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Massage Tips & Techniques: Simple Tricks That Work Surprisingly Well
Tips and techniques we learned from an expert for how to give our partners surprisingly good massages.
Natural Outdoor Workouts: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide
An easy-to-follow and comprehensive 4-step guide to how to get started with natural outdoor workouts, the whole food diet of exercise.
Why Fast? Prolonged Fasting’s Surprising Benefits and Disadvantages
15 surprising reasons to fast (and 9 reasons not to) to consider if the the long-term benefits of prolonged fasting aren’t compelling enough.
The Simple Gratitude Habit That Saved Our Relationship
The surprising ways that introducing a daily gratitude practice in our relationship saved it from falling apart.
Relationship Hacks: 19 Unconventional but Proven Tricks to Try
10 surprisingly simple and unique relationship hacks that have rescued our relationship, plus 9 top love life savers from around the web.
The Five Love Languages Summary for Unsappy People
The simple, unsappy summary of the five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, and how to use them to improve your relationship.
The Not-So-Obvious Pros and Cons of Working from Home
Use these 10 not-so-obvious pros and cons of working from home to decide for yourself what balance works best for you.
How to Pick Gifts Even Better Than Santa Using Science
Easy, fun, and scientifically-proven tips for how to pick gifts that you’ll be proud to give and they’ll truly treasure.
How to Conduct a Blind Taste Test (Plus Fun Ideas & Tips)
The 13 easy steps to conduct a blind taste test, fun blind taste test ideas, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Pretirement: When Early Retirement Isn’t Early Enough
I was too young and too unwealthy to retire, so I “pretired” instead. This is my pretirement story.
My 25+ Favorite Think Outside the Box Quotes
Get motivated, leave your fears behind, and escape the status quo with these inspirational quotes about thinking and living outside the box.
Personal User Manuals: Good Examples and Tips for Making Yours
My personal user manual, other examples, and tips and motivation for making your own.
7 Partner Exercises for a Fun but Intense Full-Body Workout
For a fun but intense full-body workout, find a friend, spouse, or date and give a few of these 7 partner exercises a go.
Unconventional Ideas to Help You Get Outside the Box
A curiosity-inducing list of unconventional ideas and extraordinary things you may not have considered but may want to try.
How to Move to a New City or Country With Minimal Stress
The tried-and-true steps Kim and I follow whenever we move to a new city to get settled and make friends.
The 7 Steps for the Perfect Engagement Ring (No Marketing Nonsense)
The unconventional step-by-step approach I followed to come up with the perfect engagement ring for the perfect partner.
Why You Should Ditch the Gym to Work Out Outside
How working out outside benefits your fitness, health, and happiness in ways the gym can’t, but also what its disadvantages are versus the gym.
Alexander Technique Review: A Regular Guy’s Experience
What I learned about the Alexander Technique over ten sessions, and my opinion on whether it has the potential fix the way all us normal people move.
No-Bullsh*t Review of My Sleep Tracking Oura Ring
The new Oura ring 2 hasn’t improved my sleep since I got it but I’m still wearing the darn thing. Here’s why, plus my full, no-nonsense review.
Influencer Marketing: Are Blogs a Better Opportunity than Instagram?
Instagram gets all the hype with influencer marketing but, as we’ll see here, maybe blogs are an overlooked, higher value, and lower cost opportunity.
Easy Water Fasting Tips from a Guy Who Learned the Hard Way
These water fasting tips will help you overcome your doubts, inspire you to give it a go, and make your fasting experience a whole lot easier.
10 Life Lessons from an Improbable Friendship with a Latin Celebrity Trainer
Improbable life lessons about fame, fitness, and coaching from an improbable encounter in Colombia with celebrity trainer Osmin Hernandez.
Why You Should “Brush Your Body” With a Daily Mobility Routine
Want to have the body equivalent of a bright white smile? Brush your body like you brush your teeth with a daily mobility routine.
How a DEXA Body Fat, Muscle, and Bone Scan Can Help You Get Fit
What a DEXA scan is and how its body composition measurements can help you lose fat weight, gain muscle, and strenghten your bones.
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