Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

The Town That Eliminated Obesity

This past weekend Angie, I and the kids enjoyed a get away to the small, thriving town of Carbondale...It was the weekend of the annual Mountain Fair—which I would learn is a pretty big deal. A well run and organized fair, there was a terrific variety of great food, live music and all manner of natural, organic and hand crafted items and art. It was exactly everything you could expect from a Fair—all EXCEPT ONE THING... And it's absence was eerie...

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Are You Giving Your Body The Finger?

Like a newborn child, each day is born anew holding nothing but pure potential, possibility and dreams of grand achievement...How did you embrace this priceless gift? With reverence; nurturing your body, mind and soul...or…by giving your body, mind, and energy the firm, stiff middle finger...?

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How the Lizard Brain Sabotages Your Success

Recently Seth Godin blogged about how your Lizard Brain sabotages your success—why people say one thing and reliably do another. The lizard brain, as he calls it, is very real. He doesn’t call it by name, I will. A small almond shaped node at the base of your brain, the Lizard Brain is a the [...]

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