Women's History Month: March
We do live in an amazing time. Women are more and more becoming embolden to speak their voice and really live in their truth. We are...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Mar 14
- 8 min
Anti-Discrimination, Equity & Justice
There has never been a moment in my life where I can't remember being the one to watch out for others. This doesn't make me better; it's...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Feb 15
- 16 min
Sexual Abuse: My Story
This really shouldn't come as any surprise because, well, I am female. While not every woman has a history of rape or child molestation,...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jan 13
- 5 min
How Do We Differ from Other Primary Care Practices?
There are a number of ways, endless ways, that we differ. We are more different than we are the same to be honest, but today when I was...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Dec 18, 2022
- 6 min
My Nursing & Midwifery BS File
Tonight I was cleaning out my file cabinet and found a large hanging file titled, "Nursing & Midwifery BS." One would think that my own...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
Bisexual Women's Health
This may be a surprise to you, as it was to me, but #bisexual women experience disproportionately poorer health outcomes in comparison to...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Nov 18, 2022
- 10 min
Electrical Stimulation for Management of Pain in Pregnancy & Childbirth: A Midwife's Perspective
Managing pain during all stages of labor is a key priority for midwives and expectant mommas. This has mainly been addressed with...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Sep 27, 2022
- 9 min
Marriage in the 1950s
Always interested in matters of women's health and as you know, an avid collector of antique books, I pulled A Marriage Manual off my...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
No Headstands while Menstruating: Truth or Fallacy
When I was working through my initial 200 hour yoga teacher training, one of my assignments was to offer the benefits and risks of a...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- May 19, 2022
- 4 min
Find Your Passion: Honor Your Soul
Many of us lose sight of things which make us really happy. As many of you can relate, there seems a clear path for most of us - go to...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Apr 27, 2022
- 7 min
Speaking Up is Extreme Self-Care
A few weeks ago I wrote "Did you say Meaty Vagina? You're an Idiot" and had loads of private messages, thank-yous, and shared posts but...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Apr 5, 2022
- 7 min
Did you say "Meaty Vagina?" You're an Idiot.
As a family nurse practitioner, when the time is right, the child mature enough, and the parents on the same page, I talk with my...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jun 17, 2021
- 9 min
Early Feminists May Have Had it All Wrong
Throughout most all of history, women have been devalued. I've said many times that I feel that early #feminists were a little misguided...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jun 12, 2021
- 6 min
If Women Rose Rooted
"Other indigenous cultures around the world may still respect and revere the feminine, but we Western women lost control of our stories a...
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