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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Ellie-Mae Hammond

I Taught Women To Listen To Their Bodies. Now I Can't Stop Listening To Mine

A woman meditating, practicing yoga and using sage in her home.

Writing about women’s health has never felt like just a job to me. It’s something I feel incredibly lucky to do: asking the questions women have been asking for generations, sitting down with leading experts and sharing stories that help women better understand and trust their bodies. I've interviewed countless doctors, read the research papers and written the stories that remind women their symptoms matter.

So, in the spirit of being honest (and probably oversharing slightly), here’s the part I'm finding uncomfortable to admit: after spending years encouraging women to trust their bodies, I'm quietly struggling to trust my own.

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