Here we have curated resources such as videos, books, and papers we recommend for self-care, hormonal health, stress & anxiety, brain health, and nutrition
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Maya Dusenbery, author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick, describes the ways medical research studies over the last 50 years have excluded most women. The result - a fundamental lack of understanding about how conditions like heart disease, stroke, autoimmune disorders and others express in women.
Video Links
Doing Harm: Women's Health Disparities w/Maya Dusenbery
Women's Brain Health
Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Rich Roll Podcast (long, but very worth it)
Books by Lisa Mosconi
Women's Brain Health Initiative website
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From Burnout “Many women in America have experienced it. What’s expected of women and what it’s really like to be a woman in today’s world are two very different things—and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you ‘love your body’ when every magazine cover has ten diet tips for becoming ‘your best self’? How do you ‘lean in’ at work when you’re already operating at 110 percent and aren’t recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you you’re too fat, too needy, too noisy, and too selfish?”
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by sisters Emilly and Amelia Nagoski explores the impact of stress and burnout on women and provides some practical research based strategies for addressing it.
Video Links
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED
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Perimenopause/Menopause Resources
Lindsay Kalter, Menopause Relief: Women Suffer Needlessly
The Menopause Wiki (Thank you, Isabel!)
Dr. Louise Newsome - Balance (and she has an app for tracking symptoms)
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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Bioidenticals, Dr. Ricki Pollycove
Dr. Louise Newsom's Resource Page
Balance App for tracking perimenopausal/menopausal symptoms
Sleep
Healing Night(Thank you, Melanie!)
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Coming Soon!
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The Deepest Well, Nadine Burke Harris M.D. (First California Surgeon General) Nadine Burke Talk
The Body is Not an Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor
Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States, Juanita Chinn, Iman Martin and Nicole Redmond
The Article that Could Help Save Black Women’s Lives, Ericka Stallings
Black Women’s Biggest Health Issue is the System, Jenn Walton
In Our Mother's Garden's, Shantrelle P. Lewis' debut documentary on Netflix
How Menopause Affects Women of Color, Alisha Haridasani Gupta