At the moment, news about the spread of swine flu is everywhere. California, the state where I live, has declared a state of emergency. No one knows exactly how it started. And certainly no one knows where (or when) it will end. But there is a lot of fear-based behavior out there right now. For [...]

I travel a lot – to visit friends and family, for work, and for fun. I have been traveling a lot for over 30 years, so I have seen many changes in the travel industry. Being stranded in an airport is nothing new. I’ve slept on the floor of many different airports over the years. [...]

How time flies when you are having fun! (And sometimes just because we are so busy!) It has now been a full year since I started my website, www.RightFoodRightYouDiet.com along with my newsletter and this blog. It has been a very busy year. I significantly downsized all my stuff, sold my home and my car, [...]

I have been following the raw food movement for about a year at this point and have found some great new foods as a result. One of my recent finds is a new product from GoRaw – Ginger Snaps. According to the package, the only ingredients are unsulphured organic coconut, sprouted organic sesame seeds, organic [...]

Motivation is an interesting subject. I input the word into a Google search engine and got almost 70 million results! The most referenced topics (at the top of this long list) included definitions of the term, motivational quotes, how to motivate yourself and others, and how to teach motivation. Obviously the topic has a lot [...]

Last week I found an article in the online version of the Wall Street Journal, Health Edition that is entitled: “Study Finds High Obesity Rates in U.S. 4-Year-Olds” Apparently “almost one in five American 4-year-olds is obese.” The article states that the “study is an analysis of nationally representative height and weight data on 8,550 [...]

I sold my old house this week! Hurray! I believed it could happen and it did! So I have done my happy dance (short form) in celebration of this accomplishment. And thank you Milford (my real estate agent) – you are absolutely awesome! I am saving another happy dance (long form) for when I finish [...]

I don’t know about you, but I always seem to leave the task of preparing my tax returns until the last minute. It may have something to do with the fact that I have a complicated tax return (self-employment requires a lot of extra forms). Or it may be because I don’t organize my receipts [...]

I got home from visiting my Mom yesterday. It is amazing how fast the week flew by. We were both sad when I had to leave for the airport. I hope I can schedule another visit with her soon. It isn’t always easy to make time to visit my family, but it ranks very high [...]