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Our Library is packed with personal stories and in-depth research-
based features, alongside the latest medical and scientific discoveries
in the worlds of hormone and reproductive health.

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Subscription boxes for just about any and everything you need

Subscription boxes are not just eccentric thoughtful gift ideas. As a way for you to gift your [bestie] with something she has wanted but would never buy for herself or a lot of her favourite things. It was predicted that

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Nature’s Antidote Heart Chakra- A Review

I was really intrigued to try Nature’s Antidote Heart Chakra. The company says that “We believe that change starts within ourselves”. This is something I firmly believe in too. I have always believed in the power of herbs and plants

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The gender inequality of scientific research

Please note, this is a repurposed article on gender inequality in scientific research, written by Dr Nicky Keay and first published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on 21 November 2019. In the famous book, “Men are from Mars,

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11 Things To Boost Your Mood

We all suffer from down days where we wake up in a funk and nothing we do seems to shake it; this feeling might last a few hours, the entire day of even the whole week. Although it can be

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Skincare Heroes – 5 Of The Best Products Your Skin Needs Right Now

Something has happened in the last few years; we’ve all become skincare obsessed. It started in South Korea where the desire for ‘glass skin’ (think translucent, blemish free skin) created the double cleanse method which soon gained popularity around the

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What are Crystals? Do they work and what are the benefits!

I’m sure you’ve heard about crystals by now but what are crystals? Do they work and if so what are the benefits of crystals. Let’s dive straight in with the most basic question. What are Crystals? What are Crystals, is

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Bone setting. Would you be brave enough to try?

I was! I wrote in my article on the PSOAS muscles how post-pregnancy my lower back had turned into ‘duck butt central’. And as you know, I’m pretty much game to give any alternative therapy a try, so when I

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Ten foods and snack suggestions to introduce to your diet

We’ve all heard of superfoods and how we should be eating kale and blueberries for lunch, but which foods are important to us as women? Here are ten foods to introduce to your diet (and some healthy snack suggestions) to

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The Right Way to Wash Your Hair: 5 Things You Need to Know

There are some things we do on autopilot. We go through the motions without giving much thought to what we’re doing or why; washing our hair is one of those things. Aside from choosing what products we put in it

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Self-Pride: How To Be Proud Of Yourself

Self-pride: pride in one’s abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem. We often think of pride as being a bad thing. People can be vain and egotistical, but our self-pride is woven into out self-esteem, and is important to our mental health.

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Herland: Book Review

Herland: About the Author Herland is a work of fiction written by the early feminist, American author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Charlotte was active in her writing career during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time she published

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Sleep Secrets – how to get more ZZZzzzzzzzz

Whether you’ve got a brand-new baby, a full-on career, family worries, financial woes or you’re always busy – chances are you’re not getting enough sleep. We should be getting 7-9 hours of sleep per night, but it’s harder than you

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Interview: The Benefits of a Women-Only Gym

With lockdown slowly lifting here in the UK, many of us are looking forward to getting back to normal. For a number of us this means the opportunity to get into a gym. However, many women find the prospect of

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Migraines- what are the symptoms and how to treat it

Migraines are a very personal issue for me, as I have suffered from them since I was a teenager. At their best, if I catch the migraine attack early enough and take some very strong painkillers, I will just have

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Everything you need to know about gravity blankets

Gravity blankets, have you heard of those? If someone asked you “how do you sleep at night?” would you reply – Not bad? Counting sheep? Still awake worrying into the wee small hours? If you do, there’s countless over-the-counter remedies

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Vitamin benefits for women

There are so many vitamins out there, it can be pretty confusing working out which ones we should be taking, what we get from food and when we’re popping too many pills. Here’s your lowdown on the vitamin benefits for

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Communicating Love: What Are The Love Languages?

In 1992, a doctor, Gary Chapman, wrote a book called ‘The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate’, in which he first outlines the way in which partners express or communicate love differently. His work focuses

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The Vagus Nerve- How to Activate Your Vagus Nerve

I keep hearing about the Vagus Nerve more and more and it’s been popping up in the most unlikely places, so I decided to write about it. Which seems apt in these crazy, current times we live in. So what

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5 Ways You Can Create A Toxin Free Home

Keeping a toxin free home is getting more and more important and so we’ve listed 5 ways you can create a toxin free home. Everyday toxins Everyday our bodies absorb toxins; whether through our diet or our environment toxins can

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Is Your Viewing Inclusive? Feminist Film Tests

Fiction influences us daily. The stories and characters we watch in film and television all have the ability to inspire. Within the film industry, women have been making waves as directors, writers and producers. But often, female characters have been

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Self Care Basics

In this busy and tiring world it is important to take time to look after yourself, especially in lockdown. But many people don’t know where to begin. In this article I will talk about 6 self care basics. These you

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Vitamin K2: What is it and could it be our weapon against COVID-19?

Nowadays, we are bombarded with a seemingly never-ending list of supplements that we are apparently supposed to take. Is it any wonder health anxiety is so rampant at the best of times – and now, it is more widespread than

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Dream On – An Introduction To Dream Interpretation and Analysis

Have you heard about dream interpretation and analysis? What is it and why is it important? Read on to find out! What’s the strangest dream you’ve ever had? When I asked my friends this question, their replies ranged from the

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Sea Pollution and How it Affects Us

We’re all aware of the melting ice caps, plastic, and the 20,000 tonnes of oil recently spilled in the Arctic circle. But sea pollution happens around the world, from large spills, sewage run off and chemicals, to everyday littering and

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How to keep calm, even when there’s chaos all around

Making sense of chaos isn’t necessarily the easiest and it doesn’t really matter whether the chaos is outside in the world or inside your own head. Sometimes there’s just so much that you can’t hear yourself think. You feel like

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19 things to look forward to once lockdown has ended

Now that restrictions are lifting and some parts of our lives are beginning to feel normal again, it feels right to look forward to the things you didn’t realise you’d miss, until they were taken away. We’ve got our list

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Smile, Sweetie: Politeness and Gender Roles

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” – Maya Angelou Smiling is a

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Body Image and learning to love yourself

Can you honestly put your hand up and say you are 100% happy with how you look?? I hope you can, I know it’s something I struggle with. I would love to be content with how I look, but I’m

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Best self-care tips you’ve ever been given

Time for some much needed self-care tips! We all need to add self-care to our daily routines – to boost our confidence and give our self-esteem a little pep talk. But with busy lives and families that come first, there’s

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Ossa Gut Reset – How To Have A Healthy Gut (Review)

This post is a review of the Ossa Organic Gut Reset, a 14-day program to help rebalance your gut health. What’s going on in my gut? Our gut does so much more than just digesting what we eat. Think about

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