Things we've learned, tested, or quietly rolled our eyes at. Rituals, recovery, motherhood, ingredients, the science behind a steadier afternoon. Read what's useful. Ignore what isn't.
Why chitin, dosage, and bioavailability decide whether your mushroom coffee is flavour or function.
What beta-glucans are, why fruiting body beats mycelium, and how to read a mushroom supplement label.
Your brain states and your mitochondria decide how energised you feel. How chronic stress drains both, and how to support them.
The microbiome you inherit from your mother shapes your mood, focus, and stress response. And you can reshape it.
We inherit a nervous system blueprint for stress. How those patterns form, and how they can be re-learned.
Why the New Year's list breaks by mid-January, and what actually drives lasting change: clarity over hype.
A blend of functional mushrooms and adaptogenic plants, built as a calmer alternative to coffee. The story behind the name.
Burnout, losing my dad too young, and building a daily ritual to make stress stop working against me.
Notes from the How To Start Up podcast: talk to strangers, lower the risk, stay a student of your own market.