Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution REAL
If you’ve kept your New Year’s resolution so far, congrats – because a third of people have already broken their resolution by the end of January. Whether 2013 is the year you’ve set out to lose...
View ArticleMazzoni Center Spotlights LGBT Employees for Women’s History Month
Many of you may already be familiar with the Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia’s LGBT health care and wellness center. We at the Mazzoni Center strive to provide quality and comprehensive health and...
View ArticleLadies, It’s Time to Spring Clean Your Health
The temperature has finally hit that beautiful 70 degree mark and the city is abuzz with that special feeling that only comes with the onset of spring. Lovers lounge in the parks and drink in the...
View ArticleMazzoni Center Puts the Focus on Women’s Health
Back in May, Mazzoni Center hosted their third annual Elixir event. The theme of the event was ‘Leading Ladies’ and the goal was to raise funds to support what Mazzoni is calling their Women’s Health...
View ArticleSexual Health: What’s Your Fantasy?
Guest column With the official start of fall, our thoughts have turned to the coming season. Some of us have headed back to school, and many of us are preparing our cool weather wardrobes and getting...
View ArticleBreaking Down Obamacare
Everywhere you turn these days, you hear something about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). October marked the official launch of open access to the Health Insurance Marketplaces of the Patient Protection...
View ArticleStepping Stones: A Group Approach to Recovery
Guest column by Lisa Richman, Mazzoni Center In addition to seeing clients on a one-on-one basis for traditional talk therapy, one of the highlights of my job as a therapist at Mazzoni Center is...
View ArticleProtect Your Skin this Summer
When I was a kid, getting sunburned was a summer rite of passage. I had the typical Irish complexion: a vast constellation of freckles and moles. I loved being outdoors, and at least once a summer I...
View ArticleMazzoni Celebrates 35 Years of Helping LGBT Lives
In January, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia’s LGBT health care and wellness center, celebrated 35 years of promoting a service that is often hard to come by. Mazzoni Center was founded in 1979 as the Gay...
View ArticleReduce Stress With ‘Mindfulness’
You’ve probably heard about mindfulness. It’s become something of a buzzword lately – referred to in all kinds of contexts, from mindful meditation to mindful eating to mindful commuting, you name it....
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