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24Apr

Fertility and Mindfulness

Emma Cannon

mindfulness, pregnancy, women

Body

In my role as a fertility expert I help women through the difficult and often all-consuming emotions they can experience while trying to conceive or going through fertility treatment. Women seem instinctively aware that their emotions can impact on their fertility. Sometimes they will say to me things like: ‘I’m stressed that I am stressed, because I know it’s bad for me!’ Through out our lives we will experience times of intense emotional difficulty and sometimes unimaginable stress. This is part of the human condition and in many ways how we cope and adapt to these...
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31Mar

Arianna Huffington: "It's not all about money and power"

Welldoing

wellbeing, women

Soul

Arianna Huffington is founder and former owner of The Huffington Post. Her new book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life  is out now. What’s wrong with the current definition of success? Our definition of success right now is based almost solely on money and power. And so to succeed, we lead lives of overwork, sleep-deprivation and burnout. These are actually considered badges of honor! We voluntarily drive ourselves into the ground, if not the grave. This idea of success can work—or at least appear to work—in the short term....
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19Mar

Getting to Know Your Genitals

Monika Dedus

self, sex, therapy, women

Therapists

Psychosexual therapist Monika Dedus explains why many women have a disconnected relationship with their genitals
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07Mar

Are Role Models Useful to Women?

Terri Apter

career, success, university, women

Soul

Do women need role models to help them achieve more?
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11Feb

The Emotional and Psychological Impact of Infertility

Nicole Addis

body, family, health, infertility, men, pregnancy, women

Therapists

Many people struggle emotionally and psychologically if they discover they cannot have children when they want to. Nicole Addis explains.
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04Feb

Cosmetic Surgery Makes Beauty That's Barely Skin Deep

Linda Blair

psychology, society, women

Body

I was sad to read in The Guardian today that there’s been a big rise — nearly 17 per cent – in the demand for cosmetic surgery in Britain in the last year. Breast augmentation is the number one favourite, with anti-ageing techniques such as eyelid surgery and face and neck lifts following closely behind.  I was, however, not surprised to read that there’s also been a rise in reports of patient dissatisfaction. Quite apart from any issues of competence  this shows that cosmetic surgery doesn’t offer lasting satisfaction. Why not? First, the procedures rarely promise...
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29Jan

The Stressed Sex?

Daniel Freeman

emotions, men, mental health, psychology, therapy, women

Mind

Oxford psychology professor Daniel Freeman on the gender differences around mental illness, and why it is difficult to report on
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19Jan

Four Thoughts on Anxiety About Ageing

Anne Karpf

self, women

Soul

1. Why are some older people described as 'still beautiful', as though age mostly erases beauty? Banish the words from your vocabulary, along with other self-deprecating remarks about ageing bodies, and admiring comments about people who don't look their age. Train your eyes to recognise and your language to include 'old and beautiful'. 2. We read so often about frail old people yet resilient, engaged, vital and outraged ones surround us. If they're not in your family seek them out as your friends, especially if you're young: it will help dispel the...
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