My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.

You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

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

The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.

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

It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life.

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost.