On the day after all the vitality of the Natural Products Expo West came to an end, I felt thoroughly depleted. Since it was 80 degrees in San Diego when I got home, I went straight to the beach to allow myself to ‘desensitize and decompress’. The breeze was unbelievable for March, and surveying the

Do you ever ask yourself whether something you’re doing is worth all the time and trouble involved?  That’s what I found myself doing on a recent flight from L.A. to New York for the purpose of attending some Monday morning meetings. First, there was the business of having to leave my San Diego home on