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A Taboo Explored: Cancer, Sex, and Intimacy

We’re a culture that mixes sexy and boobs.  So, can a woman feel sexy without breasts? For breast cancer, and other, survivors, the question sounds just as practical as  provoking.  Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer affecting women, except non-melanoma skin cancer.  It’s commonness increases with age  and with more targeted treatments available [...]

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Who’s Your Muse?

Have you ever wondered why anybody these days would need a muse?  They don’t pay the bills, they don’t find you a job, and they don’t take care of your awfully well-behaved teenagers.  They’re well…just pure inspiration. Boy, do I have a muse to share with you…actually, I have more than one! It all started [...]

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Great Food, Great Sex

It’s not all in your head, it’s not a sign of age, nor is it even a lack of interest: About seventy million American men and women have problems in the bedroom. Join health psychologists Dr. Robert Fried and Dr. Lynn Nezin to learn about the eating plan for sexual vitality. Sexual function requires an [...]

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Reinvention…or Get Real?

“Reinvention…Restoration…Relaxation..or Get Real! Upcoming on-line radio show this Wednesday, February 3rd at 8:30 pm EST The women-to-women on-line radio show will be dynamic conversation to help women de-code the meaning of Reinvention for their own personal and professional lives. The outcome of the show will be greater insights into how women can access and embrace their [...]

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Tune In, Share Your Voice

Welcome to our on-line radio show and women’s health and wellness community where we give women the platform to share their voice, experience and professional expertise with women “like us”. Our host and founder, Kelley Connors, is a women’s wellness coach and women’s health advocate who brings real women together with experts on health to [...]

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What You Can Do Now To Feel Great in Ten Years

If you’re a woman in her 40′s and 50′s it’s a pivotal time. Your body is changing in dramatic ways that will remind you of…er..hormonal swings much like what you experienced in puberty.  Your memory will become slightly porous, and you may be at risk for hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions.  There’s [...]

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How I Reinvented Health

My 5 foot ten inch frame has always seemed more naturally built for basketball, yoga or cross country running but I found a sport 30 years after those dreadful high school phys ed classes that is absolutely perfect for me at this point in  my life. Ladies…I am keeping my day job but  the sport [...]

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Get Past the Boobs: An Open Letter to the Breast Cancer Community

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQI1tzkwpkI] We’ve watched the ad and witnessed the controversy.  Now, we’re asking: “What’s next?” Earlier this year, Rethink Breast Cancer released a memorable and infamous public service announcement (PSA) that was seen around the world.  Produced with the visual and sensual focus on “boobs” – specifically those of Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, host of MTV Canada – [...]

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After Mom, Daughters Care for Their Aging Dads

We often think of taking care of our aging moms, as they outlive dad by seven or more years. However, many women who today outlive their husbands are looking to their girlfriends, and other social supports that they’ve nurtured throughout their lifetime to sustain a sense of community and connectedness.   In fact, with friends aplenty, [...]

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Planning for Hope: FTD, the other dementia

Does your loved one exhibit Alzheimer-like symptoms, and are you having trouble with diagnosis?  Is your loved one “too young” for Alzheimers? Meet Sharon Denny, Program Director for the Association for Frontotemporal Dementias.  Sharon will be joined by Dr. Bradley Boeve, Chair, Division of Behavioral Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to  discuss the [...]

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