Derek Beres

Derek Beres

Derek Beres is a freelance writer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast and co-author of Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracies Became a Health Threat.

What's going on in your gut is affecting your emotions and mental outlook. 
Bessel van der Kolk has spent a lifetime recognizing the damaging effects of trauma...and healing them. 
Mariah Walton faces a double lung and heart transplant because her parents chose faith healing over medical treatment when she was born.
Even the US Military is rethinking sit-ups, which have been shown to do more harm than good.
Some parents are diagnosing their attention-deficient children as heavenly beings thanks to Internet blogs.
Three phases in brain development led to the creation of religion. What we do with that is up to us.
Like many things in America, death is a business. And we're not doing it well.