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Society has conditioned men to not talk about their feelings, but it is changing now. Men can have just as much of a hard time coping with divorce as women, if not more. Therefore, support groups for them can help them feel better, and deal with the situation more mindfully and effectiv...
Vandeventer joined a group for pregnant women due in November 2008 on the pregnancy and motherhood siteJustMommies. There were more than 50 women in it, and Vandeventer quickly made connections. After joining an online support group for pregnant women, Vandeventer says she made lifelong best fri...
Sixty-nine women (aged 19-50 years, mean 34.2 years; 65.2% (45/69) United Kingdom, 21.7% (15/69) United States) participated in a Web-based interview exploring online support group use. Participants had been using online support groups for an average of 2 years and 4 months (range =...
Out of a population of 472 members of an online support group for women with gynecologic cancers and pre-cancers, 379 (80%) participated in the study. The results indicated that the experiences, both physical and emotional, of the women in these groups were more similar than different. ...
To study more closely what works in online support groups, in a second study Winzelberg and Taylor created their own support and prevention group for women at risk of developing an eating disorder. The team gave 27 female Stanford students a CD-ROM psychoeducational intervention package that the...
BPeace enables professionals to offer virtual career coaching to populations in countries emerging from wars, with a special focus on women entrepreneurs. Business experts deliver advice by way of remote consulting sessions. Time commitments vary from two to eight hours per week for a couple of mon...
support group that’s right for you. below are a mix of specific support groups and meetings, as well as databases and organizations that will point you in the right direction. 1. support groups central you’ll find a wide variety of support groups through support groups central . it ...
the MuseoSalvatore Ferragamois a must-see. Housed in the 13th-century Palazzo Spini Feroni, which was the home of the Ferragamo workshop as 1938, the museum draws on the storied design home’s archives. Here you can see Oglewomen’s heels and ballet flatsFerragamo created for Marilyn Monroe...
SUNNY GAULT: So what do you guys think moms need to know before joining these groups? So let’s say mom wants to join, she has her mom friends in person but she is looking for that extra support. A lot of moms I hear really turn to these groups in the middle of the night where...