Drawing Health: The Powers We Sleep On with Maureen Burdock

Maureen’s latest book, Sleepless Planet, weaves an ecology of sleep through gorgeous comics imagery, filled with personal stories and loads of research. If you want to know the animal of your sleep, buy the book!Today’s show features Maureen Burdock!Maureen holds a doctorate in Cultural Studies, and now teaches and creates Graphic Medicine comics. Her memoir, Queen of Snails, is incredibly lush and deep — and now she’s got a new book, Sleepless Planet, that weaves a well-informed, personally-driven sleep ecology. It’s practical, informative, beautiful, and very, very needed.We talk about Maureen’s new book, the health term “exposome,” colonial-capitalist inventions of health and disease, perimenopause mistakes, neglected powers of breathing, birthing, sleeping, and MORE.Maureen gives us a lovely exercise to try for nighttime anxiety, so you can put this episode to use right away! Just listen to the end of the interview and you’ll have a new practice to help you sleep better.=Episode Links & ResourcesMaureen’s website: www.maureenburdock.comSleepless Planet: https://www.graphicmundi.org/books/978-1-63779-093-9.htmlMaureen Burdock’s Graphic Medicine Deep Dive course: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/graphic-medicine-deep-dive-with-maureen-burdockGraphic Memoir & Medicine Working Group: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/memoir-medicine-group=Youtube link:About the podcastDrawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine. Through community interviews and guided audio practices, we explore the worlds within ourselves and without, nurturing your creative practice, inspiration, and personal health journey. Health and creativity are not at odds, they are two expressions of you.About the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)The Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. At SAW, we teach people how to tell stories and make comics in Gainesville, Florida, USA, and around the world via our online courses and resources. Go to www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org or www.drawinghealth.com to join our community of learners and artists today!Want to learn more about Graphic Medicine?DOWNLOAD your FREE Graphic Medicine Starter Pack HERE!!DisclaimerThis podcast is for information and exploration purposes only and is never intended as medical advice. Every viewer and listener is encouraged to seek medical attention at their own discretion. This podcast and the guided practices are tools for listeners to support their whole health, and should be used with care. Get full access to How to Make a Graphic Novel at sawcomics.substack.com/subscribe