Michael E. Thies

Michael E. Thies is a fantasy author and holistic health coach who gives you the ingredients to make your best life. Currently, he is residing in Suzhou, China near Shanghai.

What is Your Why

What is your Why?

It is that time of season where everyone is celebrating a new year. For some of us, this is the time of season where we do these challenges like “New Year, New Me.” Last year, I helped you to make successful diet resolutions. And the year before that I took a look at how a growth mindset could benefit you and your new year. This year, to help you really hone in on all of your goals this year, I want to focus on a key element often forgotten about when it comes to goal-setting, an often-neglected question: What is your Why?

2022 - Writing in Review

2022 – Writing in Review

Starting last year, I had this crazy idea to see just how many words I’ve written over the course of a year. If interested in seeing my Year in Review 2021, click that link to be taken to it. This year I am going to do the same thing, but go through the various hats that I wear and break down everything that I’ve accomplished. These accomplishments are in no specific order, but I’ve just decided to stick to the order that was in the blog post I did last year. As you’ll notice, this no longer just includes the word written, as I have done way more than just writing this year. This year, I’ve grown. As an overview, however, this is what the spread of my writing looked like over the past year. 

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5 Benefits of Walking

As we all get busier and busier in today’s world, sometimes it can be difficult to make an appointment at the gym. For those of you who are dread lifting weights, doing cardio, or get easily intimidated when you see people doing High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), have no fear, this blog post is for you. In this blog post, I am going to be telling you all 5 benefits of walking and 3 easy ways to increase your step count. 

How To Build a Morning Routine

In a recent blog post, I mentioned the benefits of getting up early. I wrote that post to encourage people to join the 5 a.m. club challenge that Life’s Kitchen had going on throughout the month of April. Now that this challenge has come to a close, for those of you who didn’t get a chance to experience the beauty and silence that awaits you at 5 a.m., here are some tips for how you can build a morning routine for yourself.

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Does Diet Soda Lead to Obestiy?

People are always shocked when I tell them that I am a holistic health coach who drinks diet soda. They usually believe that my preference for diet soda means that I’m not actually a health coach who knows what he’s talking about, but today I am going to put that one to rest and help you live healthier, more sustainable and holistic lives.

5 Benefits of Waking Up Early

Robin Sharma authored the book 5 A.M. Club, and in it he discusses how “world-class performers” wake up at 5 a.m. While the book isn’t the most captivating of reads due to a plotline that is overly contrived, the message and the advice given within the book is superb. It helps people understand the value of waking up early