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Even my hallucinations are peer-reviewed
Does AI Know You Better Than You Know Yourself? Even if you hardly use it? Find out here.
 • Karen Rile
You Are Going To Get Hurt
How I Used a Bad Acronym to Cure My Sprained Ankle in a Week. (Hint: I didn't use RICE.)
 • Karen Rile
Physical Therapy—Or Philosophical Therapy?
How a pain in the neck sent me on a trip down the quantum physics rabbit hole. And how telling a story changes the story.
 • Karen Rile
Creatine Creative
Could this widely available gym bro dietary supplement help treat depression? Or is creatine a scam—or both?
 • Karen Rile
What’s inside your head?
The democratic myth of “stream of consciousness” invites us to believe that underneath it all, we’re all the same. But are we?
 • Karen Rile
Breathe Better: 3 simple techniques you probably didn't know about that will change your breath and your life
Train your tongue; don't be a belly-breather; palms up. These practices will help bring peace and clarity in body and mind.
 • Karen Rile
The Great Unraveling
Pain, transience, and the perils of forgetting. Like most people in the downhill slope of their lifespan, whenever a novel pain bubbles up my first…
 • Karen Rile
The Mind Of Winter Fire
There were no sirens. More than fifty firefighters and police were preternaturally quiet in their fearsome all-night labor as if tender not to wake the…
 • Karen Rile
How Not To Be Eaten By Bears
Are you holding on for dear life? Unconscious gripping steals your stability and strength. Here are some techniques to help you find and release that…
 • Karen Rile
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