Here’s what I’ve been reading and listening to lately. Reinforcements from around the web.

A rock band went to sea to serenade all the cargo ship crews that are waiting in que.

Chronic Pain is Surprisingly Treatable - When Patients Focus on the Brain.

What is Self Care Now, Anyway? (NYT article).

How Instagram self-help gurus have become pseudo-spiritual leaders.

The Empty Religions of Instagram (NYT article).

Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are. (A really good tiny book of 65 pages).

Tell Me By Greg Kramer

Two streaming shows that I think have fabulous soundtracks: Yellowjackets and Sex Education.