Elizabeth Lions

Parents Can Take Control
As a parent you have choices. If your child’ s teacher is implying that she thinks your child has ADHD and suggests you take her to a doctor for testing, know that you have options. The […]

Remember that now-iconic scene in Rush Hour when Chris Rock’s character asks the detective played by Jackie Chan: “Do you understand the words that coming out of my mouth?” Of course you do. It’s become part of […]

I think my mom is Santa Clause. Actually, I’m pretty sure she is.
I’ll never know how, but somehow, someway, my mom manages to transform my childhood home into a winter wonderland, shop for everyone she kno […]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has become a popular diagnosis for adults as well as children. The diagnosis of ADHD is based on a list of subjective symptoms listed in The Diagnostic and […]

Nearly every office has their version of the Holiday Party Cautionary Tale. Passed down from year to year, the Cautionary Tale is etched into office lore as deeply as the history of the company. And no matter what […]

As the parent of a child with special needs you soon develop what I like to call, super sidekick powers. Like the sidekick of Superman, if he had one, you must learn to be stealthy in public to protect his […]

Many people have an all or nothing mindset when it comes to health. A single piece of cheesecake can undo our entire week. A missed gym day can squash our workout goals for the month. And a terrible hangover can […]

We have all seen commercials with the starving children in some far-off country asking us to give just a few cents a day to change a child’s life forever.  We’ve seen equally touching ads with rock stars singi […]

This post was originally intended to be a healthy Thanksgiving recipe guide. But as my city finds itself in the devastating wake of Hurricane Sandy, offering up healthier ways to enjoy sweet potatoes and pumpkin […]

The second-annual SXSW ECO conference just wrapped up, and I am beyond excited about the people I encountered there.  (A tremendous thank you to EARTH-NT for connecting environmental and clean tech advocates in D […]

We spend the majority of our working hours at the office. And the stakes are high – you are constantly being judged and evaluated not just on your performance, but your appearance, attitude, interactions with o […]

 
Just the sound of the word insurance has many of us rolling our eyes in the back of our head. Insurance is confusing and often difficult to understand yet necessary for every business owner. Business insurance […]

Many of you may remember George Carlin’s popular monologue about “stuff”: Your stuff, my stuff, everyone’s stuff. By the end of the late comedian’s humorous take on how we deal with keeping, hoarding, sorting a […]

Women earned the right to vote in the United States of America in 1920.  That was after the United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Scotland, New Zealand, Belgium, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Iceland, […]

For years we have all heard, “A calorie is a calorie”, meaning that the only thing that matters with weight loss is how many calories you consume and how many calories you burn.
Another popular saying is “Ca […]