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Bounded Energy - A Long Covid Podcast
Katya and Hannah are young women and old friends who somehow both ended up with long covid. Hannah got sick first in March 2020, and, when Katya 'joined the club' (as Hannah jokes) in September 21, our friendship became a bit of a life support. Our regular phone calls in which we laughed and cried about our changing bodies and lives were such a source of comfort that, in September 2022, we decided to record them.
Join us in this new series where we discuss the highs and lows of living a life with less energy than you thought you'd have. We talk about self-care, work, relationships, mental health and more. If you're living with fatigue, long covid, or have your energy bounded in any other way - this one's for you.
Warning: We have a rather dark sense of humour and are prone to not taking things too seriously. Our energy may be bounded, but our spirits are still fairly buoyant; our conversations can be tangential, and sometimes our laughing fits prevent us from finishing sentences. We spend most of our conversations looking up and on the bright side. When we say things like 'You know what really helps with long covid? A cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit' - we are not giving medical advice ;)
Transcripts available on our website: www.boundedenergy.co.uk
Questions/Comments? Reach out to us at boundedenergy@gmail.com
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Thanks to Harry Gould who produced the podcast jingle, and Ellie Atkinson who designed our logo.
Episodes
22 episodes
Having a Baby with Long Covid
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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Hannah's Progress Update
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:
Long Covid & Pregnancy - Part 1
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 re...
Long Covid Catch Up - Gez Medinger
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 try...
Long Covid Catch Up - Hannah
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, Ha...
Long Covid & Identity
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.
Just Katya #2 - Vaccines. Not Like Ice Cream
A short update from Katya & two new recommendationsVisible band & app:https://www.makevisible.com/Breathwrks app:https://www.breathwrk.com/
Long Covid & Mental Health
In which Katya & Hannah discuss black hole thoughts, the healing powers of time, and the emotional rollercoaster that is life with long covid / fibromyalgia.
Long Covid Christmas Crackers
In which Katya gives Hannah a call to tell her long covid/christmas-themed jokes.
Long Covid & Periods
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.&nbs...
Long Covid & Progress
In which Hannah & Katya discuss the dreaded word 'progress' and Hannah gets a little nerdy!If you're interested, you can read Katya's article in Cosmopolitan here:https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a44283736/long-covid-...
Just Katya #1 - Pieces of the Long Covid Puzzle
We're not all privileged princesses, and with great power comes great responsibility. In this episode, Katya confessing to skipping the queue, and shares her latest diagnosis - in the hope that it helps! Plus the Bounded Energy inbox.
Long Covid Catch Up
It's been a while since season 1 and a catch up was long overdue! In this episode Hannah shares her new diagnosis and Katya wonders if she still has her long covid buddy! Plus - we have listener mail!
Long Covid Questions - with Neuropathologist Dr Mayen Briggs
In this final episode of season 1 - we get answers to some of the questions we've been collecting over the series from neuropathologist Dr Mayen Briggs.Questions like: Why do we talk so much nonsense? Why are loud noises so unbearable? Why ...
A Conversation with Gez Medinger - Expert Patient & Co-Author of The Long Covid Handbook
In this episode, Gez Medinger shares his insights from years of self-experimentation, patient-led research, and reflections around Long Covid, while Hannah and Katya struggle to get their words out and try not to fangirl too hard.
Long Covid & My Body
In which Katya describes waking up from the matrix to realize that we are living in a brutally ableist society, Hannah sings and laughs like some kind of music box, and both agree that perfectionism has no place in the Long Covid landscape....
Long Covid & Relationships
In which Hannah and Katya discuss what not to read during a coffee shop meet cute, Hannah learns her form of introversion is not as extreme as she'd feared, and Katya finds that friends can be of all shapes, sizes and species.
Long Covid & Work
In this episode Katya gives voice to the gremlins who live in her head, Hannah agrees that - yes, they are too chatty, and neither of them are convinced that they should ever bring their whole selves to work...
The Bounded Energy Festive Special - Long Covid at Christmas!
**Starring Hannah's cat Tinker (Gourmand/Pisces/Long Covid Companion).In this episode, Hannah admits that she will not be going Christmas carolling this year, and Katya shares her hopelessly unrealistic plans for New Years eve.
Long Covid Self-Help
In this episode, Katya shares her love of cold showers and hatred of tight underwear, while all Hannah wants is a hot, steamy... bath. We also discuss acupuncture, osteopathy, Wim Hof, physiotherapy, diet and exercise, and more!
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