Please take care of the environment. If anyone knows me, they know that I love the outdoors and being in nature. It gives us mental clarity, connection with our natural environment, and appreciation for the beauty around us. There are so many mental, physical and spiritual benefits that would take a long message to list them all. Many of which …

Getting out of your comfort zone. This week I feel compelled to share how amazed I was with my wife, Kathy Berlow over the past five weeks. She had entered into a contest to be crowned Ms. Health & Fitness 2021. At the start, there were a minimum of 20,000 women (by my math) and she ranked to the top …

Here’s an exercise I want you to do right now. Yes, stop what you’re doing and just do it. It’s very easy and will take less than one minute. Look around the room and pick out everything the color blue. Keep a mental note on anything that is blue and hold it to your memory. Got it? OK, now close …

Is your mind a filter or a sponge? I have been thinking a lot about mindset lately and reflecting on the difference between happy and unhappy people. I think I discovered an analogy that simplified the difference. Unhappy people treat their minds like sponges and absorb whatever is thrown their way. Their on social media, watch reality tv, news and …

I will admit, sometimes I struggle with my training. My body does not respond like it used to. Anyone else feel that? Last week I was training and both of my mentors discussed with me how some days you feel great and training goes well, and some days not. The key is that you don’t stop and then you will …

One of the greatest lessons I learned in my Taekwondo career is “what you put into your training is what you get out of it.” Case in point…I have trained hard from when I started in 1983 and continue to do so today. As a result of putting a lot of time and energy into my training, I have made …

A “White Belt” Mind. The other day I was officiating our advanced belts at their belt promotion and noticed the passion wasn’t where I believed it should be. I explained to them that the White Belts in the earlier group displayed much more passion than they have. I then explained that I completely understand why. As a White Belt/beginner, you …

Trust is the answer to freedom. As I get older, I believe that trust in others is one of the most important values to possess. It frees up your time because you know the other people involved are going to do the right thing by you. As a result, you don’t have to spend time to question whether or not …

What NOT to do to before you go to sleep….ugh Last night I had the worse sleep in a while, and it was completely my fault. I like to read every night before I go to sleep to quiet my mind before meditation and sleep. Last night I was reading a horrible section of a book with graphic violence. (A …

How do you treat servers? I believe you could tell a lot about a person on how they treat servers at restaurants. I was out for dinner with Kathy and we noticed a couple that was giving a waitress a hard time. for a quick moment, we thought it was part of the, “What would you do” show. There was …