(ThyBlackMan.com) Whether you did it for health reasons or because you thought it would be cool to be fit, you rushed into the gym, signed up for a membership and got at it full throttle up.  Before long, your motivation fizzled. Days between planned workouts turned to weeks. Your exercise ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Earlier this week, I was reminiscing about an evening several years ago when my neighbor called to ask if she could borrow two eggs. She was in the middle of cooking something and realized she was out. She apologized a couple of times for needing to ask, but there ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are certain habits that every man needs to do to stay healthy and energetic. 1. Watch Your Diet Eating right most of the time is an essential part of taking care of yourself – no matter how much you work out, you can’t maintain a healthy weight unless you ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The GOP controlled House Ways and Means is the first of the three GOP congressional committees “investigating” Obamacare to try and pulverize it–again. GOP committee members pounded hard on the stock GOP hit points; it’s a mess because of a lousy computer system, thousands have gotten sticker shock after ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I posted this quote from Happy Women Live Better on my FaceBook fan page last week, and it seemed to resonate with a lot of people. A major turning point in my happiness came the day I decided to quit lamenting all the things I thought should be present ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I kind of stumbled into coaching.  It seems to happen that way with many things in life that end up purposeful. I think it’s divine orchestration. Twelve years ago, when the Random House edition of my self-published book Rich Minds Rich Rewards came out, I found myself being interviewed ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Ben Carson’s shoot from the lip, crackpot quips, digs, and insults at women, blacks, Democrats, and especially President Obama are fast becoming the stuff of legend. This time he almost outdid his past inane cracks with the zinger that the Affordable Care Act is worse than slavery. Carson ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) After a whirlwind five weeks in which I traveled to 10 cities – from Boston to Dallas to Las Vegas to Barbados – I welcomed a week with no travel. After a day off on Tuesday, my brain still wasn’t quite ready to go back to work. So around ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In the work I do in promoting holistic health and fitness through the RBG FIT CLUB, I have run into the following sentiment more than a few times: “I want to eat healthier but it’s too expensive!” Many people are interested in ways to upgrade their diet without breaking ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Happiness, to a great extent, is having something to look forward to.  It is savoring what’s coming up. The happiness trigger of “anticipation” is easy to pull off, but you must be intentional about it. But with being intentional, you must also lower the expectation, to lower your anxiety. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As many of you already know, a 34 year old Black man named Aaron Alexis went on a shooting rampage in a Washington D.C. Navy Yard leaving 12 people dead himself included. He had a valid pass and security clearance to enter the premises, and brought in a weapon ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the most telling truths about happiness is that we are pretty poor predictors of what will actually make us happy. We truly believe that if we just had that job or that house or that relationship, we’d be happy. But often, once we get it, the reality ...