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The Truth is Out There
The truth is out there, waiting for me somewhere in this crazy city of San Francisco. And as they say in the CIA, the truth will set you free.
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Let It Be Thunder. Burning Man 2026
Burning Man is something else for everyone, and every time. The desert will test you and reveal some truth about you. It’s almost like a mirror. This was my third burn. They say it’s three times charm.
This was my hardest year yet, and not necessarily because of the weather, but because of the personal challenges and struggles I had to face.
Lessons from Wudang: The Cradle of Daoism
A canceled flight rerouted through a Tashkent layover, then a week of tai chi and Daoist philosophy at the Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy — on why the answer to burnout is to balance out and simplify, not push harder.
Project “Safety”
It was a windy Sunday evening in San Francisco, filming my Tai Chi routine on a rooftop, when I realized I couldn’t bring myself to approach the glass barrier — not fear of heights, but of myself. That moment forced me to confront twenty years of quietly accumulating overstimulation and a lack of safety, both internal and external. From two derailed PhDs to launching a company right before a pandemic, to standing at forty caught between building a business and building a family, I trace the “unequal race” that led me to burnout. What follows is my personal codex — eleven rules for redefining safety in 2026.
My Brain and Me
An Ayurvedic doctor once told me my mind felt older than my body. Here, a neuroscientist maps the specific ways her own mind runs clogged and fatigued — and the practical, sometimes strange, fixes she is testing to restore it.
The Buffet
San Francisco turned out not to be a place but a psychological interface, a mirror reflecting whatever I carried inside. I arrived expecting a broken, transactional city, and that is what I found, until a small act of kindness and months of inner work changed the signal I was sending out, and what came back.
How Childhood Beliefs Quietly Run Your Life Like an Operating System
Most core beliefs are formed in early childhood and quietly shape our adult lives by influencing our decisions, attention, and the way reality seems to respond to us. Some become deeply empowering; others turn into invisible constraints on relationships, self-worth, and money. Real change requires reaching the subconscious layer where these patterns first formed.
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The Currency. A Word On the Peace of Mind
I used to think that trust, or reputation, was the hard currency of today. Now, I believe the ultimate hard currency is peace of mind, and very few people ever truly find it. Here is what I have learned about silence, agency, and the real cost of a peaceful life.
My 21 Career Non-Negotiables
Back when I was finishing my PhD contract, I saw the job market as an abyss. During that period, I put together a list of career non-negotiables, the features my next professional path had to meet. It took almost two years to find a solution that checked every box, but I did.
The Great Flip: On the Evolution of Passion
My passions keep flipping over time, each one growing out of the wounds left by the last. Here is what that cycle of burnout, doubt, and rebirth has taught me about staying in the game for the long run.