Read this article on Substack! Sometimes life can call for extreme measures. There have been times in my life when things seem-not boring, but plain. Boring isn’t the worst thing in the world. But plain to me almost feels like a malaise. One day you find yourself in a routine, doing things on autopilot. But…
Read this article on Substack! When I think of this kind of message the first person that comes to my mind is usually Gideon. He was a young man from Israel, of the Tribe of Manessah, living at a time when Israel was being oppressed by Midianites and Amalekites. I know that unfortunately, that can…
I graduated from college with my master’s degree in Applied Social and Community Psychology in 2019. In school I studied mental health and the consequences of various individual interests and influences on organizations. I was straight lace. I wanted to do my part to make sure things were done right, and I wanted to make…
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds to ever live, said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Is that condition of existence ever, okay? Are there times in life when doing the same thing repeatedly in hopes of a different result, makes sense and is…
As a corporate professional I’ve encountered a sequence of behaviors on more than one occasion indicative of an active cognitive dissonance in the workplace. As it would turn out this revelation is not the phenomenon you may think it is. Cognitive dissonance can be a salient part of a workplace to the point where this…
Read this article on Substack! One of the ways you can amplify muscle growth is through mind muscle connection. Mind muscle connection is just as it sounds, it’s your mind being able to effectively identify and isolate a specific muscle. This is usually a more salient experience when the muscle being identified is under some…
Read this article on Substack! On October 7, 2023 Hamas conducted a surprise attack on the nation of Israel killing 1200 Israelis and taking 251 people hostage. Since then an innumerable number of Palestinians have been killed, and Gaza has been leveled. The Israeli government destroyed critical infrastructure including hospitals and news outlets. Palestinians have…
Read this article on Substack! I highlighted this story last week when the news first broke. I recently started publishing my takes and commentary on the Life with Ken main website, as opposed to exclusively in our newsletter. The primary reason for doing so is that this change makes it easier for us to release…
Humans make decisions every day. Some decisions may be more impactful than others but all decisions have a cause and effect. When I think about decisions I think about what I would consider a big decision, or one that lingers. Decisions with impacts that linger are more captivating to me because you have to live…
Various circumstances in life can give way to the impression that God is dead and or hope is gone. People want to believe something and we want to believe in something. But when your belief is let down, your expectation isn’t even entertained let alone met, and you feel as though you’ve exhausted your resourcefulness,…