I’m glad I don’t have to manage many injuries and the ones that I do have are minimal. Anyway, 3 weeks ago I strained my groin/hamstring area, last week I strained my shoulder, but I was able to rehab those issues and work past them! A quick healing routine includes lowering weights on my sets […]
Author: Nathan
All of a sudden, I was happy.
Nearly all of my gym sessions are therapy in a way. I hate when people say that about things but what I mean is I am often very focused at the gym. I seldom get acknowledged, and I prefer it that way because I’m dealing with mental battles while I’m there. I go there to […]
Slow cooker chili with a surprise!
The Ingredients: Ground Beef (I used premade 75/25 patties and drained the excess fat) Can of crushed tomatoes 2 fresh tomatoes (I think I used Roma) Roughly 1 Tablespoon liquid smoke 1/2 cup brewed coffee (I used my leftover, team #nowaste) 2 beef bouillon cubes (i added about 16 fl oz water in the vessel) […]
Space for healing
Received a lovely reminder this week that healing is not linear. It was a few minor triggers but unfortunately it was hell for a few moments within my mind, a drastic decrease compared to 6 months ago however thank God. Making time for my mental health can be tricky, given that I still am (tepidly) […]
Today is about recovery, my son got the stomach flu on monday and then I got it on wednesday. So much puke, but we are both better now thank God. I post on my instagram about exercise often, but i’ve been weight training consistently for roughly 5 months now and it’s made a difference in […]
Portland energy
I wrote this blog on the plane back in early November: Another spirituality post, I joked to friends that I would likely end up learning a spiritual lesson on this trip. Sure enough I learned a few… What a wild trip it was, I saw some old friends, met some new ones, and enjoyed feeding […]
Every day at around 4pm it gets dark and it makes me lose my mind. When the darkness comes I just want to sleep forever and ever. I’ve been dealing with a lot in my personal life and some days my heart and mind are incredibly heavy and hard to bear. Today is one of […]
A reminder of mindfulness
I took a walk with my son to go see christmas lights and it was a wonderful reminder of what life is like outside of my mind. It was a nice reminder of mindfulness. So often I catch myself being anxious about things, just, life things and burnout, etc that I don’t slow down enough, […]
Slow cooker bbq chicken
The Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken thighs BBQ sauce (only about 2-3 Tablespoons) Sliced jalapenos Sliced onion Chili powder A few dashes of turmeric Seasoned salt Montreal steak seasoning (don’t overdo it!) The Method: Threw everything in the slow cooker on low for about 2-4 hours I think. I didn’t time it but I cooked it […]
It’s a turmeric party!
I’ve been adoring turmeric, my friend Nico on Instagram recommended it for battling inflammation and it seems to be useful as a supplement in addition to my normal vitamins. But then I thought, hey, I want curry and curried things, so I made some chicken curry (recipe here) and a week later I added some […]
