It was 1996 and Rebecca Onie was only a sophomore in college when she had a realization that there was something wrong with the health care system. She co-founded Health Leads, a program that helps low-income families to access basic needs like nutrition and housing that often lead to illness. Helped by recruited college students, Health Leads operates …
When Life Gives You Lemons… Lemonade the Movie is a fantastically reaffirming and inspiring film and I love it’s tagline “It’s not a pink slip. It’s a blank page.” This is especially poignant right now as my best friend is a teacher who, along with her colleagues, goes through the torment of getting a pink …
The road to health. This is an amazing speech by Dr. David Katz at the TEDx MindStreamAcademy about the child obesity epidemic in this country. Some of his quotes: Diseases are effects not the causes. Cultivate the will, pave the way. Lifestyle is the best medicine.
I believe it was Albert Einstein who said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. I definitely have to remind myself that every day is a new chance, an opportunity to keep trying something new and different until I get the results I want, rather …
Things have been converging lately on one principle, one idea. Finally I feel driven, led to something. Guided toward my best life. Out of this crucible of difficulty, I will make this discovery fully and arise, forged with faith and trust in the power of the universe, and the power in me.
What Not To Do When you think for yourself and create the life you envision, there is joy, freedom and prosperity to be enjoyed. But it isn’t always easy blazing trails when the existing ones are the obvious, safe choice. This awesome list applies to everyone who marches to their own drummer, not just artists, …