Cytokines are small proteins that act as chemical messengers, orchestrating cell-to-cell communication, especially within the immune system, to regulate inflammation, immune responses, cell growth, and differentiation, helping fight infections but also contributing to diseases like autoimmune disorders when overproduced. They are crucial for activating immune cells, directing them to threats, and resolving inflammation once an infection clears.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
