Rethinking Women's Health: A Guide to Wellness

by Alison E. Buehler

"Rethinking Women's Health: A Guide To Wellness" is the first book to provide practical and integrative health solutions while addressing exactly what women can do to shift their culture from one that treats disease to one that cultivates wellness for women at every stage of life. Women are beginning to understand that they must find and share their own solutions to health epidemics in order to achieve wellness, rather than relying on an over-industrialized health care system. These stories hold the power to heal women. The OB/GYN is the primary doctor for females throughout their lives, yet women are not getting answers to serious health concerns at doctors' appointments. They are swarming blogs, chat rooms, and Facebook support groups looking for alternative answers to health challenges and encouragement from an empathetic community as they move through the stages of womanhood. Women are taking the responsibility for health back into their own hands. As integrative health hero, Dr. Terry Wahls, says in the Preface, "People are interested in wellness because the epidemic of poor health has not been stopped by increasing medications or medical interventions."

The groundswell of discovering diet and lifestyle health solutions is evident in everything from the popularity of Dr. Oz to the latest best sellers: Grain Brain, The Blood Sugar Solution, The Power of Now. The purpose of this book is to provide current, integrative resources for women dealing with female health puzzles and to simultaneously reshape the way our culture handles female health for the next generation. The book is divided into three sections based on female archetypes: The Maiden, The Mother, and The Wise Elder. Each section addresses female health challenges present in specific phases of a woman's life within the cultural context that helps create them. In an authentic and relatable voice, every chapter provides difficult-to-find but effective health solutions and resources for female challenges, while presenting cultural changes that could improve how women approach their health overall.

266 pages, Paperback

Published March 14, 2016

Reviews

[Patricia Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author has done a great job of sharing her journey and expertise with many issues facing woman today from PMS treatment, diet and health, infertility, discussing sexuality with children in a helpful and supportive manner, and her own personal struggles. Not your usual woman's book. This book has something for females of all ages. This is a thoughtful, informative book that shares so much of the author's journey, and it is rare to find an author so willing to expose so much of herself in such an intimate way. I highly recommend this book.

[Stephanie Holcombe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gives great insight from a mother's perspective of sexual health and sexuality. I can appreciate how she views these issues through the lens of a parent and the effects of society's misunderstandings on her children. She calls for a societal change in our conversations and views and gives great actionable steps, ie rebirthing ritual around rites of passage, which I love! It is also a book that holds plenty of pertinent education on periods, yeast infections, birth control, etc that is applicable for anyone to further their knowledge re. women's health - men & women alike! It is a book that is easy to read with many laughable lines! I enjoyed it and flew through the pages! Cheers to another Mississippi author!

[Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book with answers for today's generation on health, raising kids, nutrition, etc. Fascinating read for all ages.

[Kathryn Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is what the women's health community has been waiting for. Do yourself a favor, and pick up this book today!