Explaining this elusive concept is almost as difficult as truly obtaining it. Changing times often require a reexamination of the simplest of terms: what's the definition of luxury? In some social....

When I travel alone, when the jet lag and unfamiliar sun make me feel like a dust speck blown across Earth, one thing will happen: someone in the room next to me will be having very loud sex. Not j...

Like a physically beautiful but otherwise rather dull person who trades on his/her looks, Los Angeles swings perpetually between a profound inferiority complex (coming from its reputation, warranted o...

In a digital market, a real experience is a rare commodity. With my clients, when our tiny glowing screens disappear, we experience moments of transience that feel unusual...and increasingly preciou...

There once lived a woman who couldn't handle feedback about matters most critical to her self-image; as a result, honest discourse about my abilities was strongly discouraged. Around the same time li...

How many times have you heard rumors and wondered if they were true? Why are rumors so contagious and often convincing? Can rumors actually hurt us? Rumors are bits of information presented by one ...

I try to stop thinking for 30 seconds. I can't do it, can I? Go ahead, try again. Calming the incessant chatter of my busy, busy mind...finally, I'm ready to start a new adventure. I'm ready to be...

Whether you're talking with business consultants, parents, or escorts, no virtue seems to rank higher than balance these days; it's an ideal championed by the earliest philosophers and the most modern...

I was 28 when I first noticed a gray hair. I'd been waiting for it; my father was almost-totally-gray before age 40. But he was a guy, and so good looking that no one cared. When he married my much...

For starters, the pilot was not our father. This was the first key difference between automotive travel and flight that I noted at age 4, boarding the airplane that would allegedly rocket us from San...