Two weeks ago, I went out for my routine Thursday morning run. This morning was a little different though. We had Hurricane Ida, which I spoke of in yesterday’s email, come right through our area and by the middle of the night, we were without power. I was also turning this run into an assessment to see what happened hyper locally. Well, once I got to the back end, I made it as far as the main road, and knew that I couldn’t get through. The water was still half way up the st

Two days ago, I was Lowe’s with Colty and Emma when I ran into a good friend and former Ripped Dad. He was telling me about how proud he was of his son. And I know from multiple conversations over the years, my friend is a true Ripped Dad. He places the utmost importance on his family and in particular his son. Which sounds like it’s the normal thing to do, but I assure you, it is not. So many fathers out there don’t respect themselves…. Multiple fathers out there in our comm

Two weeks ago, we had a storm for the ages. The night prior, a gentleman told me it would be raining the following day, in fact, up to 3-4”. And when midday rolled around and not much had happened, I figured it was just par for the course as far as weather predictions. Then, it hit. At 5 PM, I took Colty to Taekwando and it began to rain on the way there. It didn’t stop for hours, in fact, I believe we got over 7” of rain. Local towns were decimated and people died. It was un

I do believe a big part of my destiny is in helping to figure out how to help people eat right through fasting, detox and natural foods to attain purity of health. In fact, it’s one of the things I pray for guidance with before each meal. With that in mind, I know that I must first test the theories on myself. This serves two purposes; one, to see how it works and to have first hand experience. And two, it’s like Roger Bannister running the 4 minute mile, at first, people th