Founding editor of Cleaver. Writer. UPENN Creative Writing Lecturer. Certified Level 2 500-hr @lytyogamethod instructor. Friend to humans and dogs.https://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lojghbsb3s2uA few weeks ago I sprained my ankle. I went from excruciating pain to recovery in 8 days. The last time I had a similar sprain, it took 6 weeks to heal. Here is how I did it. (Hint: I did not use the outdated RICE protocol.) https://karenrile.substack.com/publish/post/16206922606 May 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojghbsb3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lfxaxa4cfk2jI stopped drinking entirely seven years ago, but not for the reasons you might think. Read—and consider your glymphatic system… https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/the-tippling-point https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/the-tippling-point?r=1felw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false17 Jan 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxaxa4cfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lfpnhy4lis2jHow do you wear your stress? I wear it on my eyelids (eczema) and in my breathing. Here are 5 unexpected ideas for managing stress in this hellfire month. Link in first comment.14 Jan 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpnhy4lis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lemjctht3k2s Read this for five practical ideas for doable resolutions so you can have a stronger, safer 2025. Because we need all the help we can get. Happy new year, friends! I wrote this for you. https://karenrile.substack.com/p/resolved-now-bring-it-on31 Dec 2024 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemjctht3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3le5efkweh22jHere’s a 5-minute breathing exercise guaranteed to bring down your holiday stress! Link in the first comment.25 Dec 2024 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5efkweh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3ldsv6xtvvs2bThanks so much to Beth Kephart @bethkephart.bsky.social for this fun interview! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Dec 2024 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsv6xtvvs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lcv233f3n22p“ Why though did pollsters call thousands of people and offer ‘immigration’ as one choice? Testing the Republican message, a message jet-fueled by billions from the greedy…. Democrats don’t attract that kind of money because we are working for the people.” https://open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pearl/p/only-connect https://open.substack.com/pub/hjs24pearl/p/only-connect?r=1felw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email09 Dec 2024 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv233f3n22phttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lcslnrsiy22tFor a long time, I pursued intermittent fasting like an extreme sport. I used an app called Zero to help me track all the calories I wasn’t eating. I believed that calorie restriction was the key to longevity. That theory’s been around for almost a century... https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/breakfast-of-champions-or-zero https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/breakfast-of-champions-or-zero?r=1felw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web08 Dec 2024 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcslnrsiy22thttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lciewygcuk2x“The events in Seoul also cemented the shift in social media from X to Bluesky, where news was breaking faster than anywhere else, in a way that echoed what Twitter used to be. .” https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-3-202404 Dec 2024 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lciewygcuk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lbwxvwvkpk26New essay, against gratitude (sort of). Visual edition! https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/the-gratitude-trap-287 https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/the-gratitude-trap-287?r=1felw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web27 Nov 2024 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwxvwvkpk26https://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lbt2y4wioc2s“The language of politics must needs be direct and unironic. Political speech can have style, vernacular eloquence, and rhetorical flourish. (Yes, please, let it have those qualities.) But in politics, and government, irony is the tool of the devil.… What do you think? 1/2 https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/the-kings-fool?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Nov 2024 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbt2y4wioc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lb6nydeofk2mSunday movement snack: train your down dog and lift your spirits https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/sunday-movement-snack-train-your?r=1felw&utm_medium=ios18 Nov 2024 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6nydeofk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lb5ggyq2i224(1) It has been a long game for the Republicans to create an ignorant and easily manipulated electorate. Thanks to right wing new media, the stupidification of America has accelerated dramatically.17 Nov 2024 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5ggyq2i224https://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lb4ga3nmys2lWe assume, logically, that exhaustion is the result of overexertion and depletion. Used up, your body begins to shut itself down… but what a fatigue is really an emotion? https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/fatigue-is-an-emotion?r=1felw&utm_medium=ios17 Nov 2024 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4ga3nmys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lazul2laac2p4/8 breathing, a nervous system hack. You can quickly bring yourself into the parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) nervous system by doubling the length of your exhaled breaths, thus increasing the ratio of carbon dioxide in your bloodstream. [read more…] https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/friday-picks?r=1felw&utm_medium=ios16 Nov 2024 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazul2laac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3laxdddndn22nI’ve learned to listen to pain as a message from my body. It’s a message in a language I don’t necessarily speak. A metaphor, perhaps, or even a bit of fake news. https://open.substack.com/pub/karenrile/p/nocebo-or-how-your-brain-manufactures?r=1felw&utm_medium=ios15 Nov 2024 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3laxdddndn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenrile.bsky.social/post/3lausn2bids2vFirst post. Please follow my Substack! karenrile.substack.com14 Nov 2024 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:mbsb7v4mcw2ustdkh3rtxfv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lausn2bids2v