I’m Tired of Being Scared

Have you ever said that to yourself?  Admitted that you were exhausted by your own combative thoughts that have consistently held you back? Felt worn down by your need to think through all of the possibilities before you act?  Enough is enough.  You have to stop being your own worst Read more

Exposing Fraud: Melanoma or Just a Mole?

She’s had multiple surgeries and every time she goes back to the doctor, they find more areas of concern, which always seem to turn up as cancer. She is so glad to have found this doctor who is alert, aggressive, and watching out for her best health. The surgeries are Read more

Healing the Blind in North Korea

It was an audacious double operation. Conduct 1000 surgeries on North Korean citizens in an attempt to restore eyesight to the blind, while filming illegally under the watchful eyes of the North Korean minders. If they had been caught, the best-case scenario would be for members of the humanitarian mission to Read more

Craigslist, Sex, and One Woman’s Intuition

No one is ever ready for this to happen. We can’t even entertain the possibility it could happen. It sounds like a story out of a seedy gossip magazine, not real life, right? Unfortunately, the below scenario did happen to a close friend of mine—We’ll call her Kate. She was Read more

Sexual Extortion on the Internet: Blackshades

It’s one of the biggest threats that no one thinks they are vulnerable to until it happens to them: online exploitation. Nasty people are peeking into our very homes and capturing images we would rather not have floating around the Internet.  Sound crazy and unlikely? Tell that to Miss Teen Read more

Incredible India: Rhinos, Rats, Potholes and the Taj Mahal

I have never been so happy to survive a vacation as I was my first trip to India. The roads of this enormous country should be classified as the 8th Wonder of the World—because it is a miracle that anything arrives at its destination in one piece.  This is due Read more

When you’re not just “The Wife”

My husband and I had a recent debate about whether to admit to the clients that we were married and not just colleagues. This might sound like a strange discussion except that the meeting was with two South Asian businessmen in the Middle East. If we let on too soon Read more