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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.

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8 Signs Your Mental Health Could Be Affected by Perimenopause

Have you been feeling off lately, more anxious, easily overwhelmed, or not quite yourself? Maybe you're snapping at loved ones, struggling to sleep, or wondering why your motivation has disappeared.

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Make Your Walks More Bone-Boosting With 10 Expert Tips From a Movement Coach

It's Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, so there's been a lot of talk in the media lately about walking to improve bone density. But how effective is it, really? Is just walking enough?

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Why Informed Consent Should Guide Reproductive and Maternal Healthcare

In reproductive and maternal healthcare, where the stakes are personal and the outcomes deeply life-altering, informed consent is not just a legal formality, it is a moral imperative.

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The Rise of the Hormone Epidemic

With PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) affecting 6-13% of women in their reproductive years and 70% remaining undiagnosed (World Health Organization, 2025), and endometriosis affecting 10% of women...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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. 

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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