Neuroscientist & Founder of Stressinsight
Understanding stress begins with understanding adaptation
For more than twenty years, I have studied how the brain responds to challenge, uncertainty, and sustained pressure. My research has focused on the neurobiology of stress, including cortisol regulation, fear and anxiety circuits, oxytocin signalling, and the mechanisms through which repeated pressure shapes behaviour and decision-making.
Throughout my academic career, one question gradually became more important than any individual experiment:
How can scientific knowledge help people make better sense of the pressures they experience every day?
That question eventually led to Stressinsight.
Why I founded Stressinsight
During my years as a neuroscientist, I realised that stress research had become increasingly specialised. Individual disciplines explained different parts of the puzzle, but few connected them into a coherent understanding that people could actually use.
Stressinsight grew from the idea that workplace stress becomes easier to understand when we view it as part of a broader process of adaptation rather than as an isolated problem to eliminate.
That perspective eventually developed into the Stressinsight Framework, an integrated model that brings together neuroscience, psychology, stress physiology, organisational science, and practical experience to explain how pressure, stress, adaptation, recovery, and functioning interact over time.
My approach
I believe that understanding is often the first step towards meaningful change.
Rather than focusing immediately on symptoms or quick solutions, I aim to help people understand the mechanisms that shape their experiences. Once those mechanisms become clearer, better decisions often follow naturally.
That philosophy guides every aspect of Stressinsight, from articles and educational resources to coaching, organisational consultancy, and the development of new scientific ideas.
My role at Stressinsight
As founder of Stressinsight, I lead:
- Scientific development of the Stressinsight Framework
- Translation of research into practical guidance
- Educational content and courses
- Development of assessment tools
- Organisational consultancy
- Future research and innovation
Areas of expertise
- Stress physiology and neuroendocrinology
- Stress adaptation and recovery
- Workplace stress and organisational factors
- Decision-making under sustained pressure
- Neuroscience translation
- Science communication
Academic research
My scientific work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals including Science, Cell, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Communications, Molecular Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, The Journal of Neuroscience, and Neuropsychopharmacology.
Personal mission
My ambition is to make high-quality stress science understandable, applicable, and useful for everyday working life.
By helping people understand how adaptation works, I hope to contribute to healthier individuals, healthier organisations, and workplaces where pressure is managed more intelligently rather than simply endured.
Media citations: see Media & Citations.
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If you'd like to learn more about the Stressinsight approach, you're welcome to:
- Explore the Knowledge Centre
- Join the StressInsight Community
- Book an individual consultation
- Contact Stressinsight
