Award-Winning Author, Journalist, Editor, Publisher, Podcast Host, Hormonology Founder
I’ve been a freelance health and personal finance journalist for more than 20 years. Thousands of my articles have been published in top publications around the globe, including First for Women, Glamour, Marie Claire, New York Daily News, Self, Woman’s World and Working Mother. I’ve also served as an editor at WebMD. For more than a decade, I’ve been regularly writing women’s health articles and a weekly personal finance column for Woman’s World magazine, which is the top-selling women’s print magazine on newsstands around the U.S. and Canada.
My professional goal has always been to help readers with two of the most pressing issues in their lives–health and finances. I want to give them help that’s practical, easy-to-implement, study-backed and has an immediate impact on their lives.
Specializing in women’s health early on in my career, I became focused on the impact of hormones in women’s menstrual cycles. I did extensive years-long research into the topic, examining decades of published studies. In 2005, the culimination of this research was my ground-breaking book, 28 Days: What Your Cycle Reveals About Your Moods, Health & Potential, published by Adams Media. This was the first book to show women how the ups and downs of hormones in their menstrual cycle impacted virtually every aspect of their life (including their moods, energy, desire to socialize, sleep quality, health and much more) every day of their cycle. I then founded Hormonology as a way to spread this vital hormone knowledge to others. 28 Days and Hormonology were the catalysts that pioneered the popular cycle-syncing and hormone awareness movement that is followed by millions around the world today.
In 2019, I wrote an updated version of 28 Days. I declined offers from major publishers who wanted to buy this expanded new edition so that I could retain full rights to my work. I published the new 28 Days independently and it won the National Indie Excellence Award gold medal in the women’s health category.
In 2021, I added “book publisher” to my title by launching my own independent publishing company, Happiness Upgrade Press, which focuses on uplifting self-help books that have an immediate positive impact on readers. Motivated to assist folks who suddenly lost their jobs or realized they wanted to change their careers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the first book I wrote for this imprint was the DIY Résumé and Cover Letter Kit. It offers simple step-by-step instructions along with expert tips collected from my many years of reporting on trends and studies in employment for my personal finance articles. This book debuted as the #1 new release on Amazon and has remained on Amazon’s bestseller list.
In March 2022, I published the second book from this imprint, The Happiness Upgrade: One Small Step Up to a Happier Life. This is the first in an “Upgrade” series of books, which shows readers how small study-backed moves can improve a wide spectrum of health issues, including mood, sleep and energy.
Following in my family’s footsteps
I’ve always had a passion for writing—maybe it’s in my DNA. I come from a long line of women writers: My Brooklyn-born great-grandmother was an aspiring novelist, while her daughter—my grandmother—was part of New York City’s literati in the 1940s, penning short stories. She later became a ghostwriter for radio soap operas (working for Elaine Sterne Carrington) and a speechwriter for none other than Eleanor Roosevelt.
Inspired by their legacy, I launched my own writing career. For over 30 years, I’ve specialized in crafting service articles for women’s magazines and authoring non-fiction books.
