Oh, hello there. Are you looking for the magical pill that will melt away those LBs you’ve been dreaming, hoping, wishing (and lifting, running and clean eating) away? Great. Open wide, because this pill is all kinds of sparkle! And it’s all kinds of real. It’s like a chia pet: just add water, stand back, […]

Do you ever notice how you can be so perfectly in your stride one day, and the next moment, you completely unravel because you heard about or saw something or someone that triggered you? It could be a person or a thing, or even a sentence or a picture. Heck, it could even be the […]

“But I don’t wanna!” I would say whenever my mother would try to get me to eat my broccoli (or – let’s face it – anything green that wasn’t smothered in cheese whiz). Actually, it sounded more like, “I don’t wannaaaaaaaaaa!” (Recall your childhood emPHAsis on the As: No-aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Yes-aaaaaaaaaaaa! Ugh) As obnoxious as it […]

When was the last time you looked yourself in the eye (in the mirror, of course) and said, “Gosh, I love you!” Probably not recently – or ever, for that matter. Yeah. Me neither (it’s usually something closer to, “Wow you look tired!” and “Really, thighs? Really?) Yet I find myself wondering: Why the hell […]

Don’t you just love the Olympics? You can smell the anticipation in the air. So many of us countdown the years until the next event, devour the schedule, mark the sports we want to see, set our DVRs, and watch those amazing athletes perform their majestic dances, totally in their element…*sigh*… (cue Chariots of Fire […]

“We give time to what we love.” – John Bradshaw You know me. I give a lot of advice. Mostly unsolicited (sorry about that). I can’t help it. I’ve made so many mistakes, and learned so many profound lessons because of them. I feel it would be selfish of me to keep it all to […]