The Breathing Room

EPISODE QUOTE EARTH TO GRANDMA!!!! HELLOO!! OFC I WANT TO BUY FURNITURE! IN THIS EPISODE Everyone keeps asking what the plan is. The honest answer is: there isn't one. We just moved to Seattle — temporarily, we think...

Most people think breath holding is for free divers and extreme athletes. This six-minute practice is the opposite of that. It is quiet, accessible, and one of the most underused stress regulation tools available —...

My husband Joel got diagnosed with sleep apnea. He had a solution, technically, to the thing that was interrupting his breathing at night. He still woke up at 3am. He still had almost no deep sleep on his tracker. He...

This week's episode is a little different. This is not one to listen to on your commute or while folding laundry. This one requires you to lie down, close your eyes, and give yourself 15 minutes of uninterrupted time...

Why Running Five Days a Week and Never Lifting Made Everything Worse My husband Joel had a very firm belief that if he trained his legs in the gym, his running would suffer. He also had tight hips, unhappy knees, and a...

You Cannot Nourish a Body You Don't Understand My husband Joel, before we started working on his health together, genuinely believed he ate well. He was eating salads. Drinking protein shakes. Avoiding fried food. By...

You are tired in a way that makes you fantasise about a week in bed. And then you actually lie down and your mind will not stop. You cannot nap even when you are desperate for one. You either lie awake for an hour...

There is a pill that improves your muscle mass, regulates your blood sugar, protects your independence into your eighties, and lowers your risk of nearly every major chronic disease. It is called resistance training...

It is a Tuesday morning. I am crouched over my husband's crotch, reading glasses on, my mother-in-law leaning over my shoulder for a better look. I am sniffing his surgical wound to check for infection. She is comparing...

Three days. Two countries' worth of guests. Fourteen best friends in the ceremony. A live band, a DJ, arm wrestling at the cocktail hour, Swedish lawn games, five-plus hours of dancing. By most standards, that is a lot...

She has been in therapy for eight years. She can map her attachment patterns with precision. She understands, in impressive detail, exactly why she does what she does. She also cried in her car on the way home from work...

You have done the fiber. You have cut the dairy. You made the lentil stew your mother suggested and woke up the next morning looking seven months pregnant despite eating nothing suspicious. You are also exhausted in a...

*Bonus Episode* Do you get intense with closeness, or you pull away and feel guilty later - and you keep asking, “Why am I like this?” Discover how attachment styles are nervous system adaptations. Learn why you get...

She has navigated visas, long-distance relationships, international moves, and a complex two-stage surgery on her husband's manhood. She is sitting at the kitchen table feeling fourteen years old and gets reactive...

You made it to the gym. You answered the emails. You remembered the birthday, sent the flowers, and showed up to everything you said you would show up to. You are also running on empty in a way you cannot explain...