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Happy Birthday to Me – Life Lessons and a Birthday Request

Three years ago today, I published an article, “7 life lessons I’ve learned over the past 39 years.” Those lessons remain the same, so if you want to read about what I’ve learned over the past 42 years, that’s a good start before consuming the hundreds of others I’ve written on this site since then. […]

Achieve Personal Growth Through a Better Diet

Everyone is familiar with that age-old adage “you are what you eat.” Unfortunately, many of us still underestimate precisely how much of an impact adopting a healthy diet has on our health and wellbeing. The key to personal growth, in general, is identifying any bad habits that we have become accustomed to and starting slowly […]

Why I Use a Personal Trainer When I Can Teach the Class

My personal trainer was sick the other day, and I found myself helping others in the gym that he usually trains through all the exercises. I knew them by heart after doing it for years. So why do I continue to work with a personal trainer? It’s the same reason companies spend boatloads of cash […]

Next Workout Challenge Begins Monday August 5th

We are using our free workout challenge to get healthy and raise awareness for the fact that one in five deaths are now related to the obesity epidemic, surpassing nearly every other cause of preventable death. It’s easy to participate, click here to learn how. Register for prizes by clicking here. You can start at […]

Workout Challenge Vacation Winner July 2019

The grand prize winner for our workout challenge this month is Kevin Hughs out of Springfield, Illinois! Kevin will be receiving a vacation stay valued at up to $1,500! Congrats Kevin! Our workout challenge is helping people get healthy while getting the word out about the fact that an estimated one in five deaths worldwide […]

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Have you lost more than fifty pounds? I want your story!

I’m working on a new book and am looking for weight loss stories from people who have lost at least fifty pounds. I will select the top fifty entries for the book, and the top two will receive a vacation stay! Even if you aren’t interested in the vacation I’d love to help tell your story, […]

How Meditation and Mindfulness Helps Us Achieve Personal Growth

The beauty of meditation is that it helps us bring our mind and awareness back to the present moment. We spend so much time ruminating over the past or worrying about the future, that we are neglecting to seize the moment, and we forget that all we have at any one time, is the present. […]

Why I Don’t Recommend Keto

The other day, I shared our healthy habits weight loss program and got this comment. #keto The ketogenic diet, or “keto,” seems to be the latest fad these days for losing weight. There’s little doubt that it can work; a quick Google search will bring you tons of success stories. It’s not challenging to learn […]

Ninety Percent of Success Comes Down to the Basics

A comment from my personal trainer this morning got me thinking. He was talking about his tough clients who make excuses all the time and just do what they want to do and how that sometimes kills his motivation as he really wants to see them succeed. “Like this guy here,” he added, pointing at […]

Congrats to Amanda for Winning the Workout Challenge Drawing in March!

The winner of our workout challenge for March is Amanda Wanless! She’ll be receiving a t-shirt which she helped design! Good luck to our participants for April! We’ll draw two lucky winners from those who complete the challenge. You’re competing for two fifty dollar gift cards! Not yet registered for the challenge? Click here to […]

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