I was fortunate enough to give the opening keynote for Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine “Healthy Aging” conference earlier this month. Lifestyle medicine is a burgeoning field that strives to optimize physical

May 20, 2025

The US just fell out of the top 20 countries for happiness in research by Oxford University. Why aren’t we happy all the time?  The short answer is that our brains

May 18, 2025

KOINOPHOBIA: the fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But when you look back over your story, or try to

May 16, 2025

OPIA: the ambiguous intensity of eye contactSo much can be said in a glance. You feel such ambiguous intensity, looking someone in the eye—it’s somehow both intrusive and vulnerable. Their

May 14, 2025

I continue this week’s exploration of made-up works in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows that deserve to be popularized.ALAZIA: the fear that you’re not longer able to changeWhen you were

May 13, 2025

Many friends have told me about John Koenig’s Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, but it wasn’t until recently that someone gave me a copy of the book. You can get a

May 12, 2025