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An unusually versatile writer with 35 years of experience as a journalist in print, broadcast and online media and as an author, editor and publisher with 13 books to my credit as well as a life coach for more than three decades.

I have written about nearly every subject under the sun, from business and personal finance to natural health, sustainable living, advertising and international marketing.

I’ve coached scores of people to make life-changing discoveries about themselves, resulting in personal transformations that an inspiration to me on a daily basis.

Professional experience

Author of The Super Simple HCG Diet (To Your Health Books, February 2011)

Author of Rx from the Garden: 101 Food Cures You Can Easily Grow (Adams Media, January 2011).

Author with Dr. Lydia Belton, Ph.D.: Let the Sun Shine In: The Miracle of Vitamin D (serialized book, work-in-progress, Take Charge Books, 2011)

Author with Dr. Robert Thompson: The Calcium Lie: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know Could Kill You (InTruth Press, 2008).

Author with Dr. Hyla Cass: 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health: A Take Charge Plan for Women (second edition, Take Charge Books, 2008; first edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005). Nautilus Award finalist 2005.

Author with Dr. Ben Johnson: The Secret of Health Breast Wisdom (Morgan James, 2008).

Author of User’s Guide to Hypothyroidism (Basic Health Publications, 2006).

Author of Users Guide to Natural Menopause (Basic Health Publications, scheduled for publication in September 2005).

Author of Arthritis and Joint Health (Woodland Publishing, 2005).

Associate producer of MicroWarriors: Probiotics in Today’s World (Health Point Productions documentary, 2011)

Editor of The Disease of More: One Woman’s 25-year Recovery from Alcohol and Food Addiction by Eleanor T. (Take Charge Books, 2011).

Editor of Be Young and Beyond by Shu Li, Ph.D. and Ping Wu, M.D., Ph.D. (YoungBodyMind Books, 2011).

Editor of A Path of Dreams: An American Woman’s Journey in Esoteric Buddhist Japan by Sherry Renmu Shepherd, Ph.D. (Cloud Mountain Press, 2010).

Editor of Life and Spirit in the Quantum Field by Doug Bennett (Take Charge Books 2010).

Editor of The Wisdom Tree and The Red Swing: Thinking Outside the Box for Preteens by Carol MacAllister (Wisdom Tree Press, 2009)

Editor of Memory Loss is Not Inevitable by Dr. Allen Josephs (Common Sense Publishing 2007).

Editor of Living Green: Simple Sustainable Living by Greg Horn (Freedom Press, 2006).

Editor of Natural Cures from a Real Medical Doctor by Dr. Allen Josephs (Common Sense Publishing, 2006)

Editor of The Yeast Connection and Women’s Health by Drs. William Crook and Hyla Cass (Professional Books, 2003, 2nd edition with Dr. Carolyn Dean, 2005).

Editor of Guts and Glory with Drs. Jordan Rubin and Joseph Brasco (2004).

Author of Trial by Fire: A Woman Correspondent’s Journey to the Front Line (Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 1990). Second edition, ASJA Press, 2007).

Columnist for Woman’s World magazine: I wrote the natural health column for nearly 7 years.

Writer for other national and international magazines, including Taste for Life, Total Health and Alive.

Editor and writer for American Health Consultants. I edited, researched and wrote five health-related newsletters, including Complementary Therapies in Chronic Care, a natural health newsletter for health care professionals over a four-year period. I also edited newsletters on diabetes, asthma, disease management and congestive heart failure.

Contributing Writer for The Inter-National-Ist (international marketing magazine).

Senior writer, editor and producer for CNN International.

Correspondent and producer for CNN in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Correspondent for ABC television and radio and Canadian Television (CTV) based in Manila, Philippines, Rome, Italy and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Correspondent from Europe, Asia and Africa for a variety of publications, including The Atlanta Constitution, Newsweek, The Australian (Sydney), The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), The Toronto Star, Business Week, Advertising Age and others.

Legal reporter for a medium-sized daily newspaper in Upstate New York.