I find that there can be comfort in [some] traditions. Here in the office, we have our traditions, and one of my favorites is a new one that we just started last year. Each mid-December, the entire office gets together and chooses a charity for our end-of-the-year Holiday Special. Each staff member comes to this […]
Matt Damon, Bette Midler, NICABM…and you?
What do Matt Damon, Michael J. Fox, Andre Agassi, and Bette Midler have in common? They all have created charities. Matt Damon co-created Water.org, Michael J. Fox the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Andre Agassi has the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, and Bette Midler the New York Restoration Project. It reminds me […]
East African Famine Relief: Reporting from our Power of Three Challenge
The Power of Three challenge was a success! We challenged practitioners to select three changes they would make to their diet and keep it for 10 days. Changes ranged from using smaller plates to applying the ½ rule (½ the plate for meats/carbs, ½ for vegetables/fruit) to putting your apples – or other healthier foods […]
Let’s Help to Feed the Horn of Africa
The famine in the Horn of Africa just gets bigger and bigger, with no end in sight. According to the US government, an estimated 29,000 children under the age of five have already perished, with more than 600,000 additional children so malnourished that this death toll seems like just the beginning. According to the World […]
Reporting in From Donation Day
Last Sunday, I emailed to let you know that we were holding a Day of Donation. After the Treating Trauma series grew nearly two and a half times over last year, we were feeling very thankful for all the listeners throughout the world who made this success possible. And out of our gratitude we wanted […]