Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and the Illusion of Freedom | Part 1

Americans love our Freedom. We hold it high and display it proudly for the world to see. For good reason too: There’s something very special about the freedoms we Americans are afforded. There must be. We’ve confirmed it’s worth dying for. Yet, beyond a pick-up truck, a cold beer and a shotgun, what is freedom? .... ....

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How Al Lost 136 and Found Strength

Al’s always been a big man. Tipping the scales at 340 lbs, Al made a promise to his dying father that he’d make a change which led him to go under the knife for gastric bypass surgery. Last week Al's journey was chronicled; a lifelong struggle with weight, multiple failed attempts at dieting, his gastric bypass surgery (which he subsequently almost “ate through”) and how he’s found his place and space in this world as a smaller man... Here's the 8 Pillars of Weight Loss that Al shares in his story...

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In Defense of a Man’s Life

This day, like all days, awaits your best. It’s on your side—pulling for you to show up strong and seize it. Carpe Diem! But rather than stoke your body and mind for a day of noble dragon slaying, you rush out the door under assault by a cesspool of stress hormones. Your day of super-hero like performance is not to be. Rather than a gripping, “Boom, Zap, Kapow…” your day is more, “Fizzle, snizzle, flip, flop.” Let the follies begin.

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