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01: Interoception, your body's superpower
Hey Readers! Thank you for filling out the survey a couple of weeks ago. Many of you asked for shorter posts, end-of-post summaries, and for comments to…
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07 Proprioception: We Are Explorers
The other day I ran into my neighborhood friend Jaden and his pit bull Sampson at the park near my house. I hadn’t seen then in many months. Even from a…
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02: The Body's Role in Emotional Balance
Carlos S., known as “the man who felt two hearts,” had a medical pump installed in his chest to support his failing heart. The implant helped, but he…
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Got ADHD? Try one of my favorite tools.
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Night Breathing Detects Parkinson’s
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Body Agency: Your Natural Antidepressant
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When Emotional Contagion Cuts Deep
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Mental Illness Is All In Your Body
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Intro: What Embodiment Is + Why It Matters
Embodiment is a radical science, a field of psychology, a life-changing method, and a lineage of ancestral wisdom that improves physical, emotional, and…
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The Children of Gaza Belong To Humanity
More than 2.2 million people live in the Gaza Strip; over half that number are children. And of the 20,000 people who have been killed in the last month…
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What The Olive Trees Know
This weekend, I woke in the middle of the night, my thoughts filled with the olive trees of Palestine. A weight lay on my chest, so heavy that I…
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Israel + Palestine: Interview with Gabor Mate
This week’s piece offers a conversation between Gabor Mate and his daughter, Hannah Mate, on Israel’s War on Palestine. (The U.N.’s description.) At…
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Why Media Reportage Matters in War
Today, amid the catastrophic suffering in Palestine, I’d like to focus my lens on Palestine’s refugees, on the media reportage that tells their stories…
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A Love Letter to Trauma Survivors Amid War
Today, I speak directly to survivors of sexual assault, domestic and family violence, gender-based and interpersonal violence, and epigenetic trauma…
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New Virtual Reality Tool Improves Breathing
Last week, I wrote about the novel discovery of a way to detect Parkinson’s disease in nocturnal breathing years before the disease manifests. In that…
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Night Breathing Detects Parkinson’s
I’m beyond excited about this new research study. For anyone interested in the power of breath, it’s right up your alley. It illustrates a positive use…
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Lacunae: Stepping into The Gap
In graduate school, I learned of a concept that has in recent years returned to walk at my side: the notion of a lacuna. The word has multiple meaning…
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