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Meaning. The more life stages I go through (stable job (check), wife (check), kid (check), etc...) the more I realize that it need to /mean/ something. You need to be crystal clear on what you stand for and what you want to do in the world. Time in my life when I had that... no extra motivation needed! I was recently fortunate to see Simon Sinek talk live and it reinforced this. He has a TED talk about 'Starting with Why' that some of you have have seen .

Kurtis, I was just wondering what kind of degree or formal training your therapist has? Might help folks narrow down their search. Thanks!

I'd like to get access to this (and it's references) when it comes out. Very fascinating stuff and can only glean so much from this CNET article. Weird thing is that chronic stress (and elevated cortisol) tends to /decrease/ testosterone levels, so it's interesting that the cheaters had high cortisol /and/ a "high-T moment." My next question would be: what environment produces that odd combination of people with high testosterone and also high cortisol? It seems the research is still very much in progress on all this stuff. Here's a free article (complete with references) that may lead in the right direction: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834845/

Will definitely share. Thanks!

Thanks for this. I'd never heard of this blog but now will check it out!

Thank you so much for this link! One of my favorite albums and I've never come across this site!

I'm not able to log in to read the full article, but I think studies like this really don't add alot to treating real patients or providing dietary advice. First, meta-analysis studies have their problems and, second, nutrition studies are among the most challenging and expensive to run properly. If nothing about triglycerides was mentioned, it's probably because the authors are sticking with the paradigm that LDL is the root of all evil. As commenters here have noted, inflammatory numbers and LDL particle size are better predictors. Here is another site I consult often to provide very clear thinking about these issues. This link is about statins for primary prevention of CAD but you can backtrack and I think the rest of the site will be informative for everyone here as well: http://www.thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-without-prior-heart-disease/

This guy doesn't seem very credible to me. EndTheUsurpation has a great point: being able to cycle up a mountain (or run ultra-marathons, swim ultra long distances, etc... as Attia has done) doesn't really have anything to do with health and longevity. Attia himself has admitted as much. I'd just tend to listen more to a John's Hopkins trained surgeon than a 30 Bananas a Day guy that has a video with picture-in-picture featuring his abs. I've thought quite a bit about this stuff. It seems clear that most experts agree on the basics of nutrition. As a doctor, however, the question now is: What's the best way to break bad habits and pick up new ones?

Maybe I can eventually start a new thread, but wondering about everyone's thoughts on pre-school for toddlers, not as a replacement for eventual home school, home tutoring, or whatever we decide to do, but as a supplement for my 2 1/2 year old. We don't live in a neighborhood with many children his age, and every time we visit family (he has a 5 year old and 2 3-year-old twin cousins) he just has an absolute blast playing with them. There is what seems to be a very nice private place close to us where parents can come with their children (if they choose) for two half-days a week or so and it sounds like they do some great things with the kids. Has anyone been in this situation?

Great topic. To add some more resources to the conversation: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/ This is from Stephan Guyenet, an obesity research in the state of Washington. It's one of the finest websites I've seen that reviews healthy diet, weight, exercise, etc... without oversimplifying things or relying too much on one perspective. I recommend checking it out. There have also been a few recent, very informative interviews with Peter Attia over on Tim Ferriss's podcast: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/12/18/peter-attia/ The second podcast, where he answers questions that have been 'voted up' by listeners is particularly illuminating.

This call was extremely valuable to me. I think some commenters are missing the point: For Scott, leaving or moving his family is not an option. The question becomes: What's next best?

I'm in the same boat as you, Gascap. My son is 2 1/2 and we have either homeschool or a secular private school (if we can find one) on the table. The most common objection we get concerns social skills: "Homeschoolers seem to be from religious nut families or have behavior problems." The other objection, from my parents who are both retired teachers (and to RyanT's point that they probably can't be critical of their own livelihood!) is "how can you teach your child with the same skill as a trained teacher?" My answer to that is that teaching ONE child (who you know and love) is vastly superior than an overwhelmed teacher surrounded by 30 kids.. most of whom have horrible home lives. This article is available for .pdf download and goves over college admission officers' opinions about homeschoold candidates: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ682479.pdf One quote: "Approximately 56 percent of the admission officers expected homeschool graduates to be as successful as traditional high school graduates, and nearly 22 percent expected them to be more successful. Only two admission officers expected homeschooled graduates to be less successful than traditional high school graduates. Ten (18 percent) admission officers did not respond."

I don't practice any martial arts currently, but see this question as pretty easy to generalize: Should I put my kid in competitive situations against other kids? Whether it's soccer or karate, the differences seem pretty superficial to me. I think there are lessons to be learned from any physical discipline that go beyond keeping someone from stealing your wallet. I swam, played baseball, wrestled, basketball, and even ran cross country for a year and I feel that each experience was important in developing self-knowledge -- what I like and don't like, where I am strong and weak, what boundaries are important to explore. As long as it's voluntary and good sportsmanship is observed, I think sports like wrestling are among the most beneficial for young men.

This is the first I've heard about this movie. Will definitely look into it more! That being said, I share the concerns of some of the others about. The dad seems a little cookie cutter. Hopefully the plot of the story revolves around the dad and mom growing together and helping their daughter out! I'm hopeful. Pixar movies seem to give dads a bigger role than other films. Finding Nemo comes to mind. I think the two protagonists in Monsters Inc. were kind of 'dads' to the lost little girl as well.

Kind of a kitschy first post but I find pop-culture stuff interesting (love FDR's reviews of kid movies - When are you doing Finding Nemo?) After Disney bought LucasFilm, the 'Clone Wars' cartoon (airing on Cartoon Network) was discontinued and a new show, 'Star Wars: Rebels', was created. It premiers, I believe, this October. Recently, a new promo website was released for the franchise. Take a look. I love the anti-state message ... so far. http://holonetnews.com/