National Wellness Month · For Women Over 50
If you've been on social media this month you may have come across several challenges. A 30-day total reset. A friend’s ambitious new workout routine. A promise that in one month, you can lose ha
...National Wellness Month · August
There is a particular high achieving professional woman I think about often. She is the one everyone leans on. She runs everything. But she was quietly last on her own list.
After a failed attempt at co-owning her own private medical practice, she spent the ne
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She found the bottle behind the coffee maker, half full, three weeks after it should have been empty.
Her mother swore she'd been taking it. And she probably believed she had. But somewhere between the summer visitors, the trip to see the grandkids, and the afternoon naps that pushed the eve
...International Self-Care Day · July 24
A new year, a new list of restrictions. Less of this. Stricter about that. Somewhere along the way, I had absorbed the idea that taking care of
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I could have diagnosed it in a patient in ten minutes. In myself, it took months.
My heart would race while I was sitting still. I was tired in a way that sleep never fixed. My weight was drastically dropping in a way I'd never experienced. I
...By now you may have seen the story of Dr. Sandra Lee — known to millions as Dr. Pimple Popper — who shared publicly this spring that she had a stroke while filming her show last November. She was 55 years old. She was working. She was a physician.
When the symp...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And every year, millions of women are told the same thing:
"You're probably just stressed. Try to rest more. Maybe see a therapist."
That advice isn't wrong. But for women in midlife, it may be dangerously incomplete.
Because what looks exactly like burnout — the b...
For every woman over 50 reading this, this message is for you.Whether you are a mother, a grandmother, an auntie, or simply a woman who has spent decades showing up for everyone else you deserve to be celebrated this Mother's Day week. But more than a bouquet of flowers, more than brunch, more than ...
➡️ I Have Been on Both Sides of That Exam Table
I have spent nearly thirty years as a board-certified internal medicine physician. I have sat across from thousands of patients, delivered diagnoses, ordered tests, interpreted results, and guided people through some of the most frightening moments of...
Dear Black Women:
April is Stress Awareness Month. And while conversations about stress tend to focus on burnout, work-life balance, and mindfulness tips, I want to have a different conversation today — one that is specifically, intentionally, and unapologetically for Black women over 50.
Because ...
Every year from April 11 to 17, Black Maternal Health Week invites us to center the voices, lived experiences, and leadership of Black mothers and birthing people. The 2026 theme — Rooted in Justice and Joy — marks a decade of advocacy led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. Ten years of naming a c...
Did you know that your VO₂ max may predict how long you live better than your cholesterol, blood pressure, or even your weight?
Most women over 50 have never heard of this — but it may be one of the most important health numbers you can track.
In today's article, I'll cover:
✨What VO₂ max is and ...
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