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Past Issues

Dec 10, 2025

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13 min read

Why your brain feels ‘drunk’ in meetings

The hidden enemies of cognitive performance: CO2, blue light, and chronic noise

Dec 2, 2025

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7 min read

5 essays on the founder mind you probably needed last month

The quiet beliefs, fears, fantasies, and blocks running your company - from AI as therapist, to “I’m not good enough,” to death anxiety and creative paralysis.

Nov 25, 2025

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14 min read

Should we trust AI with our darkest thoughts?

AI is already sitting inside the mental health system while most of us are not paying attention

Nov 19, 2025

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14 min read

Is this quiet belief sabotaging your company?

What happened when I used the Lefkoe Method on “I’m not good enough”

Nov 12, 2025

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11 min read

What if 'manifestation' has its roots in research?

The science of mental picturing, and how to use it to change behavior.

Nov 5, 2025

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12 min read

The fear beneath the ‘move fast’ culture

How death anxiety is deciding your roadmap

Oct 29, 2025

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12 min read

Why creative block is more than neuroscience

How to overcome it with self-determination theory

Oct 22, 2025

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6 min read

ICYMI: The team challenges every founder faced recently (and still do)

Catch up on the team dynamics, boundary traps, and resilience tools shaping founder life.

Oct 15, 2025

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15 min read

The world’s most influential personality ‘test’?

Used by Fortune 100 orgs and the CIA. Here's the true story behind MBTI’s 16 types.

Oct 10, 2025

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13 min read

Why your mood needs a blood test

Maybe it’s not therapy. It’s a missing nutrient.

Sep 30, 2025

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10 min read

How to read someone: the 7-38-55 rule

A social science led approach to first meetings (Part 2)

Sep 23, 2025

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10 min read

How to read someone and connect fast, according to research

A social science led approach to first meetings (Part 1)

Sep 17, 2025

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11 min read

3 secrets to productive fights

Gottman’s “marriage” playbook for founders & teams (part 2)

Sep 9, 2025

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9 min read

The 7 “marriage” principles for teams

Gottman’s relationship science to make startups work (part 1)

Aug 28, 2025

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10 min read

The persecutor pitfall: When blame becomes a default

The drama triangle (part 2): Leading without pointing fingers in persecutor mode

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