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Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Solve the cycle of overwhelm and exhaustion, and empower yourself to create positive change. This interactive workbook from the experts behind the New York Times bestseller Burnout offers up the tools and tips to help get you there. We all want to achieve wellness. But wellness is not a state of mind or a state of being—it’s a state of action. It’s the freedom to oscillate through all the cycles of being human: from effort to rest, sleeping...
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"For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed. The history of women’s healthcare is a story in which women themselves have too often been voiceless—a narrative instead written from the perspective of men who styled themselves as authorities on the female of the species, yet uninformed by...
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Jodi M. Savage was raised in Brooklyn, New York, by her maternal grandmother. Her whip-smart, charismatic mother struggled with addiction and was unable to care for her. Granny—a fiery Pentecostal preacher who had a way with words—was Jodi’s rock, until Alzheimer’s disease turned the tables, and a 28-year-old Jodi stepped into the role of caretaker. It was up to Jodi to get them both through the devastations of a deteriorating mind. After...
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Publisher
Health Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent-offering a way to extend yoga's gifts and tools for all who parent. Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers a way to extend yoga's gifts into the motherhood experience...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Introduction to conference, introduction to first speaker, Dr. White. Dr. White discusses the stigma of obesity in women. She also discusses the gender differences in obesity between men & women and the damage done by the media. Lastly, she discusses the rise of bulimia in America and negative body image. Introduction from Alice for Mary Anne Walters. Ms. Walters discusses mental health & double standards placed on mothers. Q&A session is cut...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"So many women desire a deeper sense of wellness, fueled by self-care, nurturing routines, healing foods, and herbal remedies. The ancient science of Ayurveda brings us back into relationship with the rhythms of our lives, streamlining our daily habits and attuning our activities by time of day and seasons. This book delivers insights into personal health, hormonal balance, and connection to nature, all from the simplest practices: what we eat. Food...
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Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sex Cells is the tale of scientific stonewalling, intrepid advocacy, and the still-pitched battle to get the scientific and medical world to recognize that women are not small men. Phyllis Greenberger has been working in the field of biological sex differences for more than 30 years, and she continues to be struck by the lack of understanding about this topic, even among medical professionals. After all, it's a fundamental aspect of human life: males...
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Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, the workplace, and even the grocery store, a constant news cycle highlighting Latine trauma, and a general lack of resources for women of color, it's tough to be a Latina woman and prioritize your wellness, both physically and mentally. With Self-Care for Latinas, you'll find 150 exercises to radically choose to put yourself first. Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day, you're...
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Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Most women, transgender, and non-binary people who menstruate can expect to have hundreds of periods in a lifetime. So why is real information so hard to find? Despite its significance, most education about menstruation focuses either on increasing the chances of pregnancy or preventing it. And while both are important for many people, those who menstruate deserve to know more about their bodies than just what happens in service to reproduction....
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Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The author of Gutbliss and one of today's preeminent gastroenterologists distills the latest research on the microbiome into a practical program for boosting overall health. Michael Pollan's widely discussed New York Times article, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs," was just the tip of the iceberg. The microbiome--the collective name for the trillions of bacteria that live in our gut--is today's hottest medical news topic. Synthesizing the latest...
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