Worried about your child's weight?

Here is one of the best posts I've ever read talking about the childhood obesity epidemic.  Please read it and see if this approach makes sense to you, too.

Just another reason for me to love my iphone!!!

Ever been blown away by just how smart your smart phone is?  I am! (and slightly scared too)

Here is some research that indicated our phones might provide just what is needed to make prosthetic limbs work better!  Super, duper cool.

Controlling your life force

Just listen to what breathing can do.....  Pranayama -- can it really effect our genes?

10 Interesting Facts about Women from Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

Here are some cool statistics about women and our changing world from a manifesto at ChangeThis.

21st Century Reality


So where are we today? In these early years of the third millennium, the roles of women have
changed dramatically and the gender balance of our global economy is shifting below our feet:

1. In 2010, women became the majority of the US labor force (51%)

2. Women now represent 60% of university graduates in developed (and many developing) countries

3. Women make most of the purchasing decisions in everything from cars and computers, to real estate and tourism. They also are majority of Internet users and dominate the leading social media websites.

4. They start most of the new companies created each year in the US.5. The number of wealthy women in the U.S. is growing twice as fast as the number of wealthy men.

6. Women represent more than 40 percent of all Americans with gross investable assets above $600,000.

7. Forty-five percent of American millionaires are women.

8. Sixty percent of high net worth women have earned their own fortunes.

9. 80% of the jobs lost in the US in the current recession were lost by men.  Three quarters of the jobs created in Europe since the year 2000 were filled by women.

10. Fortune 500 Companies with more gender balanced leadership teams outperform their peers financially.

Here's a neat map

Check out how different areas of our country measure up in access to information, life expectancy, and standards of living.  This is a neat way to view opportunities for improvement or play to our strengths!