A Visit To The US Olympic Training Center and the NSCA Headquarters

Over Thanksgiving my family and I went to Colorado Springs to celebrate at my sister’s house. While there I couldn’t help but drag my family members on a tour of the US Olympic Training Center and the National Strength …

The Happiness Hypothesis

I recently read Tony Hsieh’s book, Delivering Happiness, for a good business read and it was a good one for sure. He has a fascinating story spanning from LinkExchange to Zappos so its a book I’d recommend for anyone interested in …

Yes You Can Change!!!

I recently did some research on models of behavior change and wanted to share a little of what I learned. I hadn’t been exposed to these kinds of theories in my formal education before; behavior change doesn’t come …

Self Assess This!

As this site is all about wellness, I’d be neglectful if I didn’t include at least one post with some advice on how you can help gauge where you are currently at in each of the wellness vectors. As …

Humility is key…

So I’m in the gym the other day chatting with a friend about a book that I read many years ago that stands as I think my favorite book of all time, Good to Great by Jim Collins. I …

It’s a dog’s life…

I set out here to post about some of published results on the values of dog ownership and I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I was just a little bit; there is tons of research out there on the …

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

As with the other wellness vectors I talk about in this blog, social health is a big one with a large variety of topics to talk about.  I’ll start this category, of course, with a post about the gym – …