
Julia F Christensen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Warburg Institute, London
Dr Julia F Christensen is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Warburg Institute, London. She is the co-author of Dancing Is the Best Medicine (Greystone Books, 2021) and the author of The Pathway to Flow (Vintage, 2025).
Written by Julia F Christensen

essayNeuroscience
Ingredients for brilliance
An immersive ‘flow state’ isn’t only accessible to great artists and athletes. You can find your flow too. Here’s how
Julia F Christensen

essayDance and theatre
To the core
A devastating loss can shatter the façade we put up for others, exposing our deepest, rawest self. A work of art can do the same
Julia F Christensen

ideaNeuroscience
‘Let the soul dangle’: how mind-wandering spurs creativity
Julia F Christensen, Guido Giglioni & Manos Tsakiris