
Mediterranean Diet Meal Plans
A great way to stick to a Mediterranean diet is to plan your meals in advance. That way you won't get home from work late and have to wonder what to eat for dinner. I've been there. You get home, you're tired, and you resort to take-out, frozen pizza, scrambled eggs,...

Just the Juice of a Few Flowers
Allow me to introduce you to Sara and Gerald Murphy, a wealthy couple who befriended many interesting writers and artists of the twentieth century. I'm currently reading a fascinating biography of the Murphys titled, Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A...

How To Be Elegant in Summer
In the hot and humid weather, it can be difficult to maintain an elegant look throughout the day. I'm the type of person who really feels the heat. I can't be in the sunshine for too long or I start to melt. I have naturally wavy/curly hair that frizzes up immediately...

Going to the Gym: Exercise to Exorcise
It's been about a week since I started going to the gym again, and I look forward to my time on the treadmill and the strengthening machines. During the pandemic lockdown I tried to exercise at home with YouTube videos. I enjoy exercising at home, but it's just not...
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Mediterranean Diet Meal Plans
A great way to stick to a Mediterranean diet is to plan your meals in advance. That way you won't get home from work late and have to wonder what to eat for dinner. I've been there. You get home, you're tired, and you resort to take-out, frozen pizza, scrambled eggs,...

Just the Juice of a Few Flowers
Allow me to introduce you to Sara and Gerald Murphy, a wealthy couple who befriended many interesting writers and artists of the twentieth century. I'm currently reading a fascinating biography of the Murphys titled, Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A...

How To Be Elegant in Summer
In the hot and humid weather, it can be difficult to maintain an elegant look throughout the day. I'm the type of person who really feels the heat. I can't be in the sunshine for too long or I start to melt. I have naturally wavy/curly hair that frizzes up immediately...

Going to the Gym: Exercise to Exorcise
It's been about a week since I started going to the gym again, and I look forward to my time on the treadmill and the strengthening machines. During the pandemic lockdown I tried to exercise at home with YouTube videos. I enjoy exercising at home, but it's just not...

Invest In Yourself
If you find yourself in a place in your life or in your career that feels familiar and stagnant, that lacks excitement, perhaps it’s time to move to the next level. Be willing to invest in yourself and your dreams. I’m not just referring to putting out the money, but...

The Mediterranean Way of Living
The Mediterranean way of living is slower and more attuned to the seasons. We live such fast-paced lives in the U.S. that we don’t take time to enjoy actually living. I know when I was working as a managing editor, I had little time for a private life. I worked...

Announcing My New Book: Flexitarian Cookbook for Beginners
I wrote another cookbook!!! I’ve hinted at the fact that I was writing another cookbook, but I haven’t been able to give you any of the specifics. Well, now I can. It’s the Flexitarian Cookbook for Beginners: Quick and Easy Recipes for Plant-Based Meals. A flexitarian...

The Naturally Scented Home
As I lie in bed this morning listening to the birds outside and taking my time to wake up, I breathed in the faint scent of roses from a candle on my bedside table. I hadn't lit it in weeks, but I could smell a hint of fragrance from the wax. I like that my bedroom...

Are Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back?
As a Life Coach I help to identify and remove obstacles that are holding you back and keeping you from achieving your goals. In my coaching sessions I have seen many of the same obstacles in people: lack of vision or focus lack of commitment to achieving a goal...

Live in the Present
There is a new phenomenon in the modern world that I call "living in your future memories." People are so busy taking pictures of events to look at later that they aren't living in the actual moment. Don't let your life pass by in a series of social media selfies....