Living in Los Angeles, I'm seldom star-struck. But partway through a writers' conference in Cleveland, I morphed into a pile of quivering …
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Rejection and a Teflon Mind
I was sixteen when I went on my first modeling casting. For days afterward, I waited--and waited--for the phone to ring. When my agent …
Gotta Have Java? Debunking Caffeine Myths
Are you and coffee BFFs? That's not necessarily a bad thing—unless you're like Joe, here... There as many myths and mixed messages …
Body Image Mirrors: What Does Yours Reflect?
"Beauty is not caused. It is." — Emily Dickinson If only we all saw it in ourselves... The first few times I spoke publicly about my eating …
Health Benefits of Desserts
Ever feel like this? In a culture that places excessive value on dieting and thinness, yet struggles increasingly with weight gain …