Tag: Women

• WOMEN: How to Use Our Voices

  Women’s voices are silenced, dismissed, discounted, questioned, and not believed.  Our contributions to history and accomplishments are erased.  We are often the exception to the rule, and almost never the majority.  It’s no wonder that to be heard, we feel we need to shout at the top of our lungs.  If you want a great…

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  August 22, 2025

  Opinion

  Compassion, Equality, Family, Fundamental rights, Girls, Hear, Kindness, Life, Listen, Love, Mental Health, Respect, Support, Understanding, Voice, Woman, Women, writing

• For The Men in Our Lives

  We all have women in our lives: mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunties, nieces, girlfriends, wives, daughters, female friends, female co-workers, female acquaintances, etc.  Showing compassion and understanding goes a long way, even for things you don’t fully understand or go through yourself.  The weight of being able to bear children comes with some challenging aspects of female life…

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  September 11, 2024

  EMPOWERED

  Compassion, EMPOWERED, for men, Menopause, Menstruation, Understanding, Women, womens health, you should know

• My Menopause Manifesto

  I am in the beginning chapters of my Menopause Coaching Specialist certification program.  To put menopause into perspective, between perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause, half the population (IE, anyone with active ovaries) will spend half their life in a menopausal state.   It has been both validating, as well as eye-opening to read about the various…

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  July 19, 2023

  Experience, Opinion, Reflection

  Change, Female, Health, Menopause, Mental Health, ovaries, Personal experience, Physical Health, Recommendations, Support, Woman, Women

• Enough!

  

  A few nights ago, I had a bit of a meltdown.  My husband Michael and I were watching an episode of the TV show Outlander (season 1) and the main female character, Claire was about to be raped FOR THE SECOND TIME in the SAME episode.  If you watch the show, rape is not an…

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  October 29, 2017

  Opinion

  Books, confident, Empower, Empowerment, Female, Feminine, Girls, Help, Ladies, Listen, Media, Movies, Objectification, Rape, Sexualization, Strong, Support, TV, Women