In conversation with Jenny Jaeckel
Jenny Jaeckel is the author of House of Rougeaux, her debut novel, winner of an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Hisorical Fiction and was named one of Bitch Media’s 25 Must Read Books of 2018; and the forthcoming companion book Boy, Falling, to be published by Black Rose Writing in July 2021. In our time together we talked about how the art of being more real is one of Jenny’s core themes in her work and life.
Listen to the interview
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Takeaways from this episode:
Jenny’s debut novel, House of Rougeaux, was one of Bitch ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 28, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Podcast author interview creative process creativity Source Type: news
The guru, the hero, the lover and me
Back in 2012 I was a member of Toastmasters International at my local club, Casterbridge Speakers, in Dorchester. I’d written and given many speeches in the years I was there, but this is one, titled ‘The guru, the hero, the lover and me’, I wrote but never delivered. I thought it might be nice to share it here, just in case there is anyone out there thinking (or fearing) giving a presentation sometime soon.
I’d like you to think about the following question. What do Bill Clinton, Winston Churchill, Anthony Robbins and Martin Luther King have in common?
If you thought something along the lines of ‘th...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 23, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Creativity presentation skills toastmasters Source Type: news
The guru, the hero, the lover and me
Back in 2012, I was a member of Toastmasters International at my local club, Casterbridge Speakers, in Dorchester. I’d written and given many speeches in the years I was there, but this is one, titled ‘The guru, the hero, the lover and me’, I wrote but never delivered. I thought it might be nice to share it here, just in case, there is anyone out there thinking (or fearing) giving a presentation sometime soon.
I’d like you to think about the following question. What do Bill Clinton, Winston Churchill, Anthony Robbins, and Martin Luther King have in common?
If you thought something along the lines of â€...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 23, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Creativity presentation skills toastmasters Source Type: news
Cannock mum developed cancer after wrong smear result
A hospital apologises to Rachael Foley after she undergoes a hysterectomy following the error. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Finalizes Guidance for Power Morcellators FDA Finalizes Guidance for Power Morcellators
"The FDA recommends performing laparoscopic power morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy only with a tissue containment system," and only in select patients, according to the new guidance.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Whose truth is it anyway?
I woke up this morning with the title of this blog post pounding a drumbeat in my head and had to write it down immediately. It was born out of a need to focus on this elusive thing we call ‘truth’. In light of recent events in the United States, and closer to home personally, I felt it was time to embrace the conversation that starts something along the lines of ‘there is no such thing as truth’.
Then I read Claire Montanaro’s blog post, Freedom of Expression, and she said much of what’s been roiling around in my head over the last few days. I almost decided at that point not to write t...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 11, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Philosophy truth Source Type: news
Whose truth is it anyway?
I woke up this morning with the title of this blog post pounding a drumbeat in my head and had to write it down immediately. It was born out of a need to focus on this elusive thing we call ‘truth’. In light of recent events in the United States, and closer to home personally, I felt it was time to embrace the conversation that starts something along the lines of ‘there is no such thing as truth’.
Then I read Claire Montanaro’s blog post, Freedom of Expression, and she said much of what’s been roiling around in my head over the last few days. I almost decided at that point not to write t...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 11, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Philosophy truth Source Type: news
Analgesic Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture After Hysterectomy Analgesic Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture After Hysterectomy
Might electric ear acupuncture provid postoperative analgesia and reduce morphine requirement after abdominal hysterectomy?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Setting yourself free and finding your voice
The period between Christmas and New Year is an odd hinterland of non-doing for me. The celebrations of Christmas pause and wait until the celebrations of New Year begin. In that space between one year and the next its when I try and get through tasks that would normally be difficult to do, not because they’re hard, but because they require discipline and time – not something I’m normally abundent in!
This Christmas has been the same, and yet different from those of the past. Yes, I’ve spent a lot of time ticking things off my To – Do list like cleaning the car, sorting out all our paperwork a...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 3, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Philosophy change life Source Type: news
Setting yourself free and finding your voice
The period between Christmas and New Year is an odd hinterland of non-doing for me. The celebrations of Christmas pause and wait until the celebrations of New Year begin. That space between one year and the next is when I try and get through tasks that would normally be difficult to do, not because they’re hard, but because they require discipline and time – not something I’m normally abundent in!
This Christmas has been the same, and yet different from those of the past. Yes, I’ve spent a lot of time ticking things off my To – Do list like cleaning the car, sorting out all our paperwork and c...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 3, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Philosophy change life Source Type: news
Happy new year 2022
Looking back, I knew that 2021 was going to be a corker of a year. It just felt ‘right’ somehow. And after all the trouble we’d had during 2020, it certainly needed to earn its keep.
It was during February I first noticed that something had changed, not just changed really, transformed. I couldn’t put my finger on it at first and it took a while before I realised that somehow the colours of the landscapre were brighter, more vibrant seeming to shimmer and glow whenever the sun shone brightly – which was frequently. It wasn’t long after that I realised I could hear more birds and insects ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 1, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Fiction friday fiction Source Type: news
