Did you notice today that the TV news anchors were wearing red? It is to highlight the need for women to learn about the symptoms of heart attack and to call 911 if they feel they are having a heart attack. But it seems that it will take a lot more than just wearing a red dress or a red tie to remind women, first that they might be having a heart attack, and second, they should call 911. Yesterday in USA Today, writer, Anita Manning, wrote about a newly launched health campaign called, “Make the Call, Don’t Miss a Beat” to remind women to call 911 if they feel like they are having a heart attack. One of the surveys Ms. Manning quoted said that “women don’t know if they are having a heart attack”. OK, that might be true, but I believe that there is often another underlining reason women don’t call 911. Simply put – they don’t feel like they deserve it. They feel like they are inconveniencing someone if they need help. God forbid they need to ask someone for something. I teach an empowerment tool called Emotional Freedom Technique and about 90% of my students are women. I can guarantee that this theme will come up in the workshop – women don’t think they are enough. No matter what they do, they aren’t pretty enough, thin enough, smart enough…just not enough. So it will take much more than just wearing red to remind women that their health is important and they deserve to get help. It takes daily reminders, maybe even hourly reminders that we, as women, are worth it.
It’s Going To Take More Than Wearing A Red Dress
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