Women Ahead – The Power of Our Choices
The biggest takeaway from a personal genomics test is the power of choice. While your genes, environment, and lifestyle are key factors that contribute to your health, you cannot choose your genes — at least for now. Changing your lifestyle at any point can have tremendous benefits, with the potential to prevent around 80% of lifestyle-related diseases.
They say that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. As women, our choices have the potential to affect our lives and our world. Therefore, it becomes all the more important for us to choose wisely — else the choices we make may pass on to future generations as epigenetic changes.
The Choice to Stay Healthy
Good health is the greatest wealth and we are forever focused on keeping our family healthy. But how many of us prioritise our own health? Work and family are important, but prioritising our health is necessary for our own sake and for our family — because children seek role models in their parents.
The Choice to Stay Strong
The biggest misnomer for women is “The Weaker Sex.” Our DNA is programmed to withstand labour pain during childbirth — a pain whose magnitude challenges all thresholds. Our strengths are not always obvious; they are latent. Once we realise that, there is no stopping us.
The Choice to Multitask
Call it multitasking, quest for perfection, or way of life — we can do many things at a time and do them well. Multitalented professionals who bring more than one skill to the workplace add more value to every project.
The Choice to Ask for Directions
At any stage of our careers, it is good to have mentors who can advise us on our career paths, improve our skills, steer us to the right path when lost, and help us build our confidence. Be open to accepting mentors and new learning experiences.
The Choice to Empower Our Daughters
Children learn from their parents and emulating a parent is natural. We can make things easier for daughters by allowing and accepting their choices — in education, career, and life. There are many women who are not given that choice; some give up their dreams while others claw their path in the face of opposition.
The Choice to Let Go
Sometimes, letting go can be a great decision. Letting go and giving up are two different things, and in any situation, it is important to know the difference between the two.
Make the Choice to Know Your Genetic Health
Genomepatri by MapmyGenome gives women personalised insights into their genetic predisposition to health conditions, nutrition needs, fitness traits, and medication responses — empowering you to make informed choices for yourself and your family.
