This week's post highlights some of the most influential women in integrated women's health care and advocacy today. From Your Woman in Washington™ to the brightest and best physiotherapists domestic and abroad...learn about who is shaping tomorrow's future for...
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Guided (Short Version) of Light Meditation
Guided (Short Version) of Light Meditation Join Ginger for this 8 minute guided breath practice and morning meditation focusing on deep abdominal breathing and a short version of Ginger's "Light Meditation." The meditation was recorded live in the maritime forest on...
Victorious (Ujyaii) Breath (Podcast)
Victorious or Overcoming (Ujyaii) Breath (Podcast) Join Ginger for a 10 minute guided breath practice and morning meditation focusing on deep abdominal breathing combined with victorious/overcoming breath (ujyaii pranayama), recorded live in the Blue Ridge Mountains...
Deep Abdominal Breathing (Podcast)
Deep Abdominal Breathing (Podcast) Join Ginger for a 14 minute guided breath practice and morning meditation focusing on deep abdominal breathing, recorded live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The meditation includes: Alternate position to seated...
Researching Motherhood: NAMC Interview with Ginger Garner
This week's blog post is an excerpt from my interview with the Mothers' Centers Voices Spotlight Series. Read the full interview here. A big thanks goes to the National Association of Mothers Centers for all their hard work in raising awareness about mothers rights in...
Mothers Declaration of Rights
Mothers Declaration of Rights Recently I wrote about the shameful state of women's health care in America and how America's broken health care system affects women. NAMC Advocacy Coordinator and mothers' rights advocate, Valerie Young, is a bright light and constant...
How America’s Broken Health Care System Affects Women
How America's Broken Health Care System Affects Women A post also featured on Modern Mom, November 1, 2012 The idea of women's empowerment is a touchy issue. It has been correlated with the myth of the "male decline" and other scare tactics put forth by those who may...
Caring Health Care = Caring Economics
Caring Health Care = Caring Economics Dr. Riane Eisler’s work in launching the Caring Economics campaign possesses the potential to positively affect not only our economy, but all the elements that are defined as “caring or caregiving” in our American society today. ...
Happiness Inventory: Are you happy? How You Can Tell
This month's issue, September 2012, of Yang-Sheng magazine featured my article, The Happiness Inventory. Read a snippet below and get the post here. The Happiness Inventory Are you happy? The Pursuit of Happiness in today’s hyperactive, super-stimulated, and...
American Childbirth Needs Change
American Childbirth Needs Change The Birth Experience As Empowering Childbirth in America needs to change. America has the highest infant and mortality rates of any industrialized nation. Additionally, women are scared of birth and being scared into making fear based...
Do American Mothers Need a Bill of Rights?
A Bill of Rights for American Mothers? As mothers, it is imbedded in our very nature to take care of others. What mothers should know is that society has taken advantage of this fact for centuries. And while they continue to take, mothers continue to give. How does...
Mothers Seeking Work-Life Balance
Mothers Seeking Work-Life Balance I am a woman, wife, mother and a CEO. Therefore, I seek work-life balance. So this week when CNN asked for stories from mothers on Yahoo's appointment of its first female CEO Marissa Mayer (and oh yes, she's also expecting a...