Mind/Set. A free 7 day online program for Crossfitters! Here’s a sneak peak. day one. the intro. everything begins or ends with your thoughts. you have thousands of them daily. i am concerned about the ones you have about yourself. these thoughts will determine what you can and can not do. if you don’t believe [...]

For one week, starting next Monday 24 – 30. 7 Days. A new approach to the mental game. Using the internet, my platform, forums, email, and Google hangouts to process our mental / emotion CrossFit journey. I’m making it FREE FOR ALL CROSSFITTERS! This is my attempt to give back to the community by 1) [...]

Dear Angry, When I was in my early 20’s I found a great sense of community within the rooms of NA meetings. I was welcomed into these rooms, and friends homes, with huge smiles and open arms with big hugs….I was welcome, but it wasn’t my community. My boyfriend at the time was in recovery [...]

Don’t worry about where or who you’re going to be in five years. Like high school, you’re going to look back and wish you had done so many things differently. Know that and do them differently now. Focus on what’s in front on you. Work on the relationship you have with yourself first. Slow down. [...]

1. Shut up. Most people focus on trying to be understood rather than trying to understand. If we have two people with this mindset, the relationship can get locked. Two flipped magnets. This is rich soil for anger and resentment to grow. Stop waiting for the other person to give in. Make a decision to [...]

The Power of Space So I recently moved. Originally I put my computer in that corner on the glass table facing the wall. It was logically the best place for it, tucked away and it didn’t make my dining room look like an office. The whole point of dropping my savings and finally purchasing my [...]

Q:  Hi John, I came across one of your articles on mindbodygreen through a link by someone on Facebook. The article is How To Deal With Rejection. I just wanted to send you a note to thank you. Although the information in the article is stuff that we know deep inside; the way you presented [...]

In the past, when I came across conflict my resistance to cross that river was like a child swallowing cough syrup. I threw an internal tantrum. I became angry, grumpy, miserable, and ultimately lonely. It turns out no one wants to be around an infant. And it didn’t even have to be a river. It [...]