Editor’s note: First published by Mad in America on June 19th As a systemic psychotherapist, I believe that human distress needs to be understood in its relational and social context. The…

I realise my mistake at around 3am, when my limbs are starched flat on the bed but in my head sets off a cut, sparking wire that’s jumping around and making my heart thump and stop. Netflix is still…

Same testosterone, same weekly dose — just twice a week instead of once. You lose nothing. You trade one extra needle a week for a flatter curve.

Strava’s metrics alone couldn’t tell the story of my training, because important context lived in photos of my gym’s whiteboard. Here’s how I combined Strava data with a coding agent’s vision layer…

running as a helpful tool for training our emotions.

Nasal sprays and peptide binders for respiratory viruses.

Yesterday, I was listening to a podcast by Doctor Mike about transgender healthcare. It's excellent, and I highly recommend it. But at one point, they're talking about the relationship between being…

It was the vividness that was impressed on me first. I saw her halving the tablets with a knife on the table top of her sewing machine. She mumbled about making it last and prioritizing patriarch’s…

I’ve dropped the habit of logging my exercise, and I don’t miss the nagging presence of the orange app.

Data scientists and clinicians provide their perspectives on how humans and AI can safely work together in intensive care units.

Have you ever heard, maybe when watching a swimming event on TV during the Olympics, the commentators say that it’s a fast or slow pool? I was baffled! How can a bunch of water be fast or slow? But…

One of my friends led me by the hand through the crowd That sounds like an insignificant detail but it really wasn't It was Nightmass at Dark Mofo and I was there with two friends (S and F) who are…

My partner took me to a Pickleball Open play event. Being a beginner, I am grateful that I got a chance to play against many different types of players. In between games, I had a chat with a…

So, unfortunately, it dawned on me only about ten hours after getting home from the ED (i.e. after I had slept) that the condition my symptoms most match is a thoracic aortic aneurysm, and in the ED…

I haven’t posted in a while, Mainly because I have actually being enjoying life much more than usual, Therapy has been going well, I’m enjoying watching my grand daughter getting old and…

Very nearly 3 decades ago, I got involved in an American lawsuit. Forsyth v Eli Lilly Bill Forsyth was a wealthy man even before he sold the land his car rental business was on to Los Angeles…

WTF is up with sugar allergies? Friday evening we were on the patio at our local brewery when my wife overheard a young person expounding to his two friends about how people wear CGMs to manage their…

Book review for Attention Span by Gloria Mark. I rated it 3.5 stars. This book came with a rather bold subtitle - "A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity". In it, author…

I just got back from a short weekend trip to Mendocino[^1] so this will be a short one. It’s funny how the books that are actually “life-changing” often aren’t the books we’d name as influential. In…

A week-long fishing trip to Lewiston, New York, on the Lower Niagara River delivers adventure, fun and a respite from a valiant fight with cancer. We catch salmon, smallmouth bass and more and eat…

A few months ago, I took up swimming. What began purely as a means of exercise soon blossomed into something of a religious experience—though not in the kooky, New Age-y way, mind you.

After a relatively quick pit-stop to deal with some niggling ethical queries, the UK NHS’s heavily challenged Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) into Puberty Blockers for gender dysphoric children is…

My Achilles felt really good these past few days so I thought I would do some light legs. I’ll be sore tomorrow but this felt really good. Unknown location (probably inside)

This update covers Sunday 06-21-26 through Saturday 06-27-26 (icon Glossary , if needed). LIFE 🈁 Making decisions and sticking to them (which is always the harder part). 📕 I committed to using one…

GLP-1s changed my life; unfortunately, advertisers have changed GLP-1s.

RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL | YEAR 42 Above: Flower planted by a neighbor in the green area next to our house. Dateline: 2026-06-27 | Vicki had x-rays done and consulted…

Some students misunderstand what I mean by saying: “Play with good focus.” In their minds, this means quickly getting into a state of flow, consistently. But that’s not possible. And worse, this…

Changes are inevitable. There was a time when I fought them and tried to resist them. But that time, that person is long gone. Gone are days when I did something because I had and gone are days when…

Spent another sleepless night which translated into me rolling out of the rack a little before 0700. Got no AM shop time because I had to get ready to go to the West Roxbury VA. Got there at 1020 for…

I am back home on the compound with HA, Luna the Big Dog™, and the chickens and the sheep. Allow me to recount the trip: Drive from the compound to KOA. Fly from KOA to SMF with my younger son. +3…

You know that phase when you have started exercising, eating healthy and being on the good path for months and then you skip a week? Then another. And yet another - till it becomes couple of months…

Work took over social life and running took a massive hit too. Cutting it thin here by not starting a training regime anyway. Stat Value Distance 5.27 km Duration 29:02 Pace 5:30 /km Elevation Gain…

Twin RNAs and m-RNAs are produced by the provirus. The capsides are directly produced inside the host by viral m-RNA. The virus obtains the lipid membrane when it buds from the host cell.

When I think about what I would regret in my deathbed, if death was to meet me tomorrow, blowing its cold breath into my neck, it would be not sharing the journey of my body. It will come in time,…

I’ve stated doing parkrun a bit more regularly. I did my first one in Harrogate at the start of 2019, and by the start of August 2025 (6 years later) I’d done 8. I’ve now completed 14 in the last 10…

The Project CBD newsletter covers the latest research into plant medicine, including cannabinoids and psychedelics, as well as noteworthy reading from around the web. The post Project CBD Newsletter:…

* Monday made the case for fish as the protein anchor for GLP-1 users. Here’s what it looks like when you put that into practice. Open Cronometer and set a custom protein target. For muscle…

Keeping cool (ish)

Not my best, not my worst.

Just over a week ago I took my first 2.5mg dose of tirzepatide — more commonly known as Mounjaro.

(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many,…

I have thought about and diagnosed the mechanisms of weight gain and found that they are largely conditioned loops and the continuation of eating past satisfaction. I have made a simple and realistic…

I participated in the 2026 Manitoba Marathon event, finishing the half marathon (21.1 km or 13.1 miles) in 3 hours, 1 minute and 21 seconds.

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, known to many as “The Truthful Therapist,” joins CTA Co-Director Dr. Michael Olan for a conversation about psychotherapy, professional ethics, ideological…

Stolen from the 1990 film “Hardware” - Angry Bob. This month started off with a colonoscopy, which, honestly, is not the best way to start a month. *record scratch* - let me explain (spoiler: I’m…

A colleague and I went for a run before starting work yesterday at 8am. We have a group at work who are usually keen for a jaunt around the local park together for a few kilometres, but after seeing…

Night run views

Sometimes I wonder if living with anxiety means that the only time I really feel alive is when I feel like something is trying to kill me. Not in a "daredevil" kind of way - I'm actually extremely…

Some tips on how to deal with hot weather.