Category Archives: The Evolution Diaries

Embracing Your ‘Taco Truck’

Embracing Your ‘Taco Truck’

    You read that right: Your Taco Truck. An important principle that I address here at Dare To Evolve in making the changes, shifts and leaps we make in propelling meaningful Evolution in our lives is getting ‘naked’. Starting from a place of honesty. You’ve heard me say:   “Only when we stand ‘naked’,… Continue Reading

4 Eggs and a Vegan

4 Eggs and a Vegan

    4 eggs and a Vegan? Sounds like the beginning of some joke, doesn’t it? No joke, but it certainly makes for a good story… “So how was your trip?” “Good. Pretty relaxing, no hiccups.” “You must be hungry. I was just going to make lunch. You want some?” “That would be great thanks.”… Continue Reading

I Have a Confession to Make…

I Have a Confession to Make…

    I don’t always get in a joint mobility session each day. I sometimes skip my cool down releases and decompressions after a training session. I struggle to take in enough water each day. From time to time, I get “caught up in life” and will go 2-3 weeks without doing exercise.   For… Continue Reading

The Haircut that Will Change Your Life

The Haircut that Will Change Your Life

“The haircut that will change your life?” “Yes. If you go get this haircut, it WILL change your life. It will change everything.” “What is this? Some kind of fantastical notion? A Rapunzel meets Samson tale? “You know those times in our lives when we are trying to figure out what comes next? When we… Continue Reading

Tracking Your Fitness

Tracking Your Fitness

Tracking your fitness effectively is one of the most recommended means to ensure successfully following through on your fitness goals. Steps like: keeping track of your daily workouts, reps, sets and notes on performance. Taking body measurements such as weights, body fat percentage and waist/hip/shoulder/etc circumferences. Tracking what you are eating and how much. Tracking your… Continue Reading

Embrace the Might

Embrace the Might

And the hammer has dropped once more. The new “Theme” is here. “Theme? Theme for what, Shane? Huh, Shane, tell me. Tell me. TELL ME!!! *cough* Sorry. You were saying…” For those of you new to Dare To Evolve, about once a year or so, I share my new “annual” theme that has presented itself… Continue Reading

How the Fitness Industry is Like the Military

How the Fitness Industry is Like the Military

The Fitness industry is like the Military? In many ways, yes. But mostly in one particular aspect. And not the positive, shiny kind of way. I recently found myself involved in a conversation regarding: the criticism of someones work, in their creation of workouts and movement sequences, for having similarities to another’s. I don’t often… Continue Reading

There Be A Lioness

There Be A Lioness

    Be there hardship, There be Serenity. Be there treachery, There be Justice. Be there anger, There be Compassion. Be there Deceit, There be truth. Be there Joy, There be Honor. Be there Love, There be Strength. Be there a reflection of myself, There be Gratitude. Be there the Herd of Life rampaging by,… Continue Reading

Takes Two To Tango

Takes Two To Tango

True story: It was the summer of 1996, and I had had it with how I was ignoring all the messages shouting at me to “Dare to Evolve.” I opened two duffle bags, chose the necessities and prepped my dog for our big move from Florida to NYC in an effort to find out what… Continue Reading