A DAILY PRACTICE
FOR REAL LIFE
Feel Better in
15 Minutes a Day.
Health doesn't have to be complicated.
The Seven is a simple daily practice designed to help you move more, stress less,
and build a healthier life—one small step at a time.
No extreme workouts.
No complicated diets.
No expensive equipment.
Just simple practices you can return to every day.
Start where you are.
Do what you can.
Keep showing up.
WHAT IS THE SEVEN?
The Seven isn't another fitness program.
It isn't a challenge.
It isn't a perfect morning routine.
It's a flexible framework built around the everyday habits that have the greatest impact on how we feel.
Whether you have five minutes or fifty, The Seven helps you reconnect with the basics:
• Move your body
• Breathe deeply
• Drink water
• Stretch
• Get outside
• Stand more
• Create small moments of recovery throughout your day
Progress isn't measured by perfection.
It's measured by returning.
START HERE
1. The 15-Minute Reset
A simple approach to start your day.
2. The Daily Checklist
Download a printable version of The Seven.
3. Between The Lines
Watch a short excerpt from Ted's presentation on
why simple practices matter more than perfect plans.
4. Weekly Reset
A printable worksheet for planning your week
with intention instead of overwhelm
I spent years pursuing creative work, raising a family, meeting deadlines,
and navigating the twists and turns of a career that rarely stood still.
Along the way, many of the simple practices that once kept me grounded were pushed aside—
not because I stopped believing in them, but because life has a way of demanding our attention elsewhere.
Eventually, I became curious about a simple question:
What if feeling better didn't require doing more?
What if it meant returning to the basics?
That question became The Seven—a simple daily practice built around
the habits that help us move better, recover more fully, and reconnect with ourselves.
My book, Still Here: Waking Up in Springfield, tells the story behind that journey—
from working on The Simpsons, through burnout and reinvention, to
discovering that the most powerful changes often come from returning to the simplest things.
