Author: Jason Leenaarts

It’s Never Over

Sometime late 1994, early 1995, I was hearing about a singer by the name of Jeff Buckley. His debut album, “Grace”, came out in August of 1994 and the critics were raving. I heard one of his singles, “Last Goodbye”, on the radio and I liked it but I wasn’t crazy about it. Nevertheless, I […]

Life At Eight

Our little man turned eight over this past weekend. As summer is starting to wind down and he (begrudgingly) gets ready for second grade, the last year of Sebastian’s life has been full of excitement. He’s still very much into science, making experiments, outer space and the weather. He loves his video games about as […]

For Kelly

Last week, we lost one of our own… For the better part of ten years, Mike had been gently encouraging his wife, Kelly, to train with us. Somewhere along the way, in those ten years, Kelly had been diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy to try and remove the cancer from her body. […]

The Path Of Personal Responsibility

There’s a musician who I’ve followed since the early 90s. His name is Roger and there’s a really good chance that if you’ve heard him, it was only because of some session work or live performances he’s done for other artists. Post-COVID, Roger has been doing several video interviews which have been featured on different […]

Even More About Gut Health

I was doing some continuing education over the past week and I had access to a conference put on by Monash University called GastroDiet2024. When I got my Level 5 diploma in advanced nutrition from Mac-Nutrition Uni, graduates were given the opportunity to attend certain courses offered by Monash and I’ve continued to learn what […]

Stand By Me

I’m going to geek out on music this week. I’ll make sure to tie my thoughts back to health and life by time I get to the end. On July 4th, in Cardiff, Oasis began the first day of their reunion tour. I have loved that band since 1995 when I first heard the song, […]

Revisiting The Wheel Of Life

Sporadically throughout my adulthood, I’ve come across variations of the Wheel of Life. My therapist brought it back to my attention a few years ago and I was reminded of how simple but effective the tool could be. If you’re not already acclimated to it, you can see a version of it below. (Found from […]

The Best Nutrition Advice Remains The Most Boring

This isn’t the advice you’re going to see on the best-selling diet/nutrition books at the bookstore. This isn’t the advice you’re going to see on those trashy magazines that wait for you when you check out at the grocery store. This isn’t a diet with a name. Your next door neighbor probably didn’t lose 20 […]

Gifts Of Fatherhood

Throughout the time I’ve had this site up, I’ve tried my best to sprinkle in stories of my sons. If you’re new to the site, I have a son named Jackson who is 17 and on the autism spectrum and Sebastian who is 7 (almost 8) who is not on the spectrum. For as long […]

What Did Sugar Ever Do To You?

Another day on the internet, another person with a megaphone telling you how poisonous sugar is… And before I go too far with this, I’m not going to tell you that you should be finding ways to put more sugar into your diet. I think two truths can exist: That it probably wouldn’t be a […]