Women's Health Week!
TO DO list:
-Make the kids lunches
-Work 9-3pm
-Do two loads of washing
-Swimming lesson at 4pm
-Prepare dinner
-School reader before bed – remember to sign the logbook.
-Make appointment for Dad’s My Age Care plan
Sound familiar?
Significantly more females of all ages are living with dementia (63%) than males (37%).
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
With many women juggling work with parenting and or caring for ageing parents, it’s no wonder there’s little time to focus on their own needs, desires, and health.
From Monday 2 to Friday 6 September, it’s Women’s Health Week and high time to focus on improving female and female-identifying people’s mental and physical health.
According to mental health phone service, Lifeline, sleep, nutrition, movement, connection, and fun are proven to have huge impacts on our mental health and wellbeing, hence why being proactive about your self-care can be so beneficial.
What can we do?
Here’s some self-care ideas that may have a positive impact on your physical and/or mental health:
-Listening to uplifting music and dancing around the house
-Having lunch with a friend
-Relaxing in the bath with candles and a book
-Walking in a national park or on the beach
-Doing yoga
-Journaling your feelings
-Creating a vision board for your goals and dreams
45% of Australian females have experienced a mental health problem at some point in their lifetime.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
YPRL is honouring women’s health and wellbeing by hosting Women can Roar at Watsonia Library on Wednesday 4 September from 6.30pm—8pm.
Life coach Annette Subhani will facilitate this workshop to ensure each participant leaves with strategies to empower their decisions, explore their inner purpose and support holistic wellbeing! Book your spot here.
For further support regarding your health and wellbeing, check out these helpful titles from the YPRL collection:
The Flourishing Woman: A Mental Health and Wellbeing Guide by Cate Howell
The Flourishing Woman aims to show you how to unlock your full potential and truly flourish! Dr Cate Howell draws on her experience as a therapist and GP to address the key challenges experienced by women, including, why women put themselves last, how to overcome stress, overwhelm and anxiety, the impact of trauma and illness on mental health, how to silence self-criticism and grow self-worth, and navigating hormonal changes.
Women & Nature: Healing Practices for Body and Soul by Emma Drady
Women’s health naturopath, Emma Drady, has combined the wisdom of women around the world to support women’s physical and mental health with a connection to nature.
The tried and tested techniques aim to boost happiness, calm the nervous system and reduce stress.
The CSIRO Women's Health & Nutrition Guide by Dr Jane Bowen
The CSIRO Women's Health and Nutrition Guide provides research-based advice from the CSIRO on healthy eating as the cornerstone of overall good health for women.
Included are lifestyle practices to support good health, from puberty through to pregnancy and menopause, plus 80 recipes.
Sick Of It: The Global Fight for Women's Health by Sophie Harman
Throughout the world, women's health is being caught in the crossfire of politics: from the repeal of abortion rights and the bombing of Ukrainian maternity hospitals, to the exploitation of vulnerable women health workers.
Sick of It delivers smart solutions on how to fix this crisis through activism and political work.
The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause by Nighat Arif
GP Dr Nighat Arif brings women's health to the forefront in this extensive guidebook designed to help everyone better understand each of the three key stages of a woman's life: the puberty years, the fertility years and the peri/menopausal years.
Sex Matters: How Male-centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It by Alyson J. McGregor
"Sex Matters" tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care today: all models of medical research and practice are based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women, an omission that endangers women's lives.
How To Be Well: A Handbook for Women by Karen Coates
Integrative medicine specialist Dr Karen Coates and wellness advocate, Sharon Kolkka, help you find your way back to optimal physical, mental and emotional health.
The book explores solutions that may resonate with your lifestyle and motivate the changes you can make to maximise wellbeing.