Health & Fitness
Create Healthy Organization by Revitalizing Relationships
At the Women In Communications Conference in Tulsa, October 2011, keynote speaker Renee Moorefield described ways in which we can create healthier organizations. Moorefield is CEO of Wisdom Works and co-author of Driven by Wellth: The 7 Essentials for Healthy, Sustainable Results in 21st Century Business & Leadership . Her entire keynote was interesting, butRead the Rest…
Violence Against Teens Poses Major Problem
Relationship violence continues to pose a huge problem for young people, who are just figuring out how to conduct relationships. Unfortunately, too many of those relationships take a bad turn. Do you know someone who has experienced sexual assault, rape, or stalking? Here are some startling truths: Young people ages 12 to 19 experience theRead the Rest…
When Birth Control Was Illegal
One hundred years ago it was illegal – and OBSCENE — to teach women about contraception. Today as the debate about women’s healthcare coverage rages, it’s good to look back at how things once were, and to contemplate the possibility of a return to those bad old days. A woman named Margaret Sanger fought forRead the Rest…
How Can You Tell If You Need a Vacation?
When was the last time you took a good vacation? What’s the longest you have allowed yourself to let down and stay off duty? Women face so many conflicting demands today …they often end up feeling exhausted, cranky, and discouraged. Burnout rears its ugly head and you find you just don’t care about much ofRead the Rest…
Who Opposes Violence Against Women Act?
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) and many other groups are lobbying Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Heralded as the first and best protection for victims of domestic violence, who happen to be overwhelmingly women, VAWA is up for renewal in 2012. The Two-Minute Activist The AAUW has established anRead the Rest…
Marci Shimoff-Happy for No Reason
Marci Shimoff, author of “Happy for No Reason.” The #1 New York Times bestselling author is coauthor of “Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul” and is a featured teacher in the worldwide phenomenon “The Secret.” She talks with Dr. Nancy about the steps to get happier right now, and why all our other desires fallRead the Rest…
Coverage for Women’s Preventive Health Services
Friday, January 20, 2012, the Obama administration announced that groups would be given more time to comply with the birth control insurance rule. This rule was set up so that insurance companies had to provide birth control to everyone, without out of pocket expenses. Certain groups, like churches, were exempt. As of this ruling onRead the Rest…
How to Stay Healthy, Fit and Vital
MJ Shaar says that you don’t have to play “The Big Gain” to get started on your New Year fitness goals. That way of thinking is actually contrary to nature’s way of doing things. Changes have to be made slowly to be made permanent. MJ founded Smarts and Stamina and co-wrote the book, Smarts andRead the Rest…
