The upper abdomen is the area between your ribs and belly button, housing vital organs like the stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, and parts of the small intestine, large intestine, and kidneys. It’s divided into sections, with the central top part called the epigastric region, where pain might signal issues with digestion (like heartburn, ulcers) or biliary (gallbladder/liver) problems, while the sides involve organs like the spleen (left) or gallbladder (right).
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
