From the category archives:

Hormones and Behaviour

Fertility and Your Liver

August 7, 2011

The liver plays a critical role in fertility, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Along with paying attention to the state of kidney energy, practitioners have long relegated great importance to the state of ‘Liver Blood’ in treating infertility, and a range of other gynacological problems that commonly affect women.   In fact, the Liver is [...]

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Embracing the Divine Feminine

December 19, 2010

  When women artificially control their hormones and their fertility they are affecting more than just bodily processes. For example, taking the contraceptive pill can result in physical side-effects such as weight gain, as well as personality changes including depression. When a woman is on the pill it is so much more difficult for her [...]

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Older Sperm Makes Less-Healthy Babies

May 29, 2009

I read an article in the Weekend Australian Magazine dated May 16th – 17th 2009, which has profound ramifications for those women (and their partners) struggling with their fertility. A recent University of Queensland study showed that children born to older fathers have, on average, lower scores of tests of intelligence than those born to [...]

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How to kickstart your relationship

January 8, 2009

Female and male differences in physiology, psychology, emotional responses, values and perceptions mean that in any heterosexual relationship the two parties that are relating to one another are as alike as chalk and cheese. In fact, they might as well be from different planets. Differing circulating hormones and inflows of neuro-chemicals have shaped the brains [...]

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Do you feel restricted or trapped by your partner?

November 12, 2008

Are you wondering what you have let yourself in for as your relationship moves out of the intense ‘honeymoon’ stage to a settled, calmer and more ‘long-term’ phase? Have you discovered that he is checking your text messages, telling you what to wear, or restricting your movements, or all of these? All the above are [...]

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