Posts by Alec
Finding Your Tribe
We’re the average of the 5 people that we spend the most time with” – Jim Rohn While I get what he meant, I think it can be somewhat misleading if we take what he said at pure face value and without some additional context. I’m mentoring a young person who is at the start…
Read MoreThe Power Of Meditation To Improve Your Well Being
I knew nothing about meditation. Over the preceding years, I guess I had developed some misconceptions about it. The next few paragraphs are a brief insight into how I overcame those meditation misconceptions and subsequently discovered the power of meditation to improve my well being. Early in 2016, I started to be intentional about improving…
Read MoreSleep Habits : My Journey to Better Sleep
The History of My Sleep Challenges It’s been a long journey to better sleep habits. Over a period of 14 years, there have been several major events that have cauused me to have challenges with my sleep. While there have been other events, the following have been the most significant ones. Like every parent, the…
Read MoreMother’s Day 2023 : 10 years after my wife’s death
This is the 10th year anniversary of my wife Hazel’s death and our 11th Mother’s Day without her. Back in 2017 I wrote a piece for Music Football Fatherhood on Why I Embrace Being A Widower & Single Father. Then in 2019 I wrote a piece about Mother’s Day. I’ve also spoken on panels, podcasts…
Read MoreMother’s Day 2019
This is our 7th Mother’s Day without my late wife. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. But I can’t change things. All I can do is to continue to do the best that I can. The reason I’m sharing this is because I want other young widowers to know that they’re not alone in…
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