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Hello everyone! Today is the big day. At Chop's Teen Club in Santa Rosa at 2:00, we will announce our new name, logo, web site, Facebook, programs and so much more!! Be sure to join us for this fun event. Just for you 🙂 here is the new web site. www.directionfive.org...

Next Tuesday, May 3rd, I am moderating a panel at The Commonwealth Club on Digestive Health. The panelists include Dr. Liz Lipski, Dr. Richard Auld and Dr. Len Saputo. It will be an informative evening with lots of great tips explaining how to understand and improve...

This was one of twenty-five questions I asked kids from all walks of life for the non-profit Shine The Light On Kids. In 2010, I traveled to 41 states covering 18,000 miles because I wanted to hear from the kids themselves what they wanted and needed to live healthier...

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Hi everyone: It's April 3rd already....my goodness. I'll be another year older in a few days! This time last year I was in Virginia. The RV was being repaired and my doggies and I were camping and staying in hotels when it was raining. This particular week last year,...

We all have them and recognizing them can be liberating. Look at your reaction patterns to people and circumstances in all aspects of your life. Here are some observations based on my own life. When around moody people I tend to overcompensate and try to be the...

As I am researching articles and studies for the Body/Mind Program for Shine The Light On Kids, I read the following: “People who have good emotional health are aware of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. They have learned healthy ways to cope with the stress and...

Age an interesting topic; particularly how people view their age. People in their 50’s complaining about getting older, aches and pains, needing to be more careful and the like. Getting skittish-afraid of that bone break or some other consequence that comes with...

We have yet another fantastic company helping us with our non-profit helping kids with their health. It's notion:CREATIVE. This is from their web site: notion:CREATIVE is a boutique design studio in Healdsburg, California that is fueled by creative brains Aly Anderson...

Most of you know that I am founder and director of Shine The Light On Kids, a non-profit organization helping kids with their health. Last year I traveled the country interviewing kids from all walks of life about what they needed and wanted to lead healthier lives....

During World War I, the U.S. Food Administration, now called the FDA, urged families to reduce consumption of key staples to aid the war effort. “Food Will Win the War,” the government proclaimed, and “Meatless Monday” and “Wheatless Wednesday” were introduced....

Be sure to join me and Tanya Scott, Program Director, for our first event releasing the data from last year's journey interviewing kids all over the U.S. We are honored to have been asked by The Commonwealth Club to present the data for the first time as well as the...

This is my friend Adam's program. Put it under the 'must attend' category. It's almost sold out, so better be quick. Adam is also a member of the advisory board for Shine The Light On Kids. He's an M.D., and PhD and brains (neuroscience) are his area of expertise....

I am very excited to tell you about my new service to assist individuals, families and groups of individuals with their health. It took me a long time to come up with a name that held all I wanted to say and offer. I'm very happy with the name of the program and the...

In May, we'll be releasing the data from last year's country-wide data collection adventure! Woo Hoo! Join me on Vokle to learn all about it. A release party is in the works as well! Yeah! I'm so excited.....

On April 26th at 4:00 PST, Liz Lipski, clinical nutritionist and the best selling author of 'Digestive Wellness', will join me on To Your Health! live on Vokle. Be sure to join us. Liz is an expert in digestive health and an excellent teacher.

Hello everyone and Happy Valentines Day! This is an update about the non-profit, but if I may, I want to wander, thought-wise, for a moment. Yesterday my sister Margaret and I took my Mom, who has lived through 89 Valentines Days, to a winery where we tasted wine,...

I'm so excited about hosting my own 'show' on Vokle. My daughter Olivia will join me on April 8th for my first show, Foodie Friday. We'll both be taking the same ingredients and making different dishes. We will tell you what we did and share fun stories. You can call...

Telomeres (pronounced Teel-oh-meers) are the caps on the end of chromosomes, which, along with the enzyme telomerase, protect our DNA and are a marker of biological aging. Think of them like the little caps on the end of your shoelaces; they protect from fraying....

I have exercised my entire life and can't imagine not. My choice has always been something outside-never been much of a gym-gal. I run and walk and hike. I am currently in the gorgeous Applegate Valley in Southern Oregon writing the health programs for Shine The Light...