Battling the Status Quo I could feel the fire billowing behind her eyes. Chest high. Shoulders back. Her eyes burning with the ferocity of a thousand suns; her strike landed—hard. “Robbie, I don’t think you’re really…
Dancing in the Purple Rain: A Reflection on Prince
2016 has been an awful year for music. We lost: David Bowie Merle Haggard Glenn Frey Maurice White And Prince. For the last decade, I’ve only listened to 8 or 9 new bands. Early into…
Avenge Your Hunger with These Superhero Smoothies
Superhero Smoothies I was in SC last weekend for one of my oldest friends weddings. A few days of relaxation and celebration and plenty of reminiscing. Like that time, we played golf and I had to…
How to Sneak Extra Protein in Your Diet
Bigger Better More Badass Those words held no real meaning whatsoever. But in 2008, they gave me a bigger boner than nudie pictures of Topanga. This was the slogan used by Epic Games to describe Gears…
How to Make Water Taste Awesome
Water is the essence of beauty life. Without it, you’ll die. Here’s a list of things the liquid of life does for your body: dispels toxins regulates body temperature aids in digestion promotes healthy skin…
How to Hip Hinge Better:3 Hip Hinge Drills to Master the Movement
It’s All in the Hips Watching the sunrise off the shore of Miami, the smell of the air as soon as you cross the border into North Carolina, the jolt you feel in your heart…
Through Hell and High Water: A Tale of Adventure from Georgia to Austin
The sky turned a vile yellow, a sign that Mother Nature was about to vomit a torrent of destruction. Rain fell on our rental car with the ferocity of an angry God. And like the…
How Your Favorite Hero Can Help You Conquer Your Goals
I Need a Hero The first question that I ask any of my clients is: “Who is your favorite Hero?” Whether from a movie, comic book, novel, or video game we’ve all had a fictional,…
How to Maximize Your Time With Less Payne
Tell me if this story sounds familiar. A young hard-nosed cop, the brightest new star in the NYPD, returns to his home across the river in NJ after a long day on the beat. Extending…
Self-Talk, The Power of Thoughts, & Why I Would Die on a Deserted Island
Never Have I Ever…. Watched a single episode of the television phenomenon Lost. Lost premiered while I was in college. That place where I was too busy crushing Yuengling, playing poker, and smoking myself…