Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Notes
Deb's website
Health & wellness
Books
Personal essays
Ageism
Recipes
Divorce
Meet Cute
Archive
Leaderboard
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
You (actually do) need a vacation
A recent meta-analysis found that the immediate effects of a vacation are more long-lasting and profound than previously believed. As long as you focus…
Jul 22
•
Deborah Copaken
62
Share this post
Ladyparts
You (actually do) need a vacation
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
42
Teens, screens, and suicide
A new study from JAMA and the Emmy-nominated documentary Social Studies, by Lauren Greenfield, highlight the link between social media addiction and…
Jul 16
•
Deborah Copaken
32
Share this post
Ladyparts
Teens, screens, and suicide
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
7
Wanna make a difference?
The FDA is about to hold its "Expert Panel on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women." The more of us who show up on the YouTube livestream…
Jul 10
•
Deborah Copaken
34
Share this post
Ladyparts
Wanna make a difference?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
10
The Puzzle
On being human in a time of inhumanity
Jul 3
•
Deborah Copaken
78
Share this post
Ladyparts
The Puzzle
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
33
June 2025
Are you about to lose your health insurance?
Today, those of us in NY who rely on state health insurance were sent a text saying we are about to lose our coverage. Did you get a text from your…
Jun 23
•
Deborah Copaken
33
Share this post
Ladyparts
Are you about to lose your health insurance?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
29
The Crisis in Primary Care
If the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill"--or what I like to call the Unhinged Ugly Usurping--passes the Senate, say goodbye to finding a primary care…
Jun 10
•
Deborah Copaken
59
Share this post
Ladyparts
The Crisis in Primary Care
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
7
Absentee Mothers
Two new books by authors Molly Jong-Fast and Nicola Kraus--one memoir, the other fiction--explore how the trauma of maternal absence ripples into the…
Jun 6
•
Deborah Copaken
41
Share this post
Ladyparts
Absentee Mothers
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
6
April 2025
The path to success is paved with... siblings?
NYT journalist, Susan Dominus, believes our parents' influence is less important than that of our siblings. The Family Dynamic, her new book, maps out…
Apr 30
•
Deborah Copaken
60
Share this post
Ladyparts
The path to success is paved with... siblings?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
16
Moving vans and thwarted plans
Since leaving college, I've moved 18 times within 3 different countries. Most were forced. All were stressful. But this move, combining two families…
Apr 14
•
Deborah Copaken
80
Share this post
Ladyparts
Moving vans and thwarted plans
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
66
A Webby for Debbie?
Leaning into my long-ago retired childhood nickname to let you know some good news. But, like, make it rhyme.
Apr 3
•
Deborah Copaken
56
Share this post
Ladyparts
A Webby for Debbie?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
37
March 2025
Planning a wedding during the apocalypse
Tablescapes, hellscapes, and why celebrating love in a time of hate in America is not unseemly. It's the only antidote.
Mar 24
•
Deborah Copaken
93
Share this post
Ladyparts
Planning a wedding during the apocalypse
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
29
Probiotics and UTI prevention
After a lifetime of UTIs that turned debilitating in menopause, I have finally landed on a several-step precautionary protocol that (knock wood) has…
Mar 20
•
Deborah Copaken
59
Share this post
Ladyparts
Probiotics and UTI prevention
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
13
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts