About Flow Theories

Flow Theories: A Personal Blog by Joshua Barreiro

Welcome to Flow Theories: A Journey Through My Thoughts, Experiences, and Interests

Hi there! My name is Joshua Barreiro and I’m a 38 year old Puerto Rican man who is happily married to my high school sweetheart, Ruth. We have two amazing kids, a 16 year old son and an 11 year old daughter, and we currently live in Vineland, New Jersey. I started this blog, Flow Theories, as a personal online journal where I can share my thoughts and experiences with others. This is not a place where I’m selling anything or trying to generate ad revenue with clickbait titles and articles. Just think of it as a space for me to jot down my thoughts on a variety of subjects, including fitness, nutrition, psychology, and more.

The purpose of this blog isn’t to sell anything or to present myself as an expert with all the answers. I’m just a guy who is passionate about learning and sharing information, particularly as it relates to the intersection of fitness, psychology, and everyday life. In this blog, I will present information as I learn it in an easy-to-understand way and also share summaries of any research I’ve read. In the future, I hope to write articles on how to apply concepts from exercise science to the real world, but for now, consider this blog a sort of online makeshift school notebook where I share my thoughts and experiences as I learn and grow.

I’m really excited to be back blogging again, especially because I have a wider range of interests now and a desire to share my hobbies, experiences, and lessons learned along the way. The name “Flow Theories” represents what has come to be a pretty common theme in my life: thinking deeply about movement in all its forms. Of course, the intersection of health and fitness with movement is pretty obvious, but movement also plays a role in lots of other things that I spend time thinking about. For example, my interest in psychology is also driven by the question of what motivates us and propels us forward. I became particularly interested in the intersection of movement and psychology after taking a sport psychology class, which led me to the world of meditation and the study of cognitive biases. These topics not only play a role in the fields of fitness and nutrition, but also in our everyday lives, influencing everything from our shopping habits to our politics. And let’s not forget about my love of history, which is also tied to movement. After all, history is all about how people have moved and evolved over time.

I hope you enjoy reading my blog and that it sparks some interesting conversations and ideas. If you want to read more about my background and how I got to where I am today, you can check out the longer version of my “about me” post by clicking here. Let’s see where this journey through my thoughts, experiences, and interests takes us!