According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, over the period of 2012-2013 (the most recent statistics we could find), more than 40,000 women in Canada had a hysterectomy. If those numbers blow your mind, we hope you’re sitting down right now because the National Women’s Health Network in the United States reports a staggering
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I loathe the word stepfather. He is so much more than the word insinuates. My now-husband and I dated long distance for a year. He worked in London;…
He looks like my kid. Sometimes he even acts like my kid. I swear he’s mine. But last week when I asked him to please take out the…
When I sent my son to Catholic school, my goals were selfish. I thought it would keep him from drugs, alcohol, wild women, and he’d let me sleep…
Little white lies. We’re all guilty of using them, whether it’s to protect someone’s feelings or to get out of attending the fifth Pampered Chef party invitation we’ve…
A lot of people wonder what it’s like to have anorexia, but I know all too well. My eating disorder and I coexisted for five years (age 11-16).…
Help! I’ve been sucked into the online marketing vortex, and I can’t get out! I will admit, I am a social media junkie. You’d imagine that has aided…
A woman usually has a companion called discomfort when she visits her gynaecologist; a word whose meaning covers everything from ‘yes, a little cold’ to ‘sorry I screamed’.…
Dealing with an ex who has borderline personality disorder (BPD), the other B-word, can be trying. The experience can become amplified if you have children together and must…
I don’t know about you, but I HATE car rider lines at my kid’s schools! Even worse, when you have to do parent drop-off in person! I love…
I’ve always said that my marriage would never survive co-working with my husband. Every time I say this, the people around me laugh. Since my husband is a…
I have to admit that, after the shock of Trump’s victory in 2016, I was doubly rocked by the reality of our new, branded first lady. I wasn’t…