Bounded Energy - A Long Covid Podcast

Katya had a baby! In this episode, Katya & Hannah discuss how the birth and first six months of parenting have gone.

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

In this episode Hannah discusses the tools & treatments she's been using since she quit work in November 2024 to focus on recovery, and the progress she's made as a result.

Resources mentioned:

The Optimum Health Clinic: https://www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com/begin-your-journey 

The Waking Up Meditation App: https://www.wakingup.com

Me + app: https://enerjoy.life/me-plus/

I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You - Miranda Hart

Decode Your Fatigue - Alex Howard

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

In this episode Katya talks about her experience so far as a mum-to-be with long covid, and Hannah shares the findings from her research on the impact of long covid in pregnancy.

Links to the articles Hannah found most helpful from her research into long covid & pregnancy:

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/br.2024.1893 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11059432/

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

In this episode, Katya & Hannah speak to Gez Medinger, co-author of the Long Covid Handbook, to find out what he's been up to since we last spoke in February 2023. 

We discuss Gez's journey to recovery, his motivation to keep trying, medically supervised fasting, the state of Long Covid research, attitudes to long covid and more.

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

It's been almost a full year since our last episode, so we thought we'd do a catch up!

In this episode, recorded in March 2025, we find out how Hannah has been getting on. We discuss relapse, the impact of illness on our relationships, Hannah's decision to quit work, what Hannah is doing now to improve her health, and more!

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

In which Hannah and Katya set out to discuss the impact that Long Covid has had on their identities,  and briefly stray off topic to complain about periods and reminisce on university crushes.

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

A short update from Katya & two new recommendations

Visible band & app:
https://www.makevisible.com/

Breathwrks app:
https://www.breathwrk.com/

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson

In which Katya & Hannah discuss black hole thoughts, the healing powers of time, and the emotional rollercoaster that is life with long covid / fibromyalgia.

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
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In which Katya gives Hannah a call to tell her long covid/christmas-themed jokes.

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
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In which Hannah shares her remarkably thorough period emergency kit (parents of teenage girls take note) and describes how covid turned her periods upside down (and inside out and all over the place) Katya listens in sympathetic horror.
 

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Theme Song: Harry Gould
Artwork: Ellie Atkinson