The Applied Wellness newsletter

Smarter Wellness

Evidence-based wellness, one issue at a time. The research you trust, translated into practices you can actually use.

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14 published issues · newest first · also on Beehiiv

Issue 14 · August 6, 2026Occupational Wellness, Evidence-Weighted

What the research says about work, burnout, and well-being.

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Issue 13 · July 14, 2026Spiritual Wellness, Evidence-Weighted

Meaning and purpose, held to the same evidence bar as everything else.

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Issue 12 · June 4, 2026Intellectual Wellness

Learning, curiosity, and what the cognitive-engagement research shows.

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Issue 11 · April 9, 2026Social Wellness

Connection and belonging as measurable health factors.

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Issue 10 · March 26, 2026Emotional Wellness

Regulation, coping, and resilience, evidence-weighted.

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Issue 9 · March 10, 2026Cardio: The Fitness Metric That Predicts How Long You'll Live

Cardiorespiratory fitness and longevity, by the numbers.

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Issue 8 · March 2, 2026Balance: The Fitness Component Most People Skip Entirely

Neuromotor training and why the evidence says not to skip it.

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Issue 7 · February 24, 2026What Stretching Can Change (and What It Can't)

Mobility and flexibility claims, sorted by the research.

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Issue 6 · February 16, 2026Are You Getting the Sleep You Need?

Duration, regularity, and what actually moves sleep health.

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Issue 5 · February 9, 2026Strength Training: Evidence-Weighted

Sets, frequency, and the dose-response the meta-analyses support.

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Issue 4 · February 2, 2026The New Nutrition Guidelines: What Does the Science Say?

Reading nutrition guidance with an evidence-literate eye.

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Issue 3 · January 27, 2026Physical Wellness

An overview of the six areas of physical wellness: strength, cardio, flexibility, neuromotor, nutrition, sleep.

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Issue 2 · January 19, 2026What Is Wellness? (And Why Nobody Can Define It)

The definitional mess, and the framework we use instead.

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Issue 1 · January 14, 2026Why Smart People Fall for Wellness BS

The first issue: how wellness misinformation works on all of us.

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