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.
Welcome to Health401k®: Your Health Portfolio Starts Here
Most of us were handed a script about health that sounded something like this: eat better, exercise more, try to be less stressed, sleep if you remember. If you do all of that perfectly, you win. Real life is messier. It took me years to admit that many of my...
The Programmer, The Therapist, and a Styling Guide
I am always stunned at how principles, true principles, scale and span every dimension. Principles are the Rosetta Stone to life’s many conundrums. Curiously, experts in each professional lane recognize them in their own field, yet we often miss their application in...
Two Knees and a Hike: A HealthBrokering Case Study
Knee pain can be brutal. We are often told that decline is inevitable. While aging is real, there are frequently meaningful opportunities to support the body that go unnoticed when care is fragmented or rushed. Ed was in his late 60s. He had been a multi-letter high...
Debt, Stress, and a Multidimensional Health Investment: A HealthBrokering Case Study
Sleeplessness, stress, chronic fatigue, and even headaches may have upstream causes in places we’d least expect. A married couple was referred to us by a professional we regularly collaborate with. The husband had been experiencing persistent sleeplessness, elevated...
The Sage, the Silverball, and the Continued Journey of a Legend
If Part 1 was about awakening, Part 2 is about what happens when curiosity decides it has legs. This chapter did not unfold in a lab, a clinic, or a training facility. It unfolded over coffee at Starbucks. Paper cups. Background noise. A few unsuspecting bystanders...
Stabilizing the Room Before Asking Better Questions: A Case of Chronic Back Pain
Back pain can be insidious and destabilizing. It can interrupt walking, work, sleep, and basic daily life. It can also create fear, especially when pain spikes without warning. John came to us because his back pain had begun shaping his decisions. His pain could flare...
You Might Be Perfectly Intact Inside a Misaligned Environment: Rethinking Habits, Effort, and Change
If you’ve ever tried to change a habit and wondered why it felt harder than it should, this is for you. Over the past several years, we’ve been told a familiar story. Not because the ideas are new, but because they’ve been elevated to the center of how we talk about...
Shared Book Reading: A High-Return Investment in Your Child’s Health401k®
Piggy Bank Advisor® Books. Pages with pictures. Some with words. Some without. When parents ask me, as a pediatric speech-language pathologist, “What can I do to support my child?”, they’re often expecting an answer involving flashcards, apps, or the latest...
Health Isn’t Universal. That’s the Point.
Contrast is one of the primary ways humans make meaning. We understand ourselves by noticing difference. We clarify what matters by placing it next to what does not. In that sense, contrast is a tool. Often a necessary one. The risk is not contrast itself. The risk is...
Punch Buggy, I Spy, and Polaroids: Health Investments in Disguise
During a recent working session, definitions of health and success unfolded across cultures, geography, and age. One of the most reliable outcomes of these conversations is not consensus, but expansion. A wider lens. A deeper understanding. And a recurring reminder...
A Flute, the Desert, and a Different Way of Seeing: A Spiritual Health Investment
A reflection on presence, culture, and a massive spiritual health investment Some experiences do not ask to be captured.They ask to be entered. Adria and I didn’t go to Monument Valley to see it. We went to be with someone who belongs to it. We spent time with Garry...
Health Investments From the Field: Environmental and Social
As our team travels, our understanding of what “health” means to different people consistently broadens. We are exposed to incredibly meaningful contributions across dimensions. Health401k® exists to help people define health personally, collectively, and...
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