Fluent Wellness
It’s often said the human body should come with an owner’s manual and now we are living even longer without these manuals, facing more challenges along the way. Challenges like chronic illness, recurrent injuries, obesity, new infections and medical misinformation on and around all the above.
Fluent Wellness, like our podcast My Body Odyssey, presents the sharpest science-based insights for a general interest audience on a wide range of wellness topics– exercise and diet, mindfulness and stress management, lifestyle choices that impact our quantity and quality of life. But all presented without the commercial hype around so much health and wellness content.
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Rowing Through Cancer, Injury & Trauma
Rowing Through Cancer, Injury & Trauma Three Body Odysseys At 2022 Head Of The Charles “I plan to row till my…
Doc Sarah: Mysterious Condition, Miraculous Race
Doc Sarah: Mysterious Condition, Miraculous Race How do we know when to push through pain and injury to pursue the sports…
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My Body Odyssey Meets Nordic Skiing: Practical, Popular, Affordable — and Under Climate Threat
Climate Change Threatens Nordic Skiing– One of the World’s Oldest Forms of Exercise “The ski is…
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My Expert Odyssey Part 2
My Expert Odyssey Part 2: Scoliosis, Pre-Diabetes, Postpartum, & Cancer In this second of two holiday bonus episodes, we again get a bit more personal with season one expert guests whose own experiences have inspired and informed their professional pursuits – “My Expert Odyssey” times four. First off, Dr. Mark Stoutenberg of Temple University’s Department…
My Expert Odyssey Part 1
My Expert Odyssey Part 1: Depression, Diabetes & Trauma (Bonus Episode) What leads someone on a path to becoming a noted researcher on the benefits of exercise for depression or diabetes? Or a coach in the relatively new sport of para rowing? Not surprisingly, personal experience can play a huge role in lighting those pathways….
Rowing Through Cancer, Injury & Trauma
Rowing Through Cancer, Injury & Trauma Three Body Odysseys At 2022 Head Of The Charles “I plan to row till my last breath.” That’s a pretty strong endorsement for any sport. And we heard this deep love of rowing several times from committed rowers at the 2022 Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR), the rowing…
Generational Gene
Generational Gene: Cycling for Diabetes Prevention Our protagonist in this episode, Generational Gene, may at first seem like a special case. A middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes later in life, Gene seems at higher-than-average risk to develop the condition, as well. But in fact Gene is very…
Cyclist for Life Howie
Cyclist for Life Howie: Riding the Ups & Downs of Cancer Howie, a recently retired software engineer, has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with a total mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is the fact that Howie has done a good bit of that cycling…
Josie & Joe in Tandem
Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple sclerosis Six months ago, Josie was bedridden with a flare-up of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) she has been battling for a decade alongside her husband Joe and with some help from their much loved custom tandem bike. Over that same decade Josie and Joe have logged over 10,000…
Yogi Jess on a Tightrope
Yogi Jess on a Tightrope: From Mobility to Stability Jess is a successful and respected yoga teacher – young, fit, doing all the right things to stay healthy. She’s also highly knowledgeable about anatomy and physiology, with two graduate degrees in the field. But a series of mysterious episodes involving circulation to one arm led…
Mom-on-the-Run Erin
Mom-on-the-Run Erin: The Challenges of Postpartum Depression Pregnancy is no joke, Erin tells us in this body odyssey, both deeply personal and all-too-common. According to the CDC, one in eight new mothers experience postpartum depression, which in Erin’s case, as with others, came after a difficult pregnancy. “I was on bedrest for a while and…
Doc Sarah: Mysterious Condition, Miraculous Race
Doc Sarah: Mysterious Condition, Miraculous Race How do we know when to push through pain and injury to pursue the sports and activities we love? And when should we suspect that injuries are not isolated events but part of a disease process? In this episode, we meet MBO protagonist Doc Sarah, a pediatrician, mother of…
Iron Woman Diane
Iron Woman Diane The Rewards & Challenges of Exercise With Diabetes Iron Woman Diane, a recently retired power industry executive with Type 1 diabetes, has completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous marathons and many lengthy cycling events, such as the New England Tour De Cure where My Body Odyssey first met her. One day, though,…
Ultimate Mark: “I Just Love Playing Too Much!”
Ultimate Mark: “I Just Love Playing Too Much!” In My Body Odyssey’s first full episode we meet Ultimate Mark– an uber competitive weekend warrior in many sports but most frequently Ultimate Disc (formerly Ultimate Frisbee). Mark hurls himself on the ultimate field just as he once did as an aspiring soccer goalie. Problem is Mark…
What combats Vax Skepticism?
What combats Vax Skepticism? An Interview with Dr. Jeanine Guidry, Director of VCU’s Health & Media Lab Battling the COVID pandemic has been a war on many fronts – disease management, the race to develop safe, effective vaccines, and now the equally trickly public relations battle against vaccine misinformation and committed skeptics of all kinds….