Why I Think About Health Differently
The Wellness Frontier is my personal research and synthesis on health, longevity, and human resilience.
I didn’t arrive at wellness through trends or optimization culture. I arrived there out of necessity.
By early childhood, my body was already limiting me. Severe pain began around age four, and by seven, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome had become disabling. Over the years, that reality expanded into a broader picture: autonomic dysfunction, mast cell activation, hormonal and inflammatory conditions, and eventually major thoracic outlet syndrome surgeries as a teenager due to extreme neurovascular compression.
For me, understanding physiology was never optional.
It was the only way to function.
That constraint shaped how I think, and why I’m rigorous.
My Approach
Living with complex, interacting conditions teaches you quickly that health isn’t about isolated fixes. It’s about systems.
Everything I share here is shaped by:
- Scientific research — physiology, metabolism, neurology, endocrinology
- Long-term self-observation — what holds up under chronic stress and limited margins
- Systems thinking — how sleep, nutrition, movement, stress, and environment interact
When your baseline is fragile, precision matters. So does patience.
What I Focus On
I focus on building durable health, not chasing peaks:
- Autonomic and metabolic stability
- Nutrition that supports consistency, not extremes
- Sleep and circadian alignment as non-negotiables
- Nervous system regulation and recovery
- Physical resilience through sustainable training
- Longevity as robustness, not optimization theater
My interest isn’t in doing more, it’s in holding up better over time.
How to Read This Site
This site is best read as:
- A living research notebook
- A long-term case study in applied physiology
- A place where conclusions evolve with better data and feedback
Some ideas improve quality of life meaningfully. Others fail quietly. Both outcomes matter, and both are documented.
What This Is… and Isn’t
This is not medical advice, and it’s not a promise of control.
It is an honest attempt to understand health when the cost of being wrong is high, and the timeline is long.
Why “The Wellness Frontier”
Because for some of us, health has always existed at the edge of tolerance.
The frontier is where careful thinking, responsibility, and lived reality meet.
Wellness with EDS 