Not a sponsored post, I just really really like free things. — Who doesn’t like free things? Don’t get me wrong, while I enjoy the process of spending money (hello delicious dopamine hit to the brain!), there’s just something about free things — especially when they’re being hand delivered to your front door — that feels especially great. Free food tastes better…

Repeat slowly after me: I love my job…I love my job.. I love my job… — In August of last year, I accepted what would become the most challenging and simultaneously rewarding job of my life! I signed on to be the Content and Communications Manager for sofi.health — an early-stage startup in data technology and consumer health. While it’s safe to say there have been…

The ancient bi-directional relationship between sleeping and eating plants that I only learned existed very recently — Now i’ve talked about this before, but we tend to hear a lot of buzz about antioxidants. That word, among others in the wellness sphere, is thrown around so much on health blogs and food packaging that we begin to forget what it really means. In fact, we rarely ever…

Part 2 of a two-part series on how to make stress better for you — *This article was originally published on the sofi.health blog. Click here to read part one. Physically, stress is but a hormonal jolt of physical energy and heightened focus that allows us to confront an actual or perceived threat. It’s a normal evolutionary response that passes quickly and is followed by…

Part 1 of a two part series on how to make stress better for you — *This article was originally published on the sofi.health blog. We generally refer to “stress” as any experience that challenges our ability to successfully cope with a situation. …

Deep work and un-stoppable motivation, here we come (again)! — I recently wrote an article on the science of how TikTok and similar apps, such as Instagram, Youtube, and Facebook are quite literally re-wiring your brain. Then, in complete hypocrisy, I proceeded to ignore my own advice, turning to Instagram time and time again for mindless distraction. A distraction for…

Have we completely forgotten the point? — Healthcare is one of the most principal services a government can provide. As such, America’s underperforming system stands in unbecoming contrast to its ideals. Although quality of care is often high, unmanageable costs render the system unusable for many. This is especially true for the uninsured. Opportunities for preventative care…

Cue the generation of jacked-up dopamine, crippled attention span, and zero motivation to leave the couch — “We become what we witness.” — William Blake While Blake was certainly onto something with the notion that the things we witness can deeply influence us as individuals, he couldn’t possibly have understood that the images we absorb are also capable of altering the physical structure of our brains.

A poem, or something — Facebook showed me a photo I remember smiling for like it was yesterday. “5 years ago today,” it said. 5 years is a 5 year old child, I thought. But how I remember being that age — feeling that age. Head leaned on a locked seatbelt, crying out all my…