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3 quick tips to help you have fun with your wife again.

It's an uncomfortable truth but the reality is, marriages can get stale really quick if both the husband and wife aren't vigilant in pruning and tending the relationship. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zac (@zacsmall_) If you find yourself…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 18, 2021

Mentality, Physicality, Spirituality, & Business

Change Your Life in 2021: COVID Is No Longer An Excuse

We are currently living in a time of Post-Traumatic Growth Opportunity. What is Post-Traumatic Growth? PTGO is positive psychological change experienced as a result of adversity and other challenges in order to rise to a higher level of functioning. In 2020 we had: Riots Masks Deaths Disease Protests Isolation Shutdowns Travel Bans Quarantines School Closures Each of these…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 17, 2021

Mentality, Physicality, Spirituality, & Business

Today’s Revolutionaries Can Be Found in Church Pews & Squat Racks

If there ever were a time for us to choose to embody the principles set forth by the founding fathers, it's now. We need to act like the citizens those great men were thinking of when they fought for a country that set the standard to what "free" means, most notably that of: Free Speech Due Process of Law…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 16, 2021

Addiction and Sobriety

How Group Accountability Can Help Keep You Sober

I've been sober from alcohol for 6 months and 8 days as of today (January 15th, 2021). That's 192 consecutive days of not having a drop of alcohol, the longest streak in my life since around 10 years old, definitely by 13. How did I go from binge drinking for 20 years to getting sober cold turkey without any…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 15, 2021

Mentality, Physicality, Spirituality, & Business

How to Get Over Imposter Syndrome: 3 Direct Actions to Take

Feeling as though you aren't good enough or that you aren't "special" enough to be a part of the group you're in or position you're in is not something unique to you. In fact, most successful people have found themselves in positions that are lightyears ahead of where they thought they'd be and with people of far greater success than…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 13, 2021

Addiction and Sobriety

How To Forgive Your Former Addicted Self: 3 Steps to Peace

Getting sober comes with a series of challenges, most obvious is remaining free from the vice given up. Something not as frequently discussed yet one of the most difficult aspects of sobriety is not the calling of the substance given up but rather, finding peace with who you were. I'm learning how to forgive myself for who I was…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 12, 2021

Parenting

Instead of Dying For Your Children, Why Not Live For Them?

You've likely heard a parent say, "I'd do anything for my kids, I'd take a bullet for them...". Here's my issue with that, Dying for them is easy, why wouldn't you live for them? I know what the answer is and it's quite simple really, living is harder than dying and people (including parents) have gotten soft and consistently…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 11, 2021

Mentality, Physicality, Spirituality, & Business

Going Hunting For The First Time at 33 years old.

I'm 33 years old and I've just returned from my first hunting trip ever; it was a clear reminder that there's never a point where you're too old to try new things. While out in nature I had some really deep insights on who I was as a man, husband, and father which I'd never have had if I'd not…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 10, 2021

Mentality, Physicality, Spirituality, & Business

How To Make Friends As An Adult.

As you grow, making friends becomes somewhat of a lost art. In our modern era, even speaking to strangers has become somewhat of a weird thing to do. The issue, people move to new places and need to make new friends and they don't know how. KISS: Keep It Simple Sucka Do not over complicate this. As a…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 9, 2021

Addiction and Sobriety

6 Lessons Learned From 6 Months of Sobriety

I've been binge drinking since I was 13... I'm currently 33 and as of this moment I am now 6 months sober. That's right, after two decades of all in drinking, I found a way to finally stop. I don't share binging as some "party boy" humble brag; it's embarrassing and if I could go back in time I'd slap…

TFA2021AdmnusrZsJanuary 8, 2021