The Financial Health Crisis Nobody’s Talking About (And What You Can Actually Do About It) There’s a battle happening in grocery stores across America. Not over shortages or sales, but over something far more revealing: a can of green beans. That’s where Dave Rodriguez and his wife Penny found themselves 45 years ago, red-faced and...Read More
Why Everything You’ve Tried Has Failed You’ve been here before. It’s Monday morning. You’re done with how you look, how you feel, how your body responds to simple tasks like climbing stairs. This time is different. You’re going all in. Sugar? Gone. Ice cream? In the trash. You’ve signed up for a gym membership and...Read More
The Wake-Up Call That Changes Everything Dave Rodriguez sat in his car outside the gym, tears streaming down his face. It wasn’t pain that made him emotional. It was gratitude. Three months earlier, he’d nearly died from pulmonary embolisms, blood clots that had traveled to both lungs. One in three people don’t survive that. Now,...Read More
The Four-Step Framework for Getting 1% Better in Any Area of Life You know your life could be better. Maybe it’s your health, your relationships, your finances, or just the nagging feeling that you’re stuck. But knowing you need to change and actually making it happen are two very different things. Most people stay trapped...Read More
The Chaos I Walked Into I walked into an ICU unit expecting a quiet pastoral visit. What I found was absolute chaos. The man I came to see was on a gurney, head tilted down, blood pressure plummeting. Doctors and nurses surrounded him, shouting orders, machines beeping frantically. They were doing everything they could to...Read More
“We can not only change our relationship with pain, we can change pain itself.” Sanjay Gupta, M.D., It Doesn’t Have to Hurt That excerpt from Dr. Gupta’s new book got my attention! He elaborated on that claim by adding, “Pain and suffering can present in infinite ways, and yet we have tremendous control in choosing...Read More
The odds say that your overall vitality will begin to decline with every decade of your life and, at some point, fall off the edge of the table. For instance, strength, balance, and endurance can start to decline in the 50s and become more evident in the 60s and 70s. Muscle mass and strength naturally decrease...Read More
In my last newsletter, I reflected on our core desires at various stages of our lives. I shared my @70 plan…how I want to craft a life of vitality as I begin my 8th decade. (I shudder even typing that). To me, a life of vitality, i.e. one of energy, passion and purpose is my...Read More
Sometime last year it dawned on me that I was turning 70 this year (probably when I turned 69). Like every decade number, it felt like a big one. A really big one. A game changing one. Like the kickoff of the last phase of my life. So I went into contemplation mode and asked...Read More
“I lift up my eyes to the hills…where does my help come from?” That wistful cry from the Hebrew Scriptures (Psalm 121:1) has always been so evocative for me. The author is scanning the horizon wondering if someone (God?) will ride down to render aid in their moment of terror or struggle. At this very...Read More
