In honor of the 10th Anniversary of V-Day and BlogHer's exclusive interview with the writer of "The Vagina Monologues" Eve Ensler, I was asked to focus this week's post on "The Vagina Monologues" on YouTube.

I became a vegetarian almost 20 years ago, and when I did Diet For a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé was one of those bibles you kept by your side. It wasn't just inspiring, but a practical guide to leading a healthy vegetarian lifestyle.

Decades later Moore's daughter, author and activist Anna Lappé, carries on this tradition of activism that is both inspiring and dedicated to helping people make a difference via personal action. I'm thrilled to be conducting an exclusive podcast interview with Anna next week as part of our ongoing Earth Day is Every Day coverage this month. Our interview with Anna will coincide with a launch of an entirely new project that I'm also going to ask her about, and I'm also going to ask Anna about these three main goals in her work:

Do you stress over money? I do. With the way the economy is going, if you're not stressing over money now, you sure could be in the near future. Gas prices are going up, home values are going down, and what money we do have is buying less and less. The thing about stressing over money is...It doesn't pay the bills. What it can do, is make you sick.

When I made the decision to breastfeed my children, I did so confident in the knowledge that I was doing the best thing for both their health and mine. After all, studies have consistently shown there are numerous health benefits to both mother and baby.

Time. There isn’t enough of it, right? After all, if you could add additional hours to your day, certainly you could find more opportunities to be active.

Here’s the thing. If you look around, you’ll find a lot of people who don't believe that a lack of time is a good excuse for not doing something – especially when it comes to working out. Certainly there will be days when we don’t feel like moving our bodies. But if you get that feeling, own it. Tell it like it is. Say, “I just don’t want to do it today. I’d rather sit here with my laptop, put my feet up, and read blogs.”

Candles, music, lingerie... Sure, there's the traditionals. But the other night I was wearing a stretchy dance top, the kind that's cut across the top ala "Flashdance," and some oversized Calvin Klein drawstring shorts that may be guys shorts for all I know (both the top and the shorts are from clothing exchanges with friends), and I was thinking about how I always feel so sexy in this most schlubby of outfits. It's just something about how the top stretches across me and the way the shorts sit loosely on my hips like they could just fall down at any moment.