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Stacey Gallello is the founder of Gallello Atelier, a couture house built on a radical idea: that the craft of the 1950s couture atelier belongs not just in evening wear and special occasions, but in everyday life. Gallello Atelier is on a mission to bring couture craftsmanship back to the modern wardrobe and keep the art of the couturier, the tailor, and the seamstress alive in the process.In this episode, Méline speaks with Stacey inside Harrods to talk creativity, identity, and the daily habits that keep her performing at the highest level as both a founder and a mother of two.She explains:◼ Why couture belongs in the everyday wardrobe, not just on the red carpet◼ How maintaining her routine through pregnancy kept her identity and creativity intact◼ Why intermittent fasting, grass-fed beef, and local farm produce are central to her daily life◼ How old films are her number one source of creative inspiration◼ Why spending time with family is the most powerful investment she makes in herself0:00 Intro0:09 What Gallello Atelier Stands For and Why Couture Belongs in Everyday Life0:49 How She Maintains Top Performance as a Founder and a Mother1:16 Why She Kept Her Full Routine Through Pregnancy and After Birth2:02 The Diet That Keeps Her Going: Intermittent Fasting and Grass-Fed Beef2:29 How Old Films Fuel Her Creativity and the One She Recommends Most🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@thehumanwareproject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Stacey and Gallello Atelier here:◼ Website:https://www.gallelloatelier.com◼ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gallelloatelier

What if your sense of smell was one of the most powerful and underused tools for human performance? At Hynt, a digital scent company, that is exactly what they are proving.In this episode, Méline visits the Hynt lab to meet co-founder Emmanuella Maggioni and experience the technology firsthand. Emmanuella and her colleague Fahad Zia are building a system that harnesses the science of scent to help you sleep better, perform better, and feel more in control of your own biology. The device reads your wearable data in real time and releases personalised scent compounds that adapt to your body as you sleep.Méline also gets access to Hynt's generative scent machine: a technology that can synthesise almost any smell in the world from a simple text description. This is the science of smell, and it is only just getting started.◼ Why scent is one of the most personal and misunderstood senses we have◼ The difference between scents that relax the nervous system and scents that activate it◼ Why your scent receptors change every seven days and what that means for your health◼ The wearable device that releases compounds in real time based on your heart rate◼ The generative scent machine that can synthesise any smell in the world from a text prompt◼ How Hynt plans to let you send a smell to someone on the other side of the world0:00 Intro0:23 Inside Hynt: What a Digital Scent Company Actually Does0:55 The Science of Scent and Why It Is More Powerful Than You Think1:20 Which Scents Relax You and Which Ones Do the Opposite2:10 The Device That Releases Scent Based on Your Heart Rate3:23 The Generative Scent Machine: Type Any Smell Into Existence4:37 Méline Tests It: A Hawaiian Night and an Orange Farm in Marrakesh6:14 The Future of Scent Communication🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@thehumanwareproject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Hynt here:◼ Website:https://hynt.net/◼ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/hyntlabs/

Greg Frey Jr is the Executive Chef at Golden Door, one of California's most celebrated wellness retreats, where food is grown on site and every meal is designed to fuel transformation. In this quick-fire 60 seconds, Greg shares the rule that matters most for a long and healthy life, and it has nothing to do with superfoods.He explains:◼ Why stress is the single biggest threat to your longevity◼ The simple plate formula that guarantees the right nutrients every meal◼ The one zucchini sauce recipe you need to know from his new cookbook0:00 The Number One Rule for a Healthy Diet Nobody Talks About0:34 The Healthy Plate Formula Every Meal Should FollowYou can follow Greg here:◼ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gregfreyjr/?hl=en

Méline Liu has sat across from some of the world's leading voices in longevity, neuroscience, and human performance. But what does she actually do herself?In this candid behind-the-scenes moment, Méline shares the daily habits she never skips, the brain food she swears by, the biohack that surprised her most, and why she launched a print magazine in a world that said print was dead. She also explains what makes The HumanWare Project different, why critical thinking is the most important longevity tool nobody talks about, and what the red rocks of Sedona did to her nervous system.This is a short, unfiltered look at the person behind the camera and the daily practices she has built from years of being in the room with the world's best.Shee explains:◼ The daily habit she never skips to quiet her mind◼ Why she wears a continuous glucose monitor and what it has taught her◼ The mushroom powder that gives her mental clarity every morning◼ The biohack that surprised her most: brain training and neural circuit work◼ Why she made a print magazine and what happened when she did0:00 Intro0:09 What Makes The HumanWare Project Different0:23 The One Thing She Never Skips Every Day0:38 Why Critical Thinking Is a Longevity Tool0:41 The Weirdest Longevity Tip She Has Tried0:51 Her Favourite Brain Food and Why She Drinks Mushroom Powder1:04 The Device on Her Arm and What It Tells Her About Her Body1:21 Why She Made a Print Magazine in a Digital World2:00 The Biohack That Surprised Her Most: Brain Training2:26 The Book That Changed How She Thinks2:51 Her Favourite Place She Has Filmed So Far3:09 The Creative Process Behind Every HumanWare Episode🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@thehumanwareproject?sub_confirmation=1

Tilak Mandadi spent years at Disney building some of the most ambitious guest experiences in the world, from Shanghai Disneyland to Star Wars Land. Now he is applying that same consumer-first thinking to one of the most complex and broken systems on the planet: American healthcare.Tilak is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer at CVS Health, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, touching the lives of 185 million Americans every year. He is the architect of Health 100, CVS's AI-powered platform launching in 2026 that aims to give every American a personal AI health agent, proactive care, and full visibility of their own health records in one place.He explains:◼ The five reasons American healthcare is fundamentally broken and why consumers give up◼ Why the same drug can cost 6 to 10 times more in America than in Europe or Asia◼ How AI is the leapfrog moment for healthcare the same way cellular was for the developing world◼ The Health 100 platform and how it will diagnose, prescribe, and deliver medication before you finish the conversation◼ Why pharmacists are the second most trusted healthcare providers in America◼ The leadership lesson from Disney that changed how he thinks about people0:00 Intro0:52 What Disney and CVS Have in Common1:44 The Original Story of CVS 3:53 The Five Things Broken in American Healthcare Right Now10:22 From Disney to CVS: The Similarities and the Differences12:01 Why the Same Drug Costs 10 Times More in America Than Europe13:41 AI Is the Cellular Moment for Healthcare16:15 Inside Health100: CVS's AI Platform Launching in 202621:01 How Health100 Handles a Diagnosis Before You See a Doctor24:00 The Secret to His Success and the Principles He Lives By25:53 The Disney Mentor Who Changed How He Leads28:23 The CVS Culture: If You Do Not Care, Do Not Be in Healthcare29:12 How to Engage in Your Own Health Starting Today32:10 The Wearables and Simple Tests Everyone Should Be Using Right Now🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@thehumanwareproject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Tilak here:◼ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilakmandadi/

Golden Door has been transforming the lives of its guests for 75 years. Tucked away in the hills of Southern California, it is a place built around a single belief: that true wellbeing comes from movement as well as stillness, and that carving out space for yourself is not a luxury, it is a necessity.In this episode, Méline visits one of the world's most respected wellness retreats to understand what makes it work. She sits down with General Manager and COO Kathy Van Ness to explore the philosophy behind a place built around the belief that peace is the foundation of longevity. She walks the on-site gardens with Executive Chef Greg Fry Jr to understand why food grown in living soil tastes and heals differently. And she experiences a sound bath with practitioner Kumiko Katherine, who explains how shifting your brain from beta to alpha wave can reset the nervous system in minutes.This is not a video about luxury. It is about what it actually takes to slow down in a world that rewards speed, and why the most powerful thing you can do for your health might simply be to pause.They explain:◼ Why being peaceful is the single most important factor for longevity◼ How Golden Door designs every detail of the week to create genuine transformation◼ The reason food grown on-site heals differently from supermarket produce◼ What a sound bath actually does to your brain and why it works◼ The two things you can do at home tomorrow that cost nothing0:00 Intro1:01 Inside Golden Door: The Philosophy Behind the Place1:19 75 Years of Transformation: How It All Started4:48 Why Being Peaceful Is the Most Important Thing for Longevity5:02 Inside the Gardens: Why Soil Health Is the Secret to Nutrition6:18 The Diet of Yeses: How Golden Door Approaches Food7:52 Sound Bath: What It Does to Your Brain and Why It Works9:11 How to Reset Your Mind When You Cannot Put the Phone Down◼ Visit Golden Door:https://www.goldendoor.com◼ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thegoldendoor

Martha Soffer has been quietly transforming the health of some of the world's most recognisable people from a small room beneath her house in Santa Monica. Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Kourtney Kardashian have all found their way to her door. Most of them came because nothing else was working.Now Martha is the founder of Surya Spa and one of the world's leading Ayurvedic practitioners. She has spent decades studying the ancient system that Western medicine is only beginning to understand: how your body type could determine what you should eat, why the change of seasons is the most dangerous time for your health, and how a 5,000-year-old detox process can lower cholesterol, restore fertility, and reset the nervous system without a single prescription.She explains:◼ What panchakarma is and why celebrities fly from around the world to experience it◼ How Kourtney Kardashian got pregnant after 10 days of Ayurvedic treatment◼ The three body types and exactly which foods are slowly making you worse◼ Why coffee is draining your adrenals and how to come off it without the headaches◼ The simple morning routine that costs nothing and changes everything◼ How to eat your way through menopause without hormones or medication0:00 Intro0:51 What Ayurveda Actually Is and Why Most People Get It Wrong1:19 Vastu, Music and Astrology: The Hidden Branches of Ayurveda5:26 The Three Body Types and What They Mean for Your Health9:49 How to Read Your Own Body Type Every Single Morning12:26 What Panchakarma Is and Why You Should Do It Every Season14:11 The Magic of Ghee: How Clarified Butter Pulls Toxins From Your Body16:13 The Full Panchakarma Experience: What Actually Happens23:51 How Kourtney Kardashian Got Pregnant After 10 Days of Treatment30:08 The Daily Morning Routine Ayurveda Recommends for Everyone35:26 Why the Foods You Combine Matter as Much as the Foods You Eat43:14 How to Come Off Coffee Without the Headaches43:35 Menopause, Hormones and the Ancient Solution Nobody Talks About49:17 What to Give Your Body Instead of Supplements49:25 The One Thing Martha Recommends Everyone Does Every Day**This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before making any health or lifestyle changes.**🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@HumanWareProject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Martha here:Website: https://www.suryaspa.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/suryabymartha/?hl=en

Emad Mostaque puts his personal probability of human extinction from AI at 50%. A coin toss. And yet he believes this is the most exciting time in human history to be alive.Emad is the founder of Stability AI, the creator of Stable Diffusion with over 300 million downloads, and now the architect of a sovereign AI stack being built to give every person on earth ownership of their own intelligence. He left a billion-dollar company because he believed someone had to build AI that works for people, not corporations, and that person had to be him.He explains:◼ Why he puts the probability of human extinction from AI at 50%◼ How he runs 200 to 300 AI agents simultaneously every single day◼ The open source sovereign AI stack he is releasing for free◼ Why cognitive colonialism is the most dangerous thing nobody is talking about◼ The son diagnosed with autism who changed the entire direction of his life0:36 Why Every Child on Earth Deserves a 120 IQ AI1:00 The 50% Chance AI Wipes Out Humanity1:52 How Much Control Should We Give AI and Where Does It End2:30 The Individual Strategy for Thriving in an AI World3:06 How He Runs 200 AI Agents Simultaneously Right Now3:47 What Happens When Robots Start Building More Robots5:26 The Open Source Medical AI Being Released for Free6:40 How to Start Using AI Every Day Even If You Know Nothing7:31 AI Versus Human Connection Where Is the Line8:09 The Human Skills That Will Matter Most in the Next Decade9:09 Will the Next Generation Fall in Love With AI10:10 How America China and Japan See AI Completely Differently11:29 The Son Diagnosed With Autism Who Changed Everything13:27 Why He Walked Away From a Billion Dollar Company19:50 The Daily Habits Behind His Thinking and His Work21:59 How to Find What You Are Actually Here to Do23:35 The Cornerstone Moment That Made Him Who He Is Today🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@HumanWareProject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Emad here:◼ Website: https://ii.inc/◼ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emostaque◼ Substack: https://intelligentinternet.substack.com

Fredric Marshall has spent 32 years studying how humans learn, resist, and ultimately change. As an AI investor who sees the business plans and deal sheets, he has a message most people are not ready to hear: the pace of change we are living through today is only the beginning, and the world is quietly splitting into two groups of people.Fredric Marshall is a learning and change expert, founder of Quantum Learning, former biochemist, and author of Thrive: The Antidote to Future Shock. He has personally trained over 130,000 people across fourteen countries and helped launch 74 new brands in the biopharma space. Now he is sharing his research for the first time with a wider audience.He explains:◼ Why either you manage your attention or someone else will◼ The hidden emotional cost of change that nobody talks about◼ Why slowing down is the most powerful response to a world moving this fast◼ The PANDA method: a five-step reset for when life feels like too much◼ Why the world is splitting in two and which side you want to be on0:00 Intro0:46 What Thrive Is Really About and Why the World Needs It Now2:17 The Three Principles That Will Change How You Operate4:06 How to Radically Simplify Your Life Without Losing Momentum6:02 From Biochemist to Learning Expert: The Career Pivot That Changed Everything7:45 Why Change Feels So Hard and What to Do About the Emotional Side of It9:16 How to Use AI to Learn Anything Faster Than You Think12:38 The World Is About to Change Faster Than Ever: What Is Actually Coming14:37 The PANDA Method: A Five-Step Reset for When You Are Spiraling19:52 The One Mindset Habit That Outperforms Everything Else🔔 Subscribe to The HumanWare Project so you never miss an episode:https://www.youtube.com/@HumanWareProject?sub_confirmation=1You can follow Fredric here:◼ Website:https://thrivefutureyou.com◼ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredric-marshall-1984bb

Dr. Dawn Mussallem, is Global Chief Medical Officer of Fountain Life, stage 4 cancer survivor, and heart transplant recipient carrying a stranger's heart inside her chest. She spent 25 years at Mayo Clinic, lost her husband to the very disease she now fights to detect early, and emerged from her own mortality with a singular mission: to change the way humanity approaches health.In this conversation, Dr. Dawn shares what 88% of otherwise healthy people do not know about their hearts, why type 2 diabetes is 100% preventable, and how a 17-million-person study quietly rewrote the rules of nutrition. She also opens up about the 14 months she spent on the heart transplant waiting list, the moment she learned whose heart she received, and how that gift transformed not just her body but her entire relationship with being human.0:00 The Doctor Redefining What Prevention Really Means1:27 Why Conventional Medicine Is Failing Us2:03 The Scan That Finds Heart Disease Before You Feel It3:10 She Lost Her Husband to the Disease She Now Fights4:06 Brain Age Testing and the Fear Nobody Talks About8:18 Type 2 Diabetes Is 100% Preventable13:20 The Fiber Study With 17 Million People That Changes Everything16:20 Stage 4 Cancer in Med School and a Heart Transplant at 5019:45 14 Months on the Waiting List and a Stranger's Gift23:01 The Future of Medicine and What Still Matters Most**This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before making any health or lifestyle changes.** Subscribe to The HumanWare Project for more explorations at the intersection of health, design, and human potential.

In this episode, we meet Luke Mooney, CEO of Dephy — an MIT-trained engineer who started by building robotic prosthetics to to make walking easier and less exhausting. It helps people walk further, faster, and with less effortWe meet the Dephy Sidekick: a powered footwear system that acts like an extra calf muscle, giving. We sit down with Luke to understand how it works, who it's built for, and why the most meaningful impact isn't the technology itself - it's what people can do again when they wear it. Whether you're managing fatigue, pain, or simply want to keep up with the people you love, this episode is a window into how human and machine are beginning to move together, looking to the future of exoskeleton mobility.

What if one of the most powerful therapies for longevity, brain performance, and recovery has been hiding in plain sight - used by elite athletes, Hollywood figures, and high-performing entrepreneurs for years?In this episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline sits down with Andrei Nicolescu and Alexandru R. Harbuzaru from HPO.Tech - engineers and pioneers at the forefront of hyperbaric oxygen therapy - to break down exactly how HBOT works, who it's for, and why the world's top performers are investing in it.From the science of oxygen dissolving into your plasma under pressure, to the three levels of use - recovery, readiness, and performance - this conversation demystifies a technology that was once reserved for clinical settings and is now entering homes worldwide.You'll discover why oxygen is considered the body's primary healing agent, what separates a medical-grade hyperbaric chamber from a wellness device, and how HPO.Tech is building the data infrastructure to accelerate the science of an entire industry.