There’s a Zen teaching that says: how you do anything is how you do everything. At first glance it sounds like a slogan for productivity. But its roots go much deeper. It speaks to the spirit we bring into each action, no matter how small, and how that spirit shapes the whole of our lives. […]
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What It Really Means and How I’m Learning to Stay Put I’ve noticed something about myself in my post military life: I constantly want to move. It’s not that I dislike Charleston. I love the Lowcountry—the history, the salt air, the winding marshes. It’s home, but there is always something tugging at the edges. There
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When people think about wellness, they often focus on sleep, nutrition, or exercise. But one of the most overlooked pillars of total wellness is your social connections. At Tactics Total Wellness, we view strong relationships as a critical asset — just like physical fitness or mental sharpness. Strong Social connections are the result of intentionally
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When we hear the word “mission,” most of us think of military operations or high-stakes business objectives. But what if you approached your own life as a mission—one that demands intention, planning, and preparation? At Tactics Total Wellness, we call this Mission Focused Mental Fitness, and it’s built on the belief that a meaningful life
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In our house we avoided assigning chores and instead focused on teaching our kids to be responsible for their fair share of the work as a “duty.” We can also try to frame our responsibility to develop self control as a duty we owe to ourselves and to those around us. Self-control can be defined
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Some emotions are secondary effects of our perceptions and thoughts. These manufactured emotions can cause us a lot of problems. Let’s try on a hypothetical example. Perhaps you see a task in front of you that scares you and you freeze up. Once you recognize you aren’t getting the job done you get angry with
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Focusing on the task at hand can feel overwhelming in a world of constant distraction and interruption. I think there is an inclination to blame modern distractions like phones, email, streaming, marketing, advertising, and every other external factor for our inability to stay on task or in the moment. What I’m about to say might
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Many philosophies and religions advocate for the use of mantras to focus thoughts, help regulate emotions, and sustain helpful behaviors. I was thinking about some of the mantras that I have used in my life and I had the thought that if you don’t select your own mantra your mind will find one for you…
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All other factors aside, the most important thing we do is make choices. This makes decision making one of, if not the most, critical skill we need to develop and grow.So how do we expand and refine our capability and capacity to make decisions? Decision making relies on the ability to think with a level
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Living the life you want to live requires clarity. Not sure where to start? Try spending some time thinking and writing about where you have been, where you are right now, and where you want to be. This exercise will help you understand your life in a way that will increase your capability and capacity
