RESOURCES
CONTINENCE NEW ZEALAND
A service to people with continence problems, caregivers, health professionals and the general public by providing information and education on continence topics.
Hearts & Minds offer a variety of Wellbeing Support Group/Workshops covering a range of topics including:
anxiety, depression, mindfulness, stress management
Hundreds of themed sessions on everything from stress and sleep to focus and anxiety
Bite-sized guided meditations for busy schedules
SOS exercises in case of sudden meltdowns
Psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn has examined all the research on key baby topics such as feeding, sleeping and crying. The result? Smart Mothering, a revolutionary book that separates the facts from the opinions.
A practice on the North Shore providing full LMC services that is professional, holistic in nature and woman-centered. Their clinic is located in the NorthMed building in Northcote.
If you would like to improve your health and well-being through better nutrition, they can help with professional and affordable nutrition services in their student-led clinic ($10/visit).
The Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia is a not-for-profit organisation formed to build a healthier and more productive community by improving the quality of life of people with pelvic pain. This website provides information for those affected by pelvic pain, their families and their health care providers, regardless of income, location or access to services.
On this website, you can find out more about the disease, and evidence based best practice treatment and management. You will also find information about self-management – the things you can do for yourself that guide you on nutrition, coping and general well-being.
This book gets to the root of your disorder with:
A stretching, muscle-strengthening, and massage program you can do at home
-Guidelines on foods that will ease your discomfort
-Suggestions for stress- and pain-reducing home spa treatments
-Exercises for building core strength and enhancing sexual pleasure
Dr. Lori Brotto is a Professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a Registered Psychologist. She is the Executive Director of the Women's Health Research Institute at BC Women’s Hospital. Dr. Brotto holds a Canada Research Chair in Women's Sexual Health. She is the director of the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory where research primarily focuses on advancing the science of psychological and mindfulness-based interventions for women’s sexual health. Dr. Brotto is an Associate Editor for the Archives of Sexual Behavior, has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, is passionate about knowledge translation, and as such, is frequently featured in the media on sexual health topics. Her book, Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire (Greystone Publishing) is a knowledge translation of her research over the past 15 years demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness for women’s sexual concerns and genital pain.
Lauren White is a Sexologist, who have helped women feel they have little to no libido. In Permission, Lauren offers guidance and practical wisdom that will help you to explore your relationship with sex, intimacy and your personal health. It will cultivate, support and liberate your feminine reclamation so that you will never seek, or most importantly, need permission for your own sexual expression ever again.
Sheri offers empowering entertaining erotic education for everyone. Her holistic teachings are informed by her fifteen years as a sexuality teacher, on top of decades of practice as a certified nurse-midwife, gynecology practitioner, registered nurse, childbirth educator and massage therapist.
