“My goal is to help people live more grounded, connected, and fulfilled lives.” — Kaki Okumura is a writer and illustrator whose Medium essays on Japan’s approach to health and wellness have reached over a million readers worldwide. Kaki Okumura - Medium Read writing from Kaki Okumura on Medium. Born in Dallas, raised in New York and Tokyo. I care about helping others…kokumura.medium.com After growing up in Tokyo and moving to the U.S. post-college, Okumura started using Medium to explore some of the cultural differences she couldn’t help noticing…

Entrepreneur Thomas Smith talks about starting The Generator, writing on Medium, being a Boost Beta curator, and more. — Thomas Smith is a longtime Medium contributor and the founding editor of the new Medium generative artificial intelligence publication, The Generator. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a degree in cognitive science, he’s also the CEO of Gado Images, an AI-driven company whose purpose is to “digitize, capture, and…

An interview with the author of “Laziness Does Not Exist,” the essay that started a conversation about the psychology of procrastination — Dr. Devon Price is a psychology professor whose 2018 Medium essay, “Laziness Does Not Exist,” was shared by over 3.6 million people around the world. In it, Price unpacks the “laziness lie” — the belief that productivity is inherently more valuable than relaxation. He advocates for a more nuanced, curious…

Kara Brown and Manoush Zomorodi discuss the power of voice, their favorite books, and fancy pasta — Last week, we released the first episode of our first podcast, Medium Playback. …