Episode 14 · · 58:57

Georgia Lupi on Brain Retraining, and Visual Storytelling with Data

About this episode

Georgia Lupi shares what she’s excited to wake up for with us. She recounts getting COVID in 2020, developing worsening long COVID symptoms with reinfections, becoming house- and sometimes bed-bound, and stopping work in 2023 before beginning recovery in early 2024. Lupi and Brad discuss the anxiety and trauma that can persist during physical recovery, the scientific mind-body connection, and how nervous system regulation, brain retraining, and visualization became central to her healing. She describes publishing a New York Times visual op-ed using her symptom data, the messages it sparked, and how a conversation prompted her to commit to brain retraining, leading to slow but meaningful functional return and recent confidence saying she’s fully recovered, alongside an ongoing reintegration into work, creativity, and life.

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Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Morning Excitement Check
  • (00:25) - Yoga Team Gratitude
  • (01:18) - Long COVID Journey
  • (02:46) - Trauma And Body Trust
  • (05:38) - Brain Retraining Turning Point
  • (06:18) - NYT Visual Op Ed
  • (08:41) - Feeling Fully Recovered
  • (15:02) - Reintegration After Recovery
  • (17:11) - Returning To Creative Work
  • (19:29) - Presence Priorities And Limits
  • (23:21) - From Darkness To Acceptance
  • (25:57) - Art Data And Experience
  • (28:56) - Art Beyond Words
  • (30:22) - Branding as Narrative
  • (32:28) - Sketching to Think
  • (33:25) - Designing Shared Languages
  • (35:42) - Healing and Tracking
  • (38:16) - Vulnerability and Sharing
  • (39:27) - Dear Data Origins
  • (43:36) - Learning Through Speaking
  • (48:23) - Finding Your Style
  • (52:31) - Obsessions as Projects
  • (56:31) - Electro Swing Picks
  • (57:40) - Where to Follow
  • (58:03) - Closing Reflections

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Morning Excitement Check
  2. 0:25 Yoga Team Gratitude
  3. 1:18 Long COVID Journey
  4. 2:46 Trauma And Body Trust
  5. 5:38 Brain Retraining Turning Point
  6. 6:18 NYT Visual Op Ed
  7. 8:41 Feeling Fully Recovered
  8. 15:02 Reintegration After Recovery
  9. 17:11 Returning To Creative Work
  10. 19:29 Presence Priorities And Limits
  11. 23:21 From Darkness To Acceptance
  12. 25:57 Art Data And Experience
  13. 28:56 Art Beyond Words
  14. 30:22 Branding as Narrative
  15. 32:28 Sketching to Think
  16. 33:25 Designing Shared Languages
  17. 35:42 Healing and Tracking
  18. 38:16 Vulnerability and Sharing
  19. 39:27 Dear Data Origins
  20. 43:36 Learning Through Speaking
  21. 48:23 Finding Your Style
  22. 52:31 Obsessions as Projects
  23. 56:31 Electro Swing Picks
  24. 57:40 Where to Follow
  25. 58:03 Closing Reflections

About Georgia Lupi

Georgia Lupi

Georgia Lupi's website

  • Giorgia Lupi (https://giorgialupi.com/)
  • Instagram: @giorgialupi (https://instagram.com/giorgialupi)
  • LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgialupi)
  • "1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid" — NYT Visual Op-Ed (http://giorgialupi.com/1374-days-nyt-visual-oped)
  • Dear Data (http://dear-data.com/)
  • Pentagram (https://www.pentagram.com/)

Georgia Lupi's music pick

Electro swing / electro jazz — Caravan Palace, Parov Stelar, and Kormac.