The stories are everywhere, always uplifting, always inspiring: The woman who created a wellness clinic in her inner city neighborhood. The man who lost 200 pounds after being housebound for a decade. The mother who worked tirelessly bringing her sick child to radiant health. The grandfather who quit cigarettes to realize his dream of running a marathon. Every day people…

Picture a big glass goblet filled to the halfway mark with water. How do you see it—half-full or half-empty? Consistently finding the glass half-empty—and the world as a difficult place— is a hallmark of negativity. Research has found that a negative outlook can contribute to everything from depression to heart disease to lowered immune system function. Want to know why you can’t lose…

The report is due in two hours. Or perhaps you’re in the middle of a mid-term exam. Or you’re making sales calls. Suddenly, bam! Around 10:30 a.m. you hit a wall. All you want to do is look out the window. Hmmm…what did you eat for breakfast? I hate to say, “I told you so,” so I’ll turn to Mom, who has…

For years whenever I heard the term “emotional eater” I imagined a person sitting on the floor in front of the fridge late at night when no one else was around gorging on all the “bad” foods, crying and feeling distraught.  I definitely knew I was NOT an emotional eater. And then a funny thing happened a few weeks ago…