Signal Edge-Issue No. 1

I started Signal Edge because I kept noticing things that felt important before they were obvious. Trends in health, wealth, creativity, and how we live, arriving quietly before the mainstream catches up. I wanted a place to share those signals with women who are already paying attention, the ones who built real things and know that the edge usually belongs to whoever sees clearly first.

This is that place. Every week, one fresh breath. Something to research, something to try, someone to think about. My promise to you is that every issue will have some of me in it, because the best signal I know how to give you is the one I am living myself.

Welcome to Signal Edge. I am glad you are here.

I moved into my neighborhood last Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago, I discovered a Buddhist temple a quarter mile behind my house, tucked along a road I never drive, in a direction I never run. I still wonder whether I found it or it found me.

Now, after my morning run, I go home and clip the leash on Mr. Douglas, my teacup poodle, four pounds of pure presence. We walk there together. It takes us about seven minutes.

I light an incense stick. Mr. Douglas settles into my lap. We sit outside before the Buddha while the monks chant inside the temple. The smoke curls. The sound drifts through the walls the way warmth drifts through a window, softly, completely, as if it had always been meant for us.

I sit there and think: this is income. The kind that fills a life. The kind that reminds you what wealth actually feels like in your body.

We use "passive income" like it only belongs to money, streams that flow while you sleep. The richest income I have ever created comes from something else entirely. It comes from staying open to what is already being offered, from saying yes to the quiet things that have been waiting for me to arrive.

A temple behind my house. A seven-minute walk with a four-pound dog. Monks chanting at dawn on the other side of a wall. It was all right there. The only thing I had to build was the willingness to receive it.

Creating is my superpower. Sometimes creating just means noticing, saying yes, walking toward the thing that was quietly waiting for you the whole time.

What is the richest piece of passive income in your life, the one that has everything to do with how you feel and who you are becoming?

Two months ago I climbed into an Eight Sleep bed for the first time. Last week I ordered a second one for my other home. I am not someone who buys things twice, so that tells you everything. The bed tracks your body temperature through the night and adjusts accordingly, cooling or warming in response to what your biology actually needs. I wake up differently now. Cleaner. More ready. Like the night actually did its job.

Three months ago I started wearing a continuous glucose monitor, a small sensor on the back of my arm that reads my blood sugar in real time. I understand my own patterns now in a way no doctor's appointment ever gave me, because this shows me the story as it happens, not in a quarterly snapshot. I know which foods to eat first to blunt the insulin spike, what stress does to my numbers, and what 10 squats can do to lower my insulin response after a heavy carb-meal.

If you are curious about trying a CGM yourself, I wear Nutrisense and this is my personal referral link. No agenda, just sharing what I use. The first thing it will teach you is that your body has been trying to tell you something for a long time.

There is a ninety-minute sundown ritual that changes sleep, clarity, and decision-making in ways that compound fast. I will share the full version over the coming weeks, one layer at a time, because the research is clear that adding one habit at a time is what actually makes it stick.

This week, just pick one of these and do it every night for seven days:

If you want the one that feels most like a gift to yourself: Run a warm bath with magnesium salts in the evening. Twenty minutes. No phone. That is the whole thing.

If you want the one that costs nothing and works fastest: Charge your phone outside the bedroom tonight. Just that. See what happens to your morning.

If you want the one that sharpens everything: State your mantra three times before you close your eyes. Watch how much clearer your days become when you declare your truth. This one has created a seismic shift in my world. I will share more about what that looks like in the weeks ahead.

Pick the one that feels like home. Try it for seven nights. Then next week I will give you the next layer.

This is the kind of thing worth texting to a friend right now.

There is a category of technology quietly maturing that I think about constantly, and it sits right at the intersection of everything Signal Edge stands for. The theme for 2026 is what researchers are calling Wearables 3.0: devices that stop watching your body and start actively changing your state in real time. The biohacking market is projected to reach $216 billion by 2035, up from $38 billion in 2025. The women who understand this shift early will have a significant edge, in their health, their energy, and their decision-making.

Apollo Neuro is the one I am most excited about right now. It is a wearable you put on your wrist or ankle that uses gentle vibrations to actively modulate your nervous system. It is not tracking data the way your Oura Ring does. It is intervening, calming you toward sleep, sharpening your focus for work, accelerating your recovery from stress. For those of us already wearing Eight Sleep for temperature regulation and a CGM for metabolic health, Apollo Neuro completes the picture. Together those three devices cover the three pillars of how your body actually performs: sleep, metabolism, and nervous system. That is a remarkable stack to have access to right now. Explore Apollo Neuro

Two others worth keeping on your radar. Stelo by Dexcom is a brand new over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor, no prescription needed, at $55 a month. The compelling part is their partnership with Oura Ring, which means your metabolic data and your sleep data now speak to each other inside a single app. If you already use either device, this integration is worth researching. Pulsetto is a vagus nerve stimulator delivering four-minute sessions that measurably reduce stress and improve heart rate variability. The nervous system category is expanding fast, and Pulsetto is one of the cleaner entry points into it.

The direction is clear. Your body is no longer just something to monitor. It is something you can actively work with. That is the signal.

Three of the most formidable women in my life are all turning 73 this year. My aunt, my friend, my mentor. Each of them built their lives and their wealth with intention. Each of them just received the same letter from the IRS: it is time to start taking your money out.

Required Minimum Distributions kick in at 73. The government mandates withdrawals from tax-deferred retirement accounts whether you want the money or not. For women who built on their own terms, this can feel like the opposite of agency.

Here is the reframe worth carrying: the money comes out either way. The only question is what you want this chapter to be about. Wealth without a narrative is just a number. The women who feel most alive at 73 are the ones who stayed the author of their own story all the way through, including the chapter the IRS thinks it gets to write.

If you have women in your life approaching this moment, forward this to them. It is the kind of thing that opens a conversation worth having.

Please work with a qualified financial advisor on the specifics of your own situation.

Signal Edge is brand new. The first 25 people who subscribe become founding members, because the people who arrive at the beginning of something always help shape what it becomes.

I work with a small number of women each year on something I care about deeply: helping them find and live their personal mantra. If that phrase lands for you in any way, simply reply to this email. We will take it from there.

Mostly though, I just want you to keep your edge. Forward this to one woman in your life who would exhale reading it.

Stay curious. Stay in charge.

Holly

Everything in Signal Edge reflects my own research, curiosity, and lived experience. I am not a licensed financial planner, certified tax advisor, registered investment advisor, or medical professional. Nothing here constitutes financial, investment, tax, legal, or medical advice. It is personal opinion, shared openly and honestly from one thinking person to another. Please consult qualified professionals before making decisions about your money, health, or property.

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