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Notebook

Lessons, news, trends, and general knowledge on biology, microbiology, and medical lab science — plus loose talk through the chapters of "What She Was Told", now on Amazon Kindle and Gumroad.

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Books & chapters

The Minimum Effective Plan: Four Sizes, One Routine

The September reset that works is smaller than you think. Four versions of the same plan — five minutes, fifteen, thirty, or full — and permission to change size.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

The No-Sunday Kitchen: Eating Well Without Meal Prep

New research says midlife women fall about 35 g short on protein a day. Here is how to close that gap in five, ten or fifteen minutes — no Sunday required.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

What to Actually Get Checked — and What You Can Ignore

The 2026 Well-Woman Chart has been published. Here is the short, real list of what matters at your check-up, in three tiers, and how to ask for it.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

Fertility Is a Slope, Not a Cliff — and 35 Is Not the Edge

The cliff at 35 is a myth. Fertility declines gradually, and the steep part is nearer forty. What the numbers really say, and when to ask for help.

· 4 min read

What She Was Told — the book is now live as a Kindle edition on Amazon

Books & chapters

What She Was Told Is Now on Kindle — Out Now on Amazon

My book on the myths women are handed about their bodies is out now as a Kindle edition on Amazon — free to read with Kindle Unlimited, and it works on any phone, tablet, or Kindle.

· 3 min read

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Books & chapters

One Line a Day: Your Period Is Health Information

It is PMOS Awareness Month. Here is the tracking that takes thirty seconds a day — and the cycle changes that mean you should stop waiting it out.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

Steps Are Not Strength: the 10,000-Step Myth

10,000 steps is a pedometer slogan, not a prescription. Why walking alone will not protect your muscle and bone — and the two short sessions that will.

· 5 min read

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Books & chapters

Creatine for Women — What the Evidence Actually Says

Creatine searches by women have surged this year. Here's what it is, what it does, what it doesn't, and why the supplement aisle still treats it as a men's product.

· 5 min read

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PCOS Is Now PMOS — and the Old Name Was Wrong All Along

In May 2026 the condition called PCOS was formally renamed PMOS. Here's what changed, why the old name did real harm, and why so many women were dismissed for years.

· 4 min read

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Your Metabolism Didn't Crash at 30 — Your Life Did

The 'metabolism dies at 30' story is everywhere. The largest study of its kind says otherwise: metabolic rate is stable from about 20 to 60. Here's what actually changed.

· 4 min read

Notebook — where the classroom meets the real world

General knowledge

Welcome to the notebook

A field notebook for the classroom and the page — what I'll write here, how it works, and what to expect from lessons, news, and loose chapter talk.

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Books & chapters

The 4pm Hunger Isn't Willpower — It's Breakfast

If you're hungry all day and quietly blaming yourself, the problem may be that your first meal has no protein in it. Here's the fix, in any kitchen.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

Lifting Won't Make You Bulky — What Strength Actually Does for Women

The gym was never built to welcome women, and 'lifting makes you bulky' is the myth that keeps them out. Both are wrong — and strength is one of the best things a woman can do for her body after thirty.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

Your Blood Sugar Said 'Borderline.' Nobody Explained What That Meant.

'Lose some weight, come back in six months' is not a plan. Insulin resistance is the quiet engine behind a lot of what women are told is 'just hormones' — and one of the most changeable things there is.

· 4 min read

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Books & chapters

Thinning Hair Isn't a Beauty Problem — It Might Be Iron

A cosmetic symptom is rarely a cosmetic cause. Hair, skin and acne changes can be the first visible signals of low iron, thyroid or hormones — and the answer is a test, not another serum.

· 4 min read

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The Invisible Load Is Not a Personality Trait

The list that never clocks out isn't 'just who you are'. Chronic, unrelenting load is a physiological condition — and 'I'll rest when things calm down' is a trap, because things never calm down.

· 5 min read

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You Don't Need a Perfect Night Routine. You Need Ten Minutes.

If your life doesn't allow for dim lights at eight and a journal by the bed, that's fine — sleep responds to consistency, not perfection. Here's the ten-minute version that survives a real life.

· 4 min read