Behavioral science
Dr. Anaya R. Krishnan
Anaya is a behavioral psychologist who spent four years at a research lab in London studying how environment shapes habit before she got tired of writing only for other academics.
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Eight writers, eight distinct relationships to the question of how to live well. We don't agree about everything — we think that's a feature.
Contemplative practice
Mateo de Almeida Ferreira
Mateo spent eight years as a Zen practitioner in a monastery in southern Brazil before returning to lay life and to writing.
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Philosophy & meaning
Lena von Hofmann
Lena holds an MA in philosophy from Humboldt University and a stubborn conviction that the big questions belong to everyone, not only to academics.
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Personal essays
Jordan Adebayo Okafor
Jordan taught English in Manchester secondary schools for nine years before personal essays took over his life during the pandemic.
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Habits & design
Sara Elin Lindqvist
Sara is a former product designer who got curious about behavior change after watching her own carefully built health app fail to change anyone's behavior.
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Craft, food & ritual
Hana Mizuki Watanabe
Hana spent twelve years editing a Tokyo lifestyle magazine before leaving for a smaller life in Kyoto.
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Money & ambition
Aminata Diop
Aminata grew up between Dakar and Paris, trained as an economist, and worked six years in international development before leaving to write.
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Editor & essayist
Gautier Marchand
Gautier is a writer and editor based in Paris, with one foot in Provence.
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