“I had a plan,” said my friend who admitted to feeling like a failure because she bought a carton of cigarettes this morning.  The plan was to alternate between her new smokeless cigarette and the real thing in an attempt to wean herself fro...

Ryan Seacrest announced on New Year’s Eve that the number one buzzword of 2008 was “change.”  Change meaning “better.”  A better economy, better job market, better health, better relationships.  But are all those interes...

There have been many points on my life’s journey that I’ve received direction from a force that appears to be outside of me, yet is firmly anchored within.  For years, I would beg for guidance around a situation and then when I finally heard...