People who care about us will, oftentimes, say things to derail our weight loss efforts. It doesn’t mean they don’t care about us. It just means they aren’t in touch with their own motivations and fears.

A common fear friends will have is that if we lose weight we won’t want to be around them anymore and that we’ll abandon them. So they say things like, “You’re losing too much weight, you’re too thin, you look pale, you’re sure this is healthy for you?” … READ REST OF BLOG….

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There was a story in the paper last week about fishermen in Los Angeles being warned against eating a number of species of fish they caught off L.A. shores that have been determined to be toxic. The response of the fishermen was basically, “We’re going to eat them anyway.”

This is fascinating to me. The fish are clearly unsafe to eat and yet these fishermen presumably don’t care. Their attitude reminds me of another story that came out a few weeks ago about Americans not being afraid to live near nuclear reactors.

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One of the reasons why people who have the desire to lose weight are unable to stick to a diet program is because they also have a psychological resistance to losing weight.  That resistance can be expressed in terms of three fears related to change in general and one fear related specifically to losing weight. … READ MORE…

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Rip Esselstyn, a Texas Firefighter, has developed a “28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds.” It’s motto, “Eat More, Lose More, is particularly appealing to me, being someone who is excessively dedicated to food consumption.

What is profound about this book is that it will teach you how to eat right, how to eliminate all the foods and substances getting in the way of optimal physical and emotional health, while at the same time providing you with no sense of sacrifice, the end of guilt and shame, immeasurable epicurean pleasure in terms of food and drink, renewed energy and vigor, happiness, and a tremendous sense of self-empowerment.

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If you think God works in mysterious ways, take a look in the mirror. Can you honestly say that the things you do make a whole lot of sense? You may be the exception to the rule but, the fact is, a great many people profess love for their loved ones and yet treat them in very unloving, invalidating and emotionally abusive ways. Read rest of blog

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“Doing a geographic” is an expression that I believe originated in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous to describe what many alcoholics and addicts do when their lives have become unmanageable.

Rather than address the core problem which is their alcohol or drug addiction, they blame the people around them who don’t understand them, they blame unfortunate circumstances that befall them, they blame their parents, they blame bad luck, they blame God. They blame everyone and everything except themselves.

They define the problem outside of themselves and therefore they never find the solution. They think that, “If I move to another city and start over with a new job and new friends and a fresh start, my life will work and everything will get better.”

It never does. It’s a con. The alcoholic or addict will never get better and their lives will never work for them the way they’d like until they address the real problem rather than see it outside of themselves.

This is true for everyone, not just alcoholics and addicts. Most of us are blind to the source of our problems and blame other people and other things for the difficulties in our lives rather than recognizing the ways in which we are sabotaging ourselves and forever depriving ourselves of happiness and prosperity.

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John Robbins, author of “The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less,” wrote an eye-opening Huffington Post, “Being Fat In America,” which was the final nail in the coffin of my attachment to eating animal products.

Three days ago, after reading his article, I made the commitment to adopt a healthy, low-fat, plant-strong diet. In other words — yes, folks– I have become a vegan. Not because it might be perceived by some as a progressive thing to do, which it is. Not because I don’t like the idea of eating other creatures on the planet, which is true. READ MORE…

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It is only a matter of time before Gadhafi leaves Libya. History provides many examples of the United States destroying dictators they were once in bed with when it becomes their best interest to do so.

And yet Gadhafi stays. He wants to do battle as long as he can, long after the outcome of his removal had already been decided by other parties, racking up more casualties, costs and collateral damage in the process. Going quietly into the night doesn’t satisfy his angry, selfish ego.

It’s just like couples who divorce when their relationship goes sour. The decision has been made, divorce is a given, living happily ever after just ain’t going to happen.

But instead of accepting this and parting ways as amicably and reasonable as they can, acknowledging that there are no more cards to play in that hand, their angry, judgmental egos prevail and insist on doing battle day to day in their transactions with each other and, more specifically, in the courts, reaping tremendous amounts of emotional and financial havoc that oftentimes leaks all over their children who become custody pawns in their pathetic chess game to prove who can hurt the other more.

So what is the take-home message? Let bygones be bygones. When the relationship is clearly over, let it die a quiet death, let it rest in peace.

Move on. Count your blessings. Be grateful for whatever positive and loving memories you can still muster in your mind and make a healthy, humanistic transition into a new phase of your life. Ride off into the sunset with dignity and honor.

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The Law of Distraction isn’t complicated: The more distracted we are, the less effective we are with our work, our goals, our relationships and our physical well-being. The less attention we pay to details, the greater the potential for mistakes, accidents and inefficiency, all of which lead to less than optimal outcomes in our lives. Read the rest of this entry »

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After what has happened in Japan, anybody who says we shouldn’t put the brakes on our zest for nuclear energy is either a moron or beholden to special interests. This includes President Obama.

Thinking that an earthquake leading to a nuclear accident can happen here in California is not an overreaction, it is a logical conclusion.

Japan’s tragedy is our opportunity to ensure our safety. There is enough horror that happens in this world which is beyond our control. Best we pay attention to those things we create that portend our self-destruction.

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