Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond:
A Home Companion

WINNER OF
Best Health Book - 2007 New Mexico Book Awards

Would you like to age with grace and vitality? Increase your strength, energy and flexibility? Sleep better and be sharper mentally?

You can achieve all of these if you practice yoga on a regular basis. Many women go to class once or twice a week and want to practice at home but just don’t know how to begin. More…

Always My Child:
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Supporting Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter

Up to ten percent of young people will identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered and nearly a third of teens go through a “questioning phase” or wrestle with peer pressure around sexual identity issues. Driven by the need to be accepted, teens who feel they don’t conform hide their struggle. Before long, as they become more closeted or confused, their self esteem plummets and isolation sets in. And an isolated child is a child at risk. More…

Heart To Heart:
Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife

Friendships move to center stage at midlife, after years of having been set aside for children, husbands, and careers. As women try to make sense of the kaleidoscope of changes within them and around them- especially the physical and emotional upheaval and shifting family ties-their friends keep them anchored and grounded. Not since their teen years have friends been so crucial to women's lives. More…

Everyone knows that for children to mature and become independent they must leave home and separate from their parents. But the reverse is seldom recognized: that this separation is necessary for a woman's growth and development as well. More…

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If your child had a change in mood or behavior, or is so sad or irritable that it prevents him or her from functioning normally at school, home, or play, these symptoms may indicate clinical depression. More…

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Women, Mentors and Success

Women have made enormous strides in the past three decades, but equality in the workplace is still elusive when it comes to saleries, promotion into the higher echelons of management, and overall success. One reason is that women have been denied access to a fundamental business or professional relationship, that of mentor or protege, in which a young (usually male) professional is taken under the wing of an older one who serves as his role model, teaches him the right moves, helps formulate goals, and generally opens the doors for advancement. More…

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Caring for the Mentally Ill

The treatment of mental patients has come a long way from the days when they were locked away and forgotten in dismal asylums. However, the question of what constitutes appropiate and humane care for the mentally ill still remains a controversial issue. In particular, the use of drugs to treat many forms of mental illness has made it possible for thousands of patients to be discharged from hospitals to live in local communities and neighborhoods. More…

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