April 16, 2025

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Articles for author: Steve Gwisdalla

Steve Gwisdalla

Veriditas

By Steve Gwisdalla Founder, Tribe of Up Veriditas “Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, had described the body’s ability to heal itself, which he called veriditas (green life force). He believed that the physician’s job was to identify which forces were keeping the patient from healing himself and then remove them.” -Stephen R. Gundry, The ...

Steve Gwisdalla

The Mountain in Front of You

The Mountain in Front of You My friends, it is that time of year. School season. This is an open letter to all students, teachers, parents, and community members as the new school year is upon us. To the Students: While all of you are entering new grades with new teachers, some of you are ...

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Time for Thank Yous

By Steve Gwisdalla Dear Tribe of Up friends, how many of you feel you need a vacation when you come back from a vacation? We just returned from a trek ‘up north’ and boy oh boy, could I use another week to recover, catch up on laundry, get to all the things I put off ...

Become a Becoming Expert

Become a Becoming Expert My friends, do you enjoy experiencing things? Do you enjoy experiencing new things? Last week, we went up to the chain of lakes between Dexter and Pinckney. I rented a boat from NautiMe On the River. They rent a retro fitted pontoon boat that looks like a floating tiki hut. It ...

A Rare Moment of Seriousness

A Rare Moment of Seriousness I often like to have fun when authoring these little articles. I try extremely hard to never take the world too seriously and let it do its own spinning. I find humor in the people out there who think they can stop the world from spinning just by digging their ...

Don’t Climb That Mountain

Don’t Climb That Mountain When was the last time anyone said, “Hey friend, slow down. Do not chase that dream. Do not run so fast.” All too often, we are told to chase the next thing. Go after that new job. Get that next degree. Chase that dream, or that one, or that one. We ...

When You Fail (And You Will)

When You Fail (And You Will) In my life, recent and past, I have failed my friends. I have failed my family. I have struck out swinging and I have watched perfect pitches cross my proverbial home plate and never swung life’s bat. I have failed gloriously in this life. The sad truth is, we ...

What Kind of Tree Are You?

What Kind of Tree Are You? As someone who has conducted hundreds of interviews on college campuses over the years, I have often heard this used to be a popular question recruiters ask college students. I never asked this question, but I understand why many did. They say it is a ‘depth’ question, meant to ...

Do The Adventure!

Do The Adventure This past weekend, my wife and I went to Knights on Dexter Ann Arbor Road and sat at the bar for dinner while our son was at a friend’s house. I always love sitting at the bar whenever possible, where the possibility exists to get to chat up strangers. Did we ever ...

Finding Forgiveness

Finding Forgiveness When I went off to college, my high school girlfriend was a bit put off. She called on a Saturday night and apparently, I wasn’t in a proper condition to talk to her (I was a freshman at MSU…It happens). When I came home from school at winter break, we went out and ...