mental health
Mental health and psychology are essential in life extension and leading a healthy and happy life.
Why Your Brain Loves Watching Animals Do Absolutely Nothing
It is late. You have answered an indecent number of emails, at least two of which promised to “circle back.” You have looked at your bank balance and quietly closed the app. You have read a headline, then another, then made the mistake of reading the comments. Your brain feels like a browser with forty tabs open, one of them playing music you can’t find.
By Khali Sollisabout 17 hours ago in Longevity
The Heat
The space is buzzing as I pull open the heavy glass door, unassumingly positioned next to a tourist-infested bike shop. It's called AetherHaus. No one knows how to say it. It's a German-Russian-inspired sauna-and-cold-plunge, but really, it's like a secret beehive, molded for the city's enlightened and enlighten-"ing". I enter spy mode. My go-to when I want to pass as invisible. Gathering subtle cues on how to fit into the liminal space of the front-desk area, my goal: not to be identified as the intruder I am. Quietly, I observe: shoes off here, jackets off there, speaking in intentional whispers; we say each other's names here... we look each other in the eyes here. Well, that's different. After I check in, they usher me into the next space: a co-ed change room that embodies a forward-thinking mission with steadfastness. As I step through the door, my mind hears the invisible chaperone who lives in the walls: " Listen, we don't have time for the bullshit of gender and sex. You are here to evolve. Take it or leave it. Give in or get out."
By Stephanie Graham 11 days ago in Longevity
The 3 AM Trial: When Your Brain Becomes the Judge, Jury, and Prosecutor
Court Is Now in Session. It Is 3:07 AM You wake up for no reason. The room is dark, the house is silent, and somewhere in the kitchen the refrigerator hums with the serenity of an appliance that has never once embarrassed itself at a party.
By Khali Sollis16 days ago in Longevity
What is "Sober Curiosity"?
If you’ve ever thought about your relationship with alcohol, this post is for you! I can recall many years feeling that alcohol was an important part of social gatherings and a widely accepted way to “deal” with the stressors of life. And I remember making the decision to remove alcohol for my sport, knowing the science behind alcohol impacting performance, and later thinking - “wow, this is actually… really good for me?”
By Emily the Period RD23 days ago in Longevity
When Your Mind Feels Tired, Could Water Be Part of the Story?
It is three in the afternoon, and the email you have been drafting for twenty minutes still has only two sentences. A colleague’s question, harmless an hour ago, now lands as an interruption. The task in front of you is one you have done a hundred times, yet today it feels like pushing a stalled car uphill.
By Khali Sollis23 days ago in Longevity
