A wave of panic suddenly rises from deep inside you. You feel yourself start to get hot and sweaty. (And it’s not a hot flash this time!) Words are getting stuck. All of a sudden, it sounds like YOU are the one going through puberty.…
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Girl-to-Girl Talk About Puberty & Hormones
April 13, 2016
Recently, I had the opportunity to lead a discussion about puberty with six 11-year old girls. They had been friends for many years, which made the discussion a little easier but surprisingly they had never talked about these topics with each other. I used the…
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Girls of All Ages Need to Know About Hormones
November 4, 2015
No matter what your age, if you are a woman, hormones are probably affecting your life in some way. When we were young, around 8-10 years old, hormones began ramping up to steer our body into puberty. Our memory of being a preteen is dominated…
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This is it. Your daughter is getting her period.
September 1, 2015
That special time in your daughter’s life has arrived. Your daughter is either about to have her first period or maybe she started having her period recently. You remember the apprehension from your early puberty days about having to deal with blood and pads, and…
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“How do I prepare for my first period?”
August 19, 2015
Inside our new book about puberty, I’m a Girl-Hormones!, your daughter can find the answer! Rather than a table of contents at the beginning of our new book, you and your daughter will find a list of commonly asked questions and where the answers can be…
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