It started on our first morning at Hosteria Izhcayluma, a small lodge in the mountains surrounding the village of Vilcabamba, Ecuador.  The area has been historically referred to as the "Playground of the Inca's", because it was once used as a retreat for Incan...

Have you ever desired something? Silly question, of course you have. But have you ever desired it so much that you felt like you needed it? And the more you wanted it, the further you seemed to push it away? That's the situation I find myself in as I anxiously await...

Have you ever made the same mistake over and over and over again? Where you do the same thing and expect a different result. But the result is always the same. Sort of like that quote about insanity. "The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes over and...

I don't usually go all religious, but today is Christmas, as well as the first day of Hanukkah. And so, to honor the birth of a Jewish boy who changed the world and and was one of the greatest spiritual leaders ever, I like to think of something he said.  I then...

So last Wednesday I had to go back to Fox Chase Hospital for a follow up from my kidney biopsy. I had a stent that had to be removed. The procedure was a cystoscopy, where they had to go back in through my urethra so as to remove the stent. This would be the fourth...

As I watched my beloved Philadelphia Eagles lose to Seattle last week, my emotions ran the gamut from hope to horror to anger to frustration to sadness. And that was from just watching one player, wide receiver Nelson Agholor. Hope... because the guy was a first round...

  With Thanksgiving fast approaching I've been reading about, and even more unfortunately, hearing from friends and clients about, holiday plans being canceled. The NY Times even mentioned a couple that has changed the location of their wedding so that the...

I'm coming to you from my hospital room at Fox Chase Cancer Center where I got my kidney biopsied yesterday. Today's practice is a game I call; "Find the Positive" and I started doing it last night at 2 am when I was unable to sleep. It may be the most important...

Today's blog comes from a YouTube practice I did the other day, and the comments I received from it... Much of America woke up Wednesday morning appalled, disappointed and embarrassed. The hangover is over and the nightmare is real. What started as a joke became a...

It started six months ago at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to meeting with a doctor I had to fill out some paperwork, and there it was, the last question on the form before my signature. Religion____________________. Seems simple right? And on the other...

As we exited the Dublin airport at 6am, having been whisked through customs, and given a free Irish breakfast of a shot of Jameson's whiskey, we were already a little bit in love with Ireland. Standing at the curbside taxi stand, the driver who pulled up looked like...

I’ve been thinking, hearing and reading about many different ways that people allow fear to control their lives. Maybe it’s because Jan and I are staying in Sutton, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin, and I’ve been very focused on the fact that for us to get around easily,...