Author: Jason Leenaarts

Get Better.

A couple of months ago, I read a book which talked about the importance of paying closer attention to people. Many of you will have likely come across the notion that when we are in conversation with others, that we should be listening with the intention of understanding, not listening just so we can respond. […]

Diet Strategies From The Purge

Like most households, we have to routinely rummage through our pantry, fridge and freezer to reorganize the items we use the most and separate them from things that have been shifted around over time. Because Marissa and I both handle cooking duties in the home (she cooks throughout the week and I tend to cook […]

Shedding Skin (The Beatles And Dirty Money)

In the early 2000s, I was midway through my decade of drug addiction. I was dating the woman who I would eventually marry and would become Jackson’s mother. We were in New Jersey attending a convention for Beatles fans and while we were standing in line, we would talk to other fans who had their […]

Who Would You Be At 70?

I was sitting at my desk in my first location of RevFit when you called me. As memory serves, you were driving back to work after leaving the doctor’s office. “Are you busy?”, you asked. “No, I’m just sitting here in the office at work. What’s going on?” “Well, I just left the doctor’s office. […]