My family was pretty poor growing up. We received Food Stamps, my mom made most of my clothing, and I even had a few dolls that she sewed for me. I'm not complaining, plenty of kids have it worse.  I always had a roof over my head and I don't think I missed out on any...

  Warning: Objects in the mirror may appear more morbid than they actually are. I recently lost a friend and fellow speaker to cancer. Of course, everyone has a different reaction to death. Some may feel angry, frightened, or depressed. But I think everyone faces...

We lived in North Carolina when my dog Akasha was still in her mischievous puppy stage (which lasted until about 8-years-old) in a big house with a beautiful family room where we spent most of our time. I did my best to train her not to chew and eat things that were...

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself." Obviously Franklin D. Roosevelt never met a clown. All joking aside, many of us spend our lives paralyzed by fear, unable to live up to our fullest potential.  In order to overcome our fear, we first need to identify what...

Did you ever notice how we learn our most profound lessons in the most un-profound of ways? During college, I worked as a cashier at Fortunoffs, the mecca of upscale housewares and jewelry in Long Island, New York. There were 4 floors of fine china, small appliances,...

I have this thing with leaving produce where it shouldn't be: like when I went looking for a pen at the bottom of my purse during a meeting, and instead found a bag of liquefied baby carrots. Or when I went looking for my knife to go camping and found a banana peel...

You might be one of the lucky ones. Someone who knew what they wanted to be when they grew up, had the perfect education to prepare them for that career, had the exact connections to get them into their first paid internship, was hired immediately upon getting their...

Raise your hand if you are unsatisfied at your job. Even if you don’t see multiple hands across the sea of cubicles in your office, you can safely assume that you are not alone. I’ve been doing some research on this here interweb and I’m seeing a bit of a discrepancy...

I recently spent time at a yoga retreat, living, eating, and practicing among strangers (who I now consider friends). There were approximately 30 people on the retreat and together we represented 15 states, 4 countries, 5 religions, several socioeconomic statuses, and...

So I almost died a few weeks ago. Not in that “oh my gawd, look at those shoes, I could just die” way. Nor the “that was the cutest kitten I have ever seen.  I almost died” kind of way.   But seriously… she’s adorable. No. I got in my car, like I do absolutely...