07/18/2026
Training the body, mind, and spirit like how I respond to life depends on it. (It does.)
I got sober in 2010 and I was rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence. High-intensity strength training became my weekly practice in 2012 and it catapulted me into a deeper embodiment and self awareness that actually had a paradoxical effect— less navel gazing, more awareness of the larger ecosystem I am merely a spec of.
The “joyful burden” is to be blessed with a heart of service. (And service doesn’t mean servitude.) If it’s not in service to the highest good— authenticity, responsibility, community, resiliency, and curiosity then it’s not in alignment.
It’s taken years to learn that service without boundaries is martyrdom and facilitation without self-containment is ego driven.
So we befriend the ego. We fail honestly. We cultivate maturity. And we face reality with open eyes and an open heart.
I am forever grateful that this weekly strength training practice is that— a practice for being with reality, staying with myself when it’s so damn uncomfortable, trusting the “burn” doesn’t last forever, and knowing that my next evolution depends on how hard I recover in between failures.
