Take a moment right now and picture the most gimmicky piece of fitness equipment you could think of. Is your brain now playing a mental video of those ridiculous shake weight infomercials from the early 2000s? Or maybe you’re imagining a housewife in full makeup and classic ’50s hair...
For the past three months, I’ve been delivering to you, every Sunday, an article primarily focused not on your physical or mental fitness, but your spiritual fitness. I hope you have been enjoying these so-called “Sabbath Ramblings.” However, I am now shifting gears and plunging deep into the throes of...
I’ve always thought it a bit interesting that the lethal dose of caffeine for most people is about 10 grams, that toxic effects (like seizures) can be observed with consumption of around just 1,200 milligrams of caffeine (which is actually not that much considering that a big ol’ cup of...
I got lucky. On second thought, I need to work that “lucky” expression out of my vernacular. I still find myself lazily using it, even when writing. Luck, coincidence, and seeming serendipity are all simply signs of a great God doing His work in mysterious ways. So a more appropriate...
In secular psychology, hope is defined as a motivation to persevere toward a goal or end state, even when you may be skeptical that a positive outcome is likely. It often involves proactive progress toward a goal, a can-do attitude, and a belief that you have some kind of achievable...
The way you look and feel have very little to do with your chronological age, and positive thinking and changing your belief system are the most important factors in staying truly young. In her book, You Can Be Younger, leading therapist Marisa Peer explains how you can arrest the aging...
Perhaps you have eliminated pesticide-ridden produce, processed foods, and vegetable oils from your diet. You train hard to maintain optimal health and build lean muscle, but also incorporate smart recovery tactics such as cold therapy and foam rolling. You get most of your vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants from a wide...
A few weeks ago, in my article Don’t Let Old Friends Die, I described palliative care practitioner Bronnie Ware’s article “Regrets Of The Dying”, which is also now more detailed in the recently published book Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing. It’s worth a...
Three weeks ago, someone commented to me that I ought to “make every moment count” with my kids, because 99% of the time parents spend with their children occurs before those children are eighteen years old, after which our precious offspring are theoretically out of the house, out and about...
A couple of weeks ago, I laid out several advanced and admittedly expensive “hacks” to use a bit of better living through science to upgrade your naps, meditation, and sleep. Yet this may have seemed like paradoxical advice for any of you who also saw my recently published, stripped-down, minimalist...