For the first time in many years my New Year’s resolutions don’t include anything about my health or wealth. I’m not trying to “lose a few pounds,” nor am I resolved “to exercise more.” I’m not hoping to “make more money” or “pay off the debt from my student loan.” I do have some plans
“Men and women think differently, approach problems differently, emphasize the importance of things differently, and experience the world around us through entirely different lenses,” says Marianne J. Legato, M.D., Founder of the Foundation for Gender Specific Medicine and author of numerous books on men and women including, Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget.
Sex and gender differences are central to our lives. We all think about them, struggle with them, and seek to better understand them. From Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady who lamented “Why can’t a woman be more like a man”; to Sigmund Freud who wondered “What do women really want?”; to our nursery
Long before anyone had heard of the field of “gender medicine” I was on a search to find answers to the question, “why do men die sooner and live sicker?” I was five years old when my father tried to commit suicide. He had, what I was told was, a “nervous breakdown.” I didn’t know
As I wrapped up my last blog post about men being the canaries in the coal mine I reference Sam Keen and his book Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man. In it Keen lays out four simple steps that we must do in order to continue to live on a planet that is conducive to human
I’ll be 70 years old in December, 2013. I’ve done a great deal of healing over the years. I’ve had to deal with my own health issues. Like my father I’ve suffered from manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder) where I’m exuberant and high, get lots done, feel like I can juggle 8 balls in the air
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