About Jeannie Beaudin…
I am a retired pharmacist who specialized in balancing women’s hormones for over 10 years while I owned my own pharmacy. Clients appreciated my broad knowledge of non-drug, natural and standard treatment options. I took the time to thoroughly review hormone-related symptoms, explain available choices and discuss a woman’s preferences for treatment. Women told me they appreciated receiving explanations for the symptoms they were experiencing. The detailed summary report I wrote afterward recorded the discussion for the client and was also used to communicate efficiently with her physician.
Several of my clients suggested I should write a book and, once I fully retired, I finally had the time to do it. “Can I Speak to the Hormone Lady? Managing Menopause and Hormone Imbalances”, published in February 2019, explains how hormone imbalances cause unpleasant symptoms and describes step-wise approaches that women can use to restore hormone balance and feel like themselves again. Its goal is to enable women understand what their symptoms can tell them, and to help them get involved in their choice of treatment. Writing has become a second career for this pharmacist! The book is now available on all major electronic book sites and on Amazon as a paperback. Here is the Universal Link:
https://books2read.com/u/4AJQGo
I also started a health blog to practice my writing skills and reach out to my audience… initially writing about women’s health issues and hormone imbalances. Over the months, with reader feedback, it gradually expanded to discuss a wider variety health issues, with an emphasis on disease prevention. You will find over 250 articles posted here! I hope you enjoy and benefit from the discussion, and please pass along any ideas you have for future blogs.
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And now I’m an artist, working in watercolour, charcoal, pastel and graphite. Some of my work is on display (and for sale!) at Le Hub at 326 Main Street, Shediac, and I regularly display my work at local art shows with Art in Your Face and the Circle des Artistes Peintre de Shediac. My blog has expanded to also reflect my current passion for painting and drawing. I now also have an “Art Priority List”, a special email group where I share my latest works and the stories behind them. If you love original art and would like to support my work, you can join my list here: https://mailchi.mp/bbfbd5414055/art-priority-list
My Artist Statement:
I create watercolour and multimedia paintings of events from my life, places I’ve been, and the beauty and calmness of nature in my corner of the world. My artistic goal is to capture my experiences and the atmosphere and feeling of these places and events so they can be remembered and shared with others who view my work, hopefully triggering similar memories and feelings for them. The ideal audience for my work is often visitors to the places I’ve painted. It gives me great joy when someone finds a familiar scene of a well-loved place to take home with them.
Jeannie Collins Beaudin is an award-winning pharmacist whose advanced practice has been featured in 5 national pharmacy journals: DrugStore Canada, Pharmacy Post, Canadian Pharmacists Journal, New Pharmacist and Pharmacy Practice Plus. She was a member of the council for the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists (the regulatory body for the province) for 12 years, serving on the Executive for 6 years, and worked on many initiatives in the province from the anti-tobacco movement to increasing health research. She was a peer reviewer for educational programs for pharmacists for over 20 years.
As well, she was involved in the movement to increase health research in her province for 7 years, acting as chair of the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation for 3 years.
She has given many presentations to various groups including: provincial and national conferences, women’s groups, workplace lunch and learns, student conferences, teachers’ continuing education programs, and others. She now gives art workshops to help others start painting in watercolour.
