Tag Archives | women’s happiness

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#350: Why Women Aren’t Small Men and How to Navigate Poor Health Advice When You Have a Period

There is a big knowledge gap in the medical system when it comes to treating women. The system still has a limited understanding of women’s health. However, we are making slow progress. To optimize women’s health, we must first understand menstrual cycle phases. As a woman moves through the menstrual cycle phases, she will have different strengths and needs during each phase.

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#324: How Doctors Convince Women That Their Symptoms Aren’t Real and How We Continue to Misdiagnosis with Elinor Cleghorn

Throughout history, women have been subjected to gaslighting when it comes to their pain and symptoms through claims of hysteria and frameworks of racism and misogyny. This belief is still prevalent in the medical system today and is why so many women go undiagnosed or dismissed for so long. However, by analyzing history and becoming our own advocates, we can shift the culture and the paradigm of how women are treated in the medical system in the US and worldwide.

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#319: Red Flags: 10 Ways We Gaslight Women in Medicine Today

As women, we visit the doctor seeking answers, pain relief, and support. Instead, we end up fighting stereotypes. Healthcare providers say our symptoms aren’t real. And we are treated as if we are overreacting. Women are more likely to have their pain minimized, their symptoms dismissed, and tests refused. This mishandling of complaints leads to delays in diagnosis and treatment, causing more pain and health problems.

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#216: How Women Can Tap into Their Innate Skills That Will Give Them a Competitive Advantage with Dr. Marisa Porges

Now more than ever our world needs motivated, passionate, and joyful women. Nobody knows this better than Dr. Marisa Porges, Headmaster at The Baldwin School and Author of the new book What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women. Dr. Marisa is dedicated to helping parents and educators foster critical 21st-century skills in our girls so that they can recognize their inherent strengths, and prepare them to become the leaders and change-makers of tomorrow.

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