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.
The Role That Physical Fitness Plays In Preserving One's Lifespan
It’s probably fair to surmise that COVID-19 has impacted each and every one of us in some way or another. Not least with our exercise regime, which many of us had probably taken for granted, paying...
Understanding The Fuel Box System and How Perimenopausal Women Can Simplify Nutrition
Tired of feeling overwhelmed by food decisions, especially during the busiest seasons of life? Wondering how to fuel yourself with the nutrients your body truly needs in perimenopause while still...
Designing for the Inner World
Before I built symbolic systems, I built clothes. Pattern cutting was my first chosen language. Fabric was the first metaphor I ever worked with. I spent years sculpting silhouettes that danced...
The Hidden Struggle Behind Perimenopause and Your Mental Health
Perimenopause isn’t just hot flushes and skipped periods. It’s the emotional rollercoaster no one talks about. From unexplained anxiety to brain fog and burnout, here’s what’s really going on inside...
Why Birth Is a Team Sport and The Overlooked Role of the Birth Partner
When we imagine birth, we often picture a solitary experience, a laboring person doing the hard work while everyone else watches or waits. But this image couldn’t be further from the truth.
It’s Not You, It’s Perimenopause
Tasha enjoyed her job and felt fulfilled in her career. She knew she was good at it, her colleagues would tell her that, the feedback was positive, and she felt confident and capable within it.
The Moment I Chose to Wake Up
It didn’t happen in a yoga pose. Or during a coaching breakthrough. Or while writing in a journal by candlelight. It happened in the mess. The rupture. The tangled aftermath of almost losing everything...
5 Essential Steps to Manage Stress-Driven Cravings in Perimenopause
When stressed, it’s not just your willpower that takes a hit; your hormones play a major role, too. From increased cravings to energy dips and emotional eating, your body...
Your Womb as a Portal of Wisdom and Awakening Healing, Creativity, and Empowerment
For many women, the womb is more than just a physical organ. It’s a centre of profound wisdom, creativity, and intuition. In a world that often prioritises logic over feeling...
Creating Your Ideal Birth Environment
Your body needs to feel safe, comfortable, and supported to go into and progress through labor. Your birth environment has a tremendous impact on your level of safety and well-being.
Awakening Inner Resources Through Music
Music has the power to reach places within us that words cannot touch. It stirs emotion, unlocks memory, and reconnects us with parts of ourselves we may have forgotten. When we engage with music intentionally, it becomes more than sound...
The Relationship Between Thyroid Disorders and Melasma
Melasma is a common skin condition present in Latin, Asian, black, or native American ethnicities. It is more common in women between 20 and 40 years old, of medium or dark skin tone. It is a common skin concern driven primarily...
What You Are Not Being Told About Your Fertility
Many of us will wake up one day, unable to comprehend that making babies, supposedly the ‘most natural thing in the world,’ just isn’t happening for us.
Running on Empty? – How to Eat Well When Menopause Zaps Your Energy
Let’s face it, some days you’re too exhausted to think about food, let alone cook. Whether it’s the brain fog, stress, or fatigue that often comes with perimenopause...
When Apple Cider Vinegar Goes Viral and What the Netflix Series Doesn’t Say About Women’s Health
Between sensationalism, hope, and dangerous detours, Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar highlights the risks of seeking a miracle cure and underlines the urgent need for a holistic...
