A tribute from the original article and interview published in ALIVE, March 2007, by Antonia Venezia. Who would ever think of swimming the length of the Golden Gate Bridge underwater handcuffed and shackled while towing a 1,000 pound boat? Who would swim the treacherous Golden Gate Channel, towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser while fighting the …

Antonia Venezia: Hello! It’s lovely meeting you. You’re fantastic. Congratulations on your phenomenal achievements and all of your feats. Jack LaLanne: You know what my phenomenal achievement is? It’s waking up in the morning. AV: I’d like to start off by asking you about your “Jack La Lanne Power Juicer”. JL: I started juicing when …

You would think that a guy with a Google Contact Management file that includes the mobile numbers of Billy Bob Thornton, Sugar Ray Leonard, Kevin Pollack, Adrian Grenier, writer Buzz Bissinger and producer Brian Grazer, to name just a few, would certainly feel like a Hollywood insider. If truth-be-told, after three plus years in the …

People ask me all the time (once) how I became a writer. After almost 80 magazine and newspaper articles, a book of children’s bedtime stories and a screenplay, I suppose I do technically qualify to call myself a writer, writer; however it’s difficult for me to consider myself a “real” writer. When I think of …

An uneasy flutter in the chest, shallow breathing, churning in the stomach, forehead tension, a tight jaw, and a strong urge to flee… You may think these symptoms describe an anxious person who is about to speak to hundreds of people sitting in a packed auditorium. Since public speaking is a widespread fear, the symptoms …