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We get our coffee from Brown Bag coffee, who use Fluid Bed roasting. Traditional roasters use a drum roaster. This is a giant, double drum that is heated externally to the internal drum itself. Inside the internal drum are paddles which agitate the coffee during roasting.   Fluid Bed roasting has only a single moving part –

There is no such thing as bad children. A child may be disrespectful, whining, impulsive, aggressive, inquisitive, non-cooperative. But none of these actions defines the word bad. Bad means failing to reach an acceptable standard. The thing is, we are not raising kids, but future adults. So, they do not technically know what the standard

Let kids run, jump, climb, swing and be social. Kids are social and curious creatures by nature. They are also designed to run, jump, climb, and swing on things! Remember the things you did when you were at camp? Did you shoot a bow and arrow? Do arts and crafts? Learn to navigate a river?

Judgment of others is poorly used energy.  Are you a judge? Is this an Olympic sport? Are you a figure skating judge giving a score on his triple sow cow? Nope. If you are judging others, you are projecting your own insecurities and trying to make others feel bad about something you wish you had. 

We spoke about your alter ego. Let’s call him Dave or Sheila.  When you look at yourself in the mirror, or at yourself when in your birthday suit, what are your thoughts? Do you speak highly of yourself? Or point out what’s wrong? When you are about to start something new, do you talk yourself

Kids point fingers and blame others. Adults can accept responsibility – they own it, learn from it and move forward.  Blaming others is a good way to put yourself in an emotional hole. Growing from the discomfort of owning your mistakes will help you become emotionally resilient and emotionally strong.  Rather than looking for the easy

Self doubt stems from a fear of failure can come from lack of confidence, and a feeling that you cannot accomplish something so you won’t even try. Your attitude affects your altitude. Your beliefs inform the thoughts you think and the actions you take.  Looking back is good for us to reflect on what we

Feeling anger is fine. What makes it toxic is when you don’t break it down and understand why you are angry.  Losing your cool is like driving a car without your hands on the wheel while driving in fog. What do you think is going to happen? To regain control, you need to put your hands back

Resistance is a tool used by those who think that results happen by accident.  While you are on your third donut, looking at your gym bag, do you think they will magically be put on your feet and by some wizardry you will be transported to the gym covered in sweat and exhausted from working