A friend shared a wonderful link with me that I must pass on to you all.  In this almost 19 minute presentation, neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor describes what it was like to have a stroke.  She is a brain scientist and was able to maintain some clarity while having her stroke.  What she describes is [...]

I don’t know you, but I know that when you arrived in this world you were overwhelmed by bright lights and many faces.
I don’t know you, but I know when you were young you laid awake in the dark fearing there were monsters under the bed.
I don’t know you, but I know that as a [...]

A friend of mine and member of my mastermind group, Aimmee Riley, wrote a book called Tears of Hope about her experiences growing up in Lebanon during their civil war.  When I first heard about her book I was very hesitant to read it.  I knew she had suffered terrible hardships during her life and [...]

The other night I went to sleep and told my guides to send me a dream I could blog about.  I do this periodically to give them a chance to send me something they want me to share with others.  The dream I had that night had a profound emotional impact on me and I [...]

When I was a child I was fascinated with the Aladdin story where he rubs the lamp and a genie pops out to grant him three wishes.  What a gift, right?  The genie just snaps his fingers and voila, wishes granted!  What kid doesn’t dream up his own three wishes?  A new car, a million [...]

Last year one of my dearest friends and I put together a mastermind group and I highly recommend it to anyone who has goals they want to accomplish.  I had first heard of mastermind groups from Tony Robbins probably 8-10 years ago.  He described a mastermind group as a collection of people who mutually support [...]

Last week Steve and I took the kids to the amusement park at Circus Circus called the Adventuredome.  It was here that I learned a very valuable lesson about how my own fears could hold someone else back.
In the past, our daughter, Emily, would go on all the kiddie rides (she’s 7) and she adored [...]

In 4th grade a new student came to our class from Israel.  He hardly spoke any English.  He had jet black hair and the most beautiful striking blue eyes.  At recess and lunch all the girls would go off and chat and the boys would always play something like dodge ball or soccer or baseball.  [...]

In 1988 I ran for President… of my sorority’s pledge class.
I wasn’t planning to join a sorority, but my twin sister had joined one in our freshman year of college and she had the most amazing experiences helping others, having fun, learning leadership, and gaining dozens of new friends so I simply decided [...]

From a very young age I developed an intense fear of killer whales.  I had recurring dreams that I would fall into the tank at Sea World and not be able to get out because the glass walls were too slick, then I would turn and see a dark shape looming at me, coming at [...]