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Feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed or in a flight/fight or freeze mode? Try one or more of these simple exercises:
10/19/2026

Feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed or in a flight/fight or freeze mode? Try one or more of these simple exercises:

Discover how Yoga and Qigong support nervous system healing, stress relief, and emotional balance through gentle movement, breath, and awareness.

The short version• Mercy s*x is s*x to avoid fallout. In one large study, most partnered women had had it.• It lowers de...
10/18/2026

The short version

• Mercy s*x is s*x to avoid fallout. In one large study, most partnered women had had it.

• It lowers desire and satisfaction for both partners, and the cost compounds over time.

• Low desire is usually diagnosed in her, though it’s built in the relationship: the load, the roles, the or**sm gap, untreated pain.

• Her missing desire may be pointing at something bigger than s*x: a life that has stopped feeling alive.

Mercy s*x is a couple’s problem. So why is she the only one getting a diagnosis, and what is her missing desire trying to tell her?

For over two decades, I have been strongly against the widespread use of HRT for perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms,...
10/18/2026

For over two decades, I have been strongly against the widespread use of HRT for perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms, believing the risks far outweighed the espoused benefits, and our female ancestors got through this stage of a woman’s life without laboratory intervention, and somehow, there was solidarity and honor in our aligning with that. There are risks in using HRT which are higher for some women, but for most women not in a higher risk group, HRT can be a low risk, very useful tool. I’ve also learned much of the anti-HRT rhetoric was born of the white male medical patriarchy who wanted to push older women out of their view. Nope! I have learned here and revised my opinion, and I may owe a few sisters my acknowledged, expanded view.

New guidelines back use of hormone therapy for menopause, perimenopause symptoms. Here's what to know.

A leading OB-GYN organization now recommends hormone replacement therapy for many women experiencing common menopause symptoms including hot flashes.

“Physical safety is the priority, then emotional safety is what she needs next: knowing she can be imperfect, take too l...
10/08/2026

“Physical safety is the priority, then emotional safety is what she needs next: knowing she can be imperfect, take too long, change her mind, or say that hurts, and still be appreciated, loved, and cherished. Being cherished in her imperfection is what lets the brake release. IMO, that’s hot.

Shame does the opposite. A woman under shame monitors herself through every encounter. How does she look? Is she taking too long? Has she already asked for too much? How does she smell? Did she clean up enough? Her attention goes to how she’s coming across, and pleasure cannot land when you’re busy putting on a show.” - Sara Szal, MD

Why every woman needs safety first, and why being cherished in her imperfection is hot

This is an interesting essay, to include not only s*x, but relational intimacy, generosity, and relationship with onesel...
09/12/2026

This is an interesting essay, to include not only s*x, but relational intimacy, generosity, and relationship with oneself.

On the difference between wanting and owing, and what the body knows before the mind

Are you the parent of a child who’s shrunken dialogue with you? Read this to help you reopen the opportunities to liste...
08/21/2026

Are you the parent of a child who’s shrunken dialogue with you? Read this to help you reopen the opportunities to listen:

Three windows every family already has, and something I made for you

Who can say for whom this applies, but its application seems possible in many areas of life, circumstance, especially th...
08/03/2026

Who can say for whom this applies, but its application seems possible in many areas of life, circumstance, especially the first step, in recognizing and acknowledging feeling activated: there is much power in that one, simple claiming to oneself. In that recognition, we climb out of the amygdala's hijacking of our reasoning, then may choose to return to reason, where we can identify and make use of our resources, and rule our selves and our conduct. It does take practice to not react, to move to a place where we choose and we respond, but it sure is worth utilizing neuroplasticity and creating a new route of being.

Not about fixing his moods.

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07/18/2026

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Five years ago, I finally gave a name to the trait that had been wired into my body for five decades. What I found next is why highly sensitive women in midlife are the first to feel a culture breakin

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) or do you know and care for one? I hope you will read this article, which makes...
07/16/2026

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) or do you know and care for one? I hope you will read this article, which makes great sense and pulls the mask off “personality trait,” centering awareness on one’s Central Nervous System setting and how hormone and brain chemistry interact to move and groove us, especially women folk.

The real cost of high sensitivity isn’t the trait, it’s not knowing you have it. And why perimenopause, more than any other life stage, is when the mask finally comes off.

Married? Unmarried, with children? Your children know if your relationship either sustains you or drains you. Attend ...
07/02/2026

Married? Unmarried, with children? Your children know if your relationship either sustains you or drains you. Attend accordingly.

Researchers followed 62 families for 8 years. What they found about unresolved tension and children's attachment security

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