Essays from a practitioner of complex chronic illness recovery, examining conditions like chronic fatigue, autoimmunity and mold illness through a systems biology lens. Readers get explanations of underlying mechanisms such as sleep versus hibernation-like states, early development and retained primitive reflexes, and critiques of reductionist health claims.
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A personal field guide for working with chronic illness, mixing practical advice on freelancing and self-employment with reported features on how people adapt their work and tracking systems. The writing is first-person and candid, drawing on the author's own experience and interviews with others.
A personal newsletter by Leah Reich covering chronic illness, the psychology of being sick, writing, faith in creative work, and taking breaks from output. Its writing is candid, witty and conversational, drawing on lived experience and small observations.
Jessica Kantrowitz shares poetry, personal essays and reflections on her writing life, chronic illness and invisible disabilities, and occasional commentary on faith and modern life. Readers get original poems, candid accounts of rejection and disability, and short reflective pieces alongside translated verse.
A personal newsletter by a former lawyer turned travel writer, now living with a spinal CSF leak, mixing memoir, reflections on chronic illness and curated reading. Readers get long-form, candid personal essays about loss, health, and life after a career built on travel.
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