by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 20, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Resources, Ryan Schwantes
The Antidepressant Myth: A “Miracle” Built on Marketing, Money, and Misleading Science Recently, I wrote an article breaking down the efficacy of antidepressants versus placebo — and how the supposed benefits often don’t hold up under closer scientific scrutiny. If...
by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 7, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Resources, Ryan Schwantes
Antidepressant Efficacy: An Interactive Review - Efficacy Data -> Goal: Compare -> Viz: Stacked Bar Chart -> Interaction: Tooltips -> Justification: Clearly illustrates the small contribution of the drug's specific effect compared to placebo/common factors. ->...
by Ryan Schwantes | Sep 30, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Ryan Schwantes
Discover The Freedom Model Coaching: A New Way to Move Beyond Addiction For decades, people have been told that addiction is a lifelong disease, that recovery requires surrender, or that the only path forward is endless treatment or support group meetings. But what if...
by Ryan Schwantes | Sep 29, 2025 | Addiction, Health & Fitness
I previously wrote an article titled Marijuana: A scheduling Nightmare, where I talked about the confusion and absurdities surrounding the listing of cannabis as a schedule I drug, which is what the Federal government classifies cannabis as. Then in December of 2018,...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jun 10, 2021 | Motivation, Ryan Schwantes
It’s crucial to understand that NOTHING or NO ONE in life has more power over your own situation than you, and that’s always true! There’s a classic story that illustrates this point. There’s a father and a son and the son is complaining about how...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jun 21, 2019 | Motivation, Ryan Schwantes
There’s no doubt most people enjoy getting a good night’s sleep. A lot of people also take advantage of free time throughout the day by taking a power nap or catch up on a lack of sleep by taking a longer nap throughout the day. Sleep has several benefits such as...
by Ryan Schwantes | Apr 3, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Ryan Schwantes
When most people think of Kettlebell Training, they think of ballistic exercises because that’s primarily what kettlebells are primarily used for. (Interesting little tidbit – Ballistic comes from the Greek word ballein , which literally means “to...
by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 24, 2018 | Health & Fitness, Nutrition
Supplements are just that, “supplements”. They are not “substitutes” or “replacements”. It’s always a better idea to get vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from food as they are a natural source rather than getting them from something man-made. This is because...
by Ryan Schwantes | Oct 18, 2018 | Addiction, Health & Fitness, Nutrition
As more states opt for medical marijuana, decriminalization, and recreational use among adults, the law of land has remained steadfast in its position that Marijuana is illegal under federal law. The legal aspects surrounding medical use as well as recreational use...
by Ryan Schwantes | Sep 17, 2018 | Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Ryan Schwantes
I’ve discovered the beauty of intermittent fasting, and it was actually by accident. The story begins when I recently went on a mini vacation with my family to the beach. Whenever I go on vacation, whether it’s a mini vacation or an extended vacation, I tend to...
