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Anna Held
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Published in Human Parts

·Apr 21, 2020

How to Remain Connected to a World You Can’t Hear

Notes on losing my hearing in isolation — I listen to terrible music. If you know a song that can be described as a strip club banger, please, email me the link. I’m genre-agnostic—anything with a solid beat and a shallow message. I’m not interested in Carly Rae Jepsen’s earnest pleas to run away with her or the…

Self

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How to Remain Connected to a World You Can’t Hear
How to Remain Connected to a World You Can’t Hear
Self

9 min read


Published in Human Parts

·Aug 14, 2019

I Ran to Escape My Problems. Then Running Became One.

I wanted to listen to my body — instead, I made it scream — Your body has stopped talking to you. For the whole summer, it hasn’t told you to sleep or eat or move or do anything at all. That has been your relationship with your body since you were young. You waited and it spoke to you, conveying information through pain and…

Running

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I Ran to Escape My Problems. Then Running Became One.
I Ran to Escape My Problems. Then Running Became One.
Running

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Published in Elemental

·Apr 16, 2019

Working Out Is Powerful Brain Training

Life is hard, and you’ll be better off if you practice doing hard things — like making your body purposefully uncomfortable — Last year, I fell on my face more times than I had in all the previous years of my life combined. Over time, my body became peppered with tiny bruises as I crashed to the floor again and again. To be fair, the wounds were all self-inflicted. I was working…

Mindfulness

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Working Out Is Powerful Brain Training
Working Out Is Powerful Brain Training
Mindfulness

4 min read

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