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Christiane Northrup
Christiane Northrup

Christiane Northrup is an American obstetrician born on October 4, 1949. She is renowned for her extensive research in women's health and holistic medicine, particularly in the areas of menopause and women's sexual health. Dr. Northrup is the author of 'The Menopause Revolution,' a book that has had a profound impact on the field of women's health. more

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“This is a nice metaphor, too, about mothers and daughters - that when it came time for me to make my own, I was making a completely different garden than the one that my mom has. They don't look like they came from relatives. Hers is a very productive and pragmatic vegetable garden, and mine is a ridiculous overabundance of useless plants. It doesn't feed anybody, it doesn't serve any purpose.”

“I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is healthy, what they know is good for them, what they know is good for the work that they need to do, what they know is good for their bodies, what they know is good for their families - all too often ending that statement with the upturned question mark: "If it's okay with everyone?" Still asking, still requesting, still filing petitions for somebody to say that it's all right.”