Superhumanistic Health & Wellness
Jun 27, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
Welcome to Superhumanistic with David and Jessica! In today’s episode, we dive deep into the surprising connection between your environment and your well-being. Discover how a cluttered, chaotic home…
Yeah, it's really a tool for longevity that isn't a supplement.
It's a or a workout, really, or a cold plunge that we've talked about in the past.
It's something much more fundamental to our daily environment.
And that is organization.
Yeah, it sounds a bit Taipei, doesn't it? But the data is clear.
Disorganization isn't just a messy desk.
It's a psychological stressor.
So recent studies, even as closely as 2026, have shown that household chaos, clutter, Poor routines and sensory overload actually spike the salivary alpha amelius.
I know I'm going to butcher that.
It's a key biomarker for your sympathetic nervous system's fight or flight response.
We're actually working on cleaning out our closets right now and getting rid of some of the clutter in there.
So we're actually partaking in this as we speak.
Yeah, and I can feel a difference even in my anxiety already with some of the work that we're doing.
So when our environments are cluttered, our brain then is consistently or constantly processing that visual reminders of work that's not complete.
Women especially, research has shown a direct correlation between high home clutter scores and unhealthy cortisol patterns throughout the day.
So if your cortisol doesn't drop in the evening because you're surrounded by a messy house or just mess in general, it could be our thoughts as well of maybe things that we didn't complete throughout the day, then we're not giving our bodies that time to recover.
You're actually aging yourself faster, right?
All right, guys.
So how do we fix the architecture of our lives? Let's dive into the superhumanistic approach here to organizing your home and your time as well.
Yeah, it's really a tool for longevity that isn't a supplement.
It's a or a workout, really, or a cold plunge that we've talked about in the past.
It's something much more fundamental to our daily environment.
And that is organization.
Yeah, it sounds a bit Taipei, doesn't it? But the data is clear.
Disorganization isn't just a messy desk.
It's a psychological stressor.
So recent studies, even as closely as 2026, have shown that household chaos, clutter, Poor routines and sensory overload actually spike the salivary alpha amelius.
I know I'm going to butcher that.
It's a key biomarker for your sympathetic nervous system's fight or flight response.
We're actually working on cleaning out our closets right now and getting rid of some of the clutter in there.
So we're actually partaking in this as we speak.
Yeah, and I can feel a difference even in my anxiety already with some of the work that we're doing.
So when our environments are cluttered, our brain then is consistently or constantly processing that visual reminders of work that's not complete.
Women especially, research has shown a direct correlation between high home clutter scores and unhealthy cortisol patterns throughout the day.
So if your cortisol doesn't drop in the evening because you're surrounded by a messy house or just mess in general, it could be our thoughts as well of maybe things that we didn't complete throughout the day, then we're not giving our bodies that time to recover.
You're actually aging yourself faster, right?
All right, guys.
So how do we fix the architecture of our lives? Let's dive into the superhumanistic approach here to organizing your home and your time as well.
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