Wellness
Holistic health and wellbeing
Financial Anxiety Is the Stress Nobody Talks About — Here's What It Does to Your Brain
Money stress doesn't just affect your bank account. It narrows your cognitive bandwidth, hijacks your nervous system, and traps you in scarcity mode.
Your Phone Is Literally Rewiring Your Brain for Anxiety — Here's the 60-Minute Fix
The notification-dopamine-cortisol loop is training your brain to stay anxious. Research says 60 minutes of daily phone-free time can reverse it.
The Science of 'Gut Feelings': Why Your Body Knows Things Your Brain Doesn't
That 'gut feeling' isn't mystical — it's your enteric nervous system processing information your conscious mind missed. Here's the science of interoception and why listening to your body leads to better decisions.
Gratitude Journaling: The $0 Intervention With 35 Scientific Benefits (And 3 Mistakes That Ruin It)
A 2023 JAMA study linked gratitude to 9% lower mortality. But most people practice gratitude wrong — too generic, too frequent, or too forced. Here are the five evidence-based protocols that actually rewire your brain (and the three mistakes that make gratitude backfire).
Subliminal Affirmations: What 60 Years of Research Actually Says About Messages You Can't Hear
Subliminal affirmation tracks have millions of YouTube views. Listeners claim they changed their eye color, attracted soulmates, and manifested wealth — all from audio they can't consciously hear. Here's what six decades of subliminal perception research actually shows (spoiler: it's complicated).