In This Issue: How Elephants Respond to Their Internal Signals Interoceptive Awareness: How Humans Understand Their Inner World Quote Of The Issue How Elephants Respond to Their Internal Signals Elephants sense when their plant-based diet is low in essential nutrients and know when to make their way to nearby streams to excavate mineral-rich soil and access underground water and salt licks. But how do they “know”? When elephants are low in certain minerals, especially sodium, their physiology...
8 days ago • 2 min read
In This Issue: (< 3 min) Editorial: The Paradox Of Our Health Obsession In The Information Age The Paradox Of Our Health Obsession In The Information Age We are health-obsessed. We strive to eat better, look younger, live longer, and feel more vibrant, or at the very least, suffer less. The global Health & Wellness industry, valued at 6.3 trillion dollars back in 2023, has capitalized on this fixation, promising solutions, often claiming to have a pill “for every ill”. We are bombarded with...
15 days ago • 1 min read
In This Issue: The Anatomy of a Thought: What Really Occupies the Mind When Thoughts Become Biology: The Hidden Link Between Mind and Body The Anatomy of a Thought: What Really Occupies the Mind It’s been estimated that the human mind generates about 6,200 thoughts per 16-hour waking period - roughly 400 an hour, or one every nine seconds. Most of these are not conscious, deliberate, or meaningful. They’re a kind of mental weather: patterns of attention shaped by conditioning, memory,...
26 days ago • 2 min read
In This Issue: (4 min read) Are You Living On Borrowed Energy? The Only Two People In This World That You Need To Make Proud Are You Living On Borrowed Energy? Borrowed energy is the kind of energy that fuels you through sheer willpower, usually driven by fear, duty, or the need to prove yourself. It can look like motivation, but it’s actually survival. You’re running on adrenaline instead of alignment, caffeine instead of clarity. Borrowed energy gets things done, but it costs you. True...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
In This Issue: The Secret to Thriving Isn’t in a Protocol The Mediterranean Diet: A Prescription for Longevity Quote Of The Issue The Secret to Thriving Isn’t in a Protocol I was mindfully scrolling the other day (see what I did there? 😆) when I came across psychologist Amanda Hanson sharing that her secret to thriving has nothing to do with biohacking, supplements, or strict routines. She doesn’t obsess over food or data points, because true health isn’t achieved through controlling the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
In This Issue: (5 minute read) What My Almost-Cold Sore Taught Me About Control Your Future Self Isn't Going To Save You What My Almost-Cold Sore Taught Me About Control I want to share a recent personal experience - an almost-cold sore - and what it revealed about control, agency, and emotion.I’ve had cold sores for as long as I can remember. If you lined up my school photos from junior kindergarten onward, you’d see a recurring guest star: me, with a cold sore on my lip. They’ve always been...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dans ce numéro: Pourquoi le confort nous coûte Quand le futur semble hors de portée Choisissez votre affirmation Pourquoi le confort nous coûte Nous vivons une crise du confort. Encore et encore, nous choisissons la facilité immédiate : faire défiler son écran au lieu de se reposer, grignoter au lieu de se nourrir, se couper de nos sensations au lieu de les ressentir. Ces choix apportent un soulagement immédiat, mais ils nous volent notre énergie et notre vitalité futures. Ce n’est pas une...
2 months ago • 2 min read
In This Issue (4 min): Why Comfort Is Costing Us When the Future Feels Out of Reach Choose Your Affirmation Why Comfort Is Costing Us We are living in a comfort crisis, where we consistently choose immediate ease and avoidance of discomfort in the present, even when doing so creates bigger problems or suffering in the future. It’s the idea that by prioritizing comfort now, we trade away long-term ease, health, growth, and vitality. Again and again, we choose short-term ease - scrolling...
2 months ago • 2 min read
In This Issue: Permission to Ease In (Summer’s Not Over) (<30 sec) The Viral Skipping Trend Really Works! (< 30 sec) Quote Of The Issue Permission to Ease In (Summer’s Not Over) As September rolls in, many of us feel that old cultural pull: shake off the “lazy days” of summer and launch into Fall at full throttle. But pause for a moment: who really benefits from that frenzy? A frantic, anxious person is the perfect consumer. The truth is, this urgency is manufactured. Nature never rushes its...
3 months ago • 1 min read