Overcoming Your Fears… Except of Clowns

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” Obviously Franklin D. Roosevelt never met a clown. All joking aside, many of us spend our lives paralyzed by fear, unable to live up to our fullest potential.  In order to overcome our fear, we first need to...

Up the Down Escalator

Did you ever notice how we learn our most profound lessons in the most un-profound of ways? During college, I worked as a cashier at Fortunoffs, the mecca of upscale housewares and jewelry in Long Island, New York. There were 4 floors of fine china, small appliances,...

What’s That Smell?

I have this thing with leaving produce where it shouldn’t be: like when I went looking for a pen at the bottom of my purse during a meeting, and instead found a bag of liquefied baby carrots. Or when I went looking for my knife to go camping and found a banana...