Are you over putting up with b.s., & absorbing needless stress because of someone else’s shame and issues? It’s not your job to shield them from their shame, at your expense. That’s not being of service to yourself & others, that’s being sacrificial, and therefore enabling others.

Despite your particular upbringing or the culture’s stigma surrounding feelings, especially if you’re a man, feelings are okay. For the sake of having a healthier mind, body & culture for that matter, we’ve got to shift our mindset when it comes to our relationship with emotions & feelings.

I previously wrote that what was going on within the p@ndemic was going to be much more about fear & less about a v!rus - that’s still my contention.This communication is less about the v!rus: how it was handled, if the va₵₵ines were effective or how the media handled us. It's about our relationship with fear & anxiety & the decisions we make, especially when it comes from a fearful place.

Maybe you’ve asked yourself this question at some point. There could be many reasons ... here’s the beginning of you figuring that out.

I’m only 50, but thus far, I’ve noticed that feeling "good" does not necessarily come as easily you might like to think.

From my vantage point, it needs to be earned & is not an entitlement.

⚡️Seek mentorship & guidance from those who have an expertise in how to navigate your specific struggle. Minimize your suffering by following someone who knows the way. Seek them out & ask them for help.

I’m pretty sure everyone has a similar viewpoint that life these days is quite the adventure. That’s probably the most optimistic word I can use to describe it considering all the upheaval.

While the nature of the adventures may vary, we never know how we’re going to feel when we’re on one - that’s what makes it an adventure.

Very rarely do I find myself in serious competition with others (mostly I’m just extremely competitive with myself).

I have a very competitive spirit, & sometimes I find myself envious of others about what they have or what they’ve accomplished; and what I’ve yet to accomplish or acquire.

Anxiety: A state of trying to get control over something you actually can't control.

These days, anxiety is quite common. Some have always known their anxious tendencies, while for others it's more difficult to spot … but it’s there, nonetheless.

In this post-Covid world, people seem more anxious than ever before, and it manifests in numerous, unhealthy ways.

I was thinking recently that whenever I’ve gone through tough times, I’ve always made a vow to myself that I’d use that time wisely.

Most of us have been through tough times, and we’ve likely done various things during those times that haven’t been so productive or healthy.

I’m not being critical of anyone who’s engaged in destructive habits during tough times in their lives, but what I am saying, is that for those who are able to, it would be smart to use that time wisely.

When they say, let food be thy medicine, & medicine be thy food”, that also means you should stop thinking about how food needs to always taste good.

As you get older, you “might” be more apt to understand this, I did.

Don’t get me wrong, I love food. But I also like the function of my mind & body, more.

As we age, our bodies & minds have more needs.

Since I set out to become a Chiropractor, I've felt that I was on a path of some sort. I wasn’t a very good student in my younger years, and after high school when I realized that I wanted to be a Chiropractor, I started to apply myself in whatever it took to make that happen.

As I’ve shared before, I seem to have been bitten by the Jiu-Jitsu bug. It’s been a place where I can get a great workout, find camaraderie & a type of tactile connection, learn a new skill, & relieve some stress.

Being a novice, I’m on a steep learning curve, but one thing that was obvious right from the start is this concept of losing.

Surgeons, like my wife, perform surgery on people with anesthesia. I, on the other hand, do a kind of “spiritual surgery” without an anesthetic.

Of course, I would never want surgery without anesthesia.

However, in my practice, what helps people heal is not being anesthetized more than they already are.

Slowing down is underrated in this culture. We don’t value it nearly as much as we value speeding up.

Everything in this culture is built on "not enough" ... not good enough, not fast enough, not *** enough.

Speeding up certainly comes with some benefits, like productivity, but it also comes with a downside.

Years ago, when I first started out on my healing journey, I realized I was misaligned & I noticed this in others as well.

They weren’t just misaligned in a spinal alignment sense, they were misaligned in a way of being; they were acting in a way that was not who they genuinely are. In other words, they had maladaptive behavior that was incongruent with their essence.

I recently wrote about some myths of being in your 40’s, & it inspired me to share about how I feel to be 50.

It might sound weird, but a mission that I’ve adopted is to "celebrate the life I didn’t expect." That probably should be a general slogan for being in your 50’s: most of us have probably uttered to themselves at some point that they’re surprised about how an aspect of their lives turned out the way it did.