Author Archives: Arete Warriors

Gratitude can elevate your emotional state quickly. Practice noticing what you are thankful for and you will have more and more to appreciate.

Here are some less obvious ways to boost your immune system beyond just taking vitamins C, D, zinc, getting sleep and washing your hands.

Here are some notes from several books I’ve found useful in helping me be a better mother, wife and human.

Moms are not only deciding for themselves but everyone else all day long. This can lead to an empty mental tank and decision fatigue.

Arete Warriors – spirit, mind, body strong Improvement The honest self-check you didn’t know you needed. This is a newsletter about reaching one’s full potential. Excellence in spirit, mind and body. You’re here, at least in part, because you care about improving. Hopefully you genuinely like who you are, but if I were to ask you where or how you need to improve you could probably give me a list of things you’d like to change about yourself. We’ve talked about the domino effect (changing one…

One day you’ll miss this season. The happiness you’re looking for is in your current mess, so live like you’ll miss it someday.

VO₂ max is a strong predictor of longevity in women. Improving this health metric can decrease their risk of heart attacks and other threats.

It’s a lot easier to keep promises to yourself when they’re tied to your identity, not just your to-do list.

I fail as a mother often. Keeping my calm in the storm of their emotions is hard for me to do. Why does my ego get in the way of my loving them?

Poop matters. How often you poop is a marker of how well your body is running.