Holiday shopping in Southern California can be the ultimate luxury experience depending on the areas you choose to explore and visit. Shopping is the ultimate hobby for many Californians, and it is considered by some to be an art form.

There are so many fads and confusion when it comes to diet and nutrition these days.  As a personal chef and caterer, I am always faced with the challenge of creating delicious offerings for varying dietary needs. 

At Thanksgiving time (or any time), many of life’s most joyous occasions occur around the table. Family and friends gather, food is prepared or purchased, and everlasting memories are made. With the tone properly set and the elements painstakingly in place, all that is remaining is how to properly navigate your way around the table and elegantly bring the food into your mouth.

If you are ready to thrive use my two big A’s formula: Awaken and Attitude.

1. AWAKEN

The awake you knows from experience that what you think and say can bring you up or throw you down. Suggestions you give yourself are self-hypnosis that becomes your reality. If you tell yourself, “I feel yucky,” that’s exactly how you feel. If you tell yourself "I feel better and better and best” your positive affirmation becomes real.

There comes a point in each of our lives where we can start checking off major milestones and accomplishments. When that happens, say when people either obtain a position they’ve been jockeying to hold for many years, or they reach a level of personal wealth or perhaps even just an anniversary to commemorate a milestone, we often tend to reward ourselves with the fruits of our labor. Many people opt for vacations, expensive wine or other status symbols, but some people opt to commemorate their achievements with a piece of custom jewelry.