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PCOS Depression and Body Image
We all know that women with PCOS have higher than average rates of depression and anxiety, but did you know that PCOS depression is often presumed to result from body image, not androgen imbalance? While
Continue readingNational Women’s Health Week: How Women with PCOS Can Ramp It Up!
The calendar year is full of “national day of this” and “national week of that,” but the week of May 13 – 19, 2018, is an important one because it’s National Women’s Health Week (NWHW)
Continue readingPCOS, Infertility, and Mother’s Day/Non-Mother’s Day
Last month was National Infertility Awareness Month, and that elicited a lot of strong feelings in women with PCOS. Personally, it always leaves me feeling a little sucker-punched in the gut, even though
Continue readingPCOS, Anxiety, and Baking Your Way Calm
I come from a long line of bakers. My grandfather was a professional baker. My mother studied Viennese pastry making and made exquisite breads, donuts, pies, cakes, pastries, rolls, and cookies all the
Continue readingPCOS and Mental Health: Teens with PCOS
You’ve been growing faster than everyone else, especially around the middle. Like, uncontrollable, where the heck did this come from and how can I get rid of it now before anyone else notices, weight
Continue readingPCOS Infertility: 8 Tips for Keeping your Relationship Healthy
If you have PCOS and you’ve been unable to get pregnant or stay pregnant, you may have already added infertility to the list of “everything that’s wrong with my body.” Infertility often feels
Continue readingGuest Blog: Tips to work with a Registered Dietitian
Knowing what to eat when you have PCOS can be confusing. The internet is full of conflicting advice. How many carbs should you eat a day? Is dairy, gluten and soy off limits? What should you eat to lower
Continue readingPCOS Diagnosis and Management: How To Cope
Although Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) affects nearly 22% of women, it is often not accurately diagnosed until failure to get pregnant sends you in search of a reproductive endocrinologist, who has
Continue readingPCOS and Infertility: Practicing Mindfulness Meditation
PCOS related infertility issues can leave you feeling anxious, irritable, and moody. There’s a lot of fear about the future – whether you’ll be able to get pregnant or stay pregnant, have a healthy
Continue readingVagipreneurs: Advocating for Female Health and Wellness
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Braun Scherl, author of the soon-to-be-released book Orgasmic Leadership* – *Or, Everything I Know I Learned as a Vagipreneur: Profiting
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