Brilliant piece, Rosamund. Loved how you connected subjective vitality with the biology of mitochondria and the emotional logic of interoception. That line—“I don’t have the intrinsic capacity for that right now”—is going straight into my vocabulary. Also fascinating how purpose and social support are as energizing as food or sleep. It’s like Maslow meets mitochondrial science. Thank you for giving science a human face.
I’ve found myself thinking about energy all the time right now: why I have, why I don’t, what happened to it. Thanks for sharing these learnings about what depletes and fuels it.
Thank you Rosamund. This was fascinating!
Brilliant piece, Rosamund. Loved how you connected subjective vitality with the biology of mitochondria and the emotional logic of interoception. That line—“I don’t have the intrinsic capacity for that right now”—is going straight into my vocabulary. Also fascinating how purpose and social support are as energizing as food or sleep. It’s like Maslow meets mitochondrial science. Thank you for giving science a human face.
I’ve found myself thinking about energy all the time right now: why I have, why I don’t, what happened to it. Thanks for sharing these learnings about what depletes and fuels it.
Same! And this is such an interesting way of thinking about it, right?