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octobre 22, 2024Like
How to Deal with Difficult Family Members
Dealing with difficult family members is never easy, and challenging relationships can be overwhelming, stressful, and painful. When you have the right strategies to help you manage your interactions, though, you can improve a difficult family dynamic in big ways. It’s important, too. Research shows that families rely on one another for support in several areas of life — including emotional, economic, and physical aspects, to name just a few. It also suggests that the quality of family relationships can talk
octobre 22, 2024Like
I Hate My Family: Understanding & Navigating Emotions
Admitting feelings of hatred toward family members is an incredibly complex and jarring process. Your emotions can be a mix of guilt, confusion, anger, frustration, and pain. While it might be hard to come to terms with your feelings toward a parent, sibling, or another family member, it’s essential to recognize that this is more common than you think. Your feelings are valid and can stem from various sources, like unresolved conflict, unmet needs, unhealthy expectations, or deep-seated resentment. Keep talk
octobre 22, 2024Like
Losing a Patient: Navigating Grief & Finding Resilience
Losing a patient is one of the most difficult and profound aspects of any healthcare professional’s job. Whether you’re a nurse, doctor, therapist, CNA, or hospice care worker, the grief you experience after a patient’s death can be deeply personal…and excruciatingly painful. Research shows that it’s common for providers to experience “moderate” or “long-term” grief after the death of a patient. Some studies suggest that the lingering weight can impact a provider’s sense of well-being. After all, death is a talk
octobre 22, 2024Like
How To Find the Right Therapist for Your Teen, According to an Expert
Navigating the world of therapy for your teen or tween can feel like a big, intimidating task. You might wonder: Where do I even begin? Will my teen open up to a complete stranger? How do I know I can trust this person with my kid? The pressure to find the “perfect fit” can be overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to support your child through a challenging time. But here’s a secret: finding a therapist is a lot less like shek
octobre 22, 2024Like
WomenTalk: The Role of Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners: Contraceptive Care
During this three-part series of WomenTalk, we’re partnering with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health to explore the role nurse practitioners play in contraceptive, maternal and menopause care. In this episode, we’ll discuss new contraceptive options and their safety and efficacy. We’ll also look at how to access care and which questions to ask your provider. Watch more WomenTalk episodes Healthy
octobre 22, 2024Like
WomenTalk: All About Triglycerides
In the first episode in our heart health series of WomenTalk, we’ll learn all about triglycerides and what we can do to manage high levels. Triglycerides are the often forgotten or ignored numbers in a cholesterol panel. Cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, M.D., says we need to pay attention. Watch more WomenTalk episodes Healthy
octobre 22, 2024Like
New Study Looks At Lead Exposure And Folate In Pregnancy And Whether That Has Any Bearing On Autistic Behaviors In Children
A new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives looked at the combined exposure to folate and lead during pregnancy and autistic-like behaviors among Canadian children from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Pregnancy and Birth Cohort. “Our study assessed whether the relationship between blood-lead concentrations during pregnancy and childhood autistic behaviours could be mitigated by folate concentrations or folic acid supplementation,” study author Joshua D. Alampi told us. “We hypothesized that the relationship between lead and autistic behaviours would theravive
octobre 22, 2024Like
Financial Compatibility In A Relationship: A Key To Establish Successful And Healthy Relationship
The early stages of a relationship tell us a lot about your relationship and your partner. During the early stages, everything in a relationship feels perfect, and people tend to ignore red flags in search of temporary happiness and intimacy. Money is one of the most important factors during all stages of a relationship or marriage. Money might be the last thing you want to talk about in the initial days of a relationship or marriage, but trust me, if you understand calmsage
octobre 21, 2024Like
Does Your Postpartum Checklist Include Birth Control?
Because you may need more than just diapers and wipes. It’s no secret that having a baby can come with a long to-do list. From setting up the nursery to learning how to properly install a car seat (I can’t believe they’re just going to let us drive off with a newborn!?) to stocking up on diapers, wipes, and onesies, the list can feel endless. And yes, we know becoming a mother is amazing, hello, your body just grew a shek
octobre 21, 2024Like
I Was Diagnosed With Stage 4 Breast Cancer at 37. Here’s What I Want Other Black Women To Know
I’ve always been a private person. My family will tell you, “She has so much in the vault!” So it’s funny for me to share my story like this. A lot has changed. I can still remember every detail of the day I was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. It was February 22, 2022, and I was 37 years old. I remember waking up with a headache, but I didn’t think anything of it. I went into work — shek
octobre 21, 2024Like
My Endometrial Cancer Hid in Menopause
As told to Erica Rimlinger As far as I knew, I wasn’t going through menopause. I was going through “the change.” Like many women in my generation, I was raised in a household, community and society that spoke vaguely about “the change” and the “problems” that crept up when you reached “a certain age.” I learned from previous generations of women in my family and community that we didn’t use clear words in polite conversation. I didn’t know what normal Healthy
octobre 21, 2024Like
Why Can’t I Remember My Childhood: Let’s Learn About Infantile Amnesia
Infantile amnesia is a type of amnesia caused by a side effect of the normal developmental process of the brain. Almost all of us are not able to remember our childhood, and that’s because of infantile amnesia or childhood amnesia. According to psychologists, people are generally unable to remember events before the age of four years. A lot of people on the internet ask, why can’t I remember my childhood… infantile amnesia explains a lot related to this topic. In this blog, calmsage