Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your Body, Steadies the Mind, and Guides Our Health - Hardcover

by Brennan Spiegel (Author)

Gravity doesn't just pull apples from trees--it shapes our bodies, minds, and even our emotions. In PULL, Brennan Spiegel, M.D. reveals how this invisible force influences everything from digestion to depression--and how building gravity resilience can help us find balance, stand stronger, and live longer.

As long as life has existed on Earth--from the simplest organisms to Homo sapiens--gravity has inexorably shaped our world. Gravity dictated how we were built, the mechanisms that allow us to stand upright, to pump blood to our extremities, to support our capacious brains. But to what extent does gravity also shape our sensations, emotions, and overall well-being? And how can we take this force of nature into account for better health?

Author Biography

Brennan Spiegel, M.D., is a physician, professor, and storyteller whose work lives at the intersection of science, technology, and what it means to be human. He directs Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai, where he holds the George and Dorothy Gourrich Chair in Digital Health Ethics. Dr. Spiegel's research explores how emotion, physical experience, and the mind-body connection shape health--and how innovations like virtual reality and AI can support healing. He can often be found balancing his life (and himself) on a wobble board in his office while wearing a weighted vest. He lives in Los Angeles.