Female health
Female health encompasses a wide range of topics unique to women. Our expert contributors provide information and advice on issues such as reproductive health, hormonal balance, menopause, and overall wellness. Learn about preventative care, healthy lifestyle choices, and medical advancements that can improve your quality of life. Our articles aim to empower women with knowledge and support for every stage of life.
A Cesarean Is a Birth, Not a Failure
Nearly one in three babies in the United States is now born by cesarean. Provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show that the U.S. cesarean rate reached 32.5% in...
The Labs Look Normal, But Your Body is Still Under Siege
What if the standards used to define health were never designed to recognize the way your body responds to stress, environment, or lived experience? For Black women especially, emerging research reveals...
We’ve Been Treating Symptoms in Silos, but the Body Never Works That Way
Bloating, fatigue, weight changes, and brain fog are often treated as separate concerns. Andra Annette explores how recognizing connections between body systems can offer a broader perspective on...
The Mouth as a Longevity Organ
When we talk about longevity, the conversation usually centers around blood sugar, cardiovascular health, muscle mass, sleep, hormones, mitochondrial function, and inflammation. We talk about what...
Breast Cancer and the Nurturer’s Paradox and When Being Needed Becomes an Identity
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and much of the conversation quite rightly centres on screening, diagnosis, treatment and survival. I want to take the conversation somewhere less commonly...
When Your Strength Becomes Your Struggle – The Hidden Cost of High Performance
Have you ever reached a point where the very qualities that made you successful start working against you? You know how to work hard. You know how to push through. You know how to be disciplined, responsible...
How to Live Fully When Cancer Has Taken Away Your Sense of Certainty
Finishing breast cancer treatment is supposed to be one of the happiest moments of the journey. For months, sometimes years, so much of life has revolved around cancer, hospital appointments...
When Progress Becomes a Risk, and DES Daughters Are Not the General Population
Progress is one of those words we rarely challenge. New is better. Modern is safer. More accurate is more reassuring. In medicine, in particular, progress carries its own authority. New tests replace...
Your Gut is Talking – What Bloating in Perimenopause Could Be Telling You
You wake up feeling fine. You have your usual breakfast, get the children organised, answer a few emails and head into work. Then, somewhere between your morning meeting and lunchtime, something...
Health is Not a Sprint, It is a Relationship With Your Own Body
For many years, we have learned to think about health primarily through the lens of disease. A symptom appears. We run a test. We receive a result. We look for a diagnosis, and then for a solution. Of...
What Perimenopause Reveals That Hormones Alone Can’t Explain
Perimenopause can begin before women realize, sometimes first appearing as exhaustion that rest no longer seems to resolve. Or increased anxiety, poor sleep, brain fog, irritability, or a growing...
What Does the Resurrection of Feminine Embodiment Really Mean?
The Divine Feminine is not new. These teachings have existed across cultures, spiritual traditions, mythology, yoga, Tantra, and psychotherapy for centuries. What feels significant now is that more people...
Why Diets and Pushing Harder Keep Failing You in Perimenopause and What to Nourish Instead
For years, many women have been taught that struggling through midlife means eating less, exercising harder, and pushing through exhaustion. But for women in perimenopause, this approach often backfires...
Age, Menopause and Mental Wellbeing at Work – Why Employers Must Rethink Everything
Menopause is far more than a brief phase later in life, yet outdated stereotypes continue to shape how workplaces understand and support women experiencing it. This article explores the often overlooked...
Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish, It's Maintenance
If you've ever felt guilty for taking twenty minutes to yourself, you've probably also heard the word that makes it worse–selfish. It's one of the most damaging words in modern motherhood, because it...
What Eastern Medicine Knows About Your Menstrual Cycle That Western Medicine Often Misses
If your monthly cycle feels less like a quiet rhythm and more like a rollercoaster you didn't ask to ride, you're not alone. For many women, and for the next generation watching their mothers, sisters, and coaches...
