Human Nature
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Healthy living: why you shouldn’t wait for a diagnosis
Health feels self-evident as long as the body stays silent. A warm, science-based story about stress and recovery,…
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The organ that never grows old: a short history of your gut
From Hippocrates to a discovery in Groningen: a warm, science-based journey through the history of your gut and…
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You Are What You Repeatedly Do
One footstep makes no path; ten thousand do. From Socrates and Aristotle to modern neuroscience: how character is…
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Fermented foods: what they really do to your gut
Fermentation is humanity’s oldest kitchen trick. What fermented foods really do to your gut flora, and where salt…
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Menopause: Your Body Isn’t Broken. It’s Recalibrating.
Two camps shout about menopause: hormones are poison, or everyone needs them. The honest science sits in between…
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Why one child moves us, and a thousand leave us cold
In the beginning, every death still had a face. On the arithmetic of compassion, and why the human…
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What Naval Ravikant Taught Me About Wealth and Happiness
Wealth and happiness are two different skills; one does not guarantee the other. A personal summary of The…
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Why You Can’t Let Go: The Desire Path in Your Mind
Why do we cling to habits, choices and situations that no longer fit us? A deep dive into…
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Introvert or extrovert: the quiet brain and the loud brain
At a party, one person charges up while the other quietly drains away. What does science really say…
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3.200 Years of Perfume
On a clay tablet in Berlin stands the name of Tapputi — a woman who made perfume 3,200…