All work and no play makes Jack (or Julia) a dull boy, right?  Thankfully, I have a husband who reminds me when it’s time to stop working and go play.  For my birthday, he booked a trip to Las Vegas, and I want to share it with you.  My mentor, Jim Rohn, used to use the [...]

The most powerful learning experience in my past was during intensive outpatient recovery for my alcoholism.  At the age of 43, I was in the late, chronic stages of alcoholism, slipping quickly into a time when my only option would have been institutionalization.  There are many excuses I can make for why I ended up [...]

Today, as I lay on ice to help aleviate my chronic back pain, I felt just a wee bit sorry for myself.  I was scanning my in box and I had an email from coach Jim Vuocolo, who had received this from a friend, and felt compelled to share it with his friends.  He didn’t [...]

Those of you who know me know I don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t take drugs, don’t usually eat meat, work out on a regular basis, love hiking, used to be a ballet dancer, ran marathons, love yoga and Pilates, and so on.  At one place they used to call me the “Tofu Queen”, and for about 15 [...]

You are a passenger on an airplane.  You look out the window of the place and the wing is on fire.  The oxygen masks drop down.  The flight attendants make an announcement that the pilot is going to have to make a crash landing on water.  You hear yelling: “Brace…Brace”.  People around you are starting [...]

SECRET……The dictionary tells us that a secret (noun) is something that is kept hidden or concealed.
 
Most of us have been exposed to the tremendously successful movie and/or the book called “The Secret”, which contains knowledge that has been around for thousands of years, and it was packaged in an intriguing and ingenious way to attract [...]