Articles
You Have Been Blaming the Wrong Person
by: Stephen Scott JohnsonPublished on: 18/08/2026The argument you keep having with the same person has two authors. How two Field States meet and escalate each other, the research on bodies falling into step during conflict, and why the steadiest nervous system in the room sets the weather.
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The State Between the Storm and the Stillness
by: Stephen Scott JohnsonPublished on: 11/08/2026The middle Field State is the one that responds to practice. What Harmonising feels like from the inside, why it reads as failure when it isn't, and the heart rate variability research showing your recovery time is trainable.
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The Atmosphere You Bring
by: Stephen Scott JohnsonPublished on: 04/08/2026Your Field State enters the room before you speak, and people adjust to it without knowing why. The first of the Three Field States: what Turbulent looks like inside, and the Yale research on how fast one person's mood spreads through a team.
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