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Dec 10, 2025

The 5-Minute Mental Reset That Actually Works

An evidence-based routine you can try right now

The 5-Minute Mental Reset That Actually Works

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Aug 11, 2025

Why People Will Pay for AI Therapists That Don’t Actually Work

Last week, I sat in on a curriculum design session about digital health when something came up that I never would have heard just a year…

Why People Will Pay for AI Therapists That Don’t Actually Work

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Mar 2, 2025

How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

UPDATE 1/26: Web prototype launched for Homestead: Gamify nutrition with a cozy, shame-free app that tracks nothing.

How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

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Mar 31, 2025

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Something mildly infuriating happened in my house last month.

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

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Is The Large Hadron Collider Shutdown Giving Women Two Periods?

Odd dreams, a spare house key, fireflies out of nowhere. A tour of the summer’s strangest coincidence, and the six ways your brain would…

Is The Large Hadron Collider Shutdown Giving Women Two Periods?

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Health Management

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4d ago

Want Better Sleep? You Only Need To Do This One Thing

Forget the trackers, the supplements, and the magic number of hours

Want Better Sleep? You Only Need To Do This One Thing

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Jul 9

Google Sheets Is Secretly a Masterclass in Gamification

A gamification consultant audits a spreadsheet, against his own better judgment

Google Sheets Is Secretly a Masterclass in Gamification

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Jul 5

What the World Cup Teaches Us About Play, and Design

A game designer’s field notes from the World Cup, on why community (not fun) is what turns a game into a movement, and how to build for it…

What the World Cup Teaches Us About Play, and Design

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Jul 1

I Don’t Use Streaks. I Use Forgiveness.

A game designer’s experiment in building habits that survive real life.

I Don’t Use Streaks. I Use Forgiveness.

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Jun 29

Why Kids Can’t Stop Talking To ChatGPT

On fun, habit, and who really benefits when your kid won’t log off.

Why Kids Can’t Stop Talking To ChatGPT

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Sam Liberty

Consultant -- Applied Game Design. "The Gamification Professor." Clients include Click Therapeutics, Sidekick Health, and The World Bank.

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