People love it.
They especially love it when I admit to my fallibilities, like the column I wrote about trying to get over my addiction to chocolate-covered coffee beans. She maintains that personal connection even when the news is more serious. Brody was diagnosed with breast cancer and wrote about her experience. The feedback has been phenomenal. People tell me they have gotten mammograms, they've gotten their mothers to go for mammograms, they've realized that just because they've gotten negative mammograms doesn't mean they're home free.