Women’s health Books

Book Synopsis'A compassionate and helpful approach to true wellbeing'JULIA SAMUEL'Expect to fold down every other page'PANDORA SYKES'A revolutionary self-care framework that is honest, compassionate and completely actionable'DR BECKY KENNEDY, Sunday Times bestselling author of Good InsideWhat does self-care really mean? From juice cleanses to face rollers, we are sold breezy fixes to long-term social problems that manifest in us as burnout, disillusionment and stress. Yet, more than ever, many of us are feeling the consequences of these empty promises and are looking for a meaningful solution.Now, psychiatrist and women's mental health specialist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin offers a sustainable practice for real self-care: an ongoing internal process that puts us in the driver's seat of our own lives. Because real self-care isn't something to buy - it's a way to be. This is Pooja's answer to the scores of women who feel let down by our culture and come to her seeking help. Real self-care requires setting boundaries, treating yourself with compassion, making choices aligned with your values and asserting your power. When we practice it, we see changes in our relationships, our families, our workplaces - and our broken systems.The result - reconnecting with ourself and having ownership over our life - is nothing less than a personal and social revolution.Trade ReviewIn Real Self-Care, Pooja explores what it really means to take care of ourselves and provides a revolutionary self-care framework that is honest, compassionate, and completely actionable. * Dr Becky Kennedy, no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Good Inside *A compassionate and powerful approach to true wellbeing. Real Self-Care is a helpful and timely book, and one that every modern woman needs. -- Julia SamuelA bracingly honest, galvanizing and necessarily provocative look at what 'self-care' looks at - through a political and feminist lens. Expect to fold down every other page. -- Pandora SykesInvaluable. For anyone mothering, working, simply trying to be their 'best self', this book will offer clarity and a new way forward. -- Katherine OrmerodThis isn't just another self-help book. It gives us a clear-eyed look at the way social systems drain our energy, and a concrete set of principles to rely on as we declare independence from these systems. Pooja is just the kind of wise, compassionate, experienced advisor who can help us claim health and happiness for the long term, despite the near-impossible demands that face us all. Real Self-Care is a much-needed sanctuary for the minds and hearts of its readers. -- Martha Beck

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Book SynopsisThe Natural Menopause Handbook bases its healing advice on the belief that menopause is a natural process-one that does not necessarily require medication. This revised edition focuses on herbs, nutrition, and other natural health approaches such as exercise, aromatherapy, and visualization to offer a holistic plan for wellness during perimenopause (the time leading up to and including menopause) and the postmenopausal years. Experienced medical herbalist and author Amanda McQuade Crawford examines both the age-old wisdom of nature and new research on natural therapies to address a wide range of menopausal symptoms and bodily issues. This comprehensive handbook features an extensive collection of healing remedies, such as 'Tea for Restorative Sleep,' 'Ten-Minute Visualization,' and 'Elixir for Healthy Joints,' as well as appendices on making your own custom herbal formula and creating an herbal home medicine chest. In clear, supportive language, McQuade Crawford explains the nature and physiology of the most common health concerns and provides more than fifty herbal therapies to ease all stages of this natural transition in every woman''s life.

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Book SynopsisInterest in yoga is at an all-time high, especially among women. Whether readers wish to begin the practice or are already involved in yoga, this innovative book is designed to help them understand the unique benefits yoga provides for a woman's health and mental well-being. The authors lead women of all ages through the health and life cycles specific to females by illustrating the spiritual and physical advantages of Kundalini yoga, as taught by yoga master Yogi Bhajan. Hari Khalsa applies ancient wisdom to explain how to determine and enhance one's own special relationship with the mind, body and soul. Using his expertise on women's health issues, Dr Siebel reveals the scientific basis for yoga's positive effects on the brain. Together, Dr Siebel and Hari Khalsa create a dialogue of spiritualism and science, elucidating how every woman can reap the rewards of yoga for a lifetime.

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Book SynopsisA diet-focussed guidebook offering a new approach to treating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

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Book SynopsisCapture the joy of pregnancy with your own keepsake journal Your first pregnancy is an exciting time filled with moments and milestones you’ll want to remember forever. The First-Time Mom''s Pregnancy Journal will help you record every precious memory as you prepare for the arrival of your little one. From finding out you’re pregnant to the moment you hold your newborn for the first time, this pregnancy journal for first-time moms guides you in chronicling and celebrating your pregnancy journey through: Inspiring quotes and supportive journaling prompts Trimester-by-trimester checklists Space to plan your nursery and brainstorm baby names Scrapbook pages for sonograms, belly photos, and more Appointment tracker and organization tools Plus, you’ll find prenatal size charts along with tips and suggestions for managing your symptoms throughout this pregnancy journal. Start telling your pregnancy story today and create a baby journal you’ll always treasure with The First-Time Mom''s Pregnancy Journal.

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Book SynopsisA star debater at school, Norman Haire had always wanted to be an actor. Forced to study medicine, he followed his other passion: saving the world from sexual misery. When he arrived in London in 1919 he was a poor Jewish outsider from Australia. By 1930 he had a flourishing gynaecology practice in Harley Street, a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and a country house. His parties were attended by the medical, intellectual and cultural elite.As a prominent sexologist and a campaigner for birth control, Haire took a leading role in the world's first international conference on birth control in 1922 and organised, with Dora Russell, the World League for Sexual Reform's highly successful 1929 Congress in London. He lectured in America, Germany, France and Spain, and wrote and edited many accessible books on sex education.In 1940 Haire returned to Australia where he attracted a loyal following, but was also hounded by the security service. The ABC Board was censured in parliament for choosing him as the key speaker in a population debate, and his weekly advice column in the magazine Woman was strongly opposed by the Catholic Church. Peter Coleman called Haire 'one of Australia's most famous freethinkers and sex reformers'. This biography pays a tribute to this tenacious, humane, witty, innovative and brave man's contribution to birth control, sexology and human rights history.Trade Review'[Wyndham] adds a wealth of detailed research to the narrative about this period in the history of sexology and the status of those who took their place in the forefront of a movement that aimed to counter repression and prudery with rational and humanistic approach to sex and sexuality.' -- Gina Perry -- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences'Wyndham has created a fascinating account of a remarkable Australian who made his mark overseas in medicine. Norman Haire, born Norman Zions in Sydney in 1892, was an internationally known gynaecologist and sexologist ... ' -- Clive Moore -- Health and History'Wyndham does a fine job recovering the life and times of Haire, covering aspects of the private as well as the public man.' -- Professor Stephen Garton -- Journal of the History of Sexuality'This fine biography of one of the western world's most tenacious reformers in the field of birth control and sexual reform is replete with arcane, yet useful, information. For example, Wyndham reminds us that George Bernard Shaw had the unique distinction of winning both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar.' -- Ross Fitzgerald -- Sydney Institute Quarterly'Wyndham paints a vivid picture of the politics seething within the birth control arena in the UK in the inter-war period.' -- Jennie Stuart -- Australian HumanistTable of ContentsFigures Acknowledgements Foreword by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG 1. Introduction: Norman Haire - a man of valour2. Early years3. Zions the scapegoat4. Haire the phoenix5. Making his mark6. Moving up in the world7. Organising the 1929 congress8. The darkening years9. Escalating troubles10. Mounting gloom on most fronts11. Haire's homecoming12. Dr Wykeham Terriss writes for Woman13. The ABC population debate14. Final years15. ConclusionAbbreviationsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOver the years, conditioning - both internal and external - has taught you to suppress emotions, suspect others, live in a stilted manner, create dis-ease, and above all, inhibit yourself. Your concentration and focus are overwhelmed with too much data!If you're afflicted by any of these conditions, you're living in a disempowered manner and are leading an unsatisfying life. In this book, Rohini Singh will help you change all that. She explains how to keep the base of your well-being - the energy system - clean and clear, teaching you how to listen to your body and maintain your physical health. You'll learn how to plug emotional leaks, stay away from emotional traps, and recognize the ego's manipulations - and avoid them. You'll discover the wisdom of "switching off" your mind in order to recharge it, and realise that the only way out is within.

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the bestselling Yoga for WitchesYin Magic shows how ancient Chinese Taoist alchemical practices can mingle with yoga and magic to enhance our wellbeing from sleep to stress-levels, helping us to move beyond burnout cycles and embody the beauty of letting go.Yin Magic shares: What yin is...and why it matters. An introduction to the practice of yin yoga Yin yoga journeys for each season and the meridians. Insight from cutting-edge neuroscience research. Connections between Celtic, witch and Chinese medicine traditions. Sympathetic magic and how to bring it into your yoga practice. How to embrace the magic in the darker times of night, new moon and winter. Yin Magic helps us to make everyday magic at a sumptuously slow pace as an antidote to the busyness of modern life.

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