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Women's bodies, women's wisdom.
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9780553382099
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0553382098
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906 p ; 23 cm.
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Revised and updated
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NY : Bantam, 2002 [1994].
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
xiii
List of Tables
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction to the Revised Edition: Speaking Our Truth
xxi
Introduction to the First Edition: Physician, Heal Thyself
xxv
The Personal Is Political
xxvii
Women to Women
xxix
Creating Health
xxxi
PART ONE: FROM EXTERNAL CONTROL TO INNER GUIDANCE
The Patriarchal Myth and the Addictive System
3
(22)
Our Cultural Inheritance
3
(2)
Patriarchy Results in Addiction
5
(2)
Fundamental Beliefs of the Addictive System
7
(5)
Reclaiming Our Own Authority
12
(13)
Feminine Intelligence and a New Mode of Healing
25
(25)
Energy Fields and Energy Systems
25
(1)
Understanding the Bodymind
25
(6)
Feminine Intelligence: How Thoughts Are Embodied
31
(3)
Beliefs Are Physical
34
(7)
Healing versus Curing
41
(9)
Inner Guidance
50
(17)
Listening to Your Body and Its Needs
52
(3)
Emotional Cleansing: Healing from the Past
55
(2)
Dreams: A Doorway to the Unconscious
57
(1)
Intuition and Intuitive Guidance
58
(1)
How Inner Guidance Works
59
(8)
The Female Energy System
67
(34)
The Matter/Energy Continuum
67
(5)
Earth's Energy
72
(1)
The Chakras
73
(3)
The Lower Female Center: Chakras One to Four
76
(18)
Other Chakra Issues
94
(7)
PART TWO: THE ANATOMY OF WOMEN'S WISDOM
The Menstrual Cycle
101
(63)
Our Cyclical Nature
104
(8)
Our Cultural Inheritance
112
(9)
Menstrual Cramps (Dysmenorrhea)
121
(8)
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
129
(15)
Irregular Periods
144
(2)
Excessive Buildup of the Uterine Lining (Endometrial Hyperplasia, Cystic, and Adenomatous Hyperplasia)
146
(2)
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)
148
(8)
Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia)
156
(2)
Healing Our Menstrual History: Preparing Our Daughters
158
(6)
The Uterus
164
(46)
Our Cultural Inheritance
166
(2)
Energy Anatomy
168
(2)
Chronic Pelvic Pain
170
(1)
Endometriosis
171
(12)
Fibroid Tumors
183
(27)
The Ovaries
210
(31)
Anatomy
212
(5)
Ovarian Cysts
217
(3)
Polycystic Ovaries
220
(11)
Ovarian Cancer
231
(10)
Reclaiming the Erotic
241
(18)
We Are Sexual Beings
241
(8)
Finding Our True Sexuality
249
(2)
Women's Sexuality and Nature
251
(8)
Vulva, Vagina, Cervix, and Lower Urinary Tract
259
(68)
Our Cultural Inheritance
260
(5)
Anatomy
265
(3)
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
268
(8)
Herpes
276
(5)
Cervicitis
281
(1)
Cervical Dysplasia (Abnormal Pap Smears)
281
(16)
Cervical Cancer
297
(3)
Vaginal Infection (Vaginitis)
300
(8)
A Note on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
308
(3)
Chronic Vulvar Pain (Vulvadynia)
311
(5)
Interstitial Cystitis
316
(1)
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
317
(4)
Stress Urinary Incontinence
321
(6)
Breasts
327
(54)
Our Cultural Inheritance
327
(4)
Anatomy
331
(1)
Breast Self-Exams
331
(4)
Benign Breast Symptoms: Breast Pain, Lumps, Cysts, and Nipple Discharge
335
(3)
Treatment for Benign Breast Symptoms
338
(9)
Mammography
347
(7)
Breast Cancer
354
(14)
Cosmetic Breast Surgery
368
(10)
Caring for Your Breasts
378
(3)
Our Fertility
381
(64)
Abortion
383
(8)
Emergency Contraception: Abortion Prevention
391
(1)
Conscious Conception and Contraception
392
(20)
Transforming Infertility
412
(21)
Pregnancy Loss
433
(6)
Adoption
439
(3)
Fertility as Metaphor
442
(3)
Pregnancy and Birthing
445
(50)
Our Cultural Inheritance: Pregnancy
446
(1)
Preventing Premature Birth, Toxemia, and Breech Presentation
447
(8)
The Transforming Power of Pregnancy
455
(4)
Our Cultural Inheritance: Labor and Delivery
459
(6)
Birth Technologies
465
(7)
Mothering the Mother A Solution Whose Time Has Come
472
(1)
How to Decrease Your Risk for a Cesarean Section
473
(4)
My Personal Story
477
(7)
Turning Labor into Personal Power
484
(11)
Motherhood: Bonding with Your Baby
495
(20)
Early Touching
495
(4)
Postpartum: The Fourth Trimester
499
(4)
Circumcision
503
(2)
Formula versus Breast Milk
505
(5)
Mothering in the Addictive System: The Hardest Job in the World
510
(5)
Menopause
515
(64)
Our Cultural Inheritance
518
(3)
Creating Health during Menopause
521
(4)
Adrenal Function: What Every Woman Should Know
525
(7)
Kinds of Menopause
532
(4)
The Hormone Replacement Question
536
(5)
A Hormone Primer
541
(4)
Symptoms of Menopause
545
(1)
Hot Flashes
546
(2)
Vaginal Dryness, Irritation, and Thinning
548
(2)
Osteoporosis
550
(4)
Sexuality in Menopause
554
(3)
Thinning Hair
557
(1)
Mood Swings and Depression
558
(1)
Fuzzy Thinking
559
(2)
Long-Term Health Concerns
561
(4)
Alzheimer's Disease
565
(4)
Deciding on Menopausal Treatment
569
(1)
Self-Care during Menopause
570
(1)
Menopause as a New Beginning
571
(8)
PART THREE: CHOICES FOR HEALING: CREATING YOUR PERSONAL PLAN
Steps for Healing
579
(63)
Imagine Your Future: Change Your Consciousness, Change Your Cells
579
(3)
Step One: Get Your History Straight
582
(8)
Step Two: Sort Through Your Beliefs
590
(11)
Step Three: Respect and Release Your Emotions
601
(3)
Step Four: Learn to Listen to Your Body
604
(3)
Step Five: Learn to Respect Your Body
607
(3)
Step Six: Acknowledge a Higher Power or Inner Wisdom
610
(5)
Step Seven: Reclaim the Fullness of Your Mind
615
(7)
Step Eight: Get Help
622
(6)
Step Nine: Work with Your Body
628
(1)
Step Ten: Gather Information
629
(1)
Step Eleven: Forgive
630
(7)
Step Twelve: Actively Participate in Your Life
637
(5)
Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Care
642
(32)
Choosing a Health Care Provider
642
(9)
Healing the Pelvic Examination
651
(3)
Choosing a Treatment: From Surgery to Acupuncture
654
(4)
Creating Health through Surgery
658
(16)
Nourishing Ourselves with Food
674
(66)
Finding Your Personal Dietary Truth: Achieving Total Nourishment
675
(46)
Sugar Cravings, Alcoholism, and Brain Chemistry
721
(3)
Other Common Concerns
724
(4)
A Word about Smoking
728
(5)
Helping Your Family Eat Well
733
(3)
Living in Process with Nutrition
736
(4)
The Power of Movement
740
(17)
Our Cultural Inheritance
741
(1)
Benefits of Exercise
742
(2)
Ways to Move the Body
744
(4)
Exercise and Addiction
748
(1)
Exercise, Amenorrhea, and Bone Loss
749
(2)
My Exercise Story: Making Peace
751
(2)
Getting Started
753
(4)
Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World
757
(20)
Our Mothers: Our Cells
759
(1)
A Ritual of Reclaiming
760
(3)
Conquering Our Fear of Our Shaman Past
763
(3)
Our Dreams: Earth's Dreams
766
(8)
Making the World Safe for Women: Start with Yourself
774
(3)
Appendix: Choices in Hormone Replacement
777
(14)
Resources
791
(44)
Notes
835
(56)
Index
891
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