7 Ways To Love Yourself Again After A Devastating Breakup
Your devastating breakup feels like a bad dream and tomorrow you hope to wake up and feel whole again. The truth is, breakups can be paralyzing, overwhelming and emotionally draining — like experiencing a death. One of the most devastating breakups I experienced left me so numb I felt physically ill for days. I’d invested so much energy and love...
One Year Since Harambe’s Death, Zoo Gets Gorilla Replacement
On May 28, 2016, the world lost what would arguably become the most famous gorilla to ever roam the Earth. One year later, Harambe’s successor has been relocated from the Louisville Zoo and is starting to make the Cincinnati Zoo his new home. His name is Mshindi, (ma-shin-dee), he’s 29 years old and he is also a Western lowland...
Why Is Everyone So Obsessed With Rosé (And Is It Even Good For You)?
It seems no matter where we look these days, someone is sipping rosé (pronounced ro-zay). The once-neglected “pink wine” first became a darling on the Hamptons summer scene, amongst polo fields and socialites who proclaimed it the perfect daytime refresher, and has risen the ranks where it now boasts its own festival (La Nuit Rosé) and colloquial phrases in...
Touch While You Sleep And 7 Other Ways To Improve Your Love Life
A quick Internet search reveals that most people use the words love and sex interchangeably. I guess I am just an old-fashioned guy with old-fashioned thoughts about love and sex. To me, love and sex are two completely different things and making a distinction is necessary for a full and complete relationship with anyone. Love is a must if...
Protect Your Heart + 9 More Reasons To Swim Every Day
When I was a kid, my parents moved around a lot for work. However, whenever we moved, my parents always made sure to go to a place where there was a lake nearby. They were both avid swimmers, and taught me and my brother about the joys of the water from an early age. Today, I live near a...
How To Spend 72 Hours In Quito, Ecuador: Mountains, Beaches, Jungle
Compact little Ecuador packs a lot into a small space, and the country’s capital Quito is the perfect launching pad for an Andean adventure. Located right in the middle of the country, Quito offers easy access to Ecuador’s trio of climates: the mountains, the beaches and the jungle. While most travelers are eager to speed past the city in...
I Stopped Drinking THIS 10 Years Ago, And It Transformed My Health. Here’s Why
As a nation, we drink a heck of a lot of soda. According to the CDC, 63 percent of youngsters and 49 percent of adults drink a soda (a.k.a. sugar-sweetened beverage) every single day. That’s more than half of the entire U.S. population getting 150 empty calories 365 days a year. Close to 55,000 annual calories that are doing...
3 Common Spending Patterns And How To Fix Them
I have always loved the way money feels in my hands, ever since I was a small boy. When my dad would give me a buck for shoveling snow or mowing grass, I felt like everything was right in the world. Back then, I was a saver, squandering every penny I earned (or found). I saved and saved and...
Five Athletes Who Prove You Can Go Vegan AND Build Muscle
Apart from animal rights, the main reason people decide to go vegan is usually to slim down and become more energized. Typically, vegans are up to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters. Perhaps this is why there’s a new trend in professional sports that has more athletes changing their diets and going vegan. Here are five prime examples. 1. Wilson Chandler,...
Who’s Killing The Amazon’s Uncontacted Tribes?
Deep in the Amazon, a group of uncontacted, categorized Indigenous tribespeople were foraging for food along a river bank. Then they ran into miners. There was a confrontation of some kind, then violence. However it started, the end was horrific. The miners hacked as many as 10 of the tribe members to pieces. What was left of their bodies...
