Slow Way, Way Down for Extraordinary Intimacy
When it comes to the race for extraordinary intimacy, the tortoise wins every time. Here’s why. – – – As I write this I’m sitting in an airport on my way to give a TEDx talk titled: Creating...
View ArticleHow to Live A Simple Mindful Life
View image | gettyimages.com Hint: It has something to do with being very curious about everything. ____ I used to think that meditating was all about entering a blissful trance state. I used to think...
View ArticleComment of the Day: “The more I slow down, the more I enjoy the present...
This comment was by Moritzio on the post “Why Life is Way Better With a Man Who Takes His Time.“ I was always a rusher (carpe diem, right? The clock is ticking!!), but my spiritual practice has...
View ArticleSlow Way, Way Down for Extraordinary Intimacy
When it comes to the race for extraordinary intimacy, the tortoise wins every time. Here’s why. – – – See the author’s TEDx Talk on Creating Extraordinary Intimacy in a Shut Down World – – – The post...
View ArticleYou’re Doing Too Much! (Call for Submissions)
Are you so busy you don’t have time to listen to advice on slowing down? We are too. — Are you so busy that you don’t have time to read all the way through? To breathe? To meditate? To listen to...
View Article3 Ways Men Can Help Themselves During the Holiday Season
Well, it’s here. The ubiquitous holiday season. I happen to love the beautiful, sparkling lights decorating homes and trees. Despite the bright lights, I notice many of my clients experiencing some...
View ArticleIn Praise of Doing Nothing
Embed from Getty Images Simon Gottschalk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn’t know what to do with all of their...
View ArticleSearching for Instant Gratification Will Never Get You a Legacy Lifestyle
— I wanted to talk today a little about what I call the “JG Wentworth Syndrome.” We’ve all seen the hilarious commercials where the entire bit is angry men and women of all ages yelling out of their...
View ArticleThe Mosey Man Says Slow Down
Here’s a riddle posed to me by a five-year old a long time ago. Somehow, it’s always stuck with me. What did the snail say when he took a ride on the turtles’ back? “Wheeeeee!” It came to mind again...
View ArticleThe Feeling That You’re Always Behind on Work
— Many of us have a constant neverending feeling that we’re always behind on what we need to get done. We wake up and already have a sense that we’re behind, and the slight anxiety that comes with that...
View ArticleSpring Break
— Spring Break is finally here. For me, this is always a time of reflection. Five years ago, at age 26, I became a head football coach. It was only my third year into the profession. Inexperience...
View ArticleThe Importance of Slowing Down
— By John Luzzi Originally, this blog post was going to be a humor-filled blunt take on Father’s Day. As I started writing down ideas, however, I realized I wasn’t staying true to what my parenting...
View ArticleThe Slow Magic
— Slow brings us into presence. All else drifts away naturally when we are present. There is no struggle in slow, there is surrender, to this moment, to our body, to our breath, to sensation, to...
View ArticleCounting Calories on the Path to Beating that Dadbod and Being Healthy
So I started counting calories for a healthy summer project. We’re a healthy eating family. My kids will eat just about everything. (Thanks to my insanity early in their early eating lives to become...
View ArticleSlow Down To Speed Up: Fighting Stress with Focus
A woman recently reached out to me to ask for some help. Despite being good at time management in her youth, life had taken its toll and she was really struggling. When I got on the phone with her for...
View ArticleSlow Down to Speed Up
Recently I found myself having low energy to focus on my work and coaching. This was a surprise as those of you who spoke to me know how passionate I am about helping people. And that’s a bigger...
View ArticleSlowing Down To Win
A fly-in is an event where pilots, people, and airplanes show up to celebrate aviation. In Idaho, the closest one to us is in Garden Valley. Even though it’s a mountainous location, it has a...
View ArticleI Had So Much Work To Do, But I Watched the Birds With My Sons Instead
I recently read a statistic that stuck: Working mothers are 28 percent more likely to experience burnout than fathers. Twenty-eight percent is quite a number, and I get it. As a freelance writer with...
View ArticleLife Is Sweet
Tick-tock, tick-tock… I can choose to let the demands on my time and attention overwhelm me. Or I can decide to slow down and take a break. In the midst of my daily calendar, I schedule times for me...
View ArticleHow to Make Online Dating Work for You
Online dating can be frustrating, disappointing, soul-destroying and a minefield. But, let’s face it, it’s probably the most likely way you will meet someone. Only a few people meet someone whilst...
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