It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.

I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.

The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

Human beings and plants have co-evolved for millions of years, so it makes perfect sense that our complex bodies would be adapted to absorb needed, beneficial compounds from complex plants and ignore the rest.