The Human Builder Credo
In one door, told what’s “wrong with you,” out the next, told what’s “broken within you,” and in another to purchase your pills. The louder the internal conflict, the more muted the external manipulation becomes. The more full the “doctor’s” books, the less care and attention can be offered, and the more can be charged. If the doctor’s unsure, then surely there’s a high-ticket test that can determine the cure.
Brain Fog & Trauma: Why You Feel Stuck and How to Break Free
Your brain isn’t broken—it’s just doing its job a little too well. Brain fog, exhaustion, and mental blocks aren’t random. Nor do they mean you, the human, are beyond repair. They’re the result of an evolutionary function built into your brain-body connection, designed to protect you by storing valuable information and having the foresight to anticipate potential threats. But when trauma gets involved? That system can go into overdrive, leaving you stuck in a haze of confusion, fatigue, and why-did-I-just-walk-into-this-room moments.
From Chaos to “Chamomile Tea”
The truth is, your brain is always working—constantly processing sensory signals, analyzing experiences, and planning for potential threats. That’s not a flaw; it’s exactly what your brain is designed to do on a biological and evolutionary level. No matter how many transcendental meditations you practice or psychedelic vision quests you take, your brain will never stop moving. If it did, we’d have a whole other set of problems to tackle.
Redefining Triggers & Befriending Your Fears
Humans evolved as a direct result of their capacity for future planning — to sense, discern and execute actions based on risk assessment. Which served us really well when our survival signals were in response to actual life threatening situations. Our flattened foreheads grew in proportion to the size of our meatloafs; and our emotional acuity, communication and abilities to seek out, categorize and recall information has since been unparalleled.
Meet Your “Meatloaf”
Contrary to popular belief, your brain is not out to get you. It’s easy to look at your brain and want to run in the opposite direction. This 3lb-action-oriented powerhouse is primarily focused on helping you foresee potential threats, discern sensory signals, store and recall information in a viscerally valiant effort to keep you alive.
Intuitive Eating 101
Hate to break it to you — and the yo-yo diets that keep calling you back — but the route of quick-fix gets you nowhere; in the gym, kitchen, or in life. The regressive codependency on restrictive regimens keeps you trapped in a rut of too little, too much and never enough.