“Sometimes you have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down.”—Kobi Yamada Last week I discussed the role of cortisol in your body. Now I will give you some help in... Read more >>

  “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”—Albert Einstein I know there are some of you out there that love my approach to... Read more >>

It’s said that women are prone to change their minds at the drop of a hat, which may have some truth to it, at least among many of the ladies in my life (myself included). But if men had the... Read more >>

Keeping yourself at a healthy weight is no easy feat. But if you’re not succeeding, don’t be too quick to take all the blame. Carrying around a few extra pounds can be caused by other... Read more >>

Old wives’ tales are little more than super-circulated rumors. Never proven to be true, they’re sayings and adages that generations of women have passed down to one another regarding... Read more >>

When it comes to happy foods, give me slabs of chocolate, cheese, and all of the other upper foods that help effect serotonin and dopamine, the two neurotransmitters in the old brain. Dopamine is... Read more >>

When stewing with stress, it’s hard to believe that anything will make you feel more comforted than a pound of chocolates, a family-size pizza, and/or a tub of ice cream. Unfortunately, the... Read more >>

I have had acne since birth. That is not true, but it feels like it. I have tried everything, including topical treatments and antibiotics. To my amazement some things would work and then after time... Read more >>

Fortunately, single motherhood has come a long way since the 1977 movie The Goodbye Girl, about a divorced mother and her daughter who are forced to move in with an off-off-Broadway actor. And... Read more >>

I finally hit my limit today. I’m officially fed up with menopause Web sites that slam “hrt,” or hormone replacement therapy, in order to sell some so called, natural menopause... Read more >>