Shame-one of the most deep-rooted emotions, is really common among women when they have to face problems which involve their physical appearance and their weight. As a result, they can’t accept themselves as they are, they feel “different” and blame themselves. PCOS has a great impact on this mental and…
What do you know about PCOS? Have you heard about it but you are not interested? Do you think it is a condition which affects only overweight women and, as it is not life-threatening, you don’t have to bother about it? Some women get very worried, other ones often underestimate…
Summer has just come! We long for it all the year and then here we are … afraid of it. We are not ready! Because it is time to undress, to show ourselves, to go out more often, to meet people. We are not fit, we get sad. We are…
We think (and I speak on my and my colleagues’ behalf) that PCOS is always and only linked to the excess of weight which is believed to cause and sustain it but, sometimes, things are different. It is true: most of the women suffering from PCOS are overweight or obese,…
Yes, it is true: if you suffer from PCOS, you should lose weight (in case you are overweight). I always tell it to my patients. Every time I deal with this matter, I can perceive all the suffering a woman may experience when she speaks about herself, when she can’t…
The most common excuse is: “I don’t have enough time”, then “I don’t feel like doing it!”, or “I feel ashamed of myself!” I am talking about all the “good” excuse we usually find not to do any exercise. Talking up a physical activity may be difficult,… but if you…
It is commonly recognized that positive thought and self-confidence help us to face problems, everyday trouble, and difficulties successfully. What is self-confidence? How can we increase it? Self-confidence is the subjective and long-lasting way we perceive and evaluate ourselves. It is the whole judgement we give our character, our temper,…
A lot of stories of the women who suffer from PCOS tell about never-ending roaming from one specialist to another one. Stories which tell about specialists who didn’t understand the medical case properly and, as a consequence, they gave useless or even harmful treatments. They too often focused on their…
Have you ever made your decision, have you ever wanted something, but … then you haven’t been strong enough to put it into practice? How many times have you decided to go on a diet and then you have put it off? How many times have you told yourself tomorrow…
Do you know that breathing well may be a very suitable way to take care of yourself? Yes, the breath”! it is considered to be natural and ordinary, spontaneous, we don’t need to think about that. Yes, it is essential to our life, but it is so natural to be…