From Girl to Wise-Woman with Joan Borysenko

Program Description

Psychologist/biologist Joan Borysenko illuminates the gifts of being female and celebrates the power of the feminine life-cycle, a brand new field of study. She shows us, through new research, the path to realizing our unique female gifts, and how to utilize them for a life of extraordinary power. “We’re fed a bill of goods about menopause,” Borysenko says. She views menopause as “a kind of second puberty, where your nervous system is being rewired for wisdom.” Borysenko’s positive approach to being a female will give you new insights on raising children, co-dependency, body image and sexuality, and coping with the “empty-nest” syndrome. Great material for men too! (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms & Michael Toms)

Joan Borysenko is an internationally known speaker on spirituality, integrative medicine and the mind/body connection. She has a doctorate in medical sciences from Harvard Medical School, is a licensed clinical psychologist, is the cofounder of the Claritas Institute for Interspiritual Inquiry and Director of its Interspiritual Mentor Training Program. She is the author of many books including Minding the Body, Mending the Mind (Da Capo Lifelong Books, revised 2007), Inner Peace for Busy Women: Balancing Work, Family, and Your Inner Life (Hay House 2003), A Woman’s Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine Life Cycle (Riverhead 1998), Fire in the Soul (Grand Central Publishing 1994), and with her husband Gordon F. Dveirin authored Saying Yes to Change (Hay House 2005), and Your Soul’s Compass: What Is Spiritual Guidance? (Hay House 2007). To learn more about the work of Joan Borysenko go to www.joanborysenko.com or www.claritasinstitute.com

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• Understanding a woman’s true power
• Why women today can look forward to longer, more satisfying lives
• Ways to cope with PMS
• The neurological (not cultural) differences between men and women
• How lifecyle changes can lead to maximum health and well being
• Why puberty is appearing earlier than it has in the past
• Foreign estrogen sources: where they come from and how they affect you
• Race and body image
• Appreciating and benefiting from your menstrual cycle
• The secret power men have over women
• Why hormonal therapy may not be necessary during menopause
• A new way of looking at “hot flashes”
• The freedom of the empty-nest–blooming at mid-life
• Women and depression

Program Number: 2627               Host: Justine & Michael Toms                 Interview Date: 4/28/1997