Nicole Karlis, Health Journalist Exploring Care, Wellness, and Connection
She is the author of Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community During Crisis and an award winning health journalist reporting on women’s health, wellness, and how culture shapes how we care for ourselves and each other.
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Health Isn’t Only Personal
Health is often framed as an individual problem, something to optimize, manage, or fix on your own. But that framing leaves out something important.
As a health and science journalist, I'm passionate about reporting on how our well-being is shaped not only by personal choices, but by the systems, cultures, and structures we live within. From access to care to cultural expectations around motherhood and wellness, health is never just personal.
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Your Brain
on Altruism
What role does human connection play in our health—and what happens when it’s missing?
Your Brain on Altruism explores the science of connection, caregiving, and community during times of crisis, offering a new perspective on resilience and well-being.
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Health, Science and Wellness
My work intersects with science, culture, and sometimes, personal experience
I cover a range of topics, but I frequently dive deep into:
→ Women’s health and reproductive care
→ Wellness culture and its influence on how we think about care and public health
→ The science of connection, caregiving, and community
→ Mental health and parenting
My writing and reporting have been featured in numerous national and international media publications, including The New York Times, SELF magazine, Glamour UK, Salon, Marie Claire, The Bold Italic, and others. I have made media appearances as an expert on PBS Story in the Public Square and on podcasts like Something You Should Know and SiriusXM Doctor Radio. In 2020, I was a recipient of the USC Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship Project. In 2023, my story “The Online Baby Sleep Boom,” published in Salon, placed third in the consumer/feature category of the Association of Health Care Journalists Awards.
Articles & Writing
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Articles & Writing //
What Is ‘Nonnamaxxing’?
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Defining wellness in Florence
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When “abortion travel” becomes a nightmare
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Should you use AI when learning Italian?
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The Online Baby Sleep Boom
How much of this baby sleep advice is actually supported by science?
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A Culture of Caring
Here to examine what it means to create a culture where people and systems care about each other
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My Writing with Salon
I am a regular contributor to Salon, where I cover women’s health, science, and wellness culture.
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