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Premenstrual symptoms, often referred to as PMS, are very common. At least 60 percent of women suffer from PMS. It is mostly likely to occur in women in their thirties, though it can occur as early as adolescence and as late as the premenopausal years. Many women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome find that it […]
No matter what our individual temperament may be, our choices are shaped by the culture of our time and place.
As we transition from summer to fall, many women feel overwhelmed by fall's demands. Typically, there is a new schedule to adopt, perhaps because school has started or because traffic patterns have changed. Often, you notice an increased demand at work, as people return from vacation focused on completing projects before year end. There will always be change and disorder. So it's important is know how to restore equilibrium.
The topic of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), especially with bioidentical hormones, seems to raise more questions than answers. Given the amount of misinformation and confusion that exists, I have prepared the following primer. It covers the ABCs of HRT and addresses some of the most commonly asked questions.
Our bodies and those of our daughters were created by a seamless web of nature and nurture, of biology informed by consciousness that we can trace back to the beginning of time. Thus, every daughter contains her mother and all the women who came before her.
A couple of months ago, I received a book called Surviving Chaos: Healing with Divine Love—A Spiritual Energy Healing Process. This book, written by engineer and scientist Robert G. Fritchie, is one of the most practical, simple, and exciting manuals for healing I’ve ever found.
No other experience puts a woman in touch with the process of creation as literally and vividly as that of giving birth. And no birth experience can connect her to the source as directly as a natural birth.
The conventional view of what happens at perimenopause is that estrogen levels plummet. This is a gross oversimplification and too often leads to treatment that can make mildly uncomfortable symptoms worse.
I was talking with a friend the other day, whose daughter Nancy is pregnant with her second child. Nancy had gotten into the habit of calling her mom in tears just about every time she felt stressed out—and with the expectation that her mom would "fix it."
My friend was laughing as she said, "I told her in a light-hearted way that she has to step up and be an adult now. I explained that it's not OK anymore for her to call me every time she loses it, like she has her whole life. That's been our relationship, you know.
I just watched the delightful documentary Babies, a film that took three years to make. The film follows four babies from their first breaths to their first steps. What made the film fascinating was seeing the cultural differences in the babies' home environments.
