Good Clean Reads

“Lovely female shapes are terrible complicators of the difficulties and dangers of this earthly life, especially for their owners.”  ~George du Maurier

I was caught by a news headline that showed, in a recent Nutrisystem poll of one thousand people, approximately 50% of female participants say they would rather go without sex for the summer than gain 10 pounds. One quarter of the male respondents...

I built my life around making a community that I belong to, and like most things in life, now I am often overcome by the power of my intention. Belonging is essential and also exacts a cost.

“I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of wellbeing. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and...

Listen to Dr. Libby Bennett and I explore what it takes to open up your sexual communications. Her new book, Finding and Revealing Your Sexual Self is a true guide to understanding the practice and challenges that many couples face in sustaining a healthy and vital intimate life. Don’t miss this conversation, with both practical aids to improving your relationship and easy to use communication...

“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” -Henry Ford

My kids play sports and they get hurt. Sometimes injuries happen in the most unexpected ways that catch you off guard. Other times, it is in the heat of an intense play at the climax of a tournament. Injuries are the leveler in the playing field of life. They are the place where achievement and humanity meet to remind us of our cellular structure and...

“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.” -William James

I have been thinking all wrong and not even aware of it all these weeks in the fast changing pace of my winning company becoming more than just me. I have been trying to let go, an oxymoron as the trying is just another way of holding on. Still the shifts have been bittersweet and feeling...

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I will surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.” -Mahatma Gandhi

I have been thinking of making a vision board all summer since first reading Martha Beck’s article in June’s issue of Oprah at the doctor’s office. The idea of collecting images and words from magazine pages and cutting them up into a collage isn’t new...

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” -Buddha

I meditate almost every day now. I used to be able to judge the days by when I meditated, now I can judge them by when I don’t. My interpretation of life is clearer when I meditate. It is the only discipline I have ever practiced that actually has the power to change my mind. Don’t get...

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

Over the years, and certainly throughout the positivity quest, there seems fewer and fewer things that are worth fighting about, both in my family, at work and in life. Even as the kids have moved into their teen years, one...