14 articles
Marcus Reeves on why visualizing your goal is the wrong move — and what a 2025 study in the British Journal of Health Psychology reveals about the specific mental rehearsal technique that actually turns intentions into automatic habits.
Marcus Reeves·
Marcus Reeves on why procrastination isn't a time management problem — it's an emotion regulation problem — and what a 2025 RCT with a Cohen's d of 1.09 reveals about how to actually break the avoidance loop for good.
Marcus Reeves·
Lena Okafor on the surprisingly specific science of nature and cognitive restoration — why 120 minutes a week outdoors is the evidence-based threshold your brain needs, and how to actually hit it (including a virtual shortcut for bad weather days).
Lena Okafor·
Lena Okafor on why the "before photo" mindset is a scientific dead end — and what the research on exercise, character strengths, gratitude, and awe reveals about a radically better way to inhabit your body.
Lena Okafor·
Priya Chandran on why trying to think your way out of anxiety often makes it worse — and what the research on mindfulness, movement, and somatic intelligence reveals about the faster, quieter route back to calm.
Priya Chandran·
Lena Okafor on the "social snacking" trap — why your busiest social days can leave you feeling the most empty, and the behavioral science framework for building the kind of connection that actually restores you.
Lena Okafor·
Priya Chandran on the neuroscience of wanting versus liking — why reaching a goal so often feels anticlimactic, what dopamine is actually doing in your brain, and how to become as good at having as you are at wanting.
Priya Chandran·
Priya Chandran on the ACT principle that changes everything — why fighting your thoughts makes them stronger, and how psychological flexibility (the science-backed ability to carry discomfort without being controlled by it) might be the most underrated skill in your personal growth toolkit.
Priya Chandran·
Jordan Kessler makes the systems-thinking case for play and humor as serious personal growth levers — with a mental model, a 2x2 matrix, and research confirming that playfulness is one of the most underrated predictors of health and well-being you're probably ignoring.
Jordan Kessler·
Priya Chandran on why most self-improvement misses the point — the research on character strengths, self-compassion, and what genuine self-knowledge actually looks like when you stop mapping your flaws and start investigating what's right about you.
Priya Chandran·
Lena Okafor on the gut-brain axis — why the neurons lining your digestive tract are co-producing the neurochemical environment in which your decisions get made, and four evidence-backed habit shifts that feed your best cognitive performance from the inside out.
Lena Okafor·
Priya Chandran on the surprisingly simple science of nature and well-being — why 120 minutes outdoors each week is the most underused prescription in personal growth, and what it actually costs you to skip it.
Priya Chandran·
Priya Chandran on why gratitude journaling so often falls flat — and what the science says about the practice that actually transforms how you experience your life.
Priya Chandran·
Priya Chandran on why movement is the fastest path back to a clearer mind — the neuroscience behind exercise's effect on mood, why motivation alone never works, and three simple ways to make it actually stick.
Priya Chandran·