Six Months Prior: I’m trying something utterly new and foreign. I’ve hired two female playwrights based in Los Angeles to transform my book, The Secret Life of a Weight Obsessed Woman, into a play. This endeavor is about as comforting as trampling through a snake-infested swampland. I’m finding the whole process – the contract negotiations Continue reading

I don’t excel in the kitchen. No magnificently stuffed, basted and roasted turkey will ever emerge from my seldom-used oven to my gleaming Lenox serving platter – unless someone else makes it. I must confess: I am more interested in what goes on around the table rather than what dishes get placed on the table. Continue reading

What’s your reading routine? I tend to be an episodic reader. I either don’t read at all or whiz from the title page to the last page with as few distractions as possible in between – losing or missing nuances and subtleties along the way. One of my “besties” approaches reading in an entirely different Continue reading

Recently I “hit the wall.” Not physically. But emotionally and mentally. I was exhausted from traveling, speaking, and incessant blogging. Unmotivated due to constantly being “ON,” total veg-out time was sorely needed. I plopped down on my comfy couch in my loft and for the entire afternoon read Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand – Continue reading

Last night: Halloween. Doorbells chiming. Ghosts and goblins hanging out on front porches. Lots of candy ready for dropping into orange plastic bags. I cheerfully instructed each visiting clown, ballerina, scary critter and princess to pick two pieces of candy. Most popular choices: Reese’s Cups and Snickers. No matter what candy they chose, one thing Continue reading

Ten days ago I gave a keynote speech in Indianapolis in front of a large group of women who had no idea who I was. The organizer of the all-day event booked me on the basis of a hunch after reading one of my blogs. I spoke. As I hoped – and expected – the audience engaged with me Continue reading

You know what I simply love? Collecting odd bits of wisdom and meeting creative people who do things either better or more passionately than the rest of us. Add connecting. Always connecting. And what better place to exercise the love of meeting exceptionally talented and focused people than in the New York City area? Recently Continue reading

I’m Jewish so I’ve just spent the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mired in existential exploration reckoning with my faults and foibles and misdeeds. It’s always quite enlightening to actually make a written record of character flaws to work on during the coming Jewish new year. Much more effective than just fleetingly berating Continue reading

Today I want to talk about what it takes to live life at full throttle – to be empowered to live your life differently if there is something holding you back from living the life you crave. I’m a story teller. But there was one story I never told: my forty-six year-long saga of battling Continue reading

I was looking through my “Joke Folder” in my computer. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like years ago, when e mail was more of a novelty than an everyday nuisance, people utilized this tech tool to send jokes. Nowadays I receive tons of E-mails bearing “enticing” subject lines: The Moment You’ve Been Waiting Continue reading