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Vegan Nutty-Whole Grain Pancakes [Recipe]

[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Angie's Nutty Vegan Whole Grain Pancakes"][/caption]As some of you know, our son, Nathaniel has severe food-allergies. Hence the reason why Angie and I have been making vegan pancakes and waffles for Sunday brunch over the years. It helps that Angie used to be vegan. The following recipe developed and perfected by Angie, is the curr ...

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When a Pterodactyl Flys in Your House

Problems. We all get 'em. But sometimes they seem to come in flocks. Problem with problems is they tend to build. We see one, we get hooked--emotionally triggered--then our radar (also known as the Reticular Activating System RAS) gets turned on. Now, you guessed it, we start spotting problems like a major league players spots fast balls. And with our emotional system in a mild-alarm state, each one (proble ...

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The Words from Introduction of Strength for LIFE

This is a super-fantastic-cool tool I just found called "Wordle." It transforms the words you feed it, from various feeds, into a graphic display. For fun, I entered the entire Introduction from Strength for LIFE into it. This is what if fed back... [caption id="attachment_946" align="aligncenter" width="535" caption="The Wordle of the Strength for LIFE Intro"][/caption] Now, to put each chapter in, one at ...

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Recipe: Healthy Greek Pizza

This is a delicious, healthy Greek inspired pizza we made for a weekend dinner as a family. [caption id="attachment_924" align="alignright" width="271" caption="Tsiatsos Healthy Homemade Greek Pizza"][/caption] The kids enjoyed helping out too. Gets them invested too. Oh yes, while I lead the healthy pizza charge a few weeks back, this even healthier, more creative version was Angie's truly. I helped a litt ...

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Life Shattered Wide Open

It’s truly a remarkable moment of clarity to bare witness to on this day, at this place in my life. Like you, I’ve had my ups and my downs—some brilliant high points and some devastating lows—but that’s the nature of life, the texture, right? All in all, even as my eyes continue to open, it’s been a truly... ...

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3-D Fat-Loss: The Avatar of Fitness

How can the #1 most successful box office movie in history help you shed fat, get fit and live the life of your dreams? Valid question. Allow me to explain… In 1997 movie maker James Cameron made Titanic, the #1 grossing movie of all time. Then he went quiet—resting on his success—most assumed. ...

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The Right Time to be a “Good Guy”

In a world where we’ve come to expect bad news about people and circumstances, this is an uplifting story about pro-football player and a 10 year old ball-boy that will remind you that now is always the right time to be a good guy. For you never know who that kid cleaning your cleats may be revealed to be one day... ...

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It’s Been a Very Strange Year (and some…)

At the moment I’m on an Airbus 320 in route to Red Bank, NJ via La Guardia… I resisted leaving this morning… as I will miss my son and my wife. I’m also missing my dad too. As I write this I’m listening to the soundtrack of a hundred plus songs I put together for my father’s (BP) memorial service last May. It’s like riding the razor’s edge… on one hand there’s comfort in the sounds of... ...

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