NOTES FROM THE FIELD
How to Read the Health401k® Blog
This blog is not organized around tips or trends.
It is organized around how people actually change.
Some posts explore the core ideas that shape Health401k®, how we define health, effort, environment, and long term investment. Others document real world observations from the field, or reflect on moments that clarified what works, what fails, and why.
If you are new here, start with Health401k® Philosophy to understand the framework.
- Field Notes capture patterns we see in practice.
- Reflections explore meaning, tradeoffs, and the human side of change.
- HealthBroker by Health401k™designs and coordinates environments at the individual and organizational level so the right effort is reinforced at the right time and for the
right reasons. - Piggy Bank Advisor® introduces Health401k® ideas early, helping children and families understand health as something you invest in over time.
These are not separate ideas. They are different lenses on the same system.
When Effort Stops Being the Point
Most of us grow up believing effort is the answer. Work hard. Try harder. Stick with it. When something is not improving, the explanation usually feels simple: not enough effort. Over time, effort becomes both the solution and the story we tell ourselves when things...
A Different Way of Thinking About Health at Work
Most organizations do not struggle with a lack of information about health. They struggle with alignment. Employees know they should sleep more, move more, manage stress better, and take care of themselves. Leaders know that burnout, disengagement, turnover, and...
Two Johns and a Sammy: Lessons Learned From a Language I Do Not Understand
Principles as a Shared Language I have often said that principles are the Rosetta Stone to life’s many conundrums. What I mean is simple. The same truths quietly govern movement, relationships, technology, health, and identity. We just recognize them faster in domains...
More Than a Game: How Late Night Gaming Became a Health Investment
I have lost count of how many times I have watched well intentioned adults misread a behavior and rush to fix the wrong thing. This was one of those moments. The Problem That Was Easy to Name A high school teacher shared a frustration. One of her students, Roderick,...
A Case of Self-Advocacy: What Certainty Missed
I do not often open up about my own health. Since the age of 23, I have taken diet and exercise seriously. I come from a long lineage of cardiovascular disease and premature cardiovascular events on both sides of my family. Prevention was never abstract to me. As I...
HealthBroker by Health401k™: The Curious Case of Bell’s Palsy
It was 2020. An early-30s gentleman was referred to us after a sudden and alarming onset of Bell’s Palsy. The symptoms came on quickly and visibly. Facial asymmetry. Loss of control. Uncertainty that arrived without warning. He did what most people would do. He went...
HealthBroker by Health401k™: The Mentorship Shift That Rebuilt a 19-Year-Old’s Identity
A Field Study on how guided environmental shifts, steady mentorship, and iterative support can quietly compound into massive change. Opening: The Concern (Not the Solution) He was nineteen. A gifted, multi-letter high school athlete with raw physical talent and a long...
Robert Patrick Rondeaux: How Immersing Yourself In Someone Else’s World Becomes a Health Investment
Robert the philosopher. Robert the wanderer. Robert the father. Robert the husband. Robert the artist. There is something deeply gratifying about being friends with extraordinary people. Robert Patrick Rondeaux is part of our tribe, our orbit, our constellation of...
Green Flag Theory: How to Recognize Providers Who Put Your Well-Being First
Most people are never taught how to evaluate a health provider. We are taught how to find one. How to book. How to comply. How to trust credentials, reviews, and reputation. But very few people are taught how to interview the person who will influence their body,...
Kindness Without Witness: The Health Investment No One Applauds
How detaching goodness from recognition quietly reorganized my identity The social experiment that slowly shifted my identity did not begin as an experiment at all. Growing up, my sense of value was quietly tied to how people perceived me. How kind people thought I...
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