Please keep in mind the distinction between healing and treatment: treatment originates from outside, whereas healing comes from within.

A beautiful bouquet or a long-lasting flowering plant is a traditional gift for women, but I have recommended that both men and women keep fresh flowers in the home for their beauty, fragrance, and the lift they give our spirits.

Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

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

Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.

Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.