• She Won’t Turn Me Into A Vegetarian

    Ana switched to a plant-based diet a few months ago and it’s been working really well for her but I’m happy eating what I eat now although I have added a lot of fruit and vegetables to my diet and feel much better for it.  While big differences like...
  • We Had An Epic Battle

    The same scene plays out every morning between 5:30 and 6:00. Jesse calls out for mommy or daddy, and we draw straws to see who gets to fetch him. Soon he is nestling into a sliver of space between Ana and me in our bed and ordering up whatever...
  • GLAMOUR MODEL STEPHANIE GETS REAL ABOUT HER PERSONAL GROWTH

    Fitness and Glamour model, Life Coach, Fitness Coach, and Fitness Star Stephanie Billings just went through a divorce and finds herself at the beginning again, not at the bottom.  It’s been said that one’s perspective of their circumstances is more important than the circumstances themselves.  Stephanie is notoriously happy,...
  • Did We Just Discover The Fountain Of Youth?

    I’m 60 years old and won’t be done paying for kids going to college until I am in my 80’s so staying healthy and youthful is not about vanity, it’s about living and living well so I can be the best dad, best husband, and best man I can...
  • Learning To Parent With Patience And Understanding

    Frustration and reaching the end of your patience when raising three toddlers is inevitable, but my wife Ana and I have learned that raising your voice may be a way of regaining temporary control but it doesn’t solve the problem, it only makes it worse.  Since becoming foster parents...
  • But First, Coffee

    Coffee, like pretty much everything, has changed a lot since I was a young man. It’s still dark and steamy, and it still puts lead in your pencil, but ordering a cup has a measure of complexity to it now that didn’t exist back then. I remember my first...
  • A New And Better Way To Train

    Unlike most men that, like me, stand toes to the edge of the mid-point in their lives, I didn’t spend my sixtieth birthday, or any day since that sunny June celebration, scratching my hairless dome wondering where the time went. I know exactly where it went. I spent it...
  • Garbage In Garbage Out

    You roll out of bed and look at your phone.  There’s a notification there and you click on it and suddenly you are thrust into a world of drama and injustice, political outrage, or someone else’s tragic story.  It only took a couple minutes to read but long after...
  • My Friend Dave

    Last Friday morning, I caught a flight to San Jose, California, to do a little video work for a very close friend of mine. I don’t like being away from Ana and the kids, but this was a special event, something I have been looking forward to for a...
  • Ana Finding Her Way Back – Episode 53

    Two weeks after her return to the stage after a lengthy retirement, Ana talks about the competition experience and the bigger reason she got back into contest shape.  It was about feeling better about herself and the upside is that she will be modeling more and as her personal...
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