Do you take vitamins?  How often do you take them?  There have been times in my life I’ve taken them everyday. There have also been times I’ve stopped taking them altogether.  Then there are those times I’ve guzzled Emergen-C because I was getting on an...

Think about the person in your life who is really struggling. I don’t mean someone who is struggling with psychological or substance problems. The person who just can’t seem to get out of their own way. Who is it? Would you let that person watch your kids for a...

I want to have a happy kid.  You want to have a happy kid.  Let’s talk about making that happen.  There was an amazing man named Chief Seattle whose impact will continue to be felt for generations. In a famous speech, he talked about how development and...

Teach your children well How do you teach a kid to ride a bike?  Do you tell them how to do it? Do you read them a book, maybe the user’s manual? Do you watch a video? No, of course not. You show them how to do it.  How do you teach a kid about money? ...

Yin and Yang is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes how opposites may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent on one another.  The battle between good and evil is constant and complicated. In his book The Gulag Archipelago,...

My purpose in writing this is not to change your opinion, or to bring you around to my way of thinking. I’m not trying to tell you what to think.  What I am interested in doing is helping you think better. A big part of succeeding at life involves constantly...

“The trouble is, you think you have time.” - Jack Kornfield  Too many of us are waiting.  We’re waiting for the right time, the right opportunity, the right person, etc.  We’re waiting to be noticed, chosen, or given permission.  We’re waiting for...

Recently, I read about how a pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses were sold at auction for $340,000. While I don’t have an opinion as to whether or not that’s the correct price for his actual glasses, I wondered what the value of his perspective would be.  ...

“The doctor of the future is you,” said Dr. John Kim when I interviewed him on the LifeBlood podcast.  We were talking about how to have great health for life, and how so much of it is about taking personal responsibility.  He spoke of the importance of...