Wellness blog

I am just back from a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong.   An absolutely fascinating place filled with delicious food, where I kept forgetting my hotel room key and so that I was locked out of my room AND all the elevators. YAY ME! Hey- at least I got my steps in, all seven floors….😂 to do some rooftop, steamy yoga.     The reason I was in Hong Kong was to give a couple of Viva La Vulva talks and to attend the CosmoProf Asia convention. The convention was huge and I wanted to see what developments are going on over...

Put down your phone and focus!  Can you? Can you put down your phone and focus? Or do you find your hand reaching for it when you’re bored? Or waiting for the bus? Or stuck in a boring lecture? How often are you picking up a book versus picking up your phone? And the notifications on your phone… How often do they interrupt your day? Have you ever answered a text during a family dinner?  Sure, we’ve all done the above. There’s no judgement here. The phones are a distraction. They keep us on some tasks, and off others. We...

‍🏃‍♀️I was late the other day. Well, I am often running late as I have time blindness and I think I can do a bazillion things in an hour. Anyways- I made it to my appointment by running there- literally. And I thought to myself how lucky I am that I can move with ease, that I have a level of fitness that doesn’t limit me. Yes, some of that is luck as there are many with health conditions that restrain their activity levels, but for the most part being healthy in body means that I can leg it to...

In today’s blog we are tackling a very common feeling in midlife- loneliness. Something many of us feel from time to time seems more frequent and intense in midlife with the most common age for loneliness at 35.   Ironically, we are not alone in our loneliness. So commonplace is this feeling in society as a whole and the mental health challenges associated with it, that the UK proposed in 2016 A Minister for Loneliness, a cross party plan to help identify and support those who feel lonely. The WHO in November 2023 identified loneliness as a “pressing health threat.” Closer...