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By Siobhan Gray, MD The Quiet Return It was one of those cold, sharp fall mornings when the air stings your lungs but somehow feels like medicine. I laced up my shoes and ran along the Metolius, trying to outrun the static in my mind, the to-do lists, the worries, the half-finished plans. The river was running fast and clear, its voice louder than the thoughts in my head, which was the point.For the first mile, I was still inside myself, ruminating, restless, calculating. By

By: Siobhan Gray, MD The Myth of Rest as Indulgence For years, I treated recovery as something optional, something I would get to when everything else was done. Like many physicians, I was fluent in cortisol and catecholamines, yet illiterate in rest. I could quote the mechanisms of stress but could not honor my own need to slow down. We live in a culture that glorifies doing. Productivity has become a proxy for worth, and stillness can feel like failure. But your biology doe

By: Siobhan Gray, MD A Conversation with Your Breath Take a moment and notice your breath. Inhale slowly through your nose, then exhale. It’s such an ordinary act that we rarely pause to consider its power. Each breath is a quiet conversation between your body and the world—an exchange that fuels every thought, every step, every heartbeat.Hidden within that exchange is a number called VO₂ max. It might sound like a metric meant for endurance athletes, yet it is one of the str

By Dr. Siobhan Gray, MD – PEAKMD Last week I sat in a town-hall meeting about how to support older adults in our region. The room hummed with the voices of neighbors, caregivers, and city planners. Charts on aging populations, new resource maps, talk of transportation and housing. All important. All practical.But as I listened, a quiet awareness stirred in me.Across the street from my own house lives a woman I used to wave to every morning. She has Alzheimer’s. I have waved l

By:Siobhan Gray, MD My Story of Stillness When I began this journey, I wore a necklace that simply read; “be still.” At the time, it felt...

By Siobhan Gray, MD “You don’t need a perfect plan. You need a direction .” I Lost My North I didn’t lose it all at once. It was a slow...

By: Siobhan Gray, MD Think back to a night you barely slept. The next day, did you crave a salad or did pizza sound a lot easier? Or...

By: Siobhan Gray, MD In my book club we read  Sirens , a novel where children “remember” their parents’ conversations. It sounds like...

By: Siobhan Gray, MD The river is loud, the sun is warm, and I’m laughing so hard my sides ache. My paddle dips in time with my friends’,...

By Siobhan Gray, MD I became interested in longevity medicine before I even knew it had a name. It started as a quiet unease. I was...

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