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'Your Bones' contains everything you need to know for healthy bones
in one book, providing scientifically based advice which highlights
natural prevention and treatment strategies.
Numerous contemporary artists, particularly female artists, have
chosen to examine the idealization of the female body. In this
crucial book, Emily L. Newman focuses on a number of key themes
including obesity, anorexia, bulimia, dieting, self-harm, and
female body image. Many artists utilize their own bodies in their
work, and in the act of trying to critique the diet industry, they
also often become complicit, as they strive to lose weight
themselves. Making art and engaging eating disorder communities (in
real life and online) often work to perpetuate the illnesses of
themselves or others. A core group of artists has worked to show
bodies that are outside the norm, paralleling the rise of fat
activism in the 1990s and 2000s. Interwoven throughout this
inclusive study are related interdisciplinary concerns including
sociology, popular culture, and feminism.
‘We can’t wait for this.’ Red Menopausing is more than just a
book, it’s a movement. An uprising. Menopause affects every
woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation
or silence. Why is no one talking about this? Who has the correct
information? And how can we get it? That’s how this book has come
about. We are going to tell you the truth, so you can make an
informed decision about your life and your body … mic drop.’
For too long, women have had to keep quiet about the menopause –
its onset, its symptoms, its treatments – and what it means for
us. Menopausing will build an empowered, supportive community to
break this terrible silence once and for all. By exploring and
explaining the science, debunking damaging myths, and smashing the
taboos around the perimenopause and menopause, this book will equip
women to make the most informed decisions about their health… and
their lives. Menopausing will also celebrate the sharing of
stories, enabling women to feel less alone and more understood, and
talk openly and positively about menopause. No more scaremongering:
just evidence-based info No shame: real women, real menopause
stories, real empathy, real community Honest, no-holds-barred
advice: Dry vagina? Zero sex drive? Hair loss? We’ve got it
covered The start of a movement: to get everyone talking about the
menopause in every home, GP surgery and workspace Davina McCall was
a number 1 Sunday Times Hardback Non Fiction bestseller in the w/e
September 25th 2022
Feel empowered to become the mother you want to be. From birth to
your baby's first steps, this soothing book will support you to
open your heart to the highs and lows of mothering and adjust to
your new role. It offers everyday meditations and visualisations,
postnatal yoga, natural remedies, and nutritional advice to help
you care for yourself with the same love and commitment you give
your precious baby. As a new mum, you may secretly wonder: "Am I up
to the job?" With pressure on mums to parent perfectly and "bounce
back" effortlessly and unsupported, all amid sleep deprivation, and
brain, body, and relationship changes, it's no surprise women
struggle. You are not alone. Compassionate, evidence-based
psychological ideas from clinical psychologist and mum, Dr Caroline
Boyd, will ground you amid the storms, enhancing everyday
connections to you, your baby, and the world around you both.
"Compassionate and powerful tools are delivered in such an
accessible way. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of
every new mum." - Anna Mathur, Sunday Times bestselling author of
Know Your Worth and Mind over Mother. This holistic book will help
you understand: - Significant brain, body, and identity shifts
during this transformation known as "matrescence". - The intense,
emotional rollercoaster of this first year - explaining what can
shape your ideas of the "good" mum, and why experiencing feelings
such as anger and anxiety doesn't make you a "bad" mother. - Why
it's important to learn to self-soothe, with practical
psychological strategies to help you nurture yourself, as well as
soothe your baby. - Why couple dynamics shift with the arrival of a
baby, and ways to stay connected. - How to use your values to guide
your decision-making, making choices that fit for your family.
Caroline offers gentle, realistic advice with a focus on mindful
compassion - supporting you to develop a kinder relationship with
yourself. She offers natural remedies to help manage interrupted
sleep and strong emotions, healthy foods to boost energy and
improve low mood, affirmations to soothe and support, and
mini-meditations and longer meditative practices to calm and centre
you and to share with your baby. Enjoy gentle, targeted yoga, with
your baby and alone, to ease the aches and pains of early
motherhood and build strength and flexibility. Use mindful massage
to bond with your baby and nourish your body. Mindful New Mum will
help you find more head and heart space - empowering you to become
the mum you want to be.
Dawn Dais hated running. And it didn't like her much, either. Her
fitness routine consisted of avoiding the stairs in her own house,
because who really has the energy to climb stairs? It was with this
exercise philosophy firmly in place that she set off to complete a
marathon. The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women is the ideal
training manual for women who don't believe that running is their
biological destiny but who dream of crossing the finish line
nonetheless. Fully updated with today's best technology for runners
and an exploration of running for different bodies, Dais provides
readers with a doable training schedule alongside helpful how-tos
and funny observations from the pavement. She also integrates
entries from her own running journal, sharing everything would-be
marathoners need to know about the gear, the blisters, the early
morning workouts, the late-night carb binges and most important of
all, the amazing rewards. Running may not seem like a friendly
endeavour, but with Dawn Dais, you can tame the beast and hit the
marathon trail.
We all know that exercise is good for physical health. Improved
fitness has been proven to increase longevity and stave off
illness. Recently, there has been a wealth of data proving that
exercise also contributes to overall mental well-being. Routine
exercise alleviates stress and anxiety, moderates depression,
relieves chronic pain, and improves self-esteem. Christina G.
Hibbert, an expert on women's mental health, grief and self-esteem
issues, here offers readers step-by-step strategies for sticking to
fitness goals, overcoming motivation challenges and roadblocks to
working out, and maintaining a physically and emotionally healthy
exercise regimen. The techniques she offers will benefit readers at
any stage of life or fitness level. Whether you have worked out
periodically in the past or have never hit the gym, this book will
help you get moving, stay moving, and maintain the inspiration you
need to reap the mental health benefits of regular exercise.
This handbook assembles a team of experts to review the special problems faced by women with epilepsy. Epilepsy treatments affect fertility and can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, but most of the available drugs have been tested on men. Moreover, hormone effects on seizures are of particular concern to women at puberty, at menopause, and over the menstrual cycle. Many health-care providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This book, published in association with the Epilepsy Foundation of America, fills that gap and provides women with epilepsy with the information they need to be effective self-advocates.
Achieve health and vitality, rebalance your hormones and overcome
anxiety, insomnia, irregular cycles and more with this holistic
guide to hormonal health for women. With a few easy strategies and
changes to your diet and lifestyle, you can not only solve
hormone-related problems, but have the energy, mental focus and
stable moods to be your best self. Simply put, once you support the
flow of your hormones, you create flow in your life, and Vitti's
revolutionary five-step programme will work with your body's
biochemistry to make this happen. WomanCode gives you the insights
and tools you need to: * Work in harmony with your body's natural
rhythms * Minimize the impact of toxins in the environment, your
diet and the products that you use * Target and support the parts
of your endocrine function (blood sugar, adrenals, elimination or
reproduction) that need attention * Tap into the immensely
transformative power of your feminine energy. This prescriptive
programme has successfully helped thousands of women to regulate
their periods, clear up their skin, lose weight, alleviate PMS, get
pregnant naturally, have more successful IVF, restore their energy,
improve their moods and have better sex. 'Alisa Vitti is my go-to
hormone expert! She has helped me with my cycle, my skin and my
energy.' GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN, New York Times bestselling author
This new edition of Breast Lumps (which was first published in
1994) provides updated information on both benign breast conditions
and breast cancer. The book has been substantially revised,
particularly with regard to the changes that have occurred in the
treatment of breast cancer during the last few years. It discusses
all aspects of the management of breast lumps and the ways in which
this differs in the UK and USA.
Enjoy hypnobirthing techniques at every stage of your pregnancy,
creating a safe space for you and your baby to return to time and
again. Find out how to use deep relaxation, meditation,
visualization, and breathwork exercises designed to integrate body
and mind throughout your pregnancy and birth. Anthonissa Moger, aka
The Hypnobirthing Midwife, takes a holistic approach, opening out
the benefits to embrace aromatherapy, yoga, partner work, mindset
exercises, and more. Using hypnobirthing techniques as a path to a
calm, connected pregnancy, you'll be fully prepared to respond
intuitively to birthing your baby, feeling centred and in control.
Overwhelmingly, women are responsible for deciding how America's health care dollars are spent. If health care providers are to succeed in the coming years, they must meet the challenge of satisfying the needs of this powerful market. Written by an exceptional panel of experts in women's health, Winning in the Women's Health Care Marketplace synthesizes the nation's best strategies and practices for creating a health program that will capture the attention and loyalty of the emerging women's market.
In "Yoga for Breast Care, " senior yoga teacher Bobby Clennell
offers a comprehensive program of asana (yoga poses) and pranayama
(breathing techniques) designed to support breast health. Beginning
with a description of breast development and structure and the
lymphatic and hormonal systems, as well as breast conditions
including pain, fibrocystic breasts, dense breasts, and more, "Yoga
for Breast Care" then presents a variety of asana and pranayama
divided into categories according to the position the body assumes:
standing, sitting, twisting, inverting, bending forward or
backward, and lying down. Also included are active and restorative
sequences for immunity, energy, cyclic and noncyclic breast pain,
cysts, and for pregnancy and nursing mothers. Practices for breast
cancer survivors include sequences for those who have recently
undergone breast-cancer surgery and are receiving intensive
chemotherapy or radiation treatment and for those with decreased
mobility and numbness in the arm, shoulder, and chest. Whether
readers have experienced problems with their breasts or not, this
book provides positive and practical methods for raising awareness
and regaining confidence in the body.
From New York Times bestselling author of The French Photographer
'A glamorous, transporting read' Woman's Weekly . . . IN 1920s NEW
YORK, EVERYONE IS CHASING A DREAM . . . The Roaring 20s - a time
for glamour, frivolity and freedom for women. But for Evie
Lockhart, a small-town girl who is determined to become one of the
first female doctors, it means turning her back on her family and
the only life she's ever known. In a desperate attempt to support
herself through Columbia University's medical school, Evie
auditions for the infamous late-night Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway.
But if she gets the part, what will it mean for her new
relationship with Upper East Side banker Thomas Whitman - a man
Evie thinks she could fall for, if only she lived a less scandalous
life . . . Captivating and inspirational, A Kiss From Mr Fitzgerald
is a love story starring a woman ahead of her time, set against the
backdrop of Jazz Age New York. Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley
and Kate Furnivall. 'If you're mad about the roaring twenties and
all things Gatsby, this romance will have you enchanted' WOMAN'S
DAY PRAISE FOR NATASHA LESTER: 'A fantastically engrossing story. I
love it' KELLY RIMMER 'Intrigue, heartbreak... I cannot tell you
how much I loved this book' RACHEL BURTON 'A gorgeously rich and
romantic novel' KATE FORSYTH 'If you enjoy historical fiction (and
even if you don't) you will love this book' SALLY HEPWORTH 'Utterly
compelling' GOOD READING
#1 Irish bestseller * Digestive problems * Bloating * Diarrhoea *
Constipation * Pain Do you identify with these symptoms? Does your
digestive system feel like your enemy? Is your unpredictable gut a
source of embarrassment or fear, or is it holding you back? If
you're a woman who's answered 'yes' to any of the above, you're not
alone. More than two-thirds of people with IBS are female; other
gut problems are also more common in women. And your needs are very
specific. YOU NEED: Clear, accessible information about and insight
into what female hormones can do to gut health YOU NEED: Expert
guidance from a consultant gastroenterologist and a clinical
dietitian and nutritionist YOU NEED: Stepped, manageable strategies
to take control of your troublesome gut YOU NEED: A diet plan that
focuses on your specific requirements, which is flexible,
achieveable and sustainable YOU NEED: Easy-to-follow recipes that
are gut-friendly, delicious and restore your digestive health YOU
NEED THIS BOOK! Professor Barbara Ryan and Elaine McGowan, RD, are
The Gut Experts (@thegutexperts and www.thegutexperts.com) and have
treated over 60,000 patients with every kind of digestive condition
and nutritional requirement. They are bringing their expertise and
insights to you in this easy-to-digest book.
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