Hot Topics & Cool Downs: The Zebra's Survival Guide to July Monthly Theme Drop
When moving to Alaska isn't an option, we've got you covered
Heat, Hydrate or Die-trate
This July, everything is hot and even inflamed.
Your joints? Yes.
Your nervous system? Melting.
Your social battery? Evaporated.
Even your hydration powder is sweating.
At Zebra’s Underground this month, we’re not just surviving—we’re taking notes, rating electrolyte mixes, whispering softly into AI as a potential companion, and asking hard questions like:
“Is this new therapy a cure, a scam, or just my last frayed nerve trying to believe in something?”
So buckle up. Or better yet, unbuckle everything that’s pressing on your abdomen and sit in front of a fan, because this month we’re unpacking it all - here’s whats dropping this July. Stay tuned or subscribe to get it all! $5/mo is less than that sad GF muffin you had for breakfast and way more filling.
Were talking hot topics this month including…
Hot Bodies
Why summer is a horror movie for people with POTS, MCAS, and temperature or emotional dysregulation (and the 50th anniversary of the original Jaws movie)
How to hydrate smarter, not harder (and which electrolyte drinks are lying to you)
Heat intolerance tools to keep you from spiraling including our POTS Summer Survival Guide
Tools to cool your jets when your internal thermostat’s broken, your flare’s in overdrive and all you want is to sleep
Plus if you’re vaca bound, tips for traveling with chronic illness
Understand how heat impacts mental health
Meterologist explains “feel’s like” temperatures so you know why 85 degrees feels like 105
Synopsis: Feels-like: heat index
While the old adage “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” sounds a bit clichè, it is true. Sweating is like the body’s natural air conditioner and helps it cool down when it is warm. However, if there is a lot of moisture in the air, it takes a lot more physical energy for that water to evaporate off our skin.
Dropping Content Like It’s Hot
Get geared up for summer with pharma for POTS - tips from the cardio experts shared and sourced legally
Got any vacation plans? Oh, speaking of getaways - we’re talking Ketamine for chronic pain, PTSD and depression: miracle molecule or just pharmaceutical gaslighting with better lighting?
What else it hot like fire on Insta? ASMR: The internet’s whisper cult or a legitimate nervous system hack? (Spoiler: It’s both.) Never heard of it? Well neither had I. Google it for a giggle, or maybe a tingle
The latest trend is coming in hot with AI besties and digital therapy bots—are we finally losing it, or just innovating in ways to connect?
Hot Mic
Special Guest Expert Events
POTS, Heat Intolerance & More with Jill Brook, patient, researcher and host of Standing Up to POTS, joins us July 29 at 7:00pm CT to talk dysautonomia research, reality, and radical recuperation for the heat intolerant.
Register => https://bit.ly/EDSJul29Fascia Release & Core Strong with Caroline Kamer, Revival Wellness
Open to all with guest expert Pilates trainer Caroline Kamer, Revival Wellness
Register => https://bit.ly/EDSJuly17
Craving Ice Cream?
We all scream for ice cream, but there might be a medical reason to pause. Vanderbilt’s new study sees a connection of instances of POTS and insulin resistance - a glucose disorder impacted by intake of sugar in your diet. Watch this Dysautonomia International webinar replay by Cindya Shibao of Vanderbilt who conducted the studies to learn the fascinating news not yet making headlines.
Final Sprinkle of Salt
You’re not overreacting. It’s hot. It’s hard. And your nervous system wasn't built for 97% humidity.
So this July, we’re doing what all good zebras do—we’re regulating any damn way we can: with salt, with science, with snark, and maybe even a soft-spoken robot voice.
There is no shame in your self-soothing game. Do what works for you.
With salty love and sweaty kisses,
Zebras Underground gets real and raw with what works