This page is dedicated to the intersection of modern health science and intentional living. Lifestyle Medicine isn’t just about avoiding disease — it’s about creating a life that actually feels good to live.
I’m building this space to explore practical, sustainable strategies for improving physical and mental well-being, backed by research but rooted in real-world experience. Whether it’s nutrition, stress, movement, or mindset, I’m interested in how small, daily choices add up to meaningful change.
Full content is on the way — eventually, I may open the door to consultations. For now, think of this as a growing resource hub, with deeper dives happening over on the blog.
Stay tuned — we’re just getting started.
The System Is Designed to Keep You Sick
This idea has been on my mind for a long time, and as I piece together this systemic flaw, I see it through the lens of my interests, expertise, and obsessions. I tend to fixate on things—I get it from my mom (sorry, Mom). It can be exhausting, but I refuse to see it as a weakness. Instead, I sharpen this edge, burning a hole through the noise with my magnifying glass.
Working in the ER, I see chronic disease all day long. I see it in my family. I see it in my friends. It’s everywhere—Boomers, Gen X, and now, heartbreakingly, my fellow Millennials. I proudly identify with my generation, the one tasked with navigating AI, political turmoil, climate change, and the future of our planet. But seeing chronic disease creeping into my peers is crushing. It’s happening so fast.
It’s easy to blame the individual—to say they should make better choices. But we’re all just biological beings, shaped by a culture engineered by human ingenuity. Our food, technology, and work systems weren’t built with health in mind; they were built for efficiency, convenience, and profit. The modern world has given us incredible advancements, but it has also shackled us to an existence where we work too much, rest too little, and are constantly told we need more—more productivity, more possessions, more distractions.
And so, the system keeps us sick.
We don’t have time to be present. We don’t have time to exercise. We don’t have time to eat well. Healthy food is expensive, requires effort, and lacks the engineered ingredients that hijack our brains into craving it. I say this as a middle-aged parent who works long hours, burning through my willpower only to come home drained. But the exhaustion doesn’t erase the stress—it just makes us more susceptible to the easy dopamine hits: processed food (hello, pizza and chicken strips), Netflix, social media, alcohol, weed. These vices don’t nourish us; they pacify us. And they are in direct conflict with what our bodies actually need—movement, real food, deep sleep, and human connection.
Now, imagine a different reality. A utopian scenario:
You wake up and spend your first few hours on yourself—exercise, yoga, meditation. You make breakfast, sipping coffee slowly, sharing time with a spouse you love because you actually have the energy to give them. Then, you go to work—doing something that drives you, not something you’re dragged into. You work 4-5 hours, or more if you’re motivated. You return home in the afternoon or evening, fully present. You connect with friends and family without feeling too tired, anxious, or irritated to enjoy those moments.
How do we break away from the cycle?
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
This is where my obsession has landed. It’s about more than weight loss or hacking your body for more energy. It’s a broad-spectrum code—one that involves personal finance, mindset, accountability, awareness, and the endless pursuit of optimizing this never-perfect human body. And that’s what I’m here to figure out.