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App I am using: Blinkist I often hear from many of you that you wish you had more time to read.  If this sounds like you, then there is good news!  This weekend on the drive up to Los Angeles for my son’s volleyball tournament my wife introduced me to a new app called Blinkist.  The app allows […]

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Equipment I am using: 25 lbs. Ruck Weight Plate One of the most scalable forms of exercise is walking.  You can manipulate the distance, incline, decline, and speed.  You can also add resistance to your walks.  This is accomplished through an action called “rucking” in which you wear a backpack loaded with weight while walking.  The plate […]

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Dress shoes I am wearing:  Cole Haan Grand Pro Rally Laser Cut Sneaker The nature of my job is very physical.  I am always on my feet and moving throughout each day.  At the beginning of my career, I wore clunky, uncomfortable dress shoes.  My feet ached, my plantar fascia was tight, and it felt like I […]

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Nutritional practice I am trying: 48-hour fast For the first time in 42 years, I finally gave my body a chance to recover from all the food I had shoveled in my mouth. I was able to successfully fast for 2 days while only consuming water and decaffeinated tea. I was inspired to do this […]

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Zoom I am teaching: Creating Space To Thrive: The Mind Each year I create a theme for the Aligned Life Community.  My goal is to help you focus on making each successive year the healthiest yet.  This year our focus will be on creating space to thrive.  Each quarter we will dive into a different space of […]

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Challenge I am completing: No Personal Purchases For One Year In January 2022 I mentioned on Trending Tuesday that I had set a goal of zero personal purchases for one year.  This challenge was set in reaction to my belief that the world has become far too materialistic.  Well, the final tally for the past […]

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Twelve days of Christmas list I am loving: The 12 Things I Can’t Live Without Just for fun this week I wanted to use a format I saw in a recent YouTube video from GQ magazine.  In these 10-minute segments, they ask musicians and celebrities to show and describe the 10 things they cannot live without.  […]

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Holiday gift I am recommending: Hyperice Hypervolt 2.0 and Go One of the most sought after self-care tools in my families arsenal is the Hypervolt percussion massage gun.  Whether working on my lower back, shoulders or legs and feet, these devices are great at reducing muscular soreness and tension.  If you are in need of […]

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Self-care strategy I am implementing: MELT Method I am unsure whether it is because I am getting older or running longer distances, but either way, I have been experiencing more foot pain and cramping lately.  To combat this I have been utilizing the MELT method with some stretches for the lower leg.  The MELT method utilizes […]

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Country I am visiting: Costa Rica This past week my family and I headed to Central America to visit Costa Rica.  I always get the most excited about travel when the language, money, food, culture, and environment are different from my norm.  This was all of those things and much more!  Highlights included Casado, the […]