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There’s Help for You at Midlife

September 18, 2017 No Comments

genneve is helping women feel awesome in midlife and menopause I’d like to welcome Jill Angelo to share her community with all the women here wanting to know more about their health in midlife or menopause. Taking care of your health can be really challenging, especially if it’s managing menopause hot flashes, dry skin or interrupted sleep. It helps to have a place where you can turn for support and answers, but for this “third chapter” of a woman’s reproductive life, there haven’t been many such places. Until now. Jill started genneve when she was in her 40s, taking a huge leap of faith after she left a long career at Microsoft. Here’s more about her journey to empowering women and genneve: “I’ve always been passionate about women’s health, and an opportunity came up to create and run a company that made a line of feminine lubricants and moisturizers. Given […]

Health, Mindfulness, News

Why you should swap coffee for tea

July 10, 2017 8 Comments

Relieving anxiety and boosting your health with matcha green tea What’s wrong with coffee? There’s the bloating problem, the weight around the middle problem, and the anxiety and insomnia problem – all tied to drinking coffee. But I’ve had a really hard time finding a decent alternative. Regular tea just doesn’t do it for me. It doesn’t have the rich, full flavor that coffee has. Tea always seems wimpy and thin tasting compared to coffee. Coffee tastes a little like chocolate and tea tastes like flavored water. Plus, there is nothing like a fabulous coffee latte, is there? There’s also nothing like the delicious ritual of grinding beans and brewing coffee in the morning. And nothing wakes up my brain cells like coffee. So that’s why I’ve never found an alternative to coffee and why I’d always return to coffee when I’d stop, even though doctors and naturopaths have given me […]

Family, Mindfulness, News, Relationships, Time

Living a life less ordinary

June 9, 2017 10 Comments

How much of your busyness is an effort to not miss out and to look like you have an interesting life? Meet Ali Cornish, who realized she was not at all happy being overly busy, and find out how she found true fulfillment: In my early 20s, I breezed through life in a state of constant movement and engagement. I lived in five separate cities, two different countries, and held a grand total of 11 jobs in the span of 4 years. With a serious case of the dreaded FOMO (fear of missing out), I felt the grass was greener elsewhere. Just like everyone I knew, I was always out-and-about, rarely spending a night in watching television, reading a book, or cultivating a hobby. Each new “Yes!” and each new connection were meant to boost my self-esteem. I thought if people saw that I was doing so much, they might […]

Family, Home, News, Relationships

Take it seriously – hoarding is a psychological disorder

June 6, 2017 22 Comments

Wow. When I wrote my first post about hoarding, I had no idea it would generate such passion and interest. I started to write individual responses to all of you who have posted your comments, but there were so many common themes in the comments that I realized it was time for me to write a new post that includes updated information about hoarding. All of you who posted have really educated me. In my original post, I suggested strategies like, “give your hoarder his or her own room,” or “set rules about common spaces,” and so on. From all of you, I realized that strategies like these don’t work. Here’s why. Hoarding is a serious psychological disorder, and until that issue is addressed and treated, nothing will change. It’s plain and simple. Hoarding is so serious that it now has it’s own designation in Psychiatry’s standard guidebook—the Diagnostic and […]