During my amazing trip to Japan in November 2008, I had the incredible good fortune of staying with Fukiko Yuki Teramachi in her traditional Japanese home, which she operates as a guesthouse.

Fukiko is a fantastic hostess, who provided me with one of the richest travel experiences I’ve ever had.

Thanks to the Daily Om.

We are the only true experts on our journey to enlightenment. Filter all information through your own heart.

All the major spiritual traditions serve the purpose of offering us a roadmap to guide us on our individual journeys to enlightenment.

Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran.

She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.

In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker.

Today is moving day.

My Mom Pinkie Patti leaves her home of 40 years to go into another kind of "home."

The kind you go to when you don't know where youi're going or what you're doing anymore. And she doesn't.

Autumn is such a beautiful season (just like winter, spring and summer!).

I love early mornings for their potential to bring out the best in me all day long, and I've discovered at least a half a dozen ways to make them even more special.