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Have You Really Healed From September 11?
Lissa Rankin, September 10, 2011
When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, I was in the backseat of a car as it drove by Ground Zero - a place I have never visited, in spite of the fact that I’ve been to New York ten times in the past year. I didn’t go there on purpose. It took me by surprise. With no warning, I burst into tears.
The ground was like a giant cavity, like a mouth with two big molars yanked out and bloody, red gums oozing underneath. I could smell the burning embers, taste the ash raining down on me, feel the terror.
Read More...How To Find Balance When You’re A Student
Lissa Rankin, September 8, 2011
As a doctor, I know it’s nearly impossible to find balance as a medical student and resident, so when I was asked to lead a webinar for medical students about finding balance during your medical training, I nearly choked on my green juice. What? Balance in medical school? Hogwash!
Read More...Do You Want To Sparkle Every Day?
Lissa Rankin, September 6, 2011
Do you feel a connection to the divinity within you? Are you tapped into your authentic, brilliant, 100% sparkly, never-extinguished self? If not, I’ve got good news for you, my love!
You may not know it, but I give a free gift to the Owning Pink community - the brilliance of your Inner Pilot Light’s wisdom on a platter that lands in your inbox every day. I call it The Daily Flame and it's chock-full of inspiration.
Read More...How Can You Get Pregnant?
Lissa Rankin, September 6, 2011
Once your parents teach you about the birds and the bees, you know you get pregnant by having sex, right? But what if it’s not that simple?
The fact that 24 million people search the question “How can you get pregnant?” leads me to believe there are a few people out there who would like someone to get more specific.
Read More...33 Signs You’ve Found Your Life’s Work
Lissa Rankin, September 4, 2011
Happy Labor Day loves! In honor of the day I thought I'd offer up some signs that mean that the work you're laboring over is actually your life's work.
When I work with patients, I always ask them whether they’re doing their life’s work, because I truly believe that how we spend most of our day, and whether it’s in line with our life’s work, affects our health. When I ask a woman if she’s doing her life’s work, way too often, she stares at me blankly.
Read More...How To Get Pregnant
Lissa Rankin, September 2, 2011
It might seem like a simple question - how can you get pregnant? But apparently, 24 million people search "how can I get pregnant" on Google every month. So as an OB/GYN and mother, I want to help.
Read More...Are Your Daughters Too Pretty To Do Their Homework?
Lissa Rankin, September 1, 2011
The world’s most offensive t-shirt reads, "I'm too pretty to do my homework so my brother has to do it for me." The product description on JCPenney’s website says, — "Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bieber album out? She’ll love this tee that’s just as cute and sassy as she is."
Um. EXCUSE ME.
Read More...State Of The Pink Union
Lissa Rankin, August 30, 2011
Summer is over at the Rankin household. Siena’s back in school. The long, lazy days of swimming at Mom’s lake house and riding rollercoasters at Cedar Point are behind us. And it’s almost past Labor Day.
So I find myself on this day, pausing to take a deep breath, to examine where I’ve been, to explore where I’m going, and to let you in on my process, since you’ve been watching me bumble along - plundering and strewing at times - as I figure it out.
Read More...How Can You Get Herpes?
Lissa Rankin, August 30, 2011
20 million American women suffer from pain with sex, and as an OB/GYN physician and someone who overcame painful sex, a lot of these women find their way to me. Sometimes, especially when the problem is new, it turns out that the reason a woman is having pain with sex is because she has the new onset of herpes. Too often, I’ve had to be the bearer of bad news. This doesn’t go over well.
The first question women ask me is “How did I get herpes?”
Read More...When Mom Brings Out The Worst In You
Lissa Rankin, August 28, 2011
My daughter Siena and I spent much of the summer at my mother’s lake house in Ohio. It was the longest I had lived in my mother’s house since I was in college. And to make it even weirder, Ohio was not my home. (My parents are the only people I know who sold their beach house in Florida to retire in Ohio.) So I felt a bit like a fish out of water in the first place.
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