My mother was beautiful.
We all know our mothers are beautiful. But Mom was movie-star lovely. Tall and slender with masses of dark hair, dewy brown eyes, and cheekbones to die for, she could have stepped right out of an RKO feature film.
She must have been surprised, after growing up as an only child, to marry [...]

February 24, 2011
Empowered Storytelling
Create a Supportive Life Story
When you remember that you are the author of your own life story, you are free to create a masterpiece.
We all have our own life story. It is filled with relationships and events that help shape who we are and what we believe to be true about [...]

There are moments in my life when I seriously question where my childhood dreams went wrong. I mean was I the only little girl who wondered what it might be like to travel to distant lands and experience the world through untouched eyes?
What about all those long afternoons spent under the tree of Hopes and [...]

The American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines currently recommend annual screening with breast MRI in women with a known gene mutation or with a strong family history indicating a lifetime risk of breast cancer greater than 20 percent. However, the guidelines say there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against MRI screening in women who [...]

December 22, 2010
Permission to Forgive Ourselves
Releasing Guilt
Guilt is temporary and unproductive, it is all too ironic that being hard on ourselves is the easy way out.
Learning to accept the things that we perceive as wrong can be a difficult task for many of us. Often we have been brought up to accept that it is [...]

New York, New York–December 3, 2010–If you are not familiar with City Harvest, they are an organization that focuses on rescuing food to feed New York city’s hungry men, women and children. City Harvest has a really cool initiative going on to drive donations using QR codes that we wanted to share with you.
A [...]

December 1, 2010
Think Globally, Eat Locally
Have Fun and Save the Planet
Now it is more important than ever to eat locally and shop your local farmer’s market and small grocery store.
We all know that our planet needs our help right now, but we often feel unsure about what to do, where to make an effort, and [...]

December 3, 2010–Katy, Tx.–Over this last weekend my parents treated the whole family to Disney’s Tangled. After checking times and deciding which theater we were going to Johnny and I made our way with kids in tow to meet my parents at our local mall on Sunday. Truthfully it has been a while since we [...]

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a cancer that does not express receptors for oestrogen (ER), progesterone (PR) or the human epidermal growth factor (HER2). It tends to be more aggressive, occurs more often in younger women, and is difficult to treat successfully as it lacks the receptors that currently available targeted therapies such as [...]

November 26, 2010
Your Wellspring of Energy
A Stress-Free Home
No matter where you live or what type of home you live in, taking care of your dwelling is also caring for your soul.
Sometimes our lives are so busy that we treat our homes as if they were impersonal places that we merely pass through. But we can [...]