We often look to others when we try to find joy.  For our kids to be sweet, our partner to adore us, our boss to promote us and pat us on the back.  We look for joy in a new dress, a vacation or in our bank account balance.  We can find joy in these, but that joy can be short lived – a new dress becomes an old dress very quickly and happiness can feel short lived when the kids act up or our husband snaps at us!

With a brand new year comes a brand new set of trends, and for 2012, the verdict is in!  This season, expect to see a number of new swimwear styles and trends that will have you sizzling hotter than the sun!  Read on for our top three picks…

In exploring data on women’s entrepreneurial success, and in my national research with executive and entrepreneurial women on the 12 hidden challenges working women face, I’ve observed 5 core behaviors that help differentiate successful entrepreneurial women from those who experience failure and hardship.  These key behaviors fall into five categories of professional achievement.  If entrepreneurial women (and men) ignore these behaviors, failure is far more likely.

The obesity crisis sweeping America is due to hormones being out of balance, not a lack of willpower.  The true driving force behind our obesity crisis is the rapid increase in diet-induced inflammation that turns on the genes to make us fat and keep us fat.  This inflammation comes from the combination of the over-consumption of refined carbohydrates that raise the hormone insulin coupled with increased dietary intakes of cheap vegetable oils rich in omega-6 fatty acids.