Wellknowlogy: 10/20/22

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This week, I'll keep the blurb short to save time for an article that is worth reading. Before getting to that, I'd like to briefly acknowledge this week as an unusually strong week for new funds planning to invest in this space. Five new funds, to be exact.

The article that I recommend reading is this opinion piece on biopolitics. While I scarcely recommend opinion pieces as I believe opinions are for you to form on your own, this article does a good job explaining a theory of biopolitics and the forces at play when it comes to classifying physical and mental conditions. I am not recommending this as a source of fact or as a correct perspective.

Rather, I am recommending it as an example of the depth of consideration that is interesting and important when discussing wellbeing and the type of authority that ought to be granted to medical diagnoses. It can be an easy shortcut to weigh all medical diagnoses equally despite variance in the amount and ways they're constructed to help. I hope this article can shed light on the context behind diagnosed conditions and why some may be more relevant to foundational elements of you and your wellbeing than others.

With that out of the way, here's what happened last week:

Neat Articles

• Biopolitics: The invisible hand shaping mental health

• A tool to rent your unused gym membership

• Is the antidote for ‘quiet quitting’ a culture of wellbeing?

• AI detects mental health red flags in text messages

• Personalized beauty becoming possible through genomics

• How a good night's sleep boosts memory

• How to evolve artificial intelligence models alongside societal needs

• Doctors say inflation and rising grocery costs are negatively impacting nutrition

• Perfectionism is bad for mental health. Try for excellence instead.

• Reforming the patent system: 5 Questions for health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel

Market News

• Alberta regulates psychedelic-assisted therapy

• MLB partners with CBD brand Charlotte's Web as its official CBD provider

• Mindbody partners with access control company, Brivo

• The Healing Company acquires superfoods company Your Super

• Mayweather Boxing + Fitness acquires KickHouse franchise system

• Calm launches clinical mental health offering, Calm Health

• Therabody and ŌURA collaborate to improve sleep and recovery

Fundings

• Folx Health scores $30M to add mental health support

• Good Health Company raises $10M for widespread wellness solutions

• Employee fitness app Strove raises from Lifetime Ventures

• Health monitoring tech company Evolt raises $12M

• NeuroFlow gathers $25M for behavioral health integration

• Web3 fitness app Gritti bags $1.7M seed money

• H&W venture, Ambition, raises $5M DTC supplement company

• Feel raises £10M Irish alt-protein start-up

• Niskus Biotec to receive early investment of $200K

• Abortion pill startup Hey Jane raises $6.1M

• Upheal raises €1.068M and launches AI-powered notes app for mental health care professionals

• Mental healthcare provider Mindful Care inc. closes $7M Series B funding round

New funds:

• V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food

• Palo Santo closes $50M Psychedelic Therapeutics investment fund

• Fireside Ventures closes its third fund at $225M

• Financial Finesse launches 'Socially Responsible' VC arm

• Will Ventures closes second fund of $150M

Tidbits for You and Yours

• Apps to relieve IBS-related symptoms

• 7 foods that will bost your happiness

• How to harness the power of naps

Closing Kernel of Wisdom

• Treat humility as a gift for yourself rather than a gift for others. You can lighten your load significantly by acknowledging your humanity, imperfection, and propensity to make mistakes. Be humble and release the weight of your idealized conception of self to recover more quickly when you stumble. As John Wooden said,

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's the courage that counts.

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Wishing you a great week to come.

Warmly,

Dayton