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.
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...
Proactive Relationship Inoculation: The Quiet Health Investment Almost Nobody Makes
In 2017, I met one of the coolest people - Dr. Rob Robinson. Rob would soon become one of my dearest friends. Since then, we have grown personally and professionally. He is one of our lead educators and provides invaluable guidance on relationships, family dynamics,...
The Unparalleled Health Investment of Surrounding Yourself With Wildly Different Perspectives (Part 2)
In Part 1, I shared a moment where one simple question quietly unraveled an entire room of shared certainty. How did the nail get there? This follow up is about what happens when you finally remove the nail and then return someone to the environment that put it there....
The Unparalleled Health Investment of Surrounding Yourself With Wildly Different Perspectives
Some of the most powerful health investments do not look like workouts, supplements, or routines. They look like people. Specifically, people who see the world in ways that quietly dismantle your certainty. Adria is, in many ways, an enigma to me. She has an...
The Joyful Polymath You Did Not Know You Needed: How Curiosity, Conversation, and an Unexpected Oracle Became a Health Investment
Some of the most meaningful health investments in my life did not begin with intention. They began with curiosity. With travel. With sitting quietly in rooms where I had no business being the expert. Since my early twenties, I have traveled across New England,...
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