Flower Power Moms hosted a fantastic panel of experts on the topic of what women should know about fertility, birth, and parenting after 40, if which I was honored to be apart of. Discover what the experts have to say through video interviews on reproductive endocrinology, Chinese fertility medicine, pregnancy, birth, parenting, and the often [...]
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GOT CONFIDENCE?
July 14, 2011
“Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.” Goethe One of the top issues for which patients come into my clinic is confidence. Like money, couldn’t we all use more confidence? So many of us are waiting till we have enough confidence to ask for a raise, to try stand-up [...]
AFTER THE LOVE IS GONE
February 21, 2011
I’m not sure if it is the beginning of a new decade, or post-Valentine’s Day, but so many couples are becoming singles now, it seems. While grieving and healing and moving on, I always recommend making the most of this valuable time in between relationships to look back at what you’ve learned about yourself in [...]
THE ANSWER TO DRAMA IS COMEDY
January 13, 2011
“Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs?” – Anonymous Ever get stuck talking to someone who is a drama queen or king? People who seem to have the [...]
SMART GOALS
January 26, 2009
“One cannot be content to creep when one has the urge to soar.” Helen Keller During the first week of the year, many of us look back at where we’ve been and where we’re going. We all know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting a different outcome. So if [...]
CHANGE….A CAPITAL IDEA!!!
January 20, 2009
I was recently in Washington DC and got to visit, among many splendid places, the Jefferson Memorial. Emblazoned on the wall to the right of Jefferson’s statue was a magnificent piece of prose he wrote in a letter to Samuel Kercheval. I found it particularly moving: “I am not an advocate for frequent changes in [...]
KEEPING THE HOLIDAYS JOLLY
December 22, 2008
Here are some tips specifically for beating depression: 1. It has been said that depression is “anger turned inward.” Many times it is just that. So the antidote is to turn outward…..focus on what you can do for others. No matter how bad your life predicament is at the moment, there are others who are [...]
Insiders Health: Could You Have a Pain-Free Labor? The Power of HypnoBirthing
May 5, 2012
Does the thought of natural childbirth frighten you? Would you prefer not to take any medications that could affect you or your soon-to-be-born baby? If you would like to experience childbirth in its fullest, but don’t wish experience the pain, HypnoBirthing may just be the answer for you!What is HypnoBirthing? HypnoBirthing is a relatively modern [...]
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