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Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom : Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
ISBN: 9780553384109 | 0553384104
Format: Trade PaperPublisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Pub. Date: 10/31/2006
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A groundbreaking book on women's physical and emotional well-being,Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdomhas become a classic, with more than 270,000 copies in print in the four years since its initial publication. Now it has been completely revised, offering the most up-to-date information available on women's health issues. Christiane Northrup's vision of mind-body wellness has received an extraordinary response from women all over the world.Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdompowerfully demonstrates that when women change the basic conditions of their liv... MORE
| List of Figures | p. xiii |
| List of Tables | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction to the Third Editton: The Medicine of Empowerment | p. xxi |
| Introduction to the Second Edition: Speaking Our Truth | p. xxv |
| Introduction to the First Edition: Physician, Heal Thyself | p. xxix |
| The Personal Is Political | |
| Women to Women | |
| Creating Health | ... MORE |
| From External Control to Inner Guidance | |
| The Patriarchal Myth: The Origin of the Mind/Body/Emotion Split | p. 3 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Patriarchy Results in Addiction | |
| Fundamental Beliefs of the Dominator System | |
| Reclaiming Our Own Authority | |
| Feminine Intelligence and a New Mode of Healing | p. 26 |
| Energy Fields and Energy Systems | |
| Understanding the Bodymind | |
| Feminine Intelligence: How Thoughts Become Embodied | |
| Beliefs Are Physical | |
| Healing Versus Curing | |
| Inner Guidance | p. 51 |
| Listening to Your Body and Its Needs | |
| Emotional Cleansing: Healing from the Past | |
| Dreams: A Doorway to the Unconscious | |
| Intuition and Intuitive Guidance | |
| How Inner Guidance Works | |
| The Female Energy System | p. 68 |
| The Matter/Energy Continuum | |
| Earth's Energy | |
| The Chakras | |
| The Lower Female Centers: Chakras One to Three | |
| Other Chakra Issues | |
| The Anatomy of Women's Wisdom | |
| The Menstrual Cycle | p. 101 |
| Our Cyclical Nature | |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Menstrual Cramps (Dysmenorrhea) | |
| Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) | |
| Irregular Periods | |
| Excessive Buildup of the Uterine Lining (Endometrial Hyperplasia, Cystic and Adenomatous Hyperplasia) | |
| Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB) | |
| Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia) | |
| Healing Our Menstrual History: Preparing Our Daughters | |
| The Uterus | p. 163 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Energy Anatomy | |
| Chronic Pelvic Pain | |
| Endometriosis | |
| Fibroid Tumors | |
| The Ovaries | p. 207 |
| Anatomy | |
| Ovarian Cysts | |
| Polycystic Ovaries (PCO) | |
| Ovarian Cancer | |
| Reclaiming the Erotic | p. 237 |
| We Are Sexual Beings | |
| Our Culteral Inheritance | |
| Finding Our True Sexuality | |
| Women's Sexuality and Nature | |
| Vulva, Vagina, Cervix, and Lower Urinary Tract | p. 268 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Anatomy | |
| Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) | |
| Herpes | |
| Cervicitis | |
| Cervical Dysplasia (Abnormal Pap Smears) | |
| Cervical Cancer | |
| Vaginal Infection (Vaginitis) | |
| A Note on Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
| Chronic Vulvar Pain (Vulvodynia) | |
| Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome) | |
| Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections | |
| Stress Urinary Incontinence | |
| Breasts | p. 334 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Anatomy | |
| Breast Self-Exams | |
| Benign Breast Symptoms: Breast Pain, Lumps, Cysts, and Nipple Discharge | |
| Treatment for Benign Breast Symptoms | |
| Mammography | |
| Breast Cancer | |
| Cosmetic Breast Surgery | |
| Caring for Your Breasts | |
| Our Fertility | p. 393 |
| Abortion | |
| Emergency Contraception: Abortion Prevention | |
| Conscious Conception and Contraception | |
| Transforming Infertility | |
| Pregnancy Loss | |
| Adoption | |
| Fertility as Metaphor | |
| Pregnancy and Birthing | p. 465 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance: Pregnancy | |
| Preventing Premature Birth, Preeclampsia, and Breech Presentation | |
| The Transforming Power of Pregnancy | |
| Our Cultural Inheritance: Labor and Delivery | |
| Birth Technologies | |
| Mothering the Mother: A Solution Whose Time Has Come | |
| How to Decrease Your Risk for a Cesarean Section | |
| My Personal Story | |
| Turning Labor into Personal Power | |
| Motherhood: Bonding with Your Baby | p. 521 |
| Postpartum: The Fourth Trimester | |
| Circumcision | |
| Formula Versus Breast Milk | |
| Mothering in a Dominator Culture: The Hardest Job in the World | |
| Menopause | p. 542 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Creating Health During Menopause | |
| Adrenal Function: What Every Woman Should Know | |
| Kinds of Menopause | |
| The Hormone Replacement Question | |
| A Hormone Primer | |
| Symptoms of Menopause | |
| Hot Flashes | |
| Vaginal Dryness, Irritation, and Thinning | |
| Osteoporosis | |
| Sexuality in Menopause | |
| Thinning Hair | |
| Mood Swings and Depression | |
| Fuzzy Thinking | |
| Long-Term Health Concerns | |
| Alzheimer's Disease | |
| Deciding on Menopausal Treatment | |
| Self-Care During Menopause | |
| Menopause as a New Beginning | |
| Women's Wisdom Program for Vibrant Health and Healing | |
| Steps for Creating Vibrant Health | p. 605 |
| Imagine Your Future: Change Your Consciousness, Change Your Cells | |
| Uncover and Update Your Legacy | |
| Sort Through Your Beliefs | |
| Respect and Release Your Emotions | |
| Learn to Listen to Your Body | |
| Learn to Respect Your Body | |
| Acknowledge a Higher Power or Inner Wisdom | |
| Reclaim the Fullness of Your Mind | |
| Get Help | |
| Work with Your Body | |
| Gather Information | |
| Forgive | |
| Actively Pursue Pleasure and Purpose | |
| Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Care | p. 660 |
| Choosing a Health Care Provider | |
| Choosing a Treatment: From Surgery to Acupuncture | |
| Creating Health Through Surgery | |
| Nourishing Ourselves with Food | p. 687 |
| Creating Optimal Body Composition and Vibrant Health | |
| The Wonders of Magnesium | |
| Tips for Choosing a Supplement | |
| Other Common Concerns | |
| A Word About Smoking | |
| Appreciate the Energy of Food | |
| The Power of Movement | p. 759 |
| Our Cultural Inheritance | |
| Benefits of Exercise | |
| Ways to Move the Body | |
| Exercise and Addiction | |
| Exercise, Amenorrhea, and Bone Loss | |
| My Exercise Story: Making Peace | |
| Getting Started | |
| Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World | p. 775 |
| Our Mothers: Our Cells | |
| A Ritual of Reclaiming | |
| Conquering Our Fear of Our Shaman Past | |
| Our Dreams: Earth's Dreams | |
| Making the World Safe for Women: Start with Yourself | |
| Resources | p. 795 |
| Notes | p. 812 |
| Index | p. 879 |
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Christiane Northrup, M.D., trained at Dartmouth Medical School and Tufts New England Medical Center before cofounding the Women to Women health care center in Yarmouth, Maine, which became a model for women’s clinics nationwide. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, and an internationally recognized speaker for women’s health and healing. She is also a former Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
