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Ideas, tools,
and things people say.
Half personal blog, half workshop. Quotes get fact-checked by Claude, ideas range from gut takes to properly researched deep-dives, and the odd one turns into something real.
Latest Ideas
All ideas →16 August 2026
Organic or Not: Fruit, Veg, Tea & Coffee
Which produce is worth the organic premium and which isn't. EWG's 2025 Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen, plus the cases where the pesticide ranking misses the point — mushrooms and heavy metals, citrus zest, cruciferous veg and thyroid. Tea and coffee covered separately, because the rules are completely different.
24 July 2026
HRV is the readout, breathing is the remote control
Heart rate variability is a cheap, daily-trackable proxy for how activated the body's central stress circuit is — and slow, paced breathing is one of the few levers that moves it in real time, for free. Covers the HPA-axis mechanism, which stress stats actually hold up, resonance-frequency breathing with an interactive pacer, and a near-free chest-strap-band hack.
20 July 2026
HRV & Resonance Breathing
A working reference for daily practice and sleep. Resonance breathing at 6 breaths/min, dosage that actually builds a habit, and three distinct tools for sleep — including what to do at 2:30am and what not to do at bedtime.
Fact-Checked Quotes
All quotes →“We only use 10% of our brains.”
— Common saying / pop psychology
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice.”
— Common saying