THE WELLNESS PROBLEM. As a woman reaches the end of her reproductive years, the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen. As estrogen levels decrease, menstrual cycles can become erratic until they cease completely, generally between the ages of 40 and 60. When a woman has gone 12 months without a menstrual cycle, menopause is said to [...]
Mother Nature gave us the most beautiful gift, to bare children. When we’re not baring children, we are baring the pain of the flow. Menstrual Periods. That once a month, if you’re regular, 7 day flow. Without knowing more than what was advertised in magazines, I was offered a panty liner and tampons from a [...]
The variety of what we choose to feel guilty about as mothers is extensive. It could include things like not being able to breastfeed, going away for the weekend, spending money on ourselves, locking the bathroom door while we pee, and so many more. Almost all these things could loosely be put under the headings [...]
Why is it so hard to ‘let go' of what other people have said? If you’re anything like me, you set yourself great affirmations to move forward and be the version of yourself that you want to be but no matter how long you spend getting a positive attitude. . Bam! The crappy thing [...]
Q: I’ve met somebody and I really like them and asked them to get off all the dating apps and they said no. What do I do? My best friend is happily married. She discovered that her husband has a thing for her used panties. She caught him sniffing her used panties when he was [...]
Growth happens in tiny little steps, imperceptible to the eye, or in one or two massive stages that blow your world apart, to be rebuilt or adjusted to. Glacial pace or like lightning, it’s about stimulating and feeding life, moving forward and providing new opportunities for further growth. I recently witnessed something which really resonated [...]
My journey around spirituality has been all over the place to say the least. In my childhood I was raised Catholic... "forced" by my parents to go through school and be confirmed. Although as a child I suppose I could have rebelled. I always thought that religion seemed a bit off to me or perhaps [...]
“As long as we’ve got each other, we’ve got the world spinning right in our hands”, as the theme song goes for the 80’s hit sitcom, Growing Pains. A show about a Father of 3, who moved his business to his home, so that his wife could resume her career. Hence why, the setting was [...]
Pitch: As women, we love, live and hopefully learn. Somehow we often manage to rationalize the experiences and stories we are part of. Other times we find ourselves evolving in spite of challenges that rock our core. In this story, Sandra M “Catalyst” Bueno shares a slice of her life when through a deeply-rooted [...]