 10 minutes I spent all week!!” After the week I’ve just had, I was thinking I could sure use a great 10 minutes, so I decided to check it out. It was a …

The world said good-bye this week to an amazing man. Nelson Mandela’s memorial was more a celebration of a life supremely lived than a period of mourning. His life was a remarkable journey. People all over the world have been reflecting on the impact, the legacy, and the wisdom he …

A while back I gave a talk about the necessity of forgiveness if we are to live emotionally happy and spiritually healthy lives.  I said something that seemed to surprise some people and I was asked to clarify what I meant when I said, “It is not possible to forgive …

Back in the fall of 2008 when Sarah Palin condemned the critics of the National Day of Prayer she boldly exclaimed, “What in hell scares people about talking about America’s foundation of faith?” For me, hearing “what the hell” in the same sentence as the word “faith” pushed a button …

If you want to experience ridiculous amounts of energy, crystal clear mental clarity, more creativity and outrageous joy, raw food is the way to do it. I went raw about three years ago now, and experienced a radical shift in my overall health and well-being. I lost 10 lbs within …

I was thinking this morning about something that was written in Alice in Wonderland, where the Queen says to Alice, “Alice, tell me what happened tomorrow.” Alice answers back, “I can’t tell you what happened tomorrow. It’s impossible to tell you what happened tomorrow.” The Queen then says to Alice, “My …

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn. ~ Bernie Seigal, M.D. Grieving the loss of a loved one can be a lengthy process, and it’s different for everyone, even when the cause of the grief is the same. Nature is infinitely …

It’s easy to worry about food. We are a country absolutely obsessed with it. Are we convinced we are eating the wrong stuff? Should we be eating organic. Should we have traded that donut for some carrot sticks?  Should we eat high protein, low carbs? Or high carb, low fat?  …

Experts say, “Laughter is medicine! In 1964, Norman Cousins was given a few months to live. He had a rare disease of the connective tissues. He was told by a doctor he had a 1 in 500 chance of survival. He was told to ‘get his affairs in order.’ But …

It was the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year 2009, four days after the summer solstice and the day that Michael Jackson died. What a very sad day it was for the world. A legend, a King, and a person I’d hoped to one day really get to know …