Sitemap - 2023 - Odyssey of the Body

2 free workbooks for year-end reflections

Creativity nurtures our health

Field Notes: How to lengthen time, find light in winter, plus wisdom from a poet living 18 years with cancer

Field Notes: Managing health anxiety, poop facts, poems when you need more joy, & more

Field Notes: Ways to find calm in hard times, coming to terms with how an illness changes you, rising violence in U.S. hospitals

Field Notes: Taping your mouth shut, doctor appointments tips, air traffic risks & more

Field Notes: Placebo power, aphantasia, winter tips, changing our thoughts

Field Notes: how it feels to have ADHD, new hope for malaria, & a way to reduce sexism in kids

๐Ÿ“– First Readers: Comp books

Field Notes: 988 Lifelife, Kate Bowler on finding the edges of what you can hope for, asphalt art

โœ‰๏ธ A letter to a friend with a new diagnosis โœ‰๏ธ

โ˜€๏ธ Field Notes: Ologies podcast, 3 shots for fall, Morning Light Week & more โ˜€๏ธ

๐Ÿข ๐Ÿš‘ Field Notes: The understudied clitoris, wildly different ambulance bills, taking a fake emotional support turtle to a museum & more

How to be a journalist about your illness

๐Ÿšฐ Field Notes: America's groundwater crisis

๐Ÿ“– First Readers: Keep Calm & Query On

โœจ ๐ŸŒŽ Field Notes: Hopeful & helpful takes on climate change, ultra-processed foods, diabetes, & more

Learning to accept an illness

๐Ÿ”ฌโ˜€๏ธ Field Notes: Long Covid & mitochondria discoveries, facial SBF50 sunscreen, imagining a Perfect Day

๐Ÿ“– First Readers: What should I call this book?

How to adjust which Odyssey emails you receive

๐Ÿฅ‘ ๐Ÿฅœ Field Notes: New drug for postpartum depression, POTS snack list, caregiver resources + more

How my e-mail signature helped me claim my disabled identity

๐ŸŒŠ Field Notes: Summer Covid wave, Best Roasted Vegetables Ever, how smartwatches are clueless about rest

๐Ÿ“– I'm writing a book! ๐Ÿ“–

Field Notes: How often should you get a colonoscopy? Is a cannabis crisis coming? How did one doctor halt the overwhelming patient portal messages? ๐Ÿ“จ

Field Notes: Outlive book review, Opill FDA approval, no such thing as minor surgery & more

Happy Disability Pride & Inclusion Month

Field Notes: Health at Any Size tips, talking with kids about alcohol, red light therapy, a beautiful essay by Ann Patchett + more

"I just want to work on my car"

A Tale of Ice, Iron, & Young Women ๐ŸงŠ๐Ÿฉธ

Field Notes: "My Body is a Clock"

๐Ÿ›€ Field Notes: tick-nixing baths, emotions affect learning, AC1 diabetes test may not work well for Asians, & more

Sweet summer rest ๐Ÿ–๏ธ

๐ŸŒฌ๏ธField Notes: DIY air purifier + one I recommend, "Cartharsis" art exhibit, negotiating with aging parents, and more

Field Notes: Pitfalls of access to your medical records, NYC bans weight discrimination & allergies really are increasing ๐ŸŒบ

Let's make a new habit ๐ŸŒŸ

๐ŸŒ Field Notes: Snails as illness companions, new Lyme disease vaccine, perimenopause diaries & more

Field Notes: ChatGPT's sympathy script, radon risks, great quick chickpea-pasta recipe + a poem by Rebecca Sturgeon

Field Notes: Maggie Smith's new ๐Ÿ”ฅ book, ๐Ÿ’ช 4 principles of exercise (or any) goals, ๐Ÿ’‰ new Covid booster guidelines

Field Notes: Dr. Vivek Murthy with Krista Tippett on loneliness, Happy Autism Acceptance Month, seasonal allergies, & more

Field Notes: Long Covid disability accommodation tips, hugs after top-surgery, 30% of Americans are not ready to go to the movies

Field Notes: The First Lady who shared her cancer news when even the word "breast" was taboo

Field Notes: Anger is pain, hiding

Field Notes #48: Lessons from "the brief, wondrous life of little Leo"

Field Notes #47: Being there for a friend with depression

Q&A with Rebecca Sturgeon, poet & DANCEmandala instructor

Realms that energize โšก

โšกOur malleable selves ๐Ÿ’ญ

Field Notes #46: Sleep relaxation exercise + our uncharted inner lives

I made something for you

Field Notes #45: "Everyone is a Creator" โ€” Rick Rubin

Willpower vs. "One and Done" Decisions

Field Notes #44: Epileptic treatment breakthroughs, inferred empathy vs. earned empathy, & more

๐Ÿ˜– Emotions ๐Ÿ˜€

Field Notes #43: Dual-growth mindset for your health and for yourself ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Calming our minds with a walk outside

Field Notes #42: Let's keep going

Thoughtwork ๐Ÿ’ญ

Field Notes #41: Connection, a key to a happier, healthier, longer life ๐Ÿ”‘