Your brain knows it’s summer. The question is: are you working with the season, or ignoring it?

As we approach the summer solstice and the longest days of the year, I’ve found myself wrestling with a simple question:

What am I supposed to do with all this extra daylight?

Modern life makes it possible to live almost exactly the same way in June that we do in January. But our brains evolved in a world of changing seasons, and health isn’t just about maintaining the same routines year-round... it’s also about learning to work with the conditions around us.

In this episode, I explore:
☀️ How longer days influence our brains and circadian rhythms
🚶 Why small changes like morning light and evening walks can have outsized benefits
🧠 The tension between consistency and responsiveness
🌿 Why health may be less about optimization and more about restoring conditions our brains evolved to expect

The goal isn’t to overhaul your life because it’s summer.
It’s simply to leverage what summer is already giving you.

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