Nutrition & Diet
The Great Meatball Identity Crisis Here's a question that kept me up last night: If I make "Swedish" meatballs in my Brooklyn kitchen using beef from Texas, pork from Iowa, and spices that probably originated in Indonesia... are they still Swedish? I know, I know. It&
Sleep & Mental Wellness
I used to think good parenting meant never letting my kids see me cry. Spoiler alert: I was spectacularly wrong. Last week, my 4-year-old found me having a small breakdown in the kitchen over burnt dinner and my impossible work deadline. Instead of trauma-dumping on her (because boundaries, people), I
Nutrition & Diet
I'm gonna be honest with you — I used to think Irish coffee was just fancy coffee for people who wanted to day-drink without judgment. You know, like mimosas at brunch but... caffeinated? But here's the thing that changed my mind completely: last winter, during one of
Weight Loss Wisdom
I used to be that guy who'd meal prep on Sundays like it was a religious ritual, only to find myself face-deep in a pizza by Wednesday night, wondering where it all went wrong. Fast forward five years, and I'm now helping others navigate their own
Fitness & Exercise
Let me tell you about the day I realized I was "old." I was 38, standing in a Target parking lot, and I threw out my back picking up a 12-pack of La Croix. Not deadlifting 400 pounds. Not moving furniture. Sparkling water. The indignity was... profound. That
Fitness & Exercise
Look, I'll be honest with you. Three years ago, I was that guy dropping serious cash on lactate testing at the local sports medicine clinic. You know the type – spreadsheets full of heart rate zones, precise training percentages calculated to the decimal point, talking about "optimizing my
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Let me paint you a picture. It's 3 AM, you're stumbling to your baby's room for the fourth time tonight, and there it is—that tiny pacifier lying just out of reach while your little one cries like the world is ending. Sound familiar?
Weight Loss Wisdom
Let me tell you about the worst piece of advice I ever received as a new plant-based nutrition coach: "You need to be 100% vegan to have any credibility." This came from a well-meaning mentor at a plant-based conference, right after I'd sheepishly admitted to occasionally
Sleep & Mental Wellness
I'll be honest with you—I stumbled into reading routines not because I'm some amazing, organized parent, but because I was completely losing my mind. It was March 2021, my 4-year-old had asked "why" approximately 847 times that morning, my toddler was in full
Weight Loss Wisdom
Three years ago, I was eating 1,200 calories a day and still couldn't lose weight. Sound familiar? I'd been in that cycle for months - tracking every almond, doing cardio until my legs felt like jelly, and watching the scale mock me with the same
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Look, I'm gonna be real with you. Three years ago, I was that mom who'd fall asleep standing up at my kid's soccer practice. I'd chug coffee like it was water and wonder why I felt like I was aging in dog
Nutrition & Diet
Let me tell you about the time I completely massacred two pounds of beautiful cremini mushrooms. Picture this: 22-year-old me, working my first real kitchen job, gets tasked with prepping mushrooms for the evening service. Should've been simple, right? Wrong. I dumped them all in a pan at
Nutrition & Diet
There's something almost rebellious about eating a grain salad in January. While everyone else is nursing their New Year detox smoothies or diving headfirst into whatever diet trend is trending this week, I'm over here spooning up farro like it's my actual religion. And
Weight Loss Wisdom
I used to be that person. You know the one—frantically weighing strawberries at 6 AM, logging every almond, and having minor panic attacks when restaurants didn't list exact nutritional info. For three years, I lived and breathed macro tracking. MyFitnessPal was basically my best friend. I calculated,
Fitness & Exercise
I used to be that guy who could tell you the exact rep ranges for hypertrophy, the perfect rest periods between sets, and which exercises hit which muscle fibers best. My training was dialed in like a Swiss watch. My physique? Well, let's just say I looked more
Fitness & Exercise
Let me tell you about the most expensive lesson I ever learned. It was 2019. I'd been doing CrossFit for three years, following whatever workout my box posted that morning like some kind of caffeinated sheep. I was convinced I was ready to crush the Open. 21.1