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An All Hallows’ Eve to Remember

Posted in General, Insights on Oct 30th, 2020

For last year’s late October blog, I wrote about pumpkins.  But I’ve been reflecting on Halloween, and this year, due to the pandemic, how I will miss walking the streets with my great nephews, seeing all the kids in costumes, enjoying the front porch creativity of Portlanders, and just in general, enjoying the night walking […]

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Covid-19 in Women: Direct and Indirect Effects

Posted in General, Insights, Mind and Emotional, Stress on Sep 11th, 2020

I read an article recently that I thought made a very profound point:  “When you are thinking about a pandemic, you have to differentiate between what comes from being infected and what comes from being affected”.  (Quote from Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science).  As of […]

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The Effect of Global Climate Issues on Pregnancies

Posted in Endocrine Health, General, Insights, Pregnancy, Prevention, Stress on Aug 31st, 2020

Two things to focus on here are air pollutants and heat from climate change.  There are many other environmental exposure impacts on women’s health, fertility, pregnancies and in utero exposure, but the systematic review of 68 studies from 2007 to 2019 evaluated the association between ambient heat, air pollution  and obstetric outcomes including preterm birth […]

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Milks: A Brief Primer of Environmental Considerations

Posted in General, Insights, Nutrition, Soy on Feb 27th, 2020

My first thought is:  Am I confused/Are you confused about milk products- whether cow/dairy/sheep/plants?  And the answer is… Yes. I read a fascinating piece in The Guardian the other day, “So what milk should we drink”?  I want to give you the cliff notes on that… and then maybe some cliff notes on the environmental […]

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At the Movies

Posted in Botanicals, General, Insights, Prevention on Sep 30th, 2019

This blog is going to be short and sweet….please go see “FANTASTIC FUNGI” (https://fantasticfungi.com/) …a documentary about the power of mushrooms and the health of animals, humans, plants, soil, air, and the human collective. “Imagine an organism that feeds you, heals you, reveals secrets of the universe and could help save the planet.” The story […]

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Hunger

Posted in Fatigue, General, Insights, Mind and Emotional, Nutrition, Stress on Apr 30th, 2019

I’ve been thinking about hunger lately. Hunger and hungry seems to best describe oh so many things that we yearn for/are hungry for… peace, love, safety, ethics, leadership, security, food, water (safe water), healthy air to breathe, adequate shelter, livelihood, job, purpose, health, spirituality, connectedness, community, communication, faith, honesty, nature, and… I know there are […]

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Inspirations

Posted in General, Insights on Dec 28th, 2018

When I give lectures and presentations, I often look for quotes that offer some extra insight or perspective or inspiration for the audience.  I also find that through my life, many of them have served as guidance and inspiration for me as well.  Here are a few of my favorites.  I hope you like them […]

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Migration and Women’s Health

Posted in Depression, Endocrine Health, Fatigue, General, Insights, Mind and Emotional, Nutrition, Stress, Vaginal Health on Nov 28th, 2018

I realized that until recently, I held the typical stereotype of a person who is a “migrant”, to be in the large majority, male. Stories and photographs on migrant workers in all parts of the world with their hard labor working and living conditions contributed to this stereotype. While many human migrations are still dominated […]

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