The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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Treat The Kid, Not The Number On The Thermometer

What actually matters at 2 a.m. with a hot toddler, the dosing mistakes dads make, and the short list that means you get in the truck.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The early dementia signs that aren't forgetfulness

Losing a name isn't the tell. Repeating the same question twice in one conversation is. What to watch, and what to make the doctor rule out first.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Forty is a scheduling problem before it's a health problem

The screenings that start in your forties, what perimenopause actually does, and how to get taken seriously when you ask.

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Count The Breaths Before You Call The Nurse Line

A barking cough at 2 a.m. isn't the emergency. The chest, the belly and the breath count tell you what is.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Get the cataracts done before you stop driving at night

What actually tells you it's time, how to pick the lens, and why the two weeks of eye drops are harder than the fifteen minutes of surgery.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Who to call when breastfeeding hurts and what it costs

Pain past the first few seconds isn't a phase you tough out. There's a credential to look for, free help that's genuinely good, and a bill your plan may already cover.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How much walking actually counts when you've got kids

The 10,000-step number came from a pedometer ad. Here's what a real walking habit looks like for someone with a job, a family and 40 spare minutes.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The four places in your house where the fall happens

Most of the fix is a Saturday's work and under two hundred dollars, and the part almost nobody does is the one that matters.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Third trimester signs that mean call now, not tomorrow

The symptoms worth waking someone up for, how to tell real labor from a long evening, and what to have settled before week 37.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your first three weeks back after surgery should feel too easy

Come back from illness or an operation without blowing it up in week three, when you finally feel good and do something stupid.

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GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Your thirst gauge broke, and nobody told you

After sixty the thirst signal dulls, so you can be a quart low and feel nothing. Run fluids on a clock instead, and know which days actually put men in the hospital.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Normal hemoglobin doesn't mean your iron is fine

The exhaustion that gets waved off as stress has a specific test, a specific number, and a correction that takes about three months.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Five health checks worth doing before you turn 30

Your twenties are the cheapest decade of your life to find a problem, and most of what's worth checking fits in one blood draw and a thirty dollar cuff.

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GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What to ask at every health check after sixty-five

The Medicare wellness visit isn't a physical, nobody owns your medication list, and most of the useful information comes from questions you ask.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

BRO for Her6 min

What the hormone therapy panic got wrong, and what it didn't

$Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart$

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Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Pour more olive oil than feels right and the rest gets cheap

Mediterranean eating isn't branzino and pine nuts. It's a tin of oil, a pot of beans cooked past creamy, and knowing what to leave in the cart.

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The autoimmune gap is real and it starts on the X chromosome

Roughly four out of five people with an autoimmune condition are women. What's driving that, and how to get diagnosed without losing four years to it.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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