“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself,” said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the worst moment of the depression in the 1930’s.  He was right. Fear is not always useful.  It often just gets in the way. Sometimes, our natural instinct of fear is helpful, such as to avoid falling, getting hurt,…

From time-to-time I invite guests to write on my blog.  Today, I’d like you to hear from Kanta Bosniak, a very experienced coach and talented author. We’ve both lost lots of weight with God’s help, and a lot of visual, emotional and relational methods. Full disclosure: she’s a realtive of mine, and I’m lucky! ______________…

It’s summer, and it’s hot. Record-setting heat waves are cropping up all over, and earlier than ever. Time for some chilly relief in the form of ice cream! That sends chills through my spine, the thought of ice cream. Chills of delicious delight, but also chills of fear as ice cream was one of the…

I had lunch with a born-and-raised Southerner, who loves to cook and eat – just like I do.  She told me she’d lost 15 pounds a year ago, and was keeping it off. She knew I’d written, “The Joy of Weight Loss” and wanted to know what my secret was.  I wanted to know what…

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