My Adventure Playground
You are your own science experiment. There is so much advice out there as far as exercise and diet is concerned and it’s hard to tell what is right and what is wrong as far as your health is concerned. Some people tell you that you need to count your calories, others tell you that […]
Parkour is for Everyone When I was first introduced to Parkour, it was on an online youtube video. What I saw was young men, probably in their late teens or early 20s doing awesome flips off some very high buildings. It never even occurred to me that I could be a part of the parkour […]
I am not a chef. At best, I’m an average cook. My mother always made fantastic food so she pretty much did all the cooking until I was a teenager. So, I never really got a lot of practice in the kitchen. I also have ADHD which means I can sometimes get overwhelmed by large and complicated recipes. […]
What’s a Play Personality? When I talk about your play personality, I’m talking about what kind of fun activities you would be more inclined to enjoy. Dr. Stuart Brown coined the phrase in his book Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul. He put people into eight categories based […]
How many times have you found yourself sitting around and thinking about all the things you need to do? Maybe you made a life plan. Now you’re going to get up and go for a jog. Now you’re going to get up and fill out those job applications. Now you’re going to get up […]
I’ve been asked a few times for recommendation of books, blogs and cookbooks. I’ve read a lot of information on nutrition, exercise, psychology and physiology of play, and living life to the fullest. There is so much information out there, but I want to share with you some of my favorite books and blogs […]
Over the past few years, I’ve gotten very involved in fitness and nutrition communities. I am a lover of knowledge and when I decided to lead a more healthy lifestyle, I learned as much as I could about it. I’ve read a lot of books on health and I have been a member of […]
Too many times I’ve read about how I have to count calories or how I have to get a certain number of hours of exercise a week or how I need to meticulously measure out my food so that I can have the correct number of carbs to protein to fat ratio. All around us, people […]
Sometimes it’s hard for us to just get out and start playing. Most of the time, when we grow up, we are so busy with doing things we’re supposed to do that we forget about the things we want to do. Or perhaps we’re so engrossed in one particular type of play (mine is […]
Remember when you were a kid and the only thing on your mind was playing? I remember searching for doodlebugs under rocks and letting them crawl on my hands. I remember doing handstands on the wall just because it felt like the right thing to do. I remember being chased by bees on my […]