My Story / Your Story http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog To promote women’s health, and health care decision-making, through knowledge of the dynamic menstrual cycle. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Update http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=88 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=88#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:03:29 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=88 My postings have been infrequent having just spent four months in Viet Nam and not focusing on the site. I am back and am looking forward to presenting the module both internationally and nationally in the months coming up. I’ve also been invited to serve on the Menstrual Cycle Consortium Panel at the National Institutes of Health. I am looking forward to contributing to this organization. As I go about, I continue to hear stories from women who reinforce my commitment to menstrual cycle education for informed health care decision-making. Thanks for your interest in this site.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=88 0 Presentations accepted on the module… http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=85 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=85#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:20:39 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=85 I am pleased to announce that I have had two presentations accepted on my module. The first one is at the 5th International Congress on Nursing Innovations in Perth, Australia May 2011, and the second is at the 56th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American College of Nurse Midwives in San Antonio, Texas on May 25, 2011. Needless to say, I am looking forward to both of these experiences…

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=85 0 How can my module help diverse groups of women? http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=83 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=83#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:21:18 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=83 It’s amazing about how many ways my module can serve women. I have known it could be effective in the schools, healthcare offices, girl’s groups, individual mothers and daughters, etc. etc. But I have been asked to collaborate with professionals working with women on the autism spectrum to help them learn about their bodies. It is so exciting to be working with professionals in that area and also in women’s health as we put together a train the trainer program using the module. Stay tuned…I’ll let you know further about this adventure~~ Let me know if you have other thoughts.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83 0 Why My Module is So Important! http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=82 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=82#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:27:44 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=82 I ran across the following youtube site that reinforced, once again, why I developed this module. Why can’t the education of women be straight forward and intelligent? Do we really need websites such as this to inform women? I don’t think so. Watch it and tell me what YOU think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4QOQdnifk

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=82 0 Marketing Begins~ http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=80 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=80#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:05:23 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=80 It’s time for me to begin marketing this product. I was thrilled to see that May was the highest month yet for visits to the site – 911. Already only the 3rd of June and there have been 78 visits. I know people are enjoying the site and I hope they are learning something as well even if they are not buying the product…however, May was the best month for sales as well. I have decided to advertise on Facebook. My goal is to develop a market plan and work that plan!!!

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=80 2 Presenting to a young audience – Awesome~ http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=79 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=79#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 05:16:22 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=79 A great day today presenting the module to 5th and 6th grade girls…I love the fact that the module can be a learning tool for all ages. What I did today was present it totally and on each page go back and, using an infrared pointer, identify areas that I thought would be especially pertinent. A crossword puzzle follo…wed by a question/answer time rounded the time out nicely. It was great having them so engaged.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=79 0 Update on A Woman’s World: Discovering the Dynamic Menstrual Cycle http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=78 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=78#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 04:58:51 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=78 It has been a very exciting week~ A Woman’s World: Discovering the Dynamic Menstrual Cycle was reviewed in Quickening, the official newsletter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and I was able to write an announcement for the newsletter for The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. The reviews continue to be very positive and people have been accessing the site. There were 736 visits to the site in April. One woman wrote in and said the module was an answer to prayer because she had been trying to find a tool with which to educate women on the menstrual cycle. This certainly is the one! I don’t know if I mentioned previously that I was interviewed on a world-wide radio show as well. Even though this isn’t my day job it’s certainly one that gives me so much satisfaction. Thank you for continuing to support my efforts.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=78 0 The Real Deal http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=70 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=70#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:28:21 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=70 Well…at long last…the first of the “professional” CD’s have been delivered! I had a company out of Maryland produce them. The first lot are the “Women/Mothers/Daughters”.   Now I need to really put my marketing plan together! I was driving down the street the other day and thought to myself about the fact that since I turned 55 I earned my doctorate, survived stage four lymphoma (5 years out and considered CURED), created the module with the help of the University of Toledo and its grants and creative forces, created the website with the support of my “Jersey Girls”, and have a beautiful finished product. How incredibly exciting….but I had to take a very deep breath and tell myself that now I had to become a business woman and get this module marketed. I’ve taken a little break but I have to do this! So, thanks for all of your support…..I’ll keep you posted.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=70 0 I’ve been invited to participate! http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=76 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=76#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:25:12 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=76 Women’s Health Dynamics, LLC I’ve been asked to participate in a webinar with a woman who recently presented to the FDA on the worldwide backlash on Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. To to the cite “truthaboutgardasil.org” and read what is happening. Look at the “FDA Documents” on the left side. She wants to use my module to explain the menstrual cycle aspects.

]]> http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=76 0 The Module has been Professionally Reproduced – beautiful! http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=71 http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=71#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:53:26 +0000 admin http://www.menstrualcycleeducation.com/blog/?p=71 Well…at long last…the first of the “professional” CD’s have been delivered! I had a company out of Maryland produce them. The first lot are the “Women/Mothers/Daughters”. Now I need to really put my marketing plan together! I was driving down the street the other day and thought to myself about the fact that since I turned 55 I earned my doctorate, survived stage four lymphoma (5 years out and considered CURED), created the module with the help of the University of Toledo and its grants and creative forces, created the website with the support of my “Jersey Girls”, and have a beautiful finished product. How incredibly exciting….but I had to take a very deep breath and tell myself that now I had to become a business woman and get this module marketed. I’ve taken a little break but I have to do this! So, thanks for all of your support…..I’ll keep you posted.

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