Olga Poliakova
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When your devices disagree
Garmin says train, Whoop says rest — same metric, opposite advice. The real challenge for health tech isn't accuracy.
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You collect the data. And then... what?
Data alone doesn't change anything. The shift happens when you notice patterns — running, energy, and the lighter day.
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We love copying what works
5am workouts, cold showers, 90-minute deep work. Why borrowed habits often miss, and how to start simple.
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Productivity isn't a time problem. It's a decision-quality problem.
Why circadian rhythms are an underrated lever, and what changes when demanding work is scheduled with biology instead of against it.
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It's not a focus problem. It's cognitive overheating.
Why focus collapses after an hour or two, what the neuroscience says, and what actually helps in practice.
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Most people don't need more health advice
Generic good habits work on average, but bodies don't live in averages. Fewer rules, better signals.
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When you wake up with no energy for anything at all
A short emergency self-help protocol for the “0% battery” state: light, warmth, cold, breath, micro-steps.
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Where November's depression and apathy come from, and how to live with it
In winter the brain switches to energy-saving mode. 5 science-backed things that help it move gently into a resourceful mode.
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Caffeine and energy: how coffee affects focus
Coffee doesn't create energy, it postpones fatigue. How and when to drink it so it works for your focus, not against it.
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How often we get distracted (even when we don't notice)
After a first vipassana: what neuroscience shows about holding focus, and why the skill is the ability to return.
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Why motivation is a poor foundation, and why discipline matters
Motivation depends on dopamine and fades. What works instead: a routine that lowers the load on the prefrontal cortex.
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How to charge up from every task instead of burning out
Why you can do work you love and still burn out. Authorizing your result as a way to get energy back, not only spend it.