Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of Lara’s story about her experience with uterine prolapse surgery. If you missed it, read Part 1:Preparing for Uterine Prolapse Surgery: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand for her journey leading up to the…
I always assumed I’d be an exceptional patient. As a professor of medicine who researches patient experiences, I figured I’d know what to expect, how to communicate, how to regulate my emotions, how to follow directions. I imagined myself harnessing…
It’s safe to say that most people want to be healthy. No one enjoys being sick, but it’s more than that—illness, whether acute or chronic, impacts quality of life. Defining Health Beyond the Absence of Illness Health, of course, is…
Is there something more frustrating than when we feel like we’re doing all the right things, but it’s still not working? For many women, this especially applies to food. We have a plan to follow, but why can’t we just…
Raise your hand if you’re a woman who has a playlist of songs that makes your body want to move, but you feel like you can’t. If you’ve been searching for a workout that’s actually fun and not just a…
We live in a world that celebrates exhaustion. We brag about being busy, wear sleep deprivation like a badge of honor, and even turn mindfulness into another productivity hack. Yet when we finally collapse on the couch at the end…
Are you a woman who’s been told that bravery looks like skydiving, running a marathon, or starting a company? For too long, courage and resilience have been defined only by big, audacious, risk-taking acts. But what about the courage it…
When it comes to perimenopause, there’s a lot of weird and sometimes confusing information online. This is partly because women’s health is underfunded and understudied scientifically, but it’s also because of misinformation and snake-oil salespeople who rise up to fill…
Trust in public health officials and the medical establishment is on shaky ground. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and medical misinformation—promoted by politicians and grifters alike—widened the rift between the American public and medical professionals.…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been told you’re “too much.” Too loud. Too emotional. Too passionate. Too ambitious. Too… you. For a lot of women, that’s the cue to start shrinking. We tone down our voice, dim our fiery…
