I'm No Expert, But...

Step classes, spinning, slide aerobics and power yoga are just a few of the dozens of exercise fads that have popped up in the past 20 years. Not to mention home regimes like Nordictrack, Soloflex and Thigh Master. There are countless diets such as Atkins, South Beach and Hollywood Cookie that end up on best seller lists and infomercials for a moment until the next one comes along. And yet with all these products and plans our relationship to our bodies and to food and exercise has become increasingly more hostile and unhealthy. Clearly fad diets and fad exercise plans don't work in the long run. Read More

Texting while driving seemed like the height of bad judgment until now. A recent study about social media addiction revealed that one in ten people under the age of 25 think it's OK to interrupt sex with a text. OMG that's 10 percent! The days of sneaking into the bathroom after a hot date to call your best friend and give her the scoop are long over. As are the days of not talking on the phone during family dinners, pretending to pay attention in class, and enjoying a movie without seeing the glaring lights of vibrating cell phones. Now apparently it's totally acceptable to literally text while in the middle of coitus. Read More

James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow are both up for Best Director Oscars for the stunning Avatar and gritty The Hurt Locker, respectively. Of course there are other directors in the running but all eyes are on these two, not only because this specific duel pits a studio film with an enormous budget against an indie with a tiny one, a smug egotistical man against a demur stoic woman, and most interestingly, ex-husband versus ex-wife. James and Kathryn were married from 1989-1991 and although both are insisting they are "good friends" and extremely happy for the others' success, most of Hollywood is hoping that Bigelow snatches the Oscar away from the self-titled "King of the World." This literal battle of the exes has made me think about my own philosophy when it comes to past beaus. Read More

My memoir, How To Get Divorced By 30, published by Penguin, is in stores today. While doing interviews the past week several interviewers have commented that I sound surprisingly cheery for a divorced lady and it occurred to me that although about 50% of marriages end in divorce, divorced women are still thought of as baggage-laden shrews. In my experience the opposite is true! Divorced women, especially those who have been divorced by 30, have a sense of independence and self-worth. For whatever reasons their marriages didn't work out so instead of staying the course and being miserable ‘til death do they part, they got out feeling being single is better than being unhappily married. Read More

When baby birds are born they latch on to the first object with which they have contact, and forever follow the example of that object, which is usually and hopefully the mother bird. I feel a similar kind of imprinting happened to me when I first fell in love. Read More

My understanding is Jesus loves everyone, regardless of each person's beliefs, actions, morals, background, intelligence, good deeds and bad deeds. And this universal unconditional love is part of what makes Christ so appealing. But this is where I get confused. If Jesus loves everyone, no matter what, then why is his love worth so much? Read More

It seems the Tiger Woods scandal has made cheating everyone's favorite topic, including me. While doing some canoodling research I was shocked to learn that in seven states, Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Utah, a person who has been cheated on by their spouse not only has the right to seek damages from their spouse, but also has legal standing to sue their spouse's lover. This is called an "alienation of affection" suit. And it's outrageous. Read More