My son, Diego Olivares, normally helps with funding his comic book business, Spectrum Universe Comics, through various side hustles, like making videos and doing photography for his friends, or selling stuff to kids at school. Unfortunately, COVID has shut all that down. So now, he’s running a campaign on GoFundMe to raise funds. I hope…
My Fat Fast Journey: Day One
I have been following a ketogenic diet rather religiously for the past month and have dropped 8 pounds. However, this past week I’ve been pretty stagnant and I’m not loosing body fat as quickly as I would like. So now, I’m ramping things up for a few days.
Living My Best Life at SXSW 2019
If you love music, if you love film, if you love tech, if you love policy, heck if you love to think, and laugh, and enjoy life South by Southwest® (SXSW®) is the place to be. SXSW is the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in all the things that make life exciting. It’s a place…
Get Up, Get Out, Get Something
The last few weeks have been a range of emotions to say the least. Despite the fact that we’re still in a pandemic thanks to COVID-19, we now find ourselves yet again (although it has never fully stopped) in a war against racism. With the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and then George Floyd,…
Recipe – Kale, Strawberry, Walnut Smoothie to Promote a Healthy Immune System and Glowing Skin
Smoothie time! I’m a big believer in the power of smoothies to cram nutrients into our diets. They are a great way to pack a lot of whole food nutrition into one meal and they’re exceptionally good for people who are often too busy to cook. I typically use a blend of various powders to…
Routines Are Good for Your Well-Being
I’m a notorious flower child and my mantra has always been, I go where the wind takes me. The problem with that is that the wind often takes you in circles. It finally sunk in that if you want to move forward in life, you have to be purposeful in your actions. Don’t mistake me,…
Reflections on My Interracial Relationship in the Face of Black Terror
Today, my son asked me if I ever felt like a hypocrite when I was in an interracial relationship. I’ve always been rather ethnocentric and active in community efforts to support black women in the US and Africa. In fact, many of my long-time friends were shocked when they found out that I not only…
Waiting To Exhale: The Stories Behind The Soundtrack
Babyface decided that he would share with us the stories behind the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack of which he composed. This IG (Instagram) Live presentation was originally scheduled for Mother’s Day weekend but due to the death of a dear friend of his and a music industry vet Andre Harrell, he rescheduled it to Memorial…
Nelly vs Ludacris
I was exceptionally surprised when a little before 7pm I hopped on Instagram to see that Nelly was already live. I thought alright, we might get a battle that actually starts on time. Nelly was prepping his sound and Ludacris hopped on a little after 7. A friend of mine noticed that I was tuning…
You Don’t Have to Pick up the Phone, Answer That Message, or Accept That Invitation
Avoiding toxic people is absolutely essential for maintaining your wellbeing, and maintaining your wellbeing is essential to accomplishing your goals. I can’t tell you how many Internet arguments I’ve had, how many times self-destructive family members have tried to snare me in their chaos, or how many times I’ve gone to events with people only…
I’m Colombian and coffee is in my blood!
I love, love, love coffee and drink it every single day. There are many people who still believe coffee is bad for your health and even though that was once accepted as fact, we now know better. Coffee contains many nutrients and antioxidants. Each cup consumed gives you “riboflavin (11% of the RDA), potassium (3%),…
