What does power have to do with creating lasting wellness? 

Everything.

If you have landed here, my guess is you are feeling powerless in some aspect of your life.  Maybe you are so fatigued you don’t have the energy to enjoy your family or start the business you always dreamed of.  Maybe you were just diagnosed with an “incurable” disease and don’t know where to turn.  Or maybe you have been living with an illness for years and feel like you have tried everything your doctors have told you to, with no success.  If any of these are true for you, you are in serious need of some power.

When I first thought about doing a green juice detox cleanse three years ago, my first thought was “No way in hell.”  After all, I’m a total foodie, I like my wine, and giving up food flashed me back to a decade of deprivation during medical school and residency, when I was lucky to get one meal a day because I was too busy working my ass off to eat.

Have you ever endured a business lunch? Oh the joy of sandwiches in the conference room again, or worse, rubber chicken at a local hotel.

But have you ever endured a business lunch when you are in the midst of revamping your diet to lose weight or control an illness?  Egads. That is why one of the most common questions I get is "how do I eat for my health during work meetings?”

This may sound very obvious, but have you ever noticed that most of your problems seem to be about other people doing things you don't like (or not doing things you want)?

Just think about it for a moment. How many of your problems and emotional turbulence are related to any of these things?