FemmeFocus Junction

  I love writing little summaries of the books I read in this blog. It allows me to review the book and reflect on the messages I learned from it. I used to enjoy various classic fiction and murder mystery books but these days I prefer non-fiction. Psychology and human behaviour are something I have been curious about for a long time. wondering why we behave the way we do. Psychology or teaching are some of the favourite alternatives I would have done if I didn’t step into clinical medicine. Being an OBGYN today, I see many women who require a holistic psychology approach. The way I open the consultation towards mental health is to ask about their sleep. Women with anxiety or depression often complain about poor quality of sleep or waking up in the middle of the night. I found the book “How to Do the Work” by Dr Nicole Lepera pretty useful in terms of understanding the underlying causes of human behaviour for example childhood trauma etc, and the ways to heal and make progress. S...

When it comes to dietary patterns, the South Africans have one of the worst diets                       I have ever seen. I was shocked when I learned the favourite food items such as fat cakes, bunny chow, chips, Russians, McDonald's, and KFC. All of them have high starch and fat content and low fibre. Later on, I got married in 2020 and moved in with my grandmother-in-law for three months, while I was waiting for our home transfer documents to go through. She was a lovely and friendly lady, and A very good cook. We mostly had some sort of curry with roti and rice. I soon realized that there is hardly any fruit or vegetable in that house. I started getting my own fruits and vegetables to be able to survive. In my home country, fruits and vegetables were an important part of our diet. We always had one or two fruits in the season and veges such as herbs and lettuce. In recent years, t...

 Women in the twentieth century enjoyed significantly more freedom and independence compared to their predecessors. In earlier times, a baby girl was often viewed as a burden to the family until marriage. They were not seen as a part of the workforce that could contribute financially to the household. Even today, in India, many families choose to abort female fetuses out of concern for the future costs associated with dowries, weddings,  and wedding jewelry.   are outshining men in colleges, universities, and the job market. Women are prospering in their careers and achieving a lot. A lot of them have chosen to dedicate their full time and energy to their jobs and give up on dating, the ones who are looking for partners can hardly find any suitable matches. So they wait until the biological ticks to settle or they settle for someone with lower standards. Men are not formulated to juggle a million things during the day. Even though they have a part-time job with more fre...