ANALYSIS • SYSTEMS • POWER
The systems shaping women’s lives aren’t broken. They were built this way.
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POWER
Systems, politics, control.
Is She Your Real Mom?
The word “real” never had any significant impact on my life until I became a stepmom 17 years ago. It was then when the word actually became a label and part of the native language of the typical blended family. Questions like: Is that your real mom? Do you live with...
Real Food
Five words I dread to hear from any woman: “I am on a diet”. What they really mean to say is, “I am currently restricting my food intake so drastically that I am basically starving myself so I can squeeze into an impossible dress and make my old high school classmates...
MONEY
Cash, autonomy, economics.
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HEALTH
Medical bias, bodies, care.
The Money/Weightloss Connection
Are the lack of money and an inability to lose weight connected? Although I've always specialised in helping women achieve the perfect weight loss mindset, this year I have been doing a lot of thinking about how I could help different women achieve different goals....
Challenging Times
Many of us dread challenges - it often means we are not getting what we want, we have to go the extra mile or we are wrong in some way. Challenges occur throughout our lives, and we never get to a stage, no matter how young or old we are, when we can say "I have...
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Smart Healthy Women began as a wellness publication, but it didn’t stay there for long.
Because it turns out you can’t talk honestly about women’s health without talking about power. Or money. Or control.
What started as a space for wellbeing became something sharper, It’s a place to examine the systems shaping women’s lives, and who they actually serve.
Today, Smart Healthy Women is an independent feminist media platform covering power, money, health, and culture, not as isolated topics, but as connected forces.
Because the systems aren’t broken. They were built this way.
Understanding them is the first step to changing them.
Estelle Williams is the voice behind Smart Healthy Women.