Being a ‘good woman’: Stigma, relationships and desistance

MINDFULNESS IN PRACTICE Some Reflections on Being Good, on not Being Good and on Just Being

Some Reflections on Being Good, on not Being Good and on Just Being

Over the last 12 years, through my work at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University, I have been engaged with colleagues (both within CMRP and from other training centres in the UK) in an exploration of how to support the development of a robust professional practice context for our own teaching team and for the growing community of mindfulness-based teachers...

The cost of being a woman.

We are all far more concerned with our appearance than we’d probably like to admit. It’s not vanity. Vanity implies pride. No, we’re concerned. Concerned we’re too thin or overweight. Concerned our hair is too fizzy, too greasy, or that it never sits right. We’re concerned about pimples, blackheads, dry or oily skin. Our clothes aren’t flattering. There’s always someone who looks better than we...

The Art of Being a Woman

The book is not just another " pep talk " on The Kitchen Sink and How to Learn to Like It. Its stated purpose is "to discuss how the ingrained ideas which we have inherited, affect us, as women to-day, and to try to decide whether a woman ought to try to adapt herself to them, or whether it is the old pattern that wants adapting". It seems to be directed mainly to the wife and mother of young a...

Relationships and Well-Being 1 Running Head: Relationships and Well-Being Close Relationships and Subjective Well-Being