Discover how singing stimulates the vagus nerve, promoting relaxation and emotional balance. Explore the therapeutic potential of vocalisation in enhancing women’s health and well-being.
Category: Scientific Notes and Sketches
Is music just for fun — or a prescription waiting to be taken seriously? New research from the European Journal of Public Health reveals how music boosts mental health, memory, and quality of life, especially for people over 40. Read why the Creative Women’s Association says it’s time to reframe music as medicine.
Explore the pivotal yet often overlooked contributions of women in the development of botany and herbal medicine, highlighting figures like Priscilla Wakefield and Jane Colden who cultivated the roots of plant science.
Herbal medicine isn’t a relic — it’s a rising force in community care. This review unpacks why UK residents still rely on plant healing, and why modern systems struggle to accept it.
Explore 60,000 years of botanical healing in this fascinating look at the past and future of plant medicine. From Neanderthals to next-gen pharmacology, ancient remedies are taking root once again.
What’s the difference between The Architecture of Women’s Health and Creative Health? This post breaks it down — and shows how CWA is building the systems of a thriving, women-powered wellbeing economy.
Explore how women are transforming wellness spaces by integrating nature, spirituality, and community, creating environments that support holistic health and well-being.
Discover how integrating women’s wisdom into healthcare design is transforming medical spaces into environments that promote healing, dignity, and empowerment.
Patriarchy isn’t just a cultural legacy — it’s an economic structure that quietly extracts women’s unpaid labour while limiting their health, wealth, and opportunities. The future of women’s work won’t be handed over. It will be built.
Born female? Prepare to pay the price. From lost wages to unpaid labour, biology handed women the ability to create life — society turned it into a lifelong economic penalty. The numbers don’t lie — but they do demand change