Notes from ThriveNinety
You don’t need big changes to feel better — you need the right small ones, delivered with care. These weekly notes share simple tools, steady encouragement, and clear next steps you can take without overwhelming your system.
How Your Nervous System and Immune System Talk to Each Other
Explore recent research on how the nervous and immune systems communicate - and what this means for recovery, resilience, and high-performance.
A new 2025 review in Nature Reviews Immunology offers one of the clearest explanations yet of how the nervous system and immune system communicate — n...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennen —
Oct 04, 2026
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symptom management
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Sometimes, One Question Can Change Everything
Do you have questions about recovery, resilience, or performance? Ask us.
At ThriveNinety, we like to point out the power of small, targeted inputs to create meaningful outcomes.
That applies to the person trying to move with less pain or stiffness, the athlete working to recover more effective...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Sep 27, 2026
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Keeping Up at Disney: What We Learned About Recovery
A practical reminder that supporting your body and brain can help build the capacity to do more of what you want to do.
What does a family vacation to Disney World have to do with resilience? More than you might think. This summer, 15 of us spent eight days park-hopping through 100-degree hea...
by Katie Brennan —
Sep 20, 2026
symptom management
What Can an Ultramarathon Teach Us About Living With Chronic Illness?
Join us September 15 for a live conversation with Matt Fitzgerald about endurance, Long COVID, adapting to changed capacity, and what he learned along the way.
Last week, we shared Matt Fitzgerald's story as part of a bigger conversation about recovery, resilience, and reconnecting with the par...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Sep 13, 2026
symptom management
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Reconnecting With Who You Are Beyond Illness
Why identity can play a role in recovery and resilience.
When we think about recovery or feeling better, we often think about appearance and severity of symptoms.
How much energy do I have today?Can I do a little more or will I be like this forever?What triggered that setback?
Those q...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Sep 06, 2026
Why Every Little Thing You Do Matters
Everything you do is either supporting your body or asking more of it.
We've all experienced how something tiny – like signals that elevate stress levels or a virus we can't even see – can create waves that affect our health, our work, and our everyday lives.
But that truth goes both ways.
Smal...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennen —
Aug 30, 2026
resiience
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What Does It Mean to Be Resilient?
Exploring the science of how we respond, recover, and adapt.
We often think of resilience as the ability to keep going when things get difficult. But resilience is also about our ability to respond, recover, and adapt.
In our latest blog, we explore what heart rate variability (HRV) can tell ...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Aug 23, 2026
resilience
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Save Your Energy with a Brain-Body Friendly Routine
Every decision requires energy. Deciding once on a simple daily routine can help reduce mental load and free up capacity for recovery.
Routines reduce the number of decisions we need to make, leaving more energy available for healing, recovery, and the things that matter most, while supporting ...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Aug 16, 2026
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Finding Clarity in a World of Options
Why following a structure with essential elements enables more progress than trying multiple different options.
Whether you're trying to manage Long COVID symptoms, improve your health, or build resilience, there is no shortage of advice.
New articles, videos, podcasts, supplements, recovery th...
by Andrea henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Aug 09, 2026
resilience
symptom management
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What New Research Reveals About the Gut, for Long COVID Recovery and Resilience
And why it is relevant not only for people with symptoms
A recent preprint from researchers, supported by the PolyBio Research Foundation, adds to growing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 may persist in the gut tissue of some people living with Long COVID*. By analyzing intestinal biopsies, research...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Aug 02, 2026
symptom management
What Happens After Long COVID Is Identified?
Finding a path forward with Long COVID can feel uncertain. Here's why – and where to start.
For many people, reaching a point where their symptoms are recognized as fitting the pattern of Long COVID brings relief. After months or even years of searching for answers, there is validation that wha...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jul 26, 2026
symptom management
When the Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story
New research highlights the challenge of measuring a condition that affects people in very different ways.
For years, many people living with Long COVID have found themselves in a difficult position.
They know something has changed. Their energy is different. Their ability levels are different....
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jul 19, 2026
symptom management
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Notes from ThriveNinety