Self Research Institute
@selfresearch.org
We’re a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with tools for self-discovery, data sovereignty, and ethical innovation to improve quality of life for all.
Your nervous system is a historian.
Your body remembers patterns long after your mind forgets.
That’s why familiar stress can feel safer than uncertainty, and why old habits persist even when life changes.
Updating these patterns takes more than insight. It takes new signals of safety and meaning.
Your body remembers patterns long after your mind forgets.
That’s why familiar stress can feel safer than uncertainty, and why old habits persist even when life changes.
Updating these patterns takes more than insight. It takes new signals of safety and meaning.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Your nervous system is a historian.
Your body remembers patterns long after your mind forgets.
That’s why familiar stress can feel safer than uncertainty, and why old habits persist even when life changes.
Updating these patterns takes more than insight. It takes new signals of safety and meaning.
Your body remembers patterns long after your mind forgets.
That’s why familiar stress can feel safer than uncertainty, and why old habits persist even when life changes.
Updating these patterns takes more than insight. It takes new signals of safety and meaning.
Gut feelings aren’t magic.
They’re signals from the body predicting safety and meaning.
Do you listen to yours?
They’re signals from the body predicting safety and meaning.
Do you listen to yours?
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Gut feelings aren’t magic.
They’re signals from the body predicting safety and meaning.
Do you listen to yours?
They’re signals from the body predicting safety and meaning.
Do you listen to yours?
New paper in Digital Health from the Self Research Institute.
We review why many digital health tools for cardiometabolic disease fall short in practice and propose a framework for improving long-term outcomes.
Open-access: doi.org/10.1177/2055...
We review why many digital health tools for cardiometabolic disease fall short in practice and propose a framework for improving long-term outcomes.
Open-access: doi.org/10.1177/2055...
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New paper in Digital Health from the Self Research Institute.
We review why many digital health tools for cardiometabolic disease fall short in practice and propose a framework for improving long-term outcomes.
Open-access: doi.org/10.1177/2055...
We review why many digital health tools for cardiometabolic disease fall short in practice and propose a framework for improving long-term outcomes.
Open-access: doi.org/10.1177/2055...
Quality of Life isn’t a vibe. It’s a system.
Research defines QoL across psychological, social, physical, and contextual domains.
Whole Health is applying those dimensions to real life.
Which domain feels strongest for you right now?
Research defines QoL across psychological, social, physical, and contextual domains.
Whole Health is applying those dimensions to real life.
Which domain feels strongest for you right now?
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Quality of Life isn’t a vibe. It’s a system.
Research defines QoL across psychological, social, physical, and contextual domains.
Whole Health is applying those dimensions to real life.
Which domain feels strongest for you right now?
Research defines QoL across psychological, social, physical, and contextual domains.
Whole Health is applying those dimensions to real life.
Which domain feels strongest for you right now?
You don’t change behavior.
Behavior changes when meaning does.
That’s why willpower fades and understanding lasts.
What habit changed when your meaning changed?
#MeaningMaking #BehaviorScience
Behavior changes when meaning does.
That’s why willpower fades and understanding lasts.
What habit changed when your meaning changed?
#MeaningMaking #BehaviorScience
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You don’t change behavior.
Behavior changes when meaning does.
That’s why willpower fades and understanding lasts.
What habit changed when your meaning changed?
#MeaningMaking #BehaviorScience
Behavior changes when meaning does.
That’s why willpower fades and understanding lasts.
What habit changed when your meaning changed?
#MeaningMaking #BehaviorScience
Most health apps store data as timestamp + number.
That structure can’t represent meaning, identity, or context.
To generate real insight, systems need relationships, not rows.
Personal #KnowledgeGraphs fix this.
What connection do you wish tech understood about you?
#Ontology #HumanCenteredAI
That structure can’t represent meaning, identity, or context.
To generate real insight, systems need relationships, not rows.
Personal #KnowledgeGraphs fix this.
What connection do you wish tech understood about you?
#Ontology #HumanCenteredAI
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Most health apps store data as timestamp + number.
That structure can’t represent meaning, identity, or context.
To generate real insight, systems need relationships, not rows.
Personal #KnowledgeGraphs fix this.
What connection do you wish tech understood about you?
#Ontology #HumanCenteredAI
That structure can’t represent meaning, identity, or context.
To generate real insight, systems need relationships, not rows.
Personal #KnowledgeGraphs fix this.
What connection do you wish tech understood about you?
#Ontology #HumanCenteredAI
Your body runs a faster data pipeline than your mind.
Neuroscience shows interoception (body signals) updates in milliseconds, while conscious awareness lags by seconds.
That "gut feeling" isn't magic—it's latency. We build tools to give you the syntax for what your nervous system already knows.
Neuroscience shows interoception (body signals) updates in milliseconds, while conscious awareness lags by seconds.
That "gut feeling" isn't magic—it's latency. We build tools to give you the syntax for what your nervous system already knows.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Your body runs a faster data pipeline than your mind.
Neuroscience shows interoception (body signals) updates in milliseconds, while conscious awareness lags by seconds.
That "gut feeling" isn't magic—it's latency. We build tools to give you the syntax for what your nervous system already knows.
Neuroscience shows interoception (body signals) updates in milliseconds, while conscious awareness lags by seconds.
That "gut feeling" isn't magic—it's latency. We build tools to give you the syntax for what your nervous system already knows.
The future of health isn’t wellness tech. It’s agency tech.
Apps push compliance. But long-term well-being comes from agency — understanding your own mind, your context, your patterns.
Where do you want more agency in your life?
#AgencyTech #HumanCenteredTech #DigitalAutonomy
#PersonalSovereignty
Apps push compliance. But long-term well-being comes from agency — understanding your own mind, your context, your patterns.
Where do you want more agency in your life?
#AgencyTech #HumanCenteredTech #DigitalAutonomy
#PersonalSovereignty
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The future of health isn’t wellness tech. It’s agency tech.
Apps push compliance. But long-term well-being comes from agency — understanding your own mind, your context, your patterns.
Where do you want more agency in your life?
#AgencyTech #HumanCenteredTech #DigitalAutonomy
#PersonalSovereignty
Apps push compliance. But long-term well-being comes from agency — understanding your own mind, your context, your patterns.
Where do you want more agency in your life?
#AgencyTech #HumanCenteredTech #DigitalAutonomy
#PersonalSovereignty
If data doesn't change your mind, it's just noise.
For health data to become knowledge, it must:
🔹 Reduce uncertainty
🔹 Shift your assumptions
🔹 Connect to identity
🔹 Update your internal models
Your stats don't matter until they produce meaning.
#QuantifiedSelf #DataEpistemology
For health data to become knowledge, it must:
🔹 Reduce uncertainty
🔹 Shift your assumptions
🔹 Connect to identity
🔹 Update your internal models
Your stats don't matter until they produce meaning.
#QuantifiedSelf #DataEpistemology
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If data doesn't change your mind, it's just noise.
For health data to become knowledge, it must:
🔹 Reduce uncertainty
🔹 Shift your assumptions
🔹 Connect to identity
🔹 Update your internal models
Your stats don't matter until they produce meaning.
#QuantifiedSelf #DataEpistemology
For health data to become knowledge, it must:
🔹 Reduce uncertainty
🔹 Shift your assumptions
🔹 Connect to identity
🔹 Update your internal models
Your stats don't matter until they produce meaning.
#QuantifiedSelf #DataEpistemology
This #GivingTuesday, support the science of being human.
We’re building a future where:
- People can investigate their own health
- Data is treated with dignity
- Science becomes participatory
- Whole Health replaces fragmented care
And today, you can help shape that future.
www.selfresearch.org
We’re building a future where:
- People can investigate their own health
- Data is treated with dignity
- Science becomes participatory
- Whole Health replaces fragmented care
And today, you can help shape that future.
www.selfresearch.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This #GivingTuesday, support the science of being human.
We’re building a future where:
- People can investigate their own health
- Data is treated with dignity
- Science becomes participatory
- Whole Health replaces fragmented care
And today, you can help shape that future.
www.selfresearch.org
We’re building a future where:
- People can investigate their own health
- Data is treated with dignity
- Science becomes participatory
- Whole Health replaces fragmented care
And today, you can help shape that future.
www.selfresearch.org
Most digital health models assume innovation flows one way:
science → technology → person
But the emerging reality in personal informatics research is:
person → lived data → pattern → meaning → science
Individuals are becoming producers of insight, not passive recipients.
#SemanticHealth
science → technology → person
But the emerging reality in personal informatics research is:
person → lived data → pattern → meaning → science
Individuals are becoming producers of insight, not passive recipients.
#SemanticHealth
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Most digital health models assume innovation flows one way:
science → technology → person
But the emerging reality in personal informatics research is:
person → lived data → pattern → meaning → science
Individuals are becoming producers of insight, not passive recipients.
#SemanticHealth
science → technology → person
But the emerging reality in personal informatics research is:
person → lived data → pattern → meaning → science
Individuals are becoming producers of insight, not passive recipients.
#SemanticHealth
Health data is fragmented, but you are the only one who connects the dots. That's the core of #WholeHealth.
We use #Web3 and Personal Informatics to create a User-Centric Data Ecosystem:
✅ Capture data across sources.
✅ Own the keys to that data.
✅ See the full picture.
www.selfresearch.org
We use #Web3 and Personal Informatics to create a User-Centric Data Ecosystem:
✅ Capture data across sources.
✅ Own the keys to that data.
✅ See the full picture.
www.selfresearch.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Health data is fragmented, but you are the only one who connects the dots. That's the core of #WholeHealth.
We use #Web3 and Personal Informatics to create a User-Centric Data Ecosystem:
✅ Capture data across sources.
✅ Own the keys to that data.
✅ See the full picture.
www.selfresearch.org
We use #Web3 and Personal Informatics to create a User-Centric Data Ecosystem:
✅ Capture data across sources.
✅ Own the keys to that data.
✅ See the full picture.
www.selfresearch.org
Health data is broken up across silos.
Spezi (FHIR-based, #opensource) feels like a real step toward user-owned pipelines.
At #SRI, we’re exploring what “personal-scale health infrastructure” could look like:
simple #FHIR access, user-owned keys, data that lives with you.
www.selfresearch.org
Spezi (FHIR-based, #opensource) feels like a real step toward user-owned pipelines.
At #SRI, we’re exploring what “personal-scale health infrastructure” could look like:
simple #FHIR access, user-owned keys, data that lives with you.
www.selfresearch.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Health data is broken up across silos.
Spezi (FHIR-based, #opensource) feels like a real step toward user-owned pipelines.
At #SRI, we’re exploring what “personal-scale health infrastructure” could look like:
simple #FHIR access, user-owned keys, data that lives with you.
www.selfresearch.org
Spezi (FHIR-based, #opensource) feels like a real step toward user-owned pipelines.
At #SRI, we’re exploring what “personal-scale health infrastructure” could look like:
simple #FHIR access, user-owned keys, data that lives with you.
www.selfresearch.org
'Rigor is Care.' It's the principle that guides the Self Research Institute.
In the age of AI and data-driven decisions, we see rigor as respect. When methodology is weak, trust is lost.
We champion open science to ensure data quality and protect the public good.
selfresearch.org
In the age of AI and data-driven decisions, we see rigor as respect. When methodology is weak, trust is lost.
We champion open science to ensure data quality and protect the public good.
selfresearch.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
'Rigor is Care.' It's the principle that guides the Self Research Institute.
In the age of AI and data-driven decisions, we see rigor as respect. When methodology is weak, trust is lost.
We champion open science to ensure data quality and protect the public good.
selfresearch.org
In the age of AI and data-driven decisions, we see rigor as respect. When methodology is weak, trust is lost.
We champion open science to ensure data quality and protect the public good.
selfresearch.org
Most people think #PersonalInformatics = self-tracking.
At SRI, it means self-owned tools for understanding—not just optimizing.
Imagine anonymized insights feeding a decentralized #KnowledgeGraph:
a bottom-up map of human experience, turning personal meaning into shared structure.
At SRI, it means self-owned tools for understanding—not just optimizing.
Imagine anonymized insights feeding a decentralized #KnowledgeGraph:
a bottom-up map of human experience, turning personal meaning into shared structure.
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Most people think #PersonalInformatics = self-tracking.
At SRI, it means self-owned tools for understanding—not just optimizing.
Imagine anonymized insights feeding a decentralized #KnowledgeGraph:
a bottom-up map of human experience, turning personal meaning into shared structure.
At SRI, it means self-owned tools for understanding—not just optimizing.
Imagine anonymized insights feeding a decentralized #KnowledgeGraph:
a bottom-up map of human experience, turning personal meaning into shared structure.
We’re not building another app.
We’re building an ecosystem where:
- Science is participatory
- Data is dignified
- People are seen, not just measured
This is what the Self Research Institute stands for.
Are you ready to join the movement?
#EthicalTech #OpenFuture #CollectiveIntelligence
We’re building an ecosystem where:
- Science is participatory
- Data is dignified
- People are seen, not just measured
This is what the Self Research Institute stands for.
Are you ready to join the movement?
#EthicalTech #OpenFuture #CollectiveIntelligence
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We’re not building another app.
We’re building an ecosystem where:
- Science is participatory
- Data is dignified
- People are seen, not just measured
This is what the Self Research Institute stands for.
Are you ready to join the movement?
#EthicalTech #OpenFuture #CollectiveIntelligence
We’re building an ecosystem where:
- Science is participatory
- Data is dignified
- People are seen, not just measured
This is what the Self Research Institute stands for.
Are you ready to join the movement?
#EthicalTech #OpenFuture #CollectiveIntelligence
As AI grows more advanced, human intelligence must grow more introspective. We see a future where AI expands self-knowledge. A world where technology helps us understand the patterns that make us human.
💬 Can AI help us become more self-aware?
#AIandHumanity #SelfAwareness #EthicalAI
💬 Can AI help us become more self-aware?
#AIandHumanity #SelfAwareness #EthicalAI
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As AI grows more advanced, human intelligence must grow more introspective. We see a future where AI expands self-knowledge. A world where technology helps us understand the patterns that make us human.
💬 Can AI help us become more self-aware?
#AIandHumanity #SelfAwareness #EthicalAI
💬 Can AI help us become more self-aware?
#AIandHumanity #SelfAwareness #EthicalAI
At SRI, we believe open-source doesn’t mean careless.
Every open tool we build begins with three principles:
🔐 Privacy by design
🧠 Consent as structure
🌍 Transparency as trust
Because openness without ethics isn’t freedom, it’s failure.
#OpenEthics #PrivacyByDesign #DataDignity #ConsentTech
Every open tool we build begins with three principles:
🔐 Privacy by design
🧠 Consent as structure
🌍 Transparency as trust
Because openness without ethics isn’t freedom, it’s failure.
#OpenEthics #PrivacyByDesign #DataDignity #ConsentTech
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At SRI, we believe open-source doesn’t mean careless.
Every open tool we build begins with three principles:
🔐 Privacy by design
🧠 Consent as structure
🌍 Transparency as trust
Because openness without ethics isn’t freedom, it’s failure.
#OpenEthics #PrivacyByDesign #DataDignity #ConsentTech
Every open tool we build begins with three principles:
🔐 Privacy by design
🧠 Consent as structure
🌍 Transparency as trust
Because openness without ethics isn’t freedom, it’s failure.
#OpenEthics #PrivacyByDesign #DataDignity #ConsentTech
We’re entering an era where the most meaningful discoveries won’t come from billion-dollar labs, but from individuals studying their own lives with scientific precision.
That’s the heart of #SelfResearch.
A new model of inquiry where people become *participants in their own understanding*.
That’s the heart of #SelfResearch.
A new model of inquiry where people become *participants in their own understanding*.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We’re entering an era where the most meaningful discoveries won’t come from billion-dollar labs, but from individuals studying their own lives with scientific precision.
That’s the heart of #SelfResearch.
A new model of inquiry where people become *participants in their own understanding*.
That’s the heart of #SelfResearch.
A new model of inquiry where people become *participants in their own understanding*.
What if reflective journaling had a peer-review process?
Self-research isn’t about “just writing down feelings.” It’s a structured form of inquiry: hypothesis, observation, iteration.
🧪 Journaling becomes data.
📊 Patterns become insights.
💡 Insights become change.
#PersonalScience
Self-research isn’t about “just writing down feelings.” It’s a structured form of inquiry: hypothesis, observation, iteration.
🧪 Journaling becomes data.
📊 Patterns become insights.
💡 Insights become change.
#PersonalScience
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What if reflective journaling had a peer-review process?
Self-research isn’t about “just writing down feelings.” It’s a structured form of inquiry: hypothesis, observation, iteration.
🧪 Journaling becomes data.
📊 Patterns become insights.
💡 Insights become change.
#PersonalScience
Self-research isn’t about “just writing down feelings.” It’s a structured form of inquiry: hypothesis, observation, iteration.
🧪 Journaling becomes data.
📊 Patterns become insights.
💡 Insights become change.
#PersonalScience
Data isn’t cold — it’s a record of lived experience.
Every datapoint tells a small story about you.
The real challenge? Interpreting it with empathy.
We design tools that see data as alive — a reflection of your humanity.
💬 How do we bring more compassion into data design?
#HumanData #EthicalAI
Every datapoint tells a small story about you.
The real challenge? Interpreting it with empathy.
We design tools that see data as alive — a reflection of your humanity.
💬 How do we bring more compassion into data design?
#HumanData #EthicalAI
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Data isn’t cold — it’s a record of lived experience.
Every datapoint tells a small story about you.
The real challenge? Interpreting it with empathy.
We design tools that see data as alive — a reflection of your humanity.
💬 How do we bring more compassion into data design?
#HumanData #EthicalAI
Every datapoint tells a small story about you.
The real challenge? Interpreting it with empathy.
We design tools that see data as alive — a reflection of your humanity.
💬 How do we bring more compassion into data design?
#HumanData #EthicalAI
Imagine your daily data beyond steps & sleep:
-Animal exposure (e.g., pets, livestock)
-Local ecosystem quality (air, greenspace, noise)
-Human support systems (family, community)
That’s #OneHealth meets #SelfResearch. At SRI, we design tools to help capture all these dimensions.
#PersonalEcology
-Animal exposure (e.g., pets, livestock)
-Local ecosystem quality (air, greenspace, noise)
-Human support systems (family, community)
That’s #OneHealth meets #SelfResearch. At SRI, we design tools to help capture all these dimensions.
#PersonalEcology
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Imagine your daily data beyond steps & sleep:
-Animal exposure (e.g., pets, livestock)
-Local ecosystem quality (air, greenspace, noise)
-Human support systems (family, community)
That’s #OneHealth meets #SelfResearch. At SRI, we design tools to help capture all these dimensions.
#PersonalEcology
-Animal exposure (e.g., pets, livestock)
-Local ecosystem quality (air, greenspace, noise)
-Human support systems (family, community)
That’s #OneHealth meets #SelfResearch. At SRI, we design tools to help capture all these dimensions.
#PersonalEcology
#SelfResearch can feel overwhelming.
Here’s a simple 3-step way to start today:
1️⃣ Pick one small question: *“When do I feel most energized?”*
2️⃣ Track one variable for a week.
3️⃣ Reflect, then adjust based on what you see.
That’s it.
That’s science applied to yourself—no lab coat required.
Here’s a simple 3-step way to start today:
1️⃣ Pick one small question: *“When do I feel most energized?”*
2️⃣ Track one variable for a week.
3️⃣ Reflect, then adjust based on what you see.
That’s it.
That’s science applied to yourself—no lab coat required.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#SelfResearch can feel overwhelming.
Here’s a simple 3-step way to start today:
1️⃣ Pick one small question: *“When do I feel most energized?”*
2️⃣ Track one variable for a week.
3️⃣ Reflect, then adjust based on what you see.
That’s it.
That’s science applied to yourself—no lab coat required.
Here’s a simple 3-step way to start today:
1️⃣ Pick one small question: *“When do I feel most energized?”*
2️⃣ Track one variable for a week.
3️⃣ Reflect, then adjust based on what you see.
That’s it.
That’s science applied to yourself—no lab coat required.
Self-research isn’t just a toolset. It’s a movement.
At SRI, we’re connecting people who want to:
-Explore their own data
-Build open frameworks
-Share discoveries with the world
Whether you’re a researcher, a technologist, or simply curious, you belong here. 🌍
#OpenScience #CommunityDriven
At SRI, we’re connecting people who want to:
-Explore their own data
-Build open frameworks
-Share discoveries with the world
Whether you’re a researcher, a technologist, or simply curious, you belong here. 🌍
#OpenScience #CommunityDriven
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Self-research isn’t just a toolset. It’s a movement.
At SRI, we’re connecting people who want to:
-Explore their own data
-Build open frameworks
-Share discoveries with the world
Whether you’re a researcher, a technologist, or simply curious, you belong here. 🌍
#OpenScience #CommunityDriven
At SRI, we’re connecting people who want to:
-Explore their own data
-Build open frameworks
-Share discoveries with the world
Whether you’re a researcher, a technologist, or simply curious, you belong here. 🌍
#OpenScience #CommunityDriven
Health data shouldn’t live in silos.
With #SelfHealthWallet, you can:
- Combine medical records + wearables + daily logs
- See everything in one secure dashboard
- Choose exactly *who sees what*
This isn’t just storage. It’s health data with purpose.
#HealthData #DigitalHealth #DataOwnership
With #SelfHealthWallet, you can:
- Combine medical records + wearables + daily logs
- See everything in one secure dashboard
- Choose exactly *who sees what*
This isn’t just storage. It’s health data with purpose.
#HealthData #DigitalHealth #DataOwnership
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Health data shouldn’t live in silos.
With #SelfHealthWallet, you can:
- Combine medical records + wearables + daily logs
- See everything in one secure dashboard
- Choose exactly *who sees what*
This isn’t just storage. It’s health data with purpose.
#HealthData #DigitalHealth #DataOwnership
With #SelfHealthWallet, you can:
- Combine medical records + wearables + daily logs
- See everything in one secure dashboard
- Choose exactly *who sees what*
This isn’t just storage. It’s health data with purpose.
#HealthData #DigitalHealth #DataOwnership