Rachel Peters

Nov 27, 2024 | medium.com | Rachel Peters

Rachel Peters·Follow4 min read·--one woman’s lessons from surfing around the world35mm film taken by Rachel Peters in Biarritz, FranceFear is a jealous enemy who worms into our dreams. As a twenty-something farm girl turned Californian, surfing has become a dream that builds my character every-time I plummet into the churning whitewater awaiting my fall. Surfing rides the line (literally rides) between fear and radiant joy.

Nov 23, 2024 | medium.com | Rachel Peters

Rachel Peters·Follow3 min read·--There is a child inside all of us. A child waiting to be freed from boundaries around our hearts. This week I am working to help a team of volunteers from Washington to build a home in Mazatlan, Mexico. I am not a part of the group from the Pacific North West, nor a staff member for the organization building homes. I am a floating traveler escaping an overstuffed schedule in California and hoping to immerse myself in Spanish.

Nov 18, 2024 | medium.com | Rachel Peters

Rachel Peters·Follow2 min read·--When I travel people stare at me. Is this because I am a woman? Blue-eyed? Twenty-something? The common thought flashes through my mind that I am too approachable. My safety, well being, conformability is at stake. How often I wonder if I am traveling in a culture where a female is acting out of line if she holds eye contact. It does not matter what city I visit, continent even, there is no escaping curious eyes. Especially the stares of men.

Jun 10, 2024 | healio.com | Victoria Langowska |Kristen Dowd |Rachel Peters

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Key takeaways: Among 10-year-old children in Australia, 40% had a current allergic disease and one-third of those had multiple allergies. Prevalence of current eczema decreased whereas current rhinitis increased.

Aug 8, 2023 | healio.com | Richard Gawel |Kristen Dowd |Purvi Parikh |Rachel Peters

Purvi Parikh, MD These findings are significant but not surprising because they underscore what we already know about allergic conditions going hand in hand with one another. There is a progression of allergies early in life known as the allergic march that describes the progression from eczema early in life to food allergies and then asthma or hay fever. We know that having one allergic condition early in life predisposes you to others.