The journal
Notes on the working mind.
Research-grounded writing on workplace mental health, sleep, money, managers, and the moments of working life nobody owns — from the team building Aha Health.
Workplace mental health · 6 min read
Why fewer than 5% of employees ever use their EAP
It's not stigma alone, and it's certainly not absence of need. The EAP model fails structurally — it waits to be asked. Here's what the data says, and what proactive care looks like instead.
12 February 2026
Sleep science · 5 min read
Poor sleep predicts burnout better than workload does
The burnout conversation obsesses over hours worked. The sleep literature says we're watching the wrong dial — and that the most effective intervention isn't a meditation app.
3 March 2026
Leadership · 5 min read
The manager effect: the biggest lever in workplace mental health
Surveys keep finding that managers affect mental health about as much as partners do — and more than doctors. That's terrifying or hopeful, depending on what you do with it.
24 March 2026
Financial wellness · 5 min read
Financial stress is a mental health issue wearing a money costume
The EMI, the tax notice, the salary that doesn't stretch — financial worry behaves clinically like chronic anxiety, because it is. Why financial literacy belongs in a wellbeing platform.
15 April 2026
Product & research · 4 min read
The science of the 3-second check-in
Why we measure mood with one swipe instead of a quarterly survey — a short tour through measurement burden, ecological momentary assessment, and why less is more.
6 May 2026
Employee lifecycle · 5 min read
The last day shapes the memory: the case for humane offboarding
Kahneman's peak-end rule says people judge an experience by its most intense moment and its ending. Most companies fail both — at the bench, the PIP, and the exit.
28 May 2026
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