The quickest route to feeling wonderful is to help someone else. The moment you shift the focus away from yourself and toward another person, you’re back in balance. No matter how difficult the circumstances in your own life might be, reaching out to a friend will nurture feelings of being valuable and needed—and that simply feels good.

Documentary filmmaker Tan Siok Siok recently interviewed me for her film Twittamentary that profiles extraordinary connections and happenings taking place on Twitter.  What a treat, and what an elegant visual from this amazing director. I sincerely hope 3Lunches makes it into the final cut!  Let me know what you think and please reach out to @SiokSiok [...]

Last week, I attended a screening of the documentary, 12 Stones, by director Sandy Smolan with narration by actress Diane Lane at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Pickford Center in Hollywood. Highlighting the great work of Heifer International— www.heifer.org —this is a beautiful film, and a beautiful [...]

I had an entertaining interview recently with Rob McNealy on his blog radio show, Startup Story Radio. Rob’s passion is to use social media to evangelize about small businesses, and coaching entrepreneurs. I am grateful to Rob for giving me the the opportunity to talk about 3Lunches at length. Have a listen and share your [...]

A friend of mine, Mary–a museum exhibit designer and a painter–was approached by a young woman who wanted a career in the museum world. Mary was delighted to help and asked the recent college grad to visit the 3Lunches blog to get familiar with the process, and call when she was ready to start. Enthusiastic, the [...]

After a recent visit to New Hampshire where I saw neighbors helping neighbors in the small community where my Dad lives, I mentioned my observations of community kindness to my sister.  She offered that every state in America is a helping state.  When things go wrong, neighbors deliver meals, take out the trash, visit with cakes [...]