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What would you do with more energy?   I help my clients permanently increase their physical and mental energy so they can do more of what’s meaningful. The natural chemicals in your brain and blood, your cellular hardwiring, and the relationship between your thoughts and actions can all be upgraded to deliver the energy you need to live the life… Continue reading Fast and Simple Energy Techniques

This week it will be one year since I lost my wife and mother of our daughter suddenly due to a heart abnormality that had never been detected. After the first 365 days of what will be a lifelong journey with grief, today I want to share what I’ve learned so that if you are… Continue reading A Year of Grief

In Part 1 of the “Stop Wasting Time Exercising” series, I shared how an hour of cardiovascular exercise should include your shower, and maybe even transportation to and from the gym. Let’s be honest though, you’ve probably figured out how to go for a walk, run, or other heart-pounding activity in less than an hour.… Continue reading Stop Wasting Time Exercising Part II

If you want to feel more alert, focused, and energized, exercise is a magic bullet.   When you do it regularly, it can increase feel- good neurotransmitters while shrinking the anxiety-related and growing the focus-related areas of your brain. Exercises supercharges your health and it never hurts to be proud of how your butt and… Continue reading Stop Wasting Time Exercising Part 1

Mindfulness. The Oxford dictionary defines mindfulness as “a mental state achieved by focusing ones’ awareness on the present moment.” Improving mindfulness improves the economy of your mental energy. Fewer feral thoughts and distractions equals less mental fatigue.   Mindfulness is a tool I help my high performing clients develop so they can improve focus, productivity,… Continue reading Wine and Mindfulness

He who has a strong enough “why” can bear almost any “how”.  – Friedrich Nietzshe If Nietzsche could have only left some sort of instructions for finding a WHY that’s strong enough to whether the storms of life. I’ve worked with hundreds of high performers to help them identify the action-driving, motivation- igniting, WHY in… Continue reading Is Your “WHY” BS?

Picture being outside on a really hot, dry day and you’re really thirsty. The good news is that I can offer you a nice tall glass of ice-cold water. The bad news is, I got the water from a local pond. Despite how thirsty you are, will you still take a drink? Probably not. Why?… Continue reading Are You a Pond?

“It’s good to be grateful.” Grandma’s sage advice is now steeped in science. Research has shown that by consciously practicing gratitude, you can train your brain to start noticing more good than bad in your life. Your attitudes and actions follow suite. Despite being surrounded by answers to your prayers however, gratitude can be hard… Continue reading When It’s Hard to Be Grateful

We’re all addicts. I am. You are. The people with “perfect” lives on social media are too. Every single one of us has a habit that despite its negative consequences in our lives, we just can’t stop doing it. In a twist of irony, we introduce these self-destructive forces into our lives in an attempt… Continue reading We’re All Addicts

You know you should exercise, but it would require time and energy that you just don’t have. Your priorities lie with things like your career, your family, and the zillions of other things you have to worry about in adult life. If you have free time, you want it to be just that, FREE. What… Continue reading Igniting Cellular Health