Why This Exercise Deserves a Spot in Your Workout
The Dumbbell Lateral Lunge Most people train in straight lines. We squat up and down, lunge forward, walk forward, run forward, and for a lot of us, lean forward at a desk during our work day. But everyday life—and most sports—require us to move through multiple planes of movement. That’s why I’m a big fan of the dumbbell lateral lunge.…
Tech Life with Taino: Why You Need to Stop Multitasking
The Hype of Multitasking Going to my first job interviews 15 years ago, I often got the question “Can you juggle multiple tasks at once?” I enthusiastically answered “Yes!” Hiring my first employees 10 years ago, I often asked the question “Can you juggle multiple tasks at once?” I enthusiastically got the answer “Yes!” Multitasking has been a trait to…
How to Stay Consistent with Wellness Goals
For fitness enthusiasts balancing work, family, and a real desire to feel strong, wellness goal challenges can start to feel personal. Motivation dips, time gets tight, nutrition advice feels loud and conflicting, and social media pressure turns self-care into another performance. Add the fear of injury or burnout, and many people either push too hard or stop altogether, even when…
The Body Mind Connection: Money Won’t Make You Happy
Many people spend much of their lives pursuing more money. We tell ourselves that if we could just earn a little more, save a little more, or buy a few more things, happiness would finally arrive. While financial stability is certainly important, the evidence is clear: beyond meeting our basic needs, more money does not automatically lead to greater happiness,…
The Wellness Reframe: Beyond the Scale
When did a three-digit number become the boss of us? My clothes have been lying to me. Or maybe — finally — they've been telling the truth. Last spring, I pulled on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn since before I got serious about strength training. They didn't fit. I nearly spiraled — until I realized they were tight…
Tech Life with Taino: Handling Information Overload
More information in a day than in a lifetime Some studies estimate that the average person today processes or gets exposed to more information in a day than a person would come across in their whole life a few hundred years ago. But we still have the same brain. And the production of information has increased around 50,000 times just…
The Body Mind Connection: Beyond the Diploma
Stoic Lessons for Life’s Next Chapter Graduation is often described as the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. It is a moment filled with excitement, uncertainty, pride, and reflection. Whether graduating from high school, college, graduate school, or a professional program, people naturally begin thinking about the future, their identity, and what success truly means. While graduation…
Foam Rolling 101
A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Moving Better and Feeling Better Walk into most gyms, and you’ll find a few foam rollers tucked into a corner. For some gyms they’ve achieved a prominent location in a central location for ease of access. Some people swear by them. Others walk right past. And if you’ve ever actually tried one, you know that…
Tech Life with Taino: The Habits of a Mindful Tech-Advocate
The parent scrolling at the playground My “aha-moment” that started my journey into the digital well-being field occurred in 2018 at a playground. I was crawling around at ground-level with my kids when another child started crying. I look up to look for the parent, but all I see is the backside of a bunch of smartphones, the users scrolling…
The Wellness Reframe: Your Cardio Is Fueling Your Stress
You’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and running on fumes — so you push harder at the gym. What if that’s exactly the wrong move? When I Burned It Off and Burned Out A few years ago, I hit one of those stretches where everything was on fire. A full coaching roster with one particular client in crisis, a book deadline looming, and…
Everyday Wellness Made Simple
For busy parents juggling work and family, shift workers running on irregular sleep, and people rebuilding confidence after emotional abuse, well-being can feel like one more job that never gets done. The tension is real: stress builds, energy drops, and simple choices around food, movement, and rest start to feel harder than they should. Daily well-being matters because mental and…
