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04/15/2026

Are you concerned about microplastics? Here is some information.

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

Have you ever made date paste? It’s so easy and delicious!

04/08/2026

Change the way you talk about yourself.

Two people sign up for the same running program on January 2nd.

Person A says, "I'm trying to run more."
Person B says, "I am a runner."

By Valentine's Day, Person A has quit. Person B is still lacing up in the dark. By summer, Person B has joined a running club, run a 10K, and can't imagine a week without it.

They didn't have more willpower. They didn't have more time. They had a different sentence.

Four words. "I am a ___."

According to four decades of research, that sentence is the most powerful psychological lock ever discovered for human behavior. Once it activates, quitting stops feeling like a schedule change. It starts feeling like losing a piece of yourself.

In 1982, a sociologist named Robert Stebbins started studying people who broke the most basic rule of human nature. They sought out discomfort instead of avoiding it. Amateur musicians who practiced until their fingers bled. Astronomers who stood in frozen cornfields at 3am to find a star cluster.

What made them different wasn't discipline. It was that they had stopped using verbs and started using nouns. Not "I like to look at stars." "I am an astronomer."

A 2008 study of seniors who took up swing dancing found the same pattern. Their resilience and life satisfaction had nothing to do with the exercise. It came from the fact that they stopped calling themselves "retired" and started calling themselves "dancers."

Willpower is a battery. It runs out. Identity is a self-charging engine.

I wrote a full article with the science and a 5-phase Identity Lock Protocol you can install this week.

Read it below 👇️

04/07/2026

I love oranges! What is your favorite citrus? 🍊 🍋🍋‍🟩

04/02/2026

Tune in to News 25 ABC 25 Local. I will be making my plant based version of the egg challenge!

03/31/2026

Relax…then try some of these great tofu recipes!

We're vegan, not tofu missionaries. You’re safe. For now. 😇🥴 ⁠
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After years of plant-based innovation with ingredient labels as long as a CVS receipt, a familiar block of soy is making its quiet, triumphant return. Tofu, often overshadowed by trendier alternatives, is once again a kitchen staple—not because it’s new, but because it’s cheap, clean, and more versatile than its processed counterparts.⁠
https://vegnews.com/guides/press-tofu-heres-how-recipes

03/29/2026

03/29/2026

Yum!

03/21/2026