Odyssey of the Body

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Field Notes: May 2025
What, wait — I could use a Continuous Glucose Monitor temporarily to learn more about my body? Plus, Yoga for Tired People, support for caregivers, and…
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Our Bodies & Our Seasons: From Dormancy to Spring 🌷
Thoughts on moving from winter into a lush and verdant time
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🌱 Field Notes: March 2025 🌱
Meditations for phone addicts, how Ozempic turns the shame volume down, thoughtful end-of-life planning, the cutest owls & more
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The smack of a diagnosis
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What emotion am I really feeling?
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Field Notes: January 2025
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Rewiring our thoughts in a mask-less world
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✉️ A letter to a friend with a new diagnosis ✉️
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📖 First Readers: Keep Calm & Query On
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Telling your story as a path to acceptance
Wisdom and practical exercises from Dr. Annie Brewster, author of "The Healing Power of Storytelling"
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Field Notes: February 2025
Medical toys for stuffies, how to help your doctor take you more seriously, a long Covid love story, and more
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“How to Winter” — tips from health psychologist Kari Leibowitz
Q&A on thriving in the cold, dark season
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Field Notes: January 2025
Tips for being a "kid whisperer," the hidden epidemic of chronic pain, how TikTok supports the disability community, delicious poems, our unappreciated…
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Field Notes: Year-End Reflection Tools, Individualized Blood Test Ranges, Super Simple Chicken Stock Recipe, & More
Plus, play the Odyssey of the Body Connections-like puzzle game 🌟🌟
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Winter Camp, explained
What is this thing? A webinar? A course?
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How to get that doctor's appointment you really need
Tips from decades of finagling healthcare appointments
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Odyssey of the Body
Odyssey of the Body
Explorations of how we tend to our health, our creativity, our identities
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Field Notes
Field Notes #1
Tomato Egg Drop Soup, Kurt Vonnegut on loneliness, podcast interview with the author of "The Body Keeps the Score"
Field Notes #2
A poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, COVID-19 expert Dr. Eric Topol, & my favorite water filter
Field Notes #3
Carrot Cumin Soup from Smitten Kitchen, Q&A on perimenopause, Blessings from John O’Donohue
Field Notes #4
Five ways I enjoy tracking daily life & health
Field Notes #5
Amanda Palmer on witnessing grief, OWYN Shakes, Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care
Field Notes #6
Emotions as messengers, quick-easy-healthy shakshuka, Dr. Paul Farmer on cynicism
Field Notes #7
Blessing for Ukraine, Good Enough Lent Guide, Exercises for Back Pain
Field Notes #8
Two books I loved: "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Burkeman & “Iceberg," an exquisite memoir by Marion Coutts
Field Notes #9
Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms, Isolation Journals, 100-Day Project
Field Notes #10
Alternate-nostril breathing, a framework for leading mindfully, ode to bananas
Field Notes #11
What I'm Reading in Spring 2022
Field Notes #12
Meeting-Free Focus Days, Bear Fruit Rolls, The Healthier Hustle on nudging your negativity bias aside
Field Notes #13
Bittersweet playlist, tick repellent options, Delia Ephron on processing traumatic experiences

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