Category: success

How To Keep A New Years Resolution to Lose Weight

Be Careful of Diet Resolutions – Cross Posted at BlogHer Health & Wellness Welcome to the dawn of a new decade.  I would be lying if I said I was sad to see the last one go. It’s a new…

Finding Empowerment Through Adversity

This is a re-write from something I wrote back in January 2007… Finding Empowerment Through Adversity When we are suffering it is very difficult, if not impossible, to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  But it is…

Inspirational Stories of Childhood Cancer

September was childhood cancer awareness month and I never had a chance to post on it. But I did want to at least mention Carolyn Rubenstein’s book Perseverance. Can you imagine being in high school or college and suddenly learning…

3 Tips For Reducing the Stress of Daily Life

Is stress wearing you down? Are you worried about the bad economy? Your job? The mortgage? Your health? Your family? If so, you are not alone. Life is always changing, and that can feel very stressful. But often, seemingly bad…

Oprah: Valerie Bertinelli’s Weight Loss

Valerie Bertinelli’s Weight Loss: Inspiring or Controversial? Last week I watched Valerie Bertinelli and Marie Osmond on the Oprah Winfrey Show talking about their personal weight loss success stories, and I found both stories to be very inspirational. As most…

Yoga For Better Health

When you hear the word “yoga” what do you think of?  You may think you know all there is to know about yoga, but there is a good chance that you don’t.  Let’s take a look at some of what…

Dr. Oz on Oprah: Calorie Restriction Diets

Would you like to live to 100 years and beyond? Dr. Oz and other medical experts believe that a calorie restriction diet can help people to live longer with a higher quality of life. The calorie restriction diet also focuses…

New Study: Reading Is Best To Reduce Stress

I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about today, and then I came across this interesting article on how reading can reduce stress. Since I love to read, and I also love anything that can help me reduce…

You Can Change Your Life By Changing Your Thoughts

A few weeks ago I was flipping through the million channels on my TV trying to find just one thing worth watching (which isn’t an easy task). Luckily I found Dr. Wayne Dyer on PBS. I read my first book…