Why Prayer May Calm the Nervous System Better Than Modern Wellness Culture (opens in new tab)

Modern Americans have become extremely committed to wellness while simultaneously developing nervous systems that behave like raccoons trapped inside HVAC systems. This is difficult to ignore. We now monitor sleep with military precision while sleeping terribly. We purchase meditation apps to manage the stress created by checking meditation apps. We discuss cortisol the way medieval peasants discussed demonic possession. Entire conversations now occur in a dialect composed almost entirely of ...