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2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of

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This week I had jury duty. I know… A lot of people roll their eyes at this often dreaded “penance,”

I asked my son the other day, “You don’t think I’m a hoarder, do you?” “No,” he said. “More like

I’m going to be honest. I’m frustrated with a society that constantly sells us the idea of a “quick fix.”

It happened in the blink of an eye. There it was… Confirmation I’m officially “old.” Without even having to whip

From the moment I learned of the Royal Canadian Mounties–thanks to Dudley Do-Right when I was eight–I’ve loved the whole

Boot Camp and other similar exercise programs are keeping my lights on. Of course there are things which are totally

Whenever there’s a holiday approaching, television networks like to trot out a particular kind of film. Typically there’s a feisty

Will someone please explain to me why–and this is not a rhetorical question–smoke alarm batteries always fail in the middle

It was August, 1969. I was married to Adam Linter who managed a club called The Salvation, on 1 Sheridan

Everytime I consider having some “work done,” I learn something that makes me pause. Last month Anna, my aesthetician, gave

At an estate sale recently, a large baggie filled with yellow corn-on-the-cob holders caught my eye. The price was $1

Last weekend I attended a yoga weekend at a holistic retreat house. They had lots of snow, and I decided

Last week my husband and I went to a Blood, Sweat and Tears concert with friends we’ve known for over

I’ve never really been a scarf girl. I don’t like anything pulling around my neck. Necklaces are fine, but turtlenecks

One of my intentions for The Pro-Body Project is to introduce you to voices, other than my own, on the

This month we’re reading Caroline Leavitt’s Cruel Beautiful World, one of the best received books of 2016. This book, about

It’s a new year, time to focus on your plan for a successful 2017—a time to dream big, set new

And you thought I just do surgery on knees and shoulders! But I’m not here to advise you on color,