by David Cote | May 30, 2025 | Addiction & Escape, Faith, Mind & Identity
I got saved when I was just a kid. Third grade, maybe. Life was rough—poor family, moving all the time, barely scraping by. But there was a church that stepped in. They gave us a house. A little blue one off a dirt road. Every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and...
by David Cote | May 30, 2025 | Addiction & Escape, Discipline, Mind & Identity
If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Why can’t I just get it together? Why am I so lazy?” — you’re not alone. But I want to push back on something: You’re not lazy. You’re tired. You’re wounded. You’re overloaded. You’re surviving. And deep...
by David Cote | May 30, 2025 | Cravings, Mind & Identity
For a long time, I believed that changing my diet would change my entire life. I thought if I just found the perfect way to eat—cutting out the junk, eating clean, maybe doing carnivore—then everything else would fall into place. So I started the carnivore diet. I...
by David Cote | May 29, 2025 | Mind & Identity, Training
There wasn’t one big, life-changing moment. No powerful speech, no major wake-up call. Just me—exhausted, fed up, and done with my own excuses. I was tired of how I was living. Tired of drifting. Tired of waking up each day with no direction and nothing to feel proud...
by David Cote | May 28, 2025 | Faith, Mind & Identity, Training
What I Used to Think Discipline Meant Discipline. For a lot of guys, that word brings back bad memories. It might remind you of getting yelled at or being hurt. It might feel like something that was forced on you, not something that helped you. If you were ever...
by David Cote | May 28, 2025 | Mind & Identity
You ever tell yourself this? “I was doing so good… and then I blew it. Again.” “Why can’t I stay consistent?” “I always fall off. I just don’t have it in me.” “What’s the point of trying again?” Yeah. I still do too. Some days, I wonder if I’ve made any real progress...
