| > | | | | embrace at the door. Your health care provider gives |
| | | | you a comfortable seat and offers you a cup of |
| Women with menstrual and gynecological problems | | | | delicious tea. |
| often find that they do not receive optimal nurture | | | | For a full hour you speak with her about your health |
| from the present health care system. When a | | | | concerns, family, work, relationships, food, exercise, |
| woman walks into a doctor’s office, the | | | | rest, creativity, and pleasure. You discuss what |
| treatments offered to herusually pills or | | | | strategies are working for you and where you need |
| surgery--are aimed at masking, or removing | | | | support for your health. At the end of your session, |
| altogether, her natural hormonal function, instead of | | | | she recommends medicinal foods and self-care |
| nurturing and healing it. She will see a professional for | | | | practices to help you heal your body in the coming |
| approximately 15 minutes. 90% of the time she will | | | | weeks. Then she gives you a relaxing shoulder |
| not understand the treatments or tests she is given. | | | | massage and invites you to a women’s health |
| Little attention is paid to her diet, lifestyle, or | | | | community event that will include nutritional |
| emotional and environmental shifts in her life. | | | | information, meditation, massage, and a cooking class. |
| Treatment vs. Healing | | | | You leave feeling relaxed, empowered, and optimistic. |
| Women with menstrual and gynecological problems | | | | After a few weeks to a few months of this kind of |
| often find that they do not receive optimal nurture | | | | care, your body begins to heal itself from the inside |
| from the present health care system. When a | | | | out. Healing at the Root of the Problem |
| woman walks into a doctor’s office, the | | | | Laughing Sage Wellness offers a revolutionary new |
| treatments offered to herusually pills or | | | | model of hormonal health support for women. Our |
| surgery--are aimed at masking, or removing | | | | holistic health group pairs clients with insightful and |
| altogether, her natural hormonal function, instead of | | | | compassionate counselors who are trained experts in |
| nurturing and healing it. She will see a professional for | | | | holistic nutrition and the medicinal use of food to heal |
| approximately 15 minutes. 90% of the time she will | | | | imbalances in the reproductive organs and endocrine |
| not understand the treatments or tests she is given. | | | | systemsthe source of hormonal health problems. |
| Little attention is paid to her diet, lifestyle, or | | | | Our clients are empowered to connect with and |
| emotional and environmental shifts in her life. | | | | become knowledgeable about their own bodies and |
| In addition, many women find that conventional | | | | to take charge of their own healing processes. |
| medicine does not actually heal them. They are told | | | | They learn about hormonal function, the biochemical |
| that their problem, such as PCOS, is incurable. Or the | | | | impact of food on the body, and the energetic issues |
| medication they take only masks their symptoms. | | | | associated with women’s health problems. In |
| They end up having ongoing problems with their | | | | addition to receiving individually tailored diet |
| periods and recurrent gynecological disorders because | | | | recommendations, clients are coached on improving |
| they are not fundamentally healing the imbalances in | | | | relationships, creativity, exercise, and spirituality as a |
| their reproductive organs and endocrine systems that | | | | means of creating more support and nurturing energy |
| are causing the symptoms in the first place. | | | | in their lives. Laughing Sage Wellness also runs |
| Imagine
| | | | workshops on nutrition and intimacy, meditation |
| Imagine you are a woman suffering from a hormonal | | | | classes, and cooking classes. |
| imbalance. Your health concerns may include irregular | | | | A woman’s health is so much about her |
| and painful periods, PMS, polycystic ovarian | | | | relationship to herself and her understanding of her |
| syndrome, infertility, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, or | | | | own cycles and rhythms. We hope to see more |
| pelvic inflammatory disease. Imagine that the place | | | | women stand up for a more humane, nurturing, and |
| you go for treatment is a warm home environment, | | | | empowering approach to women’s health |
| and you are greeted with a welcoming smile or | | | | care. |