A former patient of mine thanked me recently for helping her develop tools to communicate more effectively with her husband and resolve the difficulties in their relationship. She mentioned that they still have their ups and downs, but she is......

Being different isn't always easy and so goes the life of those who choose to be vegetarian or vegan. The choice of what one eats is very personal. Every single time one of us puts something in our mouth there's......

Many people are afraid to go after their dreams, to take action, to implement.... out of fear that they will fail, look stupid, feel shamed, and have to acknowledge that they weren't good enough... Bottom line: You won't know if......

People often say they are too depressed to do the things they want to do. But sometimes it's because they haven't done the things they want to do and have allowed their lives to stagnate that depression begins and gradually......

When you have difficulty forgiving, keep in mind that the underlying reason people attack us is because of fear and insecurity, and that what they are really doing is calling out for love. If you can appreciate this and rise......

In April, Senator Jon Kyl lied to the United States Senate and the American people when he said, “If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." The......

It is only a matter of time before Gadhafi leaves Libya. History provides many examples of the United States destroying dictators they were once in bed with when it becomes their best interest to do so. And yet Gadhafi stays.......

The Law of Distraction isn’t complicated: The more distracted we are, the less effective we are with our work, our goals, our relationships and our physical well-being. The less attention we pay to details, the greater the potential for mistakes,......

President Obama's approval ratings have dropped substantially. The reason is not complicated. He promised to make a lot of changes and didn't. Trust has been broken. The relationship he had with the people who voted for him has been broken.......

In politics, people don't play fair. When we don't like a politician, we will find any excuse to attack the person. We will use anything that person says or does as an opportunity to vilify or blame them in some......

When we are doing somebody a favor, it's best we do it graciously. It's best we don't make them feel like they are burdening us or that they are a nuisance because when we do this we are essentially shooting......

A majority of those who are against the building of the mosque near Ground Zero have moved from reasonable and appropriate dissent and disagreement to bigotry, racism, stereotyping, hatred, and violence in speech if not in action, all of which......

There was an article in the paper yesterday that the Jet Blue flight attendant is now being represented for television projects and that he now has 25 offers for reality TV shows.This is not surprising but it is extremely disturbing......

It is common for us to want acceptance, approval and love from those people we care about, whether they be parents, partners or friends. It is also common that, much of the time, our efforts to attain these things go......

We are a nation that tends to deal with its problems when they become crises, rather than when they are first developing. This tends to be extremely costly, destructive and inefficient. This same style of problem-solving can be seen in......

On this past Sunday's "Meet the Press", host David Gregory was interviewing U.S. Senator John Cornyn in regard to the controversy surrounding U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul. According to Sen. Cornyn, Rand Paul had "clarified his views" about the......

Although it's not clear to me what the cause or causes are of the catastrophic BP oil spill, there have been several explanations for it which would suggest that it wasn't simply an accident, but rather an event that......

On May 6th, the stock market took a huge dive. One explanation was that it was due to an overreaction to misinformation, to an error on the part of a futures buyer, which led people to think that some......

There was a story in the newspaper today about how Toyota's sales are currently better than they had anticipated because of a major ad blitz and tremendous incentives that are being offered to potential buyers. Several customers were quoted......

The following commentary is a generalization. It doesn't apply to everyone, but it does appear to be an extremely common scenario disturbingly prevalent in our country today. Equally so, the generalization doesn't apply solely to those who don't care......

I was asked recently to point out some of the red flags and warning signs to look for when in the process of getting involved with someone in a relationship. Here is a list of problematic characteristics and behaviors which......

I read an article (http://bit.ly/rY2Q3) about swine flu vaccines containing mercury and other adjuvants that can cause multiple sclerosis, lupus, and other debilitating illnesses. The article discusses how the makers of the vaccines are doing studies to prove safety but......