We all start a new year differently, but almost all of us have a sense of newness, a feeling of renewed energy, and the expectation of better things to come. And we all have different strategies, ideas, and plans as we embark on the new year. There is no single “right way” of doing things,…
We often do not have control over the difficulties we encounter throughout our lives. Something bad will happen, or something happens that we are unhappy about, and we are left standing there in disbelief. The situation often leaves us complaining about what has just occurred. Here’s the problem… complaining gets us nowhere! When things don’t…
We are inundated with quick fixes, magic bullets, and simple solutions when it comes to improving our health. Supplements, protocols, wearables, and other health-related products are everywhere, promising to give you the answer you are looking for. Big promises are being made and solutions offered through testing of saliva, DNA, blood, hair and stool. It…
The words self-help make a lot of people uncomfortable. I’ve had conversations with others who truly believe that self-help is a waste of time. Just hearing names like Zig Ziglar and Tony Robbins gets a bunch of people rolling their eyes. Let’s break this down a bit so you can see why you should be…
Some of the hardest words to speak are it’s my fault. It is human nature to make excuses, point fingers at others, and blame anything we can for our shortcomings and failures. Maybe you weren’t given the correct information, or had bad parents, or grew up in the wrong neighborhood, or (my favorite) got bad…
Have you ever tweaked your back doing something trivial, like putting on your socks? Have you ever had a friend or co-worker overreact to something simple you did or said? Have you ever known someone who ate well, exercised, and appeared fit, but had a sudden heart attack or other significant health crisis? There are…
I was a busboy at a really nice restaurant/hotel early in high school. One day, I was preparing to take some luggage out to a car for a couple and found myself talking to the gentleman as he waited for his wife to come down to the lobby. This guy was not arrogant or stuffy…
Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman, survived adrift at sea for an incredible 438 days. This is the longest recorded survival at sea. Juliane Koepcke fell 10,000 feet after the airplane she was flying in was torn apart from lightning, survived the fall, and regained consciousness in the Peruvian rainforest. With multiple injuries, she then walked…
As I write this, we are in the midst of a government shutdown. To date, the United States has experienced eleven shutdowns, eight of which lasted five or fewer days. There are many, many times when I shake my head and wonder how politics have gotten to where they are today. Even when I was…
Basic human needs must be met to remain alive. We only last weeks without food, days without water, and minutes without air. Because of that, we all get enough air, stay hydrated, and don’t skip meals. These survival-related needs are fairly easy to meet and understood by just about everyone, and we all would agree…