Posts Tagged ‘women’s health’
You’ll Know The Answer When You’re Willing To Hear Your Own Truth
Some years ago, I woke one day to discover my legs no longer worked properly. They were oddly achy, heavy beyond belief and simply would not support me. I had to pull myself commando style, across the floor just to get to the toilet. Not fun. I thought it was a one-off day of weirdness…
Read MoreWhy You Should Let Yourself Hit Rock Bottom
You’ll be surprised what you find down there… Photo by Yoann Boyer on Unsplash I will never forget when my doctor looked me in the eye and said, I don’t know what to do for you now. After all the…
Read MoreWhy Women Won’t Admit What’s Wrong
And it’s killing us… Photo by Luis Galvez on Unsplash Months before I got my diagnosis, I knew something was amiss. I felt strange, simultaneously wired and exhausted and the pounds were falling off despite consuming vast quantities…
Read MoreThe Fatal Mistake You’re Making About Stress
And why you should get emotional about it Photo by Kinga Cichewicz on Unsplash Stress nearly killed me. And it can do the same for you. You probably already heard that stress can cause heart disease, cancer and stroke, but……
Read MoreWhy Women Lie About Feeling Fine
Photo by Timothy Paul Smith on Unsplash I used to dread people asking me I wanted them to stop, but they didn’t. I tried to come up with something witty to distract them, to pretend the wheels weren’t coming off, the walls weren’t crumbling around me and a voice inside my head wasn’t screaming, help me!…
Read MoreWhat Does Cancer Look Like To You?
What Does Cancer Look Like To You? Cancer. A woman lying in a hospice bed, drawing her last breath? A patient in pain, prepped for chemotherapy, bald and frightened? Or…a group of women dancing bra-less in a field, feathers in hair, cheeks speckled with glitter, smiling and connecting? How about, a woman who was given just…
Read More20 Reasons to Rebuild Yourself
Ever feel like you want to start over and totally rebuild yourself? You know, ditch the meds and create that Gisele Bundchen body crossed with Sheryl Sandberg’s brain and Melissa McCarthy’s sense of humour, that you secretly crave in your “ideal me” moments. Or would you settle for simple good health? As in, symptom-free, abundant…
Read MoreWhy I Eat Chocolate Cake
Why I Eat Chocolate Cake I eat chocolate cake because people assume I can’t, shouldn’t, or wouldn’t dare. And that makes me smile. I’m not vegetarian, vegan or paleo but I can’t tell you how many people hesitate before handing me a plate of food or offering me an alcoholic drink. Clearly I have a…
Read MoreFeel Broken? Here’s What to Do Now…
I remember the day my doctor gave up on me. “I don’t know what else to do for you, Jacqueline,” she said, “All I can do now is offer you Prozac.” Ever feel broken??? I understood that she wanted to dose me up, send me home and stop my weekly trips to ER, endless blood…
Read MoreRe-Connect to Your Body After Shame and Trauma: 3 Simple Self-Care Rituals
I don’t remember the first time I felt shame. Was it at 5 when my parents got divorced and I was the only kid at school from a broken home? Or at 7 when the male baby-sitter slipped his penis into my mouth and told me if I ever whispered a word of it to…
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