| Description |
1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Women Coming of Age -- Part I Speak Up for Yourself -- Chapter 1 Elements of Holistic Integrative Health -- Many Terms, Many Perspectives -- Women's Health Goals -- Pillars of Health -- Chapter 2 Your Voice of Self-Advocacy -- Priming Your Voice -- Ways of Knowing -- Emotion -- Intuition -- Cognitive Perspectives -- Developing Your Voice -- Silent, Received, and Subjective Knowers -- Asserting Your Voice -- Procedural Knowers -- Constructed Knowers |
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Supportive Self-Advocacy -- Chapter 3 Your Web of Wellness -- Relationship Models of Care -- Immunity to Change -- Wellness Web -- Part II Expand Your Options -- Chapter 4 Postmenopause: Restore Balance -- The Menopause Transition -- What to Expect -- Pregnancy No More! -- Estrogens and Progesterone -- Bridging the Gap -- Integrative Strategies -- Hormone Therapy -- Bioidentical Hormones -- Compounding Pharmacies -- When Is Hormone Therapy Recommended? -- Risks and Benefits of Estrogen-Only Versus Combination (Estrogen-Progestogen) Therapy -- Duration of Hormone Therapy |
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Food, Supplements, and Botanicals -- Antioxidants and Cruciferous Vegetables -- What About Soy? -- Why Eat Organic Food? -- Supplements -- Botanicals -- Are Supplements and Botanicals Safe? -- Healing Systems -- Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture -- Yoga -- Pathways to Restore Balance -- Catherine's Pathway -- Chapter 5 Sexual Health: Energize Flow -- Sex As We Age -- Bridging the Gap -- Integrative Strategies -- Contributing Factors and Conditions -- Nourishment -- Communication-Let's Talk Sex! -- Sex Toys and Self-Pleasuring -- Hormone Options -- Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy |
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Healing Systems -- Acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine -- Yoga -- Pathways to Energize Flow -- Catherine's Pathway -- Chapter 6 Sleep: Create Your Rhythm -- Understanding Sleep -- Why Is Sleep So Important? -- Bridging the Gap -- Integrative Strategies -- Hormone Therapy -- Holistic Sleep Hygiene -- Nourishment -- Supplements -- Light Therapy -- Botanicals -- Cognitive Behavior Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I) -- Healing Systems -- Ayurvedic Medicine -- Yoga -- Pathways to Create Your Rhythm -- Catherine's Pathway -- Chapter 7 Anxiety: Calm Your Mind -- Situational Versus Generalized Anxiety |
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The Stress Response -- Bridging the Gap -- Integrative Strategies -- Nourishment -- Be Present -- Breath Work -- Meditation and Mindfulness -- Prayer -- Gratitude -- Sound Therapy -- Forest Bathing -- Emotional Freedom Technique -- Supplements and Botanicals -- Food for Mood -- Healing Systems -- Homeopathy -- Exercise -- Pathways to Calm Your Mind -- Catherine's Pathway -- Chapter 8 Fatigue: Enhance Resilience -- Fatigue Is Multifactorial -- Bridging the Gap -- Integrative Strategies -- Nourishment -- Digestive Health -- Understanding Your Gut -- Healing Your Gut: An Elimination Diet |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Testing the Gut |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marienau, Catherine
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| ISBN |
9781000771336 |
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1000771334 |
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