I want my children to know that I love my wife selfishly, and I believe this is only appropriate way to love anything or anyone. I know that might sound weird but let me explain. I’m not a fan of the modern day idea of love. Love cannot be unco

Episode 066 - Are We Getting Too Soft?

Jun 2nd, 2019 5m 24s

We just got back from time in Florida with the whole crew. The whole crew in this case is the four of us, my parents and my mother-in-law. It was awesome! I can’t remember the last time I got to spend so many days in a row with my parents. One

Episode 065 - 3 Things I’m Working Hard To Teach My Kids

May 19th, 2019 14m 53s

Have you ever wondered “what’s wrong with the world?” You have? Ok, good, I thought it was just me. When I initially planned this episode I was going to rant for 10 minutes on what, I think, is wrong with the world but then I knew that not be h

Episode 064 - Decreasing Your Anxiety

May 12th, 2019 6m 19s

Oh anxiety, how I would love to end our relationship all together. For me, there is nothing more frustrating than losing yourself in a cascade of horrible thoughts and scenarios that haven’t even happened yet, and are very unlikely to happen. Y

Episode 063 - Could Free Time Be Making You Unhappy

May 5th, 2019 6m 6s

I just finished Digital Minimalism and, like I mentioned last week, it gave me a lot to think about and digest. My other big take away was the chapter/lesson on free time and what to do with it. I have been looking online for similar articles t

Are Our Phones Stealing Our Time Alone?

Apr 28th, 2019 6m 59s

'Without solitude, no great work is possible.’ Pablo Picasso Do you spend time by alone with your thoughts? Are you finding time to learn and reflect? I recently began listening to Digital Minimalism (by Cal Newport) and at first I didn’t like

Where To Find Your Success And Happiness

Apr 21st, 2019 10m 25s

What a time we live in. I will be dating myself here but I remember growing up and watching a cartoon about a futuristic family named the Jetsons. The Jetsons didn’t drive, they flew. George (the dad) had a conveyor belt that he stood on every

Are You Testing Yourself?

Apr 14th, 2019 4m 39s

Early this week a good friend of mine and practice member sent me an article of a man who was diagnosed with vitamin D toxicity results in kidney failure. It took the medical team a long time to figure out what had caused the problem and the M.

Maybe Now Is Not The Best Time

Apr 8th, 2019 7m 33s

This week I had two amazing people reach out for advice. One asked how she should continue her workouts despite the fact that she had to battle to flu; the other how she could lose weight with two young children at home that made it really hard

Do You Face This And Other Lessons From The CrossFit Open

Mar 31st, 2019 7m 29s

Do you spend time facing the things that truly make you uncomfortable in life? Not uneasy, not “I’d rather not.” But truly - I’m scared to do this? 19.5, the last workout of the open, created that sense of dread in me. Feel free to laugh, I can

The Part Of The Day That Can Derail You

Mar 24th, 2019 6m 52s

Have you ever had one of those days where the wheels just came off? I recently just had one and the most interesting thing about it was when I reflected on the day, nothing ‘bad’ or exceptional happened, but it felt like all the wheels came off

Ego Is Not The Enemy

Mar 17th, 2019 8m 38s

Every once in a while I hear or read something that directly attacks the ego and claims that your ego is the root of all your problems, while simultaneously destroying the world. I disagree, completely. Your ego is you. It’s your consciousness

Episode 055 - Knowing Both Sides

Mar 10th, 2019 9m 34s

Isn't being wrong the worst, yet the best? There is nothing worse that that cold chill followed by complete embarrassment when your deepest conviction, the one that you vocally and passionately supported, was found to be completely wrong. There

Episode 054 - How To Stop Comparing Yourself With Others

Mar 3rd, 2019 8m 17s

There is nothing quite like a good romp around social media to see how great, beautiful, ripped, wealthy, successful, attractive, happy, vacationing everyone is and how we are lonely loser who isn't doing, or doesn't have any of those things. W

Episode 053 - Why I’ve Quit In The Past

Feb 24th, 2019 6m 22s

Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach - you should really look him up if you’re an entrepreneur - has a concept he calls “The Gap” or being in ‘the gap.’ The gap is the mental space you fall into when you have something in mind that you want to achie

Episode 052 - The Source Of Self Love

Feb 17th, 2019 9m 27s

I love that the idea of self love, self esteem and self care are becoming more and more popular and talked about. I love that people are aware of the mental health struggles that we are having as a society and that they inherently recognize tha

Episode 051 - How To Set Up Your Day For Success

Feb 10th, 2019 5m 58s

Are you a step ahead or are you step behind? If you’re like me then you are both. Some days I’ve got it figured out and then other days I feel like I want to hop on plane and never come back. One of the things that I’ve noticed has made a huge

Episode 050 - I've Found This Important When Dealing With My Kids

Feb 3rd, 2019 6m 47s

Am I the only person who was the best, most knowledgable parent in the world, before I had kids? It’s funny how experience is a great and humbling teacher. I wanted to share something, a way of thinking, that has been very helpful as a parent a

Episode 049 - How To Protect Your Happiness, And Life

Jan 27th, 2019 6m 24s

Pretend your life is one room with only one door leading in and out. The only way anything - a person, a career choice, a partner - can enter your life is through that one door. Likewise the only way they can exist is through that door. At the

Episode 048 - A Drug I’ve Been Using My Whole Life

Jan 20th, 2019 7m 5s

It’s been a hard week. I had to say goodbye to a close family member. Someone I grew up with, had many experiences with and will miss tremendously. During the whole process I noticed how the grief, trying to come to terms with the situation, an

Episode 047 - Follow Through With Your New Year’s Resolution

Jan 13th, 2019 8m 41s

If you’re old enough to remember the classic Seinfeld episode where Jerry Makes a reservation for a car rental you’ll quickly understand the most important point of this video. In the episode Jerry is disappointed because the rental that he mad

Episode 046 - A Different Kind Of New Year’s Resolution

Dec 23rd, 2018 8m 12s

It’s true that New Year’s is just a date and that you don’t need a certain date to set goals you can start anytime. It’s also true that you’ll probably fail at your New Year’s Resolutions, but this doesn’t stop me from loving this time of year.

Episode 045 - The One Thing That’s Stopping You

Dec 16th, 2018 5m 18s

Have you ever had a goal that you wanted to start pursuing? Maybe it was creating a product, launching a business or even going to the gym and getting fit? You had this massive excitement built up, but then, when it was time to pull the trigger

Episode 044 - Remember this during a crises

Dec 9th, 2018 5m 23s

Have you ever had a week where something unexpected threw a massive wrench in your plans, vision and goals? That was last week for me. Something, completely out of my control, has sucked up most of my time, focus and energy and the worst part i

Episode 043 - A Big Modern Parenting Challenge

Dec 2nd, 2018 7m 36s

As the holidays are approaching and the conversation moves to “Ari what do you want for Christmas?” I find myself torn a little bit. On one hand I want to be able to buy my children everything that I possible can for them. After all I love them