Michael R. Smith, Ph.D.

Michael R. Smith, Ph.D.

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For over two decades, noted self-help author Dr. Michael R. Smith has helped thousands of people all over the world connect to their highest selves as a coach, healing practitioner, and spiritual medium.  Dr. Smith specializes in the unique niche of helping empaths and highly sensitive people recognize their empathic nature as a gift.  

 

Dr. Smith's first book, The Complete Empath Toolkit, was released in 2009 and has become a top independently published title.  His second title, Navigating The Shift: Awakening Your Spiritual Gifts in Earth's New Age was released in 2010 and a revised second edition released for Kindle in 2013. 

 

Over 800,000 individuals have been touched by the power of Dr. Smith's books, videos, audios, and guidebooks at EmpathConnection.com.  His transformative work has led to endorsements by New York Times bestselling psychic Sonia Choquette, along with notable appearances at the Omega Institute and in documentary films.  Michael lives in the mountains of Evergreen, Colorado just outside of Denver.

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that  cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>

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