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The Shoe

I don’t even like to wear shoes, but I know they can drop without notice anyway. I’m an optimist but a realist. It’s because I’m approaching the age where I can’t deny that things could start to happen health-wise. Enough friends my age my age (mid-forties) have health issues- sudden surgeries, whose after effects are [...]

Size Wise, We All Need Support

While there is always great discussion on Twitter about body image, a couple of things in the last week caught me in particular. pressure cooker

One of them was a post by Pamela Madsen, one of my faves. She talked about tension between embracing her (large-ish) self as a way of healing and then facing the health implications that a weightier body can pose.

Gals I Adore

I’m fascinated by things our amazing bodies can do and what to do to help them when things aren’t going too well. Luckily, I get paid to do this: I work in HIV education/ prevention. There are some folks I visit online on a regular basis online, and I sing their praises for their generous and provocative thoughts, questions and observations.

Relationships that Count

I had the best afternoon last week. I was in a room full of soon-to-be doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and counselors to talk about sexual health, specifically HIV, and what’s so different for women. Patients, clients, whatever they’re going to call them- it’s the relationships that count.

Blasting “The Beauty” in Bossypants

Just finished reading Tina Fey’s Bossypants so I could write this blog about middle age and satisfaction. (Nice rationalization, eh?) Well, I’ll confess that’s not why I started it, but with that fringe benefit, I’m grinning.

30 Years of AIDS and Ignorance Reigns

Serious title of a serious post, yes. But today’s a big day: it’s the 30th anniversary of the first identified cases of what would eventually be called AIDS. The cases puzzled the doctors- seemingly healthy young men suddenly developing pneumonia and dying. What was going on? More cases appeared, and in 1984, the human immunodeficiency [...]

Sex Education or Silence?

Have I ever mentioned the old Herman cartoon where a woman is at her doctor’s office? She says, “They had much nicer diseases when I was a girl.” Yeah, right. STIs are old news, except for HIV (although it’s been around longer than you might think). So talking about them is good IMO. 

(Unwelcome) Hotness: Humility at Work

Love these days of perimenopause when I need a third breakfast now, or can’t remember what was I doing before a coworker asked me a question. Thankfully I work with women who can relate to hormones. Some are years away from anticipating this rollercoaster, others are past it, but at least they can laugh. And [...]

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