Wellness

We are raising babies and getting degrees and eating jackfruit pulled-pork sandwiches and listening to podcasts and exfoliating our pores—all while trying to serve in church and read the Bible and resist the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Over the course of the day, we show writers—and those who swear they’re not “real” writers—how moving their bodies, listening to music, considering their personal stories, and responding to some simple prompts helps them tap into insights, revelations, and wisdom they didn’t know they had. All through the written word.

As the future becomes more tenuous, I want to teach my child to enjoy the planet right now. I want to teach him how to laze in the grass and watch the clouds without any artificially imposed sense of urgency. Many of the ways I have learned to live well in a chronically ill body — by taking the present moment slowly and gently, letting go of lookin

Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk explores this in The Body Keeps the Score, addressing how if we only talk, we’re accessing one part of our brain, and we miss out on what the other parts of our brain have to teach us about ourselves. How do we access these other parts of our brain? Yoga, meditation, experiential therapy, neurofeedback—and of course, writing

good days are precious. When you’re feeling even a little creative, don’t wait. Write it down, roll tape, speak up. When you’re feeling reasonably healthy, go for a walk.

When you have been doing business with somebody, you’ve been friends with somebody for ten years, twenty years, thirty years, it just gets better and better because you trust them so easily. The friction goes down, you can do bigger, and bigger things together. For example, the simplest one is getting married to someone, and having kids, and raisin

For those who become homeless, models such as the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program demonstrate that proactive outreach by street medicine teams and shelter-based clinics can build trust—and ultimately care—among many individuals who are reasonably reluctant to seek services. Once connected, individuals can engage in integrated health car