My Passage: How I Found the ME in Menopause. Midlife is a journey, or as best-selling author, Gail Sheehy, might say, a passage or transition. Only there are distinct differences from that original publication back in 1976 when Ms. Sheehy was in her late 30’s, and first wrote about the midlife “crisis” as passage point. [...]
Forty years ago, a group of twelve women banded together to dovetail on the women’s movement, and specifically in the area of women’s health and human rights. Their organization became known as the Boston Women’s Health Collective that then became a women’s health movement fueled by the book “Our Bodies, Ourselves”. We thank Judy and [...]
The Uterine Health Companion is good medicine. Because it’s written from the perspective of a medical anthropologist with cross-cultural experience, it highlights how very skewed the Western medical view of the uterus really is. I highly recommend this book.” –Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom What if you found out that deep [...]
This year is a special year for women around the world as we celebrate the 100th International Women’s Day, now recognized as a global mainstream phenomena and celebrated as an official holiday in approximately 25 countries including Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia. As a women’s health advocate, marketer and communicator, I’m thrilled to see [...]
Is your heart in shape for love? (note to self: you have one week! lol!) I’m not sure all the chocolate in the world will help your heart “get in shape” for love – the calories would be over the top, and it’s a ton of fat. But we’re not dissing the possibility that the [...]
Spark the dialogue! From Healthcare 2.0, to summer sun and skin cancer prevention, to sleep and sex, to a 6-time Olympic winning Guinness World Record holder….Real Women on Health! May 19th radio show runs the gamut of guests and conversations. The health consequences of sleep deprivation are already known, how cheating your body of the [...]
How do women find the time to “do good” these days and have fun? Enter Mary Jo Wallo. Mary Jo Wallis is your basic renaissance woman. In addition to surfing, snowboarding and running her own investment company in San Diego she has taken on the mantle as a national leader to Fight Frump (and Give [...]
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 [...]
