I get wound into frantic spells of higher thought here and there. It’s usually on mornings when I slept well the night before where I get...

It’s kind of like dad jokes for a dad. Your kids reach a certain age and you not only start enjoying them but they come to you from the...

Spilled coffee on a Carl Jung book that I was reading this morning. Not a good look. Why wouldn’t I spill something on a book like that? ...

I wish you could see what I’m looking at right now. I’ll take a picture of it for this blog but it’ll be a lousy painting of this picture...

I think I’ve written about this before, I’m not sure. I don’t care at this moment if I have or not. I’ve recited D.H. Lawrence’s quote...

Another repost of an article I wrote on Medium a couple of years back Let me tell you a story… Matthew loved superheros, from the first...

I remember taking my shoes and socks off, straightening my belt, and bowing as I stepped into the dojang. I was about nine years old, I...

I’m pivoting some in my career. Even with all the uncertainty of life during this global pandemic, I feel pretty confident and strangely...

Guy lifts weights. Maybe he isn’t all that consistent, but dammit he’s identified with it, at least when it suits him. Guy’s wife has...

Meditation can be very difficult. We’re told to let go, but we have no instinct for it. We need to learn to understand it. And learning...

Definiteness of purpose - an idea from Napolean Hill in his book "Outwitting the Devil." At the end of the book he tells his readers...

In my dining room, there’s a window. It looks out toward my little backyard. Light peaks in through the window early in the morning when...

I'm set to identify my limiting agreements. I've been reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Something today really grabbed me....

Progress in training is very rarely, if at all linear. Justin Troy, one of my Muay Thai coaches who's been developing me has put together...

I'm going to start collecting a category of posts that will be deeply personal. I imagine this will be very cathartic for me. I've loved...

This JDI Journal Jesse talks about the new things in his training and some really great insight from starting something new like Muay Thai.

This was an amazing sit down interview AND basic intro to aerial straps performances and exercises with Stuart McKenzie. @stustraps...

WEEK 6 | TRAINING WEEK/CYCLE – WINTER CYCLE COVERING WEEK(S) 14 (COMPETITION WEEK) BODYWEIGHT: 101.5 ( WEIGHED IN AT MEET AT THIS...

I saw a guy walking down a street the other day with a Superman t-shirt on. Maybe someone bought it for him or maybe he’s a big comic...