Down There Awar‪e‬ Down There Aware

This week Alex and Mary sit down to talk about stress, how to spot it, how to treat it, and the role it plays in our lives. Stress can serve as a motivator, but more times than not it has a negative impact on our lives. Learn how to recognize the stress in your life and various ways to manage it.


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This week Alex and Mary discuss feminine hygiene and the conflict between Science and big corporations. The medical community, in particular those who deal with the female anatomy, recommend basic good hygiene in taking care of our bodies. However, big corporations have launched numerous marketing campaigns, targeting teens and preteens, planting the seed in their growing minds that their bodies should smell like flowers or fruit and, thereby, making them believe the very natural act of menstruation to be dirty or nasty. All this to make a dollar. Doctors tell us using such products is not necessary and may even prove to be harmful to our bodies.


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This week Alex and Mary sit down to reflect on their own menstruation stories, share some facts from an interesting article, and discuss some of the feelings and reactions to starting a period, having a period, and no longer dealing with periods at all.


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This week Alex and Mary sit down to discuss some of their best laid plans, how those plans have been interrupted, and how they responded to those interruptions. They have discovered that, oftentimes in hindsight, it’s easy to laugh at how they have responded to change, but when reacting in the moment, a sudden and unexpected detour can cause a lot of heartache, often unnecessarily. They have learned developing a mindset that accepts change, prioritizes actions, and understands how to move forward can help guide their reactions to change, presenting as more of a ripple, rather than a tidal wave.


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This week Alex and Mary sit down to discuss some of their experiences that could have (and should have) been handled better by the medical community. Their intent  is not to disparage those who work in the medical field, but rather to share these experiences and how they were resolved, hoping to be of some help to our listeners.


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This week Alex and Mary sit down to discuss disparities in health care. They share data from various resources that highlight the progress we’ve made to narrow the gaps in health outcomes but also sheds light on the fact that the goal must be to eliminate health care disparities, completely.


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