Midlife Musings of a Family Doctor: Why I am Better at Making Mistakes
For women who have spent decades trying to be the perfect mother, physician, partner, daughter, or friend, it can feel like we're suddenly failing at things that once came easily.
But maybe we're looking at it all wrong.
Maybe this stage of life isn't teaching us how to avoid mistakes.
Maybe it's teaching us how to make peace with them.
2 days ago
Keep Calm and Strengthen Your Core: Understanding Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
The pelvic floor is a group of 14 muscles located at the bottom of your pelvis. These muscles support your bladder, rectum, and reproductive organs.
Imagine a hammock or sling stretching across the bottom of your pelvis. That supportive hammock is your pelvic floor.
When it's functioning well, you probably don't think about it.
When it's not, you'll know.
Jun 22
Let's Talk About Sex, Baby: The Truth About Female Sexual Dysfunction
Why aren't we talking about perimenopausal sexual dysfunction?
Women's health has spent decades being the black sheep of medicine. Conditions affecting millions of women have often been dismissed, minimized, or simply ignored. Sexual health may be one of the best examples. Let's fix that.
Jun 15
Overcoming Fears in the French Alps
Why does the brain take risks?
The answer is complicated, but dopamine plays a starring role.
Dopamine is often called the "feel-good" neurotransmitter, but that's only part of the story. It's released not only when we experience something pleasurable, but also when we anticipate a reward. Sometimes the possibility of joy can be just as powerful as the joy itself.
Jun 11
The Weight of Old Friendships
Adult friendships are hard. But you know what’s even harder? Losing the childhood friendships, you thought would survive every stage of life. And when I say childhood, I don’t mean elementary school. I mean that long stretch of time before adulthood fully settled in — before marriages, careers, children, and grief reshaped us. My twenties still felt young enough to be considered childhood in their own way. Honestly, at twenty-eight, I was still very much a kid. A couple of we
May 27
