How to Read Anyone, at Any Time
Every person sends two messages: their words and their body. Learn the smile test, the feet, the voice and more to read people and trust the right ones.
How to Get Back the Purpose You Had as a Kid
The clue to your purpose is in your childhood. Learn how to dig up the spark you felt at five or six and use it to find your direction at any age.
You Think You Know Fidgeting. You Don’t (Yet)
What fidgeting really does: a landmark overfeeding study, the 4 buckets of daily energy use, and why your small unconscious habits shape your results.
The Exercise-Brain Connection: How Movement Affects Hunger
Does exercise make you hungrier? What a 1956 study, a 2011 milkshake experiment, and a nutrition scientist reveal about hunger, the brain, and belief.
The Neuroscience of Belief: Why “Placebo” Is Not Nothing
Hotel housekeepers improved their health just by learning their work counted as exercise. What the placebo research shows and how to use honest belief.
How to Get Motivated When You Have No Motivation
Feeling zero motivation? Learn the real brain science behind it, plus seven research-backed tricks, like the if-then plan, that get you moving today.
Why You Always Want More: The Neurobiology of Craving
Why do you always want more? Learn how dopamine drives seeking, the difference between wanting and liking, and 5 ways to feel satisfied with what you have.
The Psychology of Rewards: Why “Treat Yourself” Can Backfire
Does rewarding yourself work? Learn why a prize after hard work can backfire, what the 1973 overjustification study found, and 5 better ways to build drive.
No Motivation Lately? THIS Might Be Why
No motivation lately? Learn how dopamine shapes drive, what a low dopamine state feels like, common causes to check, and 5 gentle steps to get moving again.
Why Your Brain Resists Stacked Highs: The Biology of Crashes
Why do energy drinks and pre-workouts lead to crashes? Learn how stacking dopamine boosts lowers your drive, and 5 steps to keep your energy steady.