Evidence. Insight. Application.

Insights is where I explore how brain science meets everyday life — through articles, videos, and conversations.

Here you’ll find evidence-based ideas about perception, resilience, wellbeing, and the biology of behavior, translated into practical ways of thinking and living.

Latest article:

Glimmers: Retraining the Threat-Biased Brain

Article in Medium, March 19, 2026

A threat-biased brain isn’t a flaw—it’s a default. This piece makes the case that deliberately noticing “glimmers” of safety and goodness can slowly retrain that bias, shifting the nervous system toward stability, resilience, and a more accurate read of reality.

Zooming In, Zooming Out: Awe and the Biology of Interconnection

Article in Medium, March 11, 2026

What if a few minutes of directed attention could dissolve the boundary between you and the living world? In this piece, I explore the neuroscience of awe — what it does to the brain's self-referential circuitry, why it expands our sense of connection, and a simple practice that cultivates it deliberately.

Punch the Bipedal Monkey: What a ‘Strutting’ Macaque Teaches Us About the Improvising Brain Under Constraint

Article in Medium, March 3, 2026

Punch, a young macaque in Japan, walks upright while holding a surrogate object — a stuffed orangutan that provides safety and regulation. His unusual gait reveals how brains adapt under constraint, demonstrating motor plasticity, resilience, and the nervous system’s ability to discover new solutions in real time.

Here are articles I've written on various topics on the science of wellbeing. Check back frequently--new material will be added here.

Behavior Builds Biology: How Everyday Choices Rewire Your Brain for Lasting Wellbeing.

Article in Medium, September 3, 2025

• Discover how the tiny choices you make every day — from what you eat to how you sleep and connect — don’t just affect mood, they literally rewire your brain and body into a more resilient, flourishing system.

Food Talks. Your Brain Listens

Article in Medium, September 18, 2025

• What you eat isn’t just calories and macros — your food sends signals that shape your mood, cognition, and neural wiring. Learn how to tune into that conversation for real mental clarity.

The Silence Beneath Thought

Article in Medium, October 24, 2025

• There’s a neurobiological sweet spot where nature, silence, and sensory immersion converge into pure presence — and you can learn to access it intentionally.

The World You Experience Isn’t the World That Exists — It’s the One Your Brain Makes
Article in Medium, January 27, 2026

• Your brain isn’t a camera — it’s a prediction engine that builds your reality. This article reveals how your perceptions are constructed, not captured.

The Architect in Your Skull
Article in Medium, January 28, 2026

• You think your brain just reacts to life — but it’s actually constructing your experience from the inside out. Discover the hidden design logic shaping every thought and feeling.”

Why Your Brain Is Wired for Bad News

• Article in Medium, February 5, 2026
  Your brain didn’t evolve to keep you happy — it evolved to keep you alive, which means it’s obsessed with threat. Here’s why negativity sticks and how to outsmart that bias.

A Baby Monkey, a Stuffed Orangutan, and the Biology of Connection

Article in Medium, February 24, 2026

Punch, a baby macaque, finds comfort in a stuffed orangutan when his troop ignores him — a viral story that illustrates the neuroscience of connection and why social contact is essential for health and resilience.