Columns

May 9, 2019May 8, 2019

Things I’ve Learned from My Podcast, ‘This EndoLife’

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

This year, I’m releasing a new podcast episode every week. It’s a big challenge, but it gives me the opportunity to interview incredible guests about endometriosis and menstrual health ... Read more

May 3, 2019May 1, 2019

With Endometriosis, We Are All Running Our Own Marathon

Columns, Dachshunds & Duvets - a Column by Jessie Madrigal-Fletcher

Last Sunday, the most popular public running event in the world happened: the London Marathon. Partly as a joke, I had applied for a spot to run — as ... Read more

May 2, 2019April 30, 2019

My Guide to Toxin-free Period Products

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

I’ve written in a previous column about the vagina being one of the most absorbent parts of the body. Since research emerged on this topic, women have started asking ... Read more

April 26, 2019April 24, 2019

The Importance of Talking About Our Mental Health When Chronically Ill

Columns, Dachshunds & Duvets - a Column by Jessie Madrigal-Fletcher

Recently, a friend and fellow chronically fabulous writer, used his social media to share some thoughts on mental health. He stressed the need for openness on this topic, especially ... Read more

April 25, 2019April 23, 2019

Courses to Help You Live Better with Endometriosis

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

Sometimes navigating the world of endometriosis, periods, and hormones is like trying to get through a maze while blindfolded. We might be doing something that we think is helpful ... Read more

April 18, 2019April 17, 2019

A Toolkit to Relieve Painful Sex

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

Many people with endometriosis experience painful sex. It can affect relationships, self-esteem, connection to oneself and the body, and sexual and general well-being. For centuries women have been taught ... Read more

April 12, 2019April 10, 2019

When Endometriosis Patients Give Up Work, the System — Not the Illness — Is To Blame

Columns, Dachshunds & Duvets - a Column by Jessie Madrigal-Fletcher

In her hit single “Work,” Rihanna says the word “work” close to 80 times. If that song were a metaphor for life with endometriosis, the singer would be OK ... Read more

April 11, 2019April 10, 2019

How to Create Habits So That You Feel Your Best

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

Change. It seems humans are constantly struggling with this inevitable part of life. Some of us are terrified of change. Others find that reaching the change they desire is ... Read more

April 5, 2019April 3, 2019

We Need to Change How We Talk About Fertility

Columns, Dachshunds & Duvets - a Column by Jessie Madrigal-Fletcher

Ask any woman, and she’ll tell you how her ability to have children is discussed way too much and way too freely. It’s ridiculous how easily a uterus becomes ... Read more

April 4, 2019April 2, 2019

How to Slow Down and Find Your Own Kind of ‘Normal’

Columns, Living with Endo- a Column By Jessica Duffin

It’s been a long two weeks. As I write this, I’m sitting in bed with classical music humming through my radio, the fairy lights are on, and there’s evidence ... Read more