For most of my adult life, mornings were something I survived, not something I enjoyed. I\'d hit snooze four times, drag myself out of bed at the last possible second, stumble through a chaotic rush of...
There was a period of about six months where I averaged maybe four hours of sleep a night. I\'d lie in bed for hours, staring at the ceiling, my mind racing through tomorrow\'s to-do list, random conver...
The pain started as a mild ache between my shoulder blades. I ignored it. Then it spread to my lower back. I still ignored it. Then one morning, I bent over to tie my shoes and something in my lower b...
I used to pop ibuprofen like candy. Every time I felt a headache coming on — and I got them frequently, sometimes several times a week — I’d immediately reach for the pill bottle. Two ibuprofen,...
I spent my twenties and most of my thirties hunched over a computer. Eight to ten hours a day, five days a week, plus additional hours on my phone in the evenings. I didn’t think much of it — ev...