I want to be a vehicle to help people connect the dots that let them make their lives healthier, happier, more beautiful, and more fun.

Make sure you eat whole foods that are good for your entire body. This doesn't mean that you can't enjoy your food or make room for plenty of indulgences. But your conscious goal has to be to eat for long term health and what you do most of the time is what really counts.

Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

This moment is precious and full of great potential: all we have to do is figure out the little changes that will make a huge impact on how wonderful life can be in this moment.

If you have expectations, you try to put your standards on someone else's behavior. The fact is you can't control anyone but yourself, so creating standards, as opposed to expectations, keeps the ball in your court.

I tried every diet under the sun and none of them worked but, more importantly, they were robbing me of my love of food.

Don't make a different meal for every person, but make buildable meals. And, I do this with my kids, try to expand their palates gently.