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Understanding Craving Cycles

Understanding Craving Cycles

On April 3, I posted some thoughts on Mindfulness — especially as it pertains to breathing, eating and just being overall "present". So as I revisited this post a thought struck me. I've been trying to be more mindful of my everyday activities... and I just noticed that I've switched my breakfast routine without much thought going into it.

Paying Myself First during Spring Break

Paying Myself First during Spring Break

Well, seems like Winter is over and Spring has sprung. Kinda. Some days are warm, some days are still cold and wet. But ... you can feel the weather changing, and with that comes Spring Break at school. It also seems that Winter Break just happened, and during that time in February, we (as a family) went skiing in Canada. Fun times. So for Spring Break...

Health is the New Workplace Currency

Health is the New Workplace Currency

I'm writing this post from Miami — came here to do some work with my good friend who has a start-up digital and innovation agency. We've been prepping for a couple of pitches with clients and I've been collaborating with him on some of his existing clients.

He has a great shared creative space ...

More Fruit and Veggies

More Fruit and Veggies

It's been a while since I've written in this space, and I don't really have a good reason other than I couldn't come up with relevant material that I thought "interesting enough" to write about. My focus is on health and wellbeing and although I always try (key word is try) to take better care of myself, to listen to what my body is trying to tell me ... and to not stress too much. Lately I haven't been "nourishing" my body as well as I normally do.

Testing the limits of Frigid Temperature Exposure

Testing the limits of Frigid Temperature Exposure

It is amazing what the human body can get used to. Fact is, we were built to withstand the elements, but with the advancements in civilization, our bodies really don't know how to cope with the cold anymore. We have goose down jackets, wool sweaters, hoodies, gloves, scarves, you name it we have it. Even so, each one of us still has the ability to remind our body to do what it already knows to do...

Are you committed or just interested?

Are you committed or just interested?

Here are two statements that you might identify with. Both are true. But only one brings true and genuine transformation.

A. When you are interested ... you do what is needed.
B. When you are committed ... you do what it takes.

Can you guess which one makes all the difference?