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Emily Herakovich found herself working in an “all men” environment. She found that slowly this was transforming her to become more and more masculine. She found this to be too stressful and one day she quit her job and took … Continue reading →

In 2008 Dr. Laura Stachel was in Northern Nigeria. She was studying ways to lower maternal mortality in state hospitals. The situation was so bad that getting pregnant was considered as having one foot in the grave. One reason for … Continue reading →

When Laura Moore gave birth to her second son almost 15 years ago, he came out so fast that her pubic bone split! Her doctor told her it would take 2 years to heal because there was no way to … Continue reading →

On the anniversary of my father’s death, aged 60, I felt a cloak drape over my shoulders, a leaden winter cloak weighing me down. And rather than being able to shrug it off, it came with me everywhere. I was … Continue reading →

When I was young I played a lot of sports like soccer, rugby, tennis, and I even ran marathons. But because of work, accidents, and family, I became sedentary and ill with a laundry list of health issues. This list … Continue reading →