I tweak this post annually and I think it’s a strong resource for readers. This year, I’m publishing it a little earlier than usual and I think that’s an improvement too, because it gives readers more time to prepare practically and to get their mindset...

I remember when we had our first child. It was 17 years ago, we were living in Brooklyn, and early on he was not a great sleeper. I used to walk him around Park Slope and Prospect Park on my chest in the Baby Bjorn for hours so he would sleep. It was...

Winter begins tomorrow and we will not get a day with 10 hours or more of sunlight for the next 5 plus weeks. This affects our wellbeing in multiple ways and we risk giving up some of the health gains we made during the rest of the year.  We spend less...

We are all born with a fundamental drive to grow.  We all want to thrive. We all want to kick ass at life. This is innate. This is human nature. Some of us stay tuned in to this drive from the time we are young. These are the people who always knew who...

People make things too complicated and the costs can be very high in terms of time, energy, headaches, unforced errors etc. This all begins with a false truth – the world is complicated – which leads to a false conclusion – solutions must...

We live in an Age of Overabundance and it is killing us. Too much bad food. Too much media noise. Too much stress. Too much stuff to get done in a day. We consume more and more without regard for how it affects our well being and my sense is there is...

Ancient civilizations identified four elements of the physical universe. These are: 1. Air, 2. Fire, 3. Earth & 4. Water I love the simplicity and the functionality of their model. If I am cold, more heat. If I am thirsty, more water. Maybe if I was...

I’ve been doing this thing for a while now where I lay off the phone and especially social media and the news during the weekends. I call this Digital Intermittent Fasting and I’m really just riffing off the concept of intermittent fasting where you only...

If you can find an exercise that you enjoy, you will feel great, you will stay healthy longer, and you will have fun doing it. Maybe it was something you used to do when you were younger but then it got away from you as you got busy with adult things or...

Everybody is so busy in this country it is killing us.  We wear this busyness like a badge of honor and we don’t even realize it. Busy busy busy. You have to be busy because everybody else is so busy. It’s kinetic. It’s mimetic. Or maybe it’s just the...