Oprah Winfrey ended her show this week after 22 years of being on air. This is a major milestone for a woman who grew up poor in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She didn't have a privileged childhood by any stretch of the means, yet she finished college at Tennessee State University, where she began her career in broadcasting. Later she changed the way we view the world through The Oprah Winfrey Show. ...Read More

I don't mean detachment from society, but detachment from stuff and the norms you grow so used to as part of your daily routine. I walked into my Tuesday night yoga class at the Dallas Yoga Center to discover the wall clock had been removed. "What happened?" I wondered as I suddenly realized I'd have no concept of time for the next couple of hours. For a person ...Read More