Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.

Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself.

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life.

I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.

Feeling a little blue in January is normal.

I'm a girl who loves to share information, especially empowering, life-changing, information.

Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you.

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.

The biggest reason most people fail is that they try to fix too much at once - join a gym, get out of debt, floss after meals and have thinner thighs in 30 days.

It's not the price but it's the value of the thing that making them important

I exercise self-control and never touch any beverage stronger than gin before breakfast.

One unquestioned text we read All doubt beyond all fear above Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it: God is Love.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.

I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist.

In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.

I think the sense of belonging does give you a certain amount of mental satisfaction.