The Science of Staying Well
Deep dives into the science of staying well, translating complex immunology concepts into actionable insights.
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Still functioning is not the same as fully resourced (opens the original)
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You can borrow from future capacity for a while. The problem begins when borrowing becomes your daily business model.Subscribe nowWhen I teach sessions on the science of staying well and performance under pressure, I often begin by asking people to notice their own heartbeat. I describe it here in this Substack.They sit quietly, without touching their pulse or checking a wearable, and
Isn't the human body amazing? (opens the original)
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I had a conversation this week about how amazing the human body is.I can’t actually remember how we got onto it. One minute we were talking about all the things the body does that feel almost impossibly clever, healing, adapting, compensating, keeping this whole being alive thing going without us having to consciously orchestrate any of it.And then came the pause:If the body is so clever, why does it do ….. [insert quirky thing the body does]?I can’t remember what the particular that was either.
Hay Fever, Histamine Intolerance and MCAS Are Not the Same Thing (opens the original)
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Looking for the practical plan? My newly expanded Hay Fever Survival Guide explains what to use, when to start, how to use nasal sprays properly, where diet and supplements fit, and when to seek more help: Get the Hay Fever Survival GuideRecently, an Instagram Reel from a nutritionist stopped me mid-scroll.It began as advice about hay fever, then moved into diet and supplement advice for hay fever, all while blurring hay fever with histamine intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Increas
PART 4: You were never meant to be optimised (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowThis is the fourth and final part in a four-part series that explores how we come to know ourselves in a world increasingly designed to tell us who we are.In Part One, I asked whether we've mistaken information for transformation. In Part Two, I questioned the instruction to "listen to your body," and what neu
The strange rules of being seen (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking about the backlash to the “Kinda Chic” trend.I didn’t do it myself. Not because I’d ruled it out. I saw it, thought it was fun and playful, and, being the girl with no content plan and a busy juggle of work and kids, I’m rarely quick enough to catch a trend and mostly don’t care enough to make time to try. So, life kinda life-ed, and the internet moved on.Except this time, it didn’t just move on. It turned.Subscribe nowI
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