It doesn’t really matter if they’re diagnosed or not (they rarely are). A person with narcissistic traits/tendencies/ issue may be (almost) as difficult to deal with in real life, so it doesn’t really matter. Narcissism is on a spectrum and a matter of degree. We’re all just a little bit narcissistic, aren’t we? What we’re… Continue Reading
I recently listened to a few podcasts that talked about stress reduction and thought there were a lot of good ideas. I have been working closely with all of them myself and will attempt to share these ideas in hopes that you will find them helpful too. Reducing stress in our lives is so important. … Continue Reading
It is so very important that we all take care of ourselves. No one else is going to do it. When we don’t, we ultimately run ourselves into the ground. This is a healthy reminder that seems to return over and over around the holiday season. It is especially needed for women, but truly it… Continue Reading
Microaggressions & Culturally Competent Healthcare As healthcare providers for transgender, gender non-conforming or gender non-binary people, it is extremely important to continue learning about the population you treat because terminology and other things are changing constantly. It isn’t necessary to be perfect or never make mistakes, but it is important to be understanding of the… Continue Reading
Terminology In the area of gender and healthcare, please know that terminology is changing daily and there is no way to be up on all the latest terms all the time. You can only do the best you can to attempt to stay connected to the community and respond to terminology changes and additions long the… Continue Reading
As a healthcare provider, I notice where we drop the ball and don’t provide the best healthcare to many people. I also recognize several areas where we can make pretty simple changes for a large impact the transgender, gender non-binary (GNB) and gender non-conforming (GNC) population. Continue Reading