Everyone loves "tips," especially when it comes to their health. Here is a short but powerful list of ten things we can all do to be healthier, thinner and more energetic. The best part is they are easy to do and aren't expensive.

The other day, my 17-year-old daughter was watching a reality television show about high school students who were treating each other quite badly. The lack of respect that many of them showed towards other students was stunning. What was even more disconcerting was their lack of awareness that the people they were taunting and verbally abusing had the same range of feeling they did; wanted to be accepted and valued as they did and wanted to belong within their peer groups, just like they did.

Beliefs are powerful things, and what we tell ourselves and others tells us can make us better or worse. We all have “our story,” and we tell it over and over again both to ourselves and to others. We believe it, we expect it, and we project it.