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THE HEALING LETTER
THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to say no to December

Oct 30, 2026

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4 min read

Permission to say no to December

And permission to mind the invitations that stopped.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to watch the light go

Oct 29, 2026

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1 min read

Permission to watch the light go

Sixty seconds at a window, while there is still something to see.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The half of the year that starts on Saturday

Oct 28, 2026

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3 min read

The half of the year that starts on Saturday

An old calendar had a season for this. Ours does not.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The Healing Letter: collagen

Oct 27, 2026

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3 min read

The Healing Letter: collagen

Small effects, industry-funded trials, and a monthly bill.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The things you filed under when I’m better

Oct 26, 2026

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4 min read

The things you filed under when I’m better

Some of it is impossible. Most of it needs adapting.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The thing the children will remember

Oct 23, 2026

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2 min read

The thing the children will remember

It is not the symptom. It is how it was handled.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to sit down for your medicines

Oct 22, 2026

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4 min read

Permission to sit down for your medicines

Two minutes, done on purpose instead of on autopilot.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Nobody tells you this about the placebo effect

Oct 21, 2026

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3 min read

Nobody tells you this about the placebo effect

It has never meant your symptoms were invented.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The Mexican word for a table set for the dead

Oct 20, 2026

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3 min read

The Mexican word for a table set for the dead

Grief has a date on it, and an ending.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The Healing Letter: grounding

Oct 19, 2026

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4 min read

The Healing Letter: grounding

The electrons are unproven. The doorstep is free.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to ignore your cousin’s advice

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

Permission to ignore your cousin’s advice

The suggestion was for them. You are allowed to decline it.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to stop for the boil

Oct 15, 2026

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1 min read

Permission to stop for the boil

Yesterday’s argument, in the time a kettle takes.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Nobody tells you this about autumn appetite

Oct 14, 2026

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3 min read

Nobody tells you this about autumn appetite

The craving arrived on schedule. It is not a lapse.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The Healing Letter: red light

Oct 13, 2026

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3 min read

The Healing Letter: red light

A narrow band of good evidence, and a wide band of claims.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Who are you performing wellness for?

Oct 12, 2026

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3 min read

Who are you performing wellness for?

Too well to be believed, too ill to be easy company.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The question that is not a question

Oct 9, 2026

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2 min read

The question that is not a question

Half the people asking are saying hello. That is allowed.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to stop trying to sleep

Oct 8, 2026

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4 min read

Permission to stop trying to sleep

A plan for 3am that assumes you are staying awake.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Nobody tells you this about brain fog

Oct 7, 2026

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3 min read

Nobody tells you this about brain fog

Sleep does something waking cannot. The details are unsettled.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The Akan word for going back

Oct 6, 2026

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3 min read

The Akan word for going back

Not dwelling. Fetching one thing you put down.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The state nobody taught you to name

Oct 5, 2026

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3 min read

The state nobody taught you to name

You know wired and you know flattened. There is a third.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to make December smaller

Oct 2, 2026

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3 min read

Permission to make December smaller

Decide it in October, while a no is still a plan.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to do the one-minute version

Oct 1, 2026

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1 min read

Permission to do the one-minute version

Yesterday's issue, reduced to the length of a kettle boiling.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Nobody tells you this about October

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Nobody tells you this about October

Night has the majority now, and your clock runs on light.

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THE HEALING LETTER
The healing mineral

Sep 29, 2026

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3 min read

The healing mineral

A real deficiency, a poor test, and a great deal of marketing.

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THE HEALING LETTER
Permission to rest before you have earned it

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Permission to rest before you have earned it

The rule you were taught, and how recent it actually is.

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THE HEALING LETTER

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