Mo Perry
@momoperry.bsky.social
Writer, editor, health journalist, theater artist. Contributing editor at Experience Life magazine, co-founder of Logosphere Storysmiths.
Delighted to have been invited to write this guest post for one of my favorite Substacks, Sensible Medicine. I present: my horseshoe theory of alternative and conventional medicine. www.sensible-med.com/p/the-horses...
The Horseshoe Theory of Alternative and Conventional Care
Both ends curve toward the same mistake — toward an outsourcing of agency (whether to the white coat or the wellness influencer, the hospital system or the biohacker podcast) and a hunger for certaint...
www.sensible-med.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Delighted to have been invited to write this guest post for one of my favorite Substacks, Sensible Medicine. I present: my horseshoe theory of alternative and conventional medicine. www.sensible-med.com/p/the-horses...
Very cozy impromptu community formed around the air hose at the gas station, as we all lined up and took turns filling our deflated tires in the cold, dark, snowy night. A very Minnesota holiday season experience.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Very cozy impromptu community formed around the air hose at the gas station, as we all lined up and took turns filling our deflated tires in the cold, dark, snowy night. A very Minnesota holiday season experience.
Reposted by Mo Perry
Loved this episode of Plain English with @dkthomp.bsky.social. Suzanne O’Sullivan is such a sane, compassionate and helpful voice in the field of medicine and mental health.
pca.st/episode/5972...
pca.st/episode/5972...
America in the Age of Diagnosis
pca.st
September 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Loved this episode of Plain English with @dkthomp.bsky.social. Suzanne O’Sullivan is such a sane, compassionate and helpful voice in the field of medicine and mental health.
pca.st/episode/5972...
pca.st/episode/5972...
This is a beautiful, profound, deeply personal essay on one man's experience of navigating #FND (which "sits at the interface between mind and brain"), from the far-too-long process of receiving a diagnosis to a psychedelic-assisted session that offered a glimmer of hope.
aeon.co/essays/what-...
aeon.co/essays/what-...
What if your body unravels, but no doctor can name the disease? | Aeon Essays
It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that must be recognised
aeon.co
May 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is a beautiful, profound, deeply personal essay on one man's experience of navigating #FND (which "sits at the interface between mind and brain"), from the far-too-long process of receiving a diagnosis to a psychedelic-assisted session that offered a glimmer of hope.
aeon.co/essays/what-...
aeon.co/essays/what-...
There’s Nothing Righteous About Vandalizing Teslas
It’s just violence.
www.persuasion.community
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Mo Perry
American foreign policy is vast, complex, and can change by the hour. The First Amendment protects our right to support, challenge, protest, or question the policy of the United States and every other government around the world.
Should the government punish you for allegedly ‘undermining’ American diplomacy?
Federal officials are targeting immigrants for expression they say could impact American diplomacy — with profound implications for free speech.
www.thefire.org
March 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
American foreign policy is vast, complex, and can change by the hour. The First Amendment protects our right to support, challenge, protest, or question the policy of the United States and every other government around the world.
We had our designer run through of The Mousetrap today at the @guthrietheater.bsky.social. We move onstage on Sun and start tech on Tues. (I'm playing Mrs. Boyle.) The show's already selling like gangbusters, and it's going to be a fun one. Tix available now! www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-ti...
The Mousetrap
An iconic murder mystery
www.guthrietheater.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We had our designer run through of The Mousetrap today at the @guthrietheater.bsky.social. We move onstage on Sun and start tech on Tues. (I'm playing Mrs. Boyle.) The show's already selling like gangbusters, and it's going to be a fun one. Tix available now! www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-ti...
I've been thinking about where to channel my energy and resources in support of my values. For me, free speech and expression are foundational. So I've started donating to FIRE. Maybe you want to join me. www.thefire.org
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FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've been thinking about where to channel my energy and resources in support of my values. For me, free speech and expression are foundational. So I've started donating to FIRE. Maybe you want to join me. www.thefire.org
During this morning's meditation, four words came to me very clearly, in thinking about how to navigate this time:
Presence
Patience
Power
Peace
Presence
Patience
Power
Peace
February 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
During this morning's meditation, four words came to me very clearly, in thinking about how to navigate this time:
Presence
Patience
Power
Peace
Presence
Patience
Power
Peace
Dr. Howard Schubiner is doing amazing work helping people heal from mind/body conditions like chronic pain and long Covid. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How To Heal Chronic Pain with Dr Howard Schubiner (re-release) #519
Podcast Episode · Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · 02/02/2025 · 2h 2m
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February 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dr. Howard Schubiner is doing amazing work helping people heal from mind/body conditions like chronic pain and long Covid. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Tangle is a reliable light in the storm of chaos, confusion, and narrative spin.
A Trump federal funding freeze threw the government into a frenzy. We know it was hard to follow the whole story so we break it down here for you:
www.readtangle.com/funding-free...
www.readtangle.com/funding-free...
The federal funding freeze, explained.
Everything you need to know about the now-rescinded memo.
www.readtangle.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tangle is a reliable light in the storm of chaos, confusion, and narrative spin.
Fantastic 7-minute video on how neuroplastic approaches to healing can be life-changing for those with chronic pain, long Covid, migraines, chronic fatigue and other symptoms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpvP...
PAIN SCIENCE PARADIGM SHIFT*
YouTube video by Symptomatic
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January 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Fantastic 7-minute video on how neuroplastic approaches to healing can be life-changing for those with chronic pain, long Covid, migraines, chronic fatigue and other symptoms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpvP...
Hear ye, hear ye: Here's everything you ever wanted to know - and more - about the oral microbiome, which has a bigger effect on your overall health than you might assume. My latest for Experience Life: experiencelife.lifetime.life/article/ever...
Everything You Need to Know About the Oral Microbiome
After the gut, the mouth contains the most diverse microbial community in the body. As a result, the oral microbiome has a significant influence on your overall health. Learn how to take care of it.
experiencelife.lifetime.life
January 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hear ye, hear ye: Here's everything you ever wanted to know - and more - about the oral microbiome, which has a bigger effect on your overall health than you might assume. My latest for Experience Life: experiencelife.lifetime.life/article/ever...
My resolution for 2023 was to be able to do a handstand again. Still not there, but I can do two kinds of headstands, and I’m not done trying. Maybe 2025 is my year!
December 31, 2024 at 8:34 PM
My resolution for 2023 was to be able to do a handstand again. Still not there, but I can do two kinds of headstands, and I’m not done trying. Maybe 2025 is my year!
Excellent talk that lays out how and why "the brain, the mind, and the body are not separate things."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSN...
It’s All in Your Head: Challenging Dualism in Health Care | Dr. Sarah Lidstone | TEDxUofT
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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December 31, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Excellent talk that lays out how and why "the brain, the mind, and the body are not separate things."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSN...
This is good and fine, and also: Go ahead and tabulate your accomplishments if you like. You don't need to broadcast them, but you probably accomplished a lot this year, and it can be energizing and affirming to see them written down in one place so you can have a private little horn-tooting party.
As we get to the end of another year, just remember you don't have to size up your whole life right now, or compare your accomplishments, or decide exactly who you are. Just keep growing at your own pace. And take a little nap. ❤️
December 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM
This is good and fine, and also: Go ahead and tabulate your accomplishments if you like. You don't need to broadcast them, but you probably accomplished a lot this year, and it can be energizing and affirming to see them written down in one place so you can have a private little horn-tooting party.
This is a fun, chewy read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves
To whom should we have allegiance—the version of ourself making choices, or the version of ourself who will be affected by them?
www.newyorker.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
This is a fun, chewy read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
My 81 yo dad is nothing if not practical. He likes to choose one item and get enough of them to give as gifts to everyone in the family for Christmas. One year it was car floor mats. This year it’s this magazine. (I assume he asked ChatGPT for advice on what this year's item should be.)
December 25, 2024 at 1:56 AM
My 81 yo dad is nothing if not practical. He likes to choose one item and get enough of them to give as gifts to everyone in the family for Christmas. One year it was car floor mats. This year it’s this magazine. (I assume he asked ChatGPT for advice on what this year's item should be.)
I wrote about dream logic, the danger of believing every story our minds try to tell us, and the burgeoning spiritual sickness taking hold on the left. (And elsewhere. I just have a front row seat to the left.) moperry.substack.com/p/dream-logic
Dream Logic
Seeing through our stories
moperry.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I wrote about dream logic, the danger of believing every story our minds try to tell us, and the burgeoning spiritual sickness taking hold on the left. (And elsewhere. I just have a front row seat to the left.) moperry.substack.com/p/dream-logic
Listening to Christmas music in the MSP airport cell lot on a wintry Sunday night: a mood.
December 16, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Listening to Christmas music in the MSP airport cell lot on a wintry Sunday night: a mood.
This is best article on FND I've read yet.
"We need a new science of brain and mind that really encapsulates that brain health equals mental health and physical health." I would also add spirit to the equation.
"We need a new science of brain and mind that really encapsulates that brain health equals mental health and physical health." I would also add spirit to the equation.
Understanding FND, or Functional Neurological Disorder. #Neurology #Health #Science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/deco...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/deco...
Decoding a Disorder at the Interface of Mind and Brain
A mysterious condition once dismissed as hysteria is challenging the divide between neurology and psychiatry
www.scientificamerican.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
This is best article on FND I've read yet.
"We need a new science of brain and mind that really encapsulates that brain health equals mental health and physical health." I would also add spirit to the equation.
"We need a new science of brain and mind that really encapsulates that brain health equals mental health and physical health." I would also add spirit to the equation.
How is it possible that none of the many articles popping up about chronic back pain make any mention of the biopsychosocial model of pain? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...
The Debilitating Toll of Back Pain (Gift Article)
The suspect charged with killing the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was said to have back issues, one of the most common medical problems nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM
How is it possible that none of the many articles popping up about chronic back pain make any mention of the biopsychosocial model of pain? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...
Put 2 cups of dry pinto beans in a crockpot with sauteed onions, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, chili powder, bay leaves, 4 cups of broth and 3 cups of water at 9:00 am. Twelve minutes of effort buys you 8 hours of wonderful smells, and a large component of a cheap, delicious dinner + abundant leftovers.
December 12, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Put 2 cups of dry pinto beans in a crockpot with sauteed onions, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, chili powder, bay leaves, 4 cups of broth and 3 cups of water at 9:00 am. Twelve minutes of effort buys you 8 hours of wonderful smells, and a large component of a cheap, delicious dinner + abundant leftovers.