by J. M. Shoemaker | Jun 15, 2020 | BR Post, Health
The French Philosopher Blaise Pascal once said, “If you treat a human being as they are, they will remain the same. Treat them as what they can become, and they will become what they can become.” When you’re out and you look around you, do you see people who expect a...
by J. M. Shoemaker | Apr 20, 2020 | BR Post, Masculinity
Fear response is ingrained in us. It saved our ancestors and allowed them to make life and death decisions quickly. But in today’s world for most of us our fears are much less dangerous than say, a saber-tooth tiger. Today our typical fears involve finances,...
by J. M. Shoemaker | Apr 2, 2020 | BR Post, Mindset
Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed that there aren’t that many bad asses out there after all. In fact, it seems to be quite the opposite. I can’t tell you how many posts I’ve seen on social media lately of people blindly and willingly giving up their personal...
by J. M. Shoemaker | Mar 17, 2020 | BR Post, Mindset
There is something in woods and water we’ve lost…Something that we’ve sold perhaps. There are times when I yearn to go back to the days when the movement of the heavens guided our lives and the stars held all the mystery of the world. When we could...
by J. M. Shoemaker | Mar 9, 2020 | BR Post, Mindset
You see; in short, that’s what strength is about. It’s consistently turning shit into sugar. Strength is about survivability by any means necessary. Strength is about adaptation and overcoming all that would oppose you be it physically,...