Journal
Evidence-grounded long-form.
Essays on sleep, panic, breathing, and the practice of mindfulness, with the citations underneath. Written for the reader who wants to know why, not only how.
More from the Journal
Panic
6 min
The panic hangover: what happens after the attack ends.
The attack is ten minutes. The aftermath is where panic disorder grows. Almost nobody builds for it.
July 2, 2026
Panic
6 min
Derealization: the part of panic nobody talks about.
Feeling unreal is one of the most common anxiety experiences there is. It needs a different door than racing panic.
July 2, 2026
Sleep
6 min
For the brain that will not stop when the lights go off.
Trying to stop thinking is thinking. What works is scheduling the worry, defusing from it, or boring it offline.
July 2, 2026
Sleep
5 min
Why your sleep meditation keeps waking you up.
A completed sleep session is a failed sleep session. Why the endings are broken, and what we left out.
July 2, 2026
Programs
5 min
Why you quit your last meditation app.
You didn't fail meditation. You were handed a library when you needed a path.
July 2, 2026
Programs
6 min
What eight weeks of mindfulness actually does.
Moderate evidence, real limits, no candles. What the meta-analyses actually show after eight weeks.
July 2, 2026
Programs
6 min
Pregnancy anxiety is real. The apps for it mostly aren't.
Anxiety is at least as common in pregnancy as depression, and far less discussed. A companion, not another schedule.
July 2, 2026
Sleep
6 min
Non-sleep deep rest: the recovery you don't have to fall asleep for.
Too tired to function, unable to nap. NSDR is built for exactly that gap, and it can't be failed.
July 2, 2026
Mind
7 min
"Is this it?" — the midlife question nobody warns you about.
The dramatic midlife crisis is mostly myth. The quiet dip is nearly universal, and it turns.
July 2, 2026
Mind
6 min
Your memory is a terrible historian. Your year in pixels isn't.
Memory keeps the peak, the ending, and today's mood. The pixels keep everything.
July 2, 2026
Breathing
7 min
Cyclic sighing: the Stanford-tested breathing technique that outperformed mindfulness on mood.
Five minutes a day for a month. Two short inhales, one long exhale. It outperformed mindfulness.
July 1, 2026
Sleep
11 min
Why 3 AM wakings need different content than bedtime, and what to look for instead.
The middle of the night is a different cognitive state from bedtime. Most apps do not treat it that way.
July 1, 2026
Panic
10 min
Nocturnal panic attacks: what actually helps in the moment.
Waking in full panic, with no nightmare to blame. Common, clinically recognized, and rarely built for.
July 1, 2026
Breathing
9 min
Why "take a deep breath" is the wrong advice for panic.
The most common calming advice makes panic worse. The literature has known for twenty years.
July 1, 2026