Everyday Wellness
How to build health into a life that's already full. Habits, rituals and the small decisions that compound quietly over years.
Founder & CEO, MDLA Wellness.
Welcome to my Founder Journal. This is where I share the ideas, reflections and lessons I'm exploring while building MDLA Wellness. Some become products. Some become articles. Some simply change the way I think.
The story behind the company lives on its own page.

These are the subjects I keep coming back to — in the journal below, in conversations with our team, and in the products we decide to make.
How to build health into a life that's already full. Habits, rituals and the small decisions that compound quietly over years.
Focus, mental clarity and cognitive resilience — what the research actually supports, what's promising, and what's still marketing.
Ingredients chosen for what they do, not just what they contain. Functional mushrooms, adaptogens, and why honest dosing matters more than a long label.
Building a product company from nothing: sourcing, testing, regulation and the unglamorous decisions nobody posts about.
Energy, hormones, identity and time. The part of motherhood at this stage that women discuss privately and almost never publicly.
Ageing well as a practice rather than a fight. What's worth doing daily, what's worth spending on, and what's noise.
How a product travels from an idea to a tested, certified batch — and why the boring parts of that journey matter most.
Articles, notes and reflections published under my name. Newest first.
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Vitamin B3 comes in two forms: niacin (a.k.a. nicotinic acid) and niacinamide (a.k.a. nicotinamide). Niacinamide is widely used in skin care, and...
Read article — Why Take Vitamin B3? Benefits, Forms, and How to Choose the Right OneThe answer to “what are adaptogenic mushrooms?” is that these are fungi that contain healthy compounds and are often used to support...
Read article — What Are Adaptogenic Mushrooms?Coffee, like many agricultural foods, may contain trace amounts of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg). Whether these levels present a concern...
Read article — Does Coffee Have Heavy Metals?Unlike regular coffee, mushroom brew gives you a smoother start to the day, free of jitters and crashes. Therefore, premium mushroom coffee...
Read article — Why Is Mushroom Coffee Good for You?Short answer – not always, and it depends on what is in your cup and what type of fast you are following....
Read article — Does Mushroom Coffee Break a Fast?Morning coffee feels great up until the moment it doesn’t – afternoon crashes and jitters are too common. The reason for that...
Read article — Best Time to Drink Mushroom CoffeeI share the parts that don't make it into an article — what we're testing, what we rejected, and what an ordinary week actually looks like.
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