As children, most of our parents taught us a series of simple lessons. These lessons were things like: Clean your ears. Use soap to wash under your arms. Brush your teeth after a meal. Scrub behind your ears. Clean between your toes. That’s just a few. As mature adults, we assume that other adults have all learned these simple little […]

  This week, I would like to present a challenge. It is my ultimate desire that we not only perform and complete this challenge, but that it becomes the impetus for a habitual change in behavior in the future. In the United States, the 2014 elections take place in a couple of days.  Many Americans have already cast an early […]

  Over the past few months I’ve come across a number of articles outlining the financial plight of most Americans. Each time I complete these articles, I become a bit more concerned about our financial wellbeing as a nation. Here’s a brief synopsis of what I’ve read: 43% of Americans don’t have $10,000 in a savings account. Over 60% of […]

  Recently, I read an article sharing data that most adult Americans live in a constant state of exhaustion. Lack of sleep was the number one culprit. Yet, even adults who averaged seven to eight hours of sleep every night still claimed to feel tired and/or lack energy. In the past, I’ve read studies like this before and would be baffled. […]

  It’s almost impossible to read the paper, look at the news or scroll through a newsfeed with seeing something about the spreading Ebola epidemic. It’s also fascinating to watch the way the media chooses to cover the stories we hear surrounding this virus! Since I’ve encountered the first bit of information about the unfortunate outbreak of Ebola in Guinea […]