We are a community of addicts, created by a very well intended Steve Jobs. The phone brings us connection to friends - seeing their worlds and lives from thousands of miles away, games, ability to learn languages, check email, fax, scan, create videos, track out fitness and and endless list of other things. But, with everything in life, there is the good and the bad, what is the toll technology is taking on our body and soul?

What makes you most anxious? Maybe just the word anxious gives you butterflies in your stomach, a reminder of something that is causing you stress and anxiety. In so many cases, the periods in life where we feel the most stress, out of control of our lives, we turn to food - either eating in excess or restricting. But why? What is the deal with our gut reacting so strongly to our emotions?

It seems that just about every conversation with friends and family this week — no matter where they start off — invariably leads to reflections on the sense of loss we are experiencing as a result of the death of Kobe Bryant, his remarkable daughter, Gianna, and the seven others killed in the Calabasas helicopter crash. We are struck by how deeply the death of this celebrated professional athlete has impacted each of us and how saddened we are by the loss of someone — by someone we did not know personally. So what does the science of wellness teach us about how we can best cope with loss?

Frank Vogt, New York City acupuncturist and alternative medicine healer talks to us about the practice of meditation and how we can utilize it to channel difficult emotions and experiences into a positive life affirming experience.

On this trip to Ghana, Toni was visiting an upper school in rural Woiso where her foundation is planning to build a dormitory for girls. I was fortunate enough to be able to tag along to explore the possibility of sourcing moringa from their farm. Creating direct trade relationships for each of the ingredients we are sourcing is a very lofty goal, but it is something we are aiming to achieve in the long term.