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.
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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
resilience
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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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
thriveninety support
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
thriveninety support
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
thriveninety support
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
thriveninety support
Why Recovery Can Look So Different
Understanding the conditions that help the body to become more resilient over time.
If you've been living with Long COVID or another post-infection condition for any length of time, you've likely asked yourself a difficult question:
"Why am I doing so much and still struggling?"
Many people work ...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jul 12, 2026
symptom management
thriveninety support
Why We Often Stay With What Isn’t Helping
The nervous system often prioritizes certainty before improvement – and that shapes more of our choices than we realize.
There may be moments when you recognize that the way you’re getting through your day isn’t really helping anymore. And yet, you stay with it.
Not because you want to. Not bec...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jun 28, 2026
resilience
symptom management
thriveninety support
Research Spotlight: Long COVID: Why There Probably Isn't Just One Answer
New research highlights the complexity of Long COVID and why recovery often requires looking at the whole picture.
When people ask why Long COVID can be so difficult to understand, a new review published in Communications Medicine, by Mark Faghy and co-authors, offers part of the answer: Long COV...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jun 21, 2026
research
symptom management
thriveninety support
The Hidden Systems Behind Energy and Performance
Why the way your systems function shapes what you can handle, build, and enjoy in life.
There’s a sentence that became famous during the 1980 Olympics here in Lake Placid, NY, and is used in elite sport:
“You don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone.” (USA Men’s Hockey Coach Herb Brooks,...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
Jun 14, 2026
resilience
symptom management
thriveninety support
What Would Feeling Better Change in Your Day?
From walking dogs again to returning to work, music, sports, and family life – real examples of what functional improvement can look like for Long COVID and ME/CFS.
This newsletter is part 1 of a series exploring the impact of symptoms on people's lives, and looking at what has changed for them...
by Andrea Henkel Burke, Katie Brennan —
May 24, 2026
symptom management
thriveninety support
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