What First Principles Thinking Taught Me About Actually Solving Stress

by André | Aug 11, 2026 | Personal Growth, Stress

At 2 a.m., staring at a stack trace that refused to make sense, I only ever had one move as an engineer: keep tracing the error backward until I found the actual line of code that broke, not the symptom that showed up on the screen three functions later. That habit...

Who Is John Amaral? Chiropractor-Turned-Energy Healer Behind the Energy Flow Formula

by André | Jul 29, 2026 | Bodywork, Energy

John Amaral, DC, is a chiropractor-turned-energy practitioner known for the Energy Flow Formula, decades of work with high-profile clients, and a 2020 appearance on Netflix’s The Goop Lab that introduced millions of people to energy healing for the first time....

Who Is Dr. John Amaral? Inside the Method Behind One of the Most Respected Energy Healers

by André | Jul 26, 2026 | Bodywork, Energy

Somatic awareness isn’t a mood or a mindset. It’s a specific, learnable skill, the ability to actually sense and interact with your own body, on purpose, instead of just carrying it around from meeting to meeting. Most people never build this skill. They...

Meditation for Stress and Anxiety Doesn’t Work for Everyone, and There’s a Reason Why

by André | Jul 23, 2026 | Meditation, Stress

Almost everyone who finds their way to me has already tried meditation for stress and anxiety. Some of them can’t do it — they sit down, close their eyes, and their mind runs faster than before they started. Others do it right, technique and all, and still...

How to Master Your Mindset Without Pills or Therapy — By Working With Your Body Instead

by André | Jul 19, 2026 | Personal Growth, Stress

I spent years in therapy. Real therapy, with a real therapist, doing real work. By the end of it, I understood my situation better than I ever had — I could name the pattern, trace where it started, explain it clearly to anyone who asked. And the thoughts were still...