Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been drowning in bad news and negativity. The pandemic upended our entire way of life, and social and political unrest continues to beat up on our collective psyche. We’ve all felt the sting of sadness, the burden of depression, and the uneasiness…

The problem with most social media strategies is that they are managed by marketers. I am not saying marketers shouldn’t manage social media. I’m saying that there needs to be a distinction between efforts to promote a brand, and efforts to communicate with a brand’s existing fan base. Most social…

I know there are things I want to say to the world. Often, I don’t know what they are and I don’t know who exactly I want to say them to. I just know I have something to tell the world. I am the youngest of three siblings, and as…

Snacking is one of the most difficult aspects of a nutrition plan. It is almost criminally easy to take in hundreds, if not thousands, of calories while sitting in front of a television and mindlessly munching on snacks. On the flip-side, snacking is not inherently bad. It can stave off…

Many of the decisions we make in life are made while on auto-pilot. Humans tend to be creatures of habit and after years or decades of choosing the same foods, the same restaurants, the same routines, we rarely even realize what we are eating on a daily basis. This simple…

Weight-loss happens over months, not days or weeks. Last week, I talked about maintaining a healthy and safe caloric deficit. As a refresher, it is typically not safe or healthy to be at a caloric deficit higher than 500 calories per day. …

Let’s start this off with a controversial statement: The entire weight-loss industry is built on overcomplicating weight-loss in order to make you feel like you need to pay someone for help because it’s “too hard” to do on your own. To understand how simple it actually is to lose weight…

“I would love to get into shape.” “I would love to lose a few pounds.” These are two common statements that people make when they are thinking about getting back into shape or losing some weight. They are statements of longing and of “I’d like to”, and if you are…

Before writing this, I had planned on writing about setting goals and discipline. However, after a particularly stressful and mistake-ridden morning, I decided to write about that instead. “Everyone makes mistakes” is a statement that is repeated time and time again to comfort someone who just recently made one. It’s…