Dr Jenna Macciochi

But it made me make changes that made me feel more aligned.

And then by virtue of that, I got more energy.

I felt more alive.

I had more space to slow down.

I had less need to mindlessly scroll or distract myself.

I would...

be able to sit in the garden and look at the trees and notice the leaves and do that all season round and did a lot of meditation too.

And it was after years of wanting to meditate and being, I can't, was like, I can't not.

But I'm pleased to have gone through.

It was all very hard.

And the book kind of was birthed out of that, which is why, you know, science is stories.

It started off as stories.

You know, people living in villages sharing, don't eat that plant, it might kill you or use this as a medicine to cure you.

It was sharing stories that we've now built into this, you know, peer review system and evidence-based, but there's something very human about stories.

I found myself numb to people telling me information.

We get so much information now, but we've lost agency over our lives.

And I think I had to regain agency

I sort of switch off all the information for a while.

So I tried to weave some of my own personal stories into the book as well, alongside the science.

And stories about scientists who've shaped a lot of the discoveries that I discuss today.