January 12th is the day that people are most likely to ditch their New Year's resolutions.

As we wrap up 2024, it's tempting to start planning for 2025, but you can't do that without reflecting on the year that's about to pass.

I took cold showers for 123 days straight. I started each day feeling accomplished, energized and tougher than I was before.

Imagine being able to get everything we want, do everything we want and be everything we want without anything or anyone standing in the way

“Don’t make me tell you twice,” was a familiar refrain from teachers as I bounced around my elementary school classroom fifty years ago...

I've always said that the key to addressing Long Island's opioid crisis is to make sure it's easier to get addiction treatment than it is...

I recently had the pleasure of moderating an online panel discussion that went beyond the “thoughts and prayers” soundbite to discuss how...

With the NYC Marathon about a months away, my training is in full swing and yesterday included a 17-mile run at Sunken Meadow State Park....

If mere mention of “magic mushrooms” brings you back to blacklight posters, lava lamps and the rhythmic snare drum of White Rabbit by...

Groundhog Day – the day when we cheerfully note the fact that a burrowing rodent in Pennsylvania is generally more accurate than weather...

Dry January 2022 has come to a close and whether not you made it the full 31 days without a beer, glass of wine or a mixed drink, it...

Focus on large-scale critical projects, not meaningless tasks that consumer your day and sap your energy.

Now that state lawmakers in Albany have legalized recreational marijuana, it’s time to ensure that public safety, public health and...

The scent of marijuana has become common on Long Island’s highways and as lawmakers in Albany finalize plans to legalize adult...

You didn’t have time. You figured you’d do it today. Something unexpected came up. It was too cold outside. None of that is true. In...

Faced with a $15 billion budget gap, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed the legalization of mobile sports gambling in his...

If you’re planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19, it might be a good idea to lay off the booze for a few days before or after each shot....

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Pick a thing – running, writing, singing, yoga, meditation, photography or whatever else you’ve been...

British philosopher Alain de Botton “Sitting down at a table with a group of strangers has the incomparable and odd benefit of making it...

In coming weeks, New York will officially reopen for business and millions of us will shed our sweatpants, venture from our quarantined...