Just recently, my friend, Bob Cohen sent me an email outlining a request for pens and pencils to be sent to Kenya.  I decided to share his letter with you in hopes that you will bundle those extra pens and pencils (I know you have lots of them!) and send them to Bob so that [...]

The Fresh Diet
For the past several weeks I have been the recipient of a very fine gift from Jackie Silver, author of Aging Backwards: Secrets to Staying Young and her brother, Ray. They arranged for me to receive delivery of The Fresh Diet Monday through Friday – three meals each day plus two snacks.
This is [...]

This is the story of Dick & Rick Hoyt, the most inspirational father and son team to race in an Ironman.

Thanksgiving Gratitude
by Jackie Silver, AgingBackwards.com

Thanksgiving is a time to slow down, bond with family and friends, eat and talk turkey, and to give thanks, of course. It’s a day where diets go out the window and, usually, so does exercise. Here are a few exercises of a different type – gratitude exercises. We all celebrate [...]

Do the planet, and yourself, a favor and get your name off direct mail lists. We use 100 million trees and 28 billion gallons of water to produce junk mail for just one year, according to greendimes.com.
You can stop 75% of all junk mail by registering for the Mail Preference Service on the Direct Marketing [...]

1. GET THE NUTRITION YOU NEED & ENJOY TASTIER FOOD!
Many studies have shown that organically grown food has more minerals and nutrients that we need than food grown with synthetic pesticides. There’s a good reason why many chefs use organic foods in their recipes—they taste better. Organic farming starts with the nourishment of the soil, [...]

Gym-rats love the Earth too. LA-based fitness expert Ashley Borden is currently working on reducing her own carbon footprint.

Ashley Borden
In doing so, she shares with clients all her recent discoveries for ways to make workouts more ’sustainable’ – and by that, she doesn’t mean endurance. A NIKE Elite Athlete and recent spokesperson for Nintendo’s [...]

I love Mojitos but depending on what and how much I have eaten, it affects what and how I can drink. So for those days when you want to savor the flavor or summer, try this Virgin Mojito recipe that I found on the Beauty Tips Page of CynthiaRowland.com

Cynthia found this recipe at [...]

This is from our good friend Kirk Wilkinson. I will be using his information often. He has written a wonderful book called
The Happiness Factor. I suggest reading it, you will learn happiness skills.
 
 

Don’t Underestimate Your ability to cope!
When faced with a crisis it is easy to feel overwhelmed and feel as if you can’t [...]