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"Always too Much and Never Enough," is a memoir by Jasmin Singer. Singer examines her history with food, what it means to "eat healthy," her feelings about fat-phobia, and finds self-love in her body.

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Book Review: Always Too Much and Never Enough

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 Kathryn Vercillo 1 Comment #food, #health, #wellness, bodypositive, bodyweight, bookreview, eatinghabits, fat, fatphobia, losingweight

Jasmin Singer is a vegan, lesbian, animal rights activist, and author whose 2016 memoir Always Too Much and Never Enough

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One woman shared her story about mental illness and depression and learned that a whole community of people who responded positively and shared their own stories too.

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How Sharing My Depression Story Helped Me Help Others

August 17, 2016August 16, 2016 Kathryn Vercillo 1 Comment #depression, #emotionalhealth, #health, #inspire, #mentalhealth, #wellness, crochet, mentalillness, mind, sharingstories, sharingyourstory, stories

In 2012, I published a book called Crochet Saved My Life, in which I shared the stories of two dozen

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As a young woman of color, one woman was treated with bias and disrespect by doctors when she sought help when she was sick with chronic pain and medical treatment.

Health & Wellness Identity

Young, Brown, Sick, and Female

August 4, 2016September 22, 2016 Claudette Mestayer 3 Comments #female, #health, #women, blackwomen, chronicillness, chronicpain, doctors, equality, healthissues, illness, Latinawomen, sick, womenofcolor

I sat across from the doctor and with my husband by my side, began to explain the awful, painful, strange,

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In this fictional short story, one young Mexican American struggles between her heritage and culture and modern medicine.

Short Story: Curanderas In The Ceiling

July 13, 2016July 12, 2016 Alex Temblador 0 Comment #fiction, #health, #HPV, #identity, #shortstory, #wellness, culture, curanderas, curanderismo, MexicanAmericans, science, stories

There are fish in the ceiling. Giant orange and white clown fish circling above my head, like sharks circling prey.

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Living in the city can be a struggle, especially when you're trying to be healthy. Here's some tips and tricks to staying healthy!

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Healthy Living While City Living

July 12, 2016July 11, 2016 Alex Temblador 1 Comment #femalehealth, #health, #healthandwellness, budget, cityliving, exercise, fitness, fitnessclasses, gym, gyms, healthyliving, workingout

Staying healthy while living in a big city can be a struggle. Trust me, I’ve lived in big cities since

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One woman shares her experience with Lyme Disease -- how it took years to diagnose, the emotional and physical impact it has on her body, and how she has finally learned to treat it.

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Shaken, Not Stirred—With a Twist of Lyme

July 8, 2016July 6, 2016 Amanda Dunlap 0 Comment #body, #disease, #female, #health, #wellness, #women, chronicillness, chronicpain, experience, healing, holistic, lymedisease

I have Chronic Lyme Disease. Until recently, you may not have known what that is, but The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda

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One woman was wary of meditation until she realized how it cleared her mind and made her appreciate the simplicity of life. Check out her meditation tips in the blog today!

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How I Accidentally Fell Into Meditation

July 5, 2016July 2, 2016 Jasmine Farrell 0 Comment #female, #femalehealth, #health, #inspiration, #wellness, #women, #womenshealth, breathingtechniques, centering, meditating, meditation, mind

I accidentally began meditating last year. After leaving Christianity and my need to be affirmed by toxic people, in the

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A big sister worked hard to be an inspiration to her brother. After he went into a coma & underwent rehab, she realized her brother was her inspiration.

My Inspiration During Difficult Times

May 16, 2016May 15, 2016 Makenzie Shelton 0 Comment #brother, #coma, #difficulttimes, #family, #health, #inspiration, #inspire, #sister, #struggle

Usually an older and wiser individual inspires us, but in my case it is a younger luminary. When my brother

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One woman explains what depression is, how it affects women more than men, and how she overcame it to become a stronger woman.

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Depression: What It Is and How to Kick It in the Gonads

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 Carissa Hibbert 0 Comment #depressed, #depression, #female, #femalehealth, #health, #mentalhealth, #wellness, #women, #womenshealth

The “D” word Imagine a woman laughing and smiling; her makeup is flawless, her clothes the latest fashion, and her

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A woman in a relationship discovers that she should listen to her uterus for sometimes it's trying to tell her something she doesn't even realize yet.

Health & Wellness Love

Uterus Knows Best

April 12, 2016April 16, 2016 Laurel Washburn 0 Comment #body, #dating, #endometriosis, #female, #femalehealth, #health, #ladies, #love, #relationships, #reproductiveorgans, #uterus, #women, #womenshealth

Amidst the sea of witty clothing lines stating “fries before guys” and “Nama’stay in bed,” one stood out to me

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