For once, I took my own advice. You see, this past week––as my last newsletter advised and around which I themed the new meditation––on two counts I actually “Did Something Different.” Not to be boastful, but the results were…well…quietly miraculous. The first, is a domestic debt I owe to, of all ...

Before things went sideways, I honestly thought that the week was off to a great start. On Monday, I had my teeth cleaned and had no cavities. (This is an ongoing personal triumph of sorts, but more about that later.) And on Thursday, Malibu’s parents, after encountering a travel snag, asked if Vl...

I hate to be gender-normative (or even breed-ist) and yet… At the end of the day, my chocolate lab Belle was always the perfect lady. She was the straight-A student (and class president) who was kind to all her friends and still found time to read to the blind. Vlad is…well… A lovable bad boy m...

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; You can use it anytime, anywhere unobtrusively.” –Sharon Salzberg Almost everyone now believes they “should” be meditating. There are endless studies proving how just good it is for us. (And God knows we need it.) And yet something so...

I wish I could tell you what I’m launching in a month. (I can’t…not just yet.) But I can tell you that it involves the power of groups, of tribes, of like-minded people gathered together. And part of me hates that because … Like 2/3 of the people in a recent Wharton study, I̵...

“The worst crime is faking it.” –Kurt Cobain I admit that have been TOTALLY ABSENT from social media (and newsletters like this) lately. This is considered a serious crime (at least by my agents and managers and publicists) for anyone who creates original work,...