By Larry Stansbury Photos by Maureen Tricase/Capture Your Moments Kira Smith is not your ordinary nurse, she’s a nurse that empowers women to be women, especially when giving birth to the first child. Smith was introduced to midwifery. She always...
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SPECIAL FEATURE Salt City Roller Derby
By Megan Sheehan Photos by Michael DiGiglio/MDG Images When you mention “Roller Derby” in casual conversation, the typical response always seems to be a strong one. Descriptions run along the line of brutal, teeth gritting, pain, and general chaotic ass...
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FOR A GOOD CAUSE Girls on the Run
Danielle Fleckenstein, Executive Director What is the mission of Girls on the Run? Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. Girls on the Run is a...
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SELF-CARE Ophelia’s Place carries a message of self-empowerment
By Nichole A. Cavallaro When I think of empowerment, I think of the sparkle or magic each of us is born with, and whether or not that magic was harvested into a brilliant, healthy autonomy that we carry throughout...
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WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Pelvic Pain, Painful Periods, and Infertility: All About Endometriosis
By Lisa Sousou What is endometriosis? March is National Endometriosis Awareness Month. Some 176 million women around the world, 5 million in the United States alone, are afflicted with this commonly painful, sometimes debilitating condition. Caused by tissue similar...
