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Let’s Talk About Why I Love My Oura Ring

A comprehensive answer to one of the questions I’m asked most frequently.

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Julia Craven
May 30, 2025
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The only photo of my ring that I have lol

Editor’s Note: Hi, I was sick last week, so I didn’t publish!

I wrote a story for FiveThirtyEight a few years ago about my disordered relationship with fitness and health optimization. I was an anxious young woman chasing “the perfect body” through constant ring-closing and an obsessive need to scroll through my h…

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