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Dear PCOS Challenger,
Happy Holidays!
I wanted to thank everyone who supported PCOS Challenge this year and to those making donations during our year-end holiday fundraising campaign. We apppreciate you doing your part to help bring greater resources and support to women PCOS.
Finiding Greater Peace and Balance
This Holiday Season and Year Round
Women with PCOS have very active minds and are in a heightened state of alertness about the things that affect our lives. The food, the exercise, our appearance and how others perceive us, conceiving a family, work duties, love life, family and friends are just a few things that are endlessly surfacing and racing through our thoughts. For many, these thoughts even interrupt or prevent sleep. Our current world demands a lot of us, but our bodies and minds were not designed to be in this constant state of stimulation. It disrupts our hormonal balance and exacerbates PCOS symptoms.
As we tend to become more reflective and introspective around holidays and the New Year, let's use this holiday season as an opportunity to find ways to incorporate balance in our lives. Take a few moments out of each day to deliberately create some stillness and peace. Whether it is through yoga, meditation, mind-body audio programs, acupuncture, or something similar, our bodies require it and we deserve it. This is one of the best gifts that we can give to ourselves this holiday season.
Watch episode five of the PCOS Challenge television show as Beth Heller, co-founder of Pulling Down the Moon shares tips and techniques for dealing with PCOS and fertility through Integrative Care.
In good health,
Sasha Ottey
Executive Director
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Watch the Latest Episode of the
PCOS Challenge Television Show |
 Episode 05:
PCOS Integrative Care
Beth Heller, co-founder of Pulling Down the Moon, shares integrative care approaches to PCOS.
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 Episode 06 Preview:
PCOS Diet and Nutrition - Cooking
Don Shaw, Head Chef of Diet-to-Go, leads the women in a cooking competition and teaches them how to prepare quick and nutritious meals that work well for PCOS diets.
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| Sponsor Spotlight |
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Circle + Bloom (PCOS Challenge Radio Show Sponsor)
 Joanne Verkuilen
Co-Founder
Circle + Bloom
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We salute our new radio show Gold sponsor, Circle + Bloom, for their continued support and commitment to the PCOS community! As a PCOS Challenge member, you are eligible for exclusive 20-30% discounts on Circle + Bloom mind-body audio programs for PCOS and fertility. Just enter PCOS Challenge discount code PCOS or TTCPCOS30 at the time of check out.
To learn more about Circle + Bloom programs for women with PCOS, listen to the PCOS Challenge radio show with Circle + Bloom co-founder, Joanne Verkuilen and visit CircleBloom.com.
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You Are Not Alone. You Now Have a Team of Experts to
Help You Overcome PCOS!
As part of our continuing mission to provide women with PCOS the best information and support resources for overcoming Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, PCOS Challenge has teamed up with five renowned PCOS health and wellness experts to bring you the PCOS Challenge Expert Series™.
PCOS Expert Series Workshops (CDs Now Available)
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PCOS Health Tip -
Emotional Wellness
This time of year can be difficult for many women with PCOS emotionally. PCOS Challenge Emotional Wellness Coach Dr. Ruth Wittersgreen discusses help for anxiety and depression.
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Infertility Awareness - Beth Heller
Beth Heller, Co-founder of Pulling Down the Moon, shares her personal story of hope and dealing with infertility.
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PCOS Diet and Nutrition Tip - Portion Control
During the holidays when food is abundant, it is important to maintain self-control. PCOS Challenge Nutrition Coach Rebecca Mohning, RD shares smart tips to prevent over eating.
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| Featured PCOS Challenge Radio Shows - Listen Now! |
Missed an episode of the PCOS Challenge radio show or want to listen to it again. Listen to it any time on PCOS.tv.
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| Member Spotlight: PCOS Challengers Making a Difference |
 Lara W. Iskander
LE, CPE
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Local Support Group Sponsor
Lara Iskander is owner of Chantilly Professional Electrolysis, LLC, sponsor of the PCOS Challenge Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC local support group.
Why I Support PCOS Challenge:
"PCOS Challenge offers an incredible opportunity for women to educate themselves on the many facets of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. The organization, websites, and local support groups offer a wealth of information for women who have PCOS. The information provided by the PCOS Challenge also helps family and friends of women with PCOS to better understand the condition. Chantilly Professional Electrolysis, LLC is a proud sponsor of the PCOS Challenge and the wonderful support system it provides."
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Fundraiser Acknowledgements
We would like to extend special thanks to LuAyne Brown and Angela Grassi, RD for their fundraising efforts and generous donations to PCOS Challenge this year. Their invaluable support will help us to develop more great programming for women with PCOS.
 LuAyne Brown
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Why I Support PCOS Challenge:
"This year I was diagnosed with PCOS and it was a big pill to swallow. I felt really alone. I didn't know who to talk to, what to say or what the next steps were. I knew I couldn't be the only woman in the world who felt this way after their diagnosis. When it was time to work on this year's event, I knew in my heart I had to choose an organization that actively advocates for women with PCOS. That organization is PCOS Challenge!"
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 Angela Grassi, RD
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Why I Support PCOS Challenge:
"The PCOS Nutrition Center has chosen to support PCOS Challenge, Inc. because of its outstanding efforts to raise public awareness of PCOS. Through the award-winning PCOS Challenge TV show and impressive educational topics presented by experts in the field, PCOS challenge provides support to millions of women who live with this complex syndrome."
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| About PCOS Challenge, Inc. |
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PCOS Challenge, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (PCOSChallenge.org). We are one of the largest and most active support organizations for women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome worldwide. We touch the lives of women with PCOS and their supporters each year through cable television and radio programming (PCOS.tv), online and offline support groups (PCOSChallenge.com), and education and awareness initiatives.
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Since our programs began in 2009, we've helped many women find answers that helped them overcome their struggles with infertility, weight gain, anxiety and depression and reduce their risk for life-threatening related conditions.
If you know other women with PCOS, encourage them to join PCOSChallenge.com to gain the information and support they need to live happier and healthier.
Help spread the word and make PCOS a public health priority!
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10 Reasons
PCOS Challenge Needs Your Donation Today |
A Cure for PCOS
Starts with You!
We need your help now to:
- Raise greater awareness about PCOS to bring in more funding for a cure and to gain more support from corporations, private foundations and the general public for research and support programs.
- Keep top quality PCOS programs free or available at the lowest possible cost.
- Create more local PCOS Challenge support programs across the country.
- Hold events to help women and teens get screened for PCOS.
- Create a referral hotline for PCOS patients to find doctors, specialists and other health care professionals.
- Expand doctor-patient outreach programs for current PCOS patients and women newly diagnosed with PCOS.
- Expand PCOS Challenge television programming into more cable markets across the U.S. and abroad.
- Increase the frequency, extend the length and enhance the overall quality of all PCOS Challenge programming.
- Help end health care disparities due to language barriers by making Spanish and other language translations of PCOS Challenge programming available.
- Provide audio descriptions, closed captioning and transcriptions for the PCOS Challenge television and radio shows to make them accessible to blind/visually impaired and deaf/hard of hearing communities.
Your support will make a difference.
PCOS Challenge receives very little government funding and relies on the support of the community in the form of volunteers, private donations and fundraising events.
Nearly two-thirds of our annual budget comes from individual donors like you. Every donation and every dollar amount makes a difference.
93% of all donations received go directly to support programs for women with PCOS.
Please donate now!
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