Women’s Health & Culture

One of our taglines (we have a few, ha!) is “women’s health in the context of our culture.” What does this mean exactly? We are interested in the intersection of women’s health and the society we’ve been steeping in since birth. We are unabashed feminists and wrestle with what feminism means in the 21st century. All of us, men and women alike, have been steeped in patriarchy and we acknowledge the limitation of that for many men. Our focus here is supporting women to acknowledge the reality of day-to-day lived experiences and the way that economics, race, the political climate, sexual orientation and gender-identity intersect with a woman’s health and well-being.

This is complex stuff! We can’t wait to explore many of these topics in more depth through our podcast, The Feminologist. Please don’t go looking for it quite yet. We are launching this in early 2019. In the meantime, you can read some short articles about some of these intersections below.

Women and Alcohol

In this episode of The Feminologist Joy Herbst, a holistic nurse practitioner, Gray Area Drinker sober coach and Ayurveda counselor joins Dr. Nash for a discussion of the following: alcohol consumption and how it impacts the lives of women gray area drinking and why we see it as a growing ...
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Podcast Interview: Dr. Holly Lucille’s Mindful Medicine

Listen as Dr. Ginger Nash joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss feminine health ...
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Adrenal Glands and Stress

Here’s a quote from Maureen Killoran, LPC: “Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose.” But can we really choose? Do you all know what the adrenal glands are and what their job is in the body? They ...
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Being a woman with a thyroid

Dr. Nash here considering the intersection of culture and biology with regards to women's position in society. Here's just one of many examples I think about: ~When a woman's body is confronted with any type of stress, and let's face it, estimates say 80% of women have been sexually assaulted ...
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