<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Women&apos;s Health Pathway - Your stories</title><description>Articles about women&apos;s health</description><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/</link><atom:link href="https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><managingEditor>Raelene Ristevski</managingEditor><webMaster>Jared Smith</webMaster><item><title>Experiencing Both Sides of the Stethoscope</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/experiencing-both-sides-of-the-stethoscope/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/experiencing-both-sides-of-the-stethoscope/</guid><description>A doctor who spent years undiagnosed with endometriosis reflects on navigating a healthcare system that repeatedly dismissed her symptoms—even as she worked within it. From six miscarriages and failed IVF to surgical menopause at 34, this is a deeply personal account of how lived experience reshaped her understanding of medicine, patient advocacy, and what it means to finally be heard.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Liz Murray BCA, MBBS, DipMedSci</author></item><item><title>Perimenopause: What You Were Never Told</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/perimenopause-what-you-were-never-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/perimenopause-what-you-were-never-told/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Mardi Lucich</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Midlife desire – Where did my sexual self go?</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/where-did-my-sexual-self-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/where-did-my-sexual-self-go/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Nadia Boscaglia</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>When she&apos;s not &apos;just stressed&apos;: perimenopausal mental health conditions</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/perimenopausal-mental-health-conditions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/perimenopausal-mental-health-conditions/</guid><description>Perimenopause is one of the most significant transitions a woman will go through during her life. It is often framed as a physical shift, with hot flushes, irregular periods, and disrupted sleep being classic signs. But, for many women, the mental health impact is far more disabling than night sweats or unpredictable periods. </description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Nadia Boscaglia</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Pelvic Health for Active Women: What Every Runner and Lifter Should Know</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/pelvic-health-for-active-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/pelvic-health-for-active-women/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Zainab (Zain) Oher</author><category>continence</category><category>prolapse</category></item><item><title>Get cliterate! This is how your clitoris works</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/get-cliterate-this-is-how-your-clitoris-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/get-cliterate-this-is-how-your-clitoris-works/</guid><description>Discover how the clitoris really works, its anatomy, function, and role in sexual pleasure. Evidence-based information to help you understand your own body.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Suzanne Belton PhD</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>old hope, delivered despair: The new menopause marketplace</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/sold-hope-delivered-despair-the-new-menopause-marketplace/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/sold-hope-delivered-despair-the-new-menopause-marketplace/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Raelene Ristevski</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Early Menopause, Missed Bone Health &amp; The Cost of Delayed Care | Case Report</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/early-menopause-missed-bone-health-and-the-cost-of-delayed-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/early-menopause-missed-bone-health-and-the-cost-of-delayed-care/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Pany Nazari</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>What Is Breathwork &amp; How Does It Support Women? | Amanda Curry PT, DPT</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/breathwork-your-questions-answered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/breathwork-your-questions-answered/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Amanda Curry</author><category>prolapse</category></item><item><title>Vaginal health: How to support your body naturally and effectively</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vaginal-health-how-to-support-your-body-natually-and-effectively/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vaginal-health-how-to-support-your-body-natually-and-effectively/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Sarah Henschel</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>How Perimenopause Impacts Physical Health and Muscle Pain: An Osteopath’s Perspective</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-perimenopause-impacts-physical-health-and-muscle-pain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-perimenopause-impacts-physical-health-and-muscle-pain/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Ashton Wilson</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>How Recurrent Thrush Causes Vulvodynia: A Preventable Disability</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/disabled-by-thrush/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/disabled-by-thrush/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Phillipa Baines</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Rare disease, common problems.. How Hirschsprungs shaped my life</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-hirschsprungs-shaped-my-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-hirschsprungs-shaped-my-life/</guid><description>I was born with a rare bowel disease called Hirshsprung&apos;s Disease. Despite it&apos;s hard to spell name, the concept is pretty simple: I couldn’t poo.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Louisa Shapton</author><category>continence</category></item><item><title>Remembering the Whisper Within</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/remember-the-whisper-within/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/remember-the-whisper-within/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Amanda Curry</author></item><item><title>Rethinking Comfort in the Speculum Exam</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/rethinking-comfort-in-the-speculum-exam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/rethinking-comfort-in-the-speculum-exam/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr. Emily Fitch</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Menopause and vaginal health: The effects of low oestrogen and what to do about it</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/menopause-and-vaginal-health/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/menopause-and-vaginal-health/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Sarah Henschel</author><category>menopause</category><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain: it is time to LEARN a NEW tune!</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/pregnancy-related-pelvic-girdle-pain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/pregnancy-related-pelvic-girdle-pain/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Sin&amp;eacute;ad Dufour</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>What does &apos;Success&apos; really mean in pelvic organ prolapse surgery?</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/what-does-success-really-mean-in-pelvic-organ-prolapse-surgery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/what-does-success-really-mean-in-pelvic-organ-prolapse-surgery/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Margo Kwiatkowski</author><category>continence</category><category>prolapse</category></item><item><title>Why pelvic pain isn’t all in your head — and what you can do about it</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/why-pelvic-pain-isnt-all-your-head/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/why-pelvic-pain-isnt-all-your-head/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Alex Frankham</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category><category>continence</category></item><item><title>My journey with levator avulsion</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/my-journey-with-levator-avulsion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/my-journey-with-levator-avulsion/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Lyn Leger</author><category>prolapse</category><category>continence</category><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>You only get ten minutes</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/you-only-get-ten-minutes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/you-only-get-ten-minutes/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Raelene Ristevski</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>The power of mindset in women&apos;s health: how hypnotherapy can transform your journey</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-power-of-mindset-in-womens-health/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-power-of-mindset-in-womens-health/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Arvinder Virdi Eleveld</author><category>continence</category><category>prolapse</category><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Painful orgasm: Understanding and overcoming Dysorgasmia</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/painful-orgasm-overcoming-dysorgasmia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/painful-orgasm-overcoming-dysorgasmia/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Sara Reardon</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>How hypnotherapy can support women living with health challenges</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-hypnotherapy-can-support-women-living-with-health-challenges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-hypnotherapy-can-support-women-living-with-health-challenges/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Justine Daly</author><category>continence</category><category>prolapse</category><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Lichen Sclerosus</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/lichen-sclerosus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/lichen-sclerosus/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Emma Norman</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Vulval cancer</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vulval-cancer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vulval-cancer/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Clare Baumhauer</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>The midlife strength solution: staying upright, active, and independent</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-midlife-strength-solution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-midlife-strength-solution/</guid><description>As we get older, our muscle health naturally declines, and as a result, muscle strength and power decrease significantly. At the same time, many people develop more body fat, and in the pursuit of staying fit and well, often turn to restrictive diets in an attempt to lose it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rebecca Thompson</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Vaginal pessaries: a game-changing solution for pelvic organ prolapse</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vaginal-pessaries-a-game-changing-solution-for-pelvic-organ-prolapse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/vaginal-pessaries-a-game-changing-solution-for-pelvic-organ-prolapse/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Kristen Parise</author><category>prolapse</category><category>continence</category></item><item><title>Enterocele, Rectocele, or Both?</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/enterocele-rectocele-or-both/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/enterocele-rectocele-or-both/</guid><description>Little talked about, often overlooked; enterocele is like the distant cousin who is a bit misunderstood compared to common cystocele and rectocele.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Sherrie Palm</author><category>prolapse</category><category>continence</category></item><item><title>How does strength training impact your pelvic floor?</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-does-strength-training-impact-your-pelvic-floor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/how-does-strength-training-impact-your-pelvic-floor/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Dr Gr&amp;aacute;inne Donnelly</author><category>prolapse</category><category>continence</category><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Viva la vulva</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/viva-la-vulva/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/viva-la-vulva/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Kath Mazella OAM</author><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>From 39 to now</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/from-39-to-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/from-39-to-now/</guid><description>After experiencing a sudden wave of brain fog so intense she couldn’t remember her own name, Kirsty began a journey of rediscovery that transformed her life.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Kirsty Dixon</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>Bronwyn&apos;s story - My body is resilient and so am I</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/bronwyns-story-my-body-is-resilient-and-so-am-i/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/bronwyns-story-my-body-is-resilient-and-so-am-i/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bronwyn Ford</author><category>prolapse</category><category>continence</category><category>vaginal-vulva-health</category></item><item><title>Understanding perimenopause anxiety</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/understanding-perimenopause-anxiety/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/understanding-perimenopause-anxiety/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>G.S</author><category>menopause</category></item><item><title>The stigma of faecal incontinence</title><link>https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-stigma-of-faecal-incontinence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.womenshealthpathway.com/blogs/the-stigma-of-faecal-incontinence/</guid><description>We come into this life incontinent, we go out the same. 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