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“Most of the things I did were not given to me by my practitioners because they had no clue what was going on.” - Dr. Madhu Bagaria
Walking the path of complex chronic illness is a difficult one. Even when we’re highly motivated and have the technical understanding as practitioners, it’s never that simple. One specialist can’t solve everything, but that doesn’t mean there’s no hope. Rather than focusing only on symptom management, we must embrace a holistic approach that addresses the physical, mental and spiritual aspects as a whole.
Toda,y I’m excited to introduce you to one of my colleagues, Dr. Madhu Bagaria, an endometriosis surgeon who struggled for years with severe chronic pain. Despite Dr. Bagaria’s position as a medical doctor, she experienced firsthand the frustration many women feel when navigating the healthcare system. Despite seeing a series of specialists, no one tried to uncover and address the root causes of her pain and instead offered her opioids and anti-depressants.
In this conversation, Dr. Bagaria and I discuss the complexities of chronic illness and pain, her struggles with fibromyalgia, what a holistic approach to patient care looks like, the benefits of integrating Eastern and Western medicine, the importance of emotional, psychological, and spiritual bodies in healing, the role of support networks, mindfulness practices, self-advocacy, and more.
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“Healthcare professionals who are not trained in treating chronic pain but trying to treat chronic pain are actually detrimental.” - Monica Demitor
When you’re living with chronic pain, accessing the services and care you need can be challenging. From identifying providers and treatments that have the right expertise to taking care not to make your diagnosis your entire identity, trying to navigate all the nuances and building out the right health team for you can be a tricky line to walk.
Healthcare professionals have an opportunity to help people navigate their chronic pain in a productive way rather than a traumatic and exhausting one. That’s where organizations like Anodunos are essential in their work to train the practitioners who serve chronic pain patients.
The Anodunos Method is a revolutionary approach to pain management and education. Anodunos means “without pain” in Greek, and the Anodunos method is a truly integrative approach to care, recognizing that combining various treatment modalities enhances patient outcomes.
Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Christine Sotmary, Monica Demitor, and Jenn Trepck from Anodunos. Their goal is to train people who want to help those with chronic pain navigate a multi-disciplinary set of resources that actually will help them meet their goals. Over the past 25 years of my career, the evolution of the research and resources for chronic pain has been amazing to witness.
In this conversation, Christine, Jenn, Monica, and I discuss the Anodunos Method, why a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain management is essential, the role of pain navigators in coordinating care, knowledge gaps among healthcare professionals treating chronic pain, why building a health team can make all the difference, what collaborative care looks like, how we can best support patients in their healing journeys, and more.
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“I always pair the exercise and nutrition plan with the medication because the goal is to foster positive behavior changes to reinforce the changes occurring with the medication. That's what maintains the weight loss.” - Dr. Elizabeth Sharp
Losing weight can be very challenging, and many people get stuck in a vicious cycle where they are making positive changes but not seeing their desired results. In these cases, when we understand how to integrate a healthy diet and exercise, having something like a GLP-1 agonist to help jump-start your hormone balance can be a game-changer.
Whether it’s pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals, there is no one-size-fits-all solution, and GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy are no different. They can be highly beneficial when we view them as morally neutral tools, especially in collaboration with practitioners who can put them in context alongside exercise and nutrition.
Today, I’m so excited to introduce you to Dr. Elizabeth Sharp, an internal medicine doctor in New York City who recently started her private primary practice with an additional focus on weight management. Dr. Sharp has a preventative mindset that is rare in conventional medicine, and seeing her approach gives me hope that we're turning a corner in the Western medical system.
In today’s episode, Dr. Sharp and I discuss the role of GLP-1 agonists in weight management, the importance of lifestyle changes, what an integrative approach to weight loss looks like, the need for preventative health measures, her approach to longevity, how you can reach your long-term health goals, and more.
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“When we recognize that a stress and trauma response is about movement in the body, then it makes sense that the recovery response is also about movement.” - Richmond Heath
Trauma is an underlying factor for many chronic illnesses. From digestive issues to autoimmune diseases and problems with the nervous system, in many instances, one of our physiologic systems is stuck due to a traumatic pattern.
The most important thing to know as a practitioner or a patient is that we don’t have to know where the trauma came from to release it. TRE® is a revolutionary technique that utilizes the body’s natural reflexes to allow you to relax your body, calm your mind, and recover from trauma.
Today, I’m joined by Richmond Heath, physiotherapist, TRE® Certification Trainer and National Coordinator of TRE® in Australia. TRE® has had a significant impact on Richmond’s life, and he’s passionate about helping people understand TRE® as a pathway for ongoing growth and development in all areas of our lives.
In today’s episode, Richmond and I discuss the connection between trauma and chronic illness, how trauma manifests physiologically, the role of movement in recovery, how we can use the body's natural mechanisms for releasing trauma, how to integrate TRE® into your practice, trauma's impact on health and healing, and more.
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“All the coaching skills are important, but without the vision, the rest are really hard to put in place.” - Bianca Siravo
When you’re in a traditional healthcare field, you can feel boxed into a cog-in-the-wheel role. With most clinical professionals having minimal time to interact with clients and patients, visits are rushed, and you simply don't have time to do the important work of listening and visioning. Instead, clients leave with a checklist of valuable recommendations they often struggle to implement.
For many of our students, this frustration led them to look outside of the current corporate model of healthcare. These hybrid models create a space to combine your clinical skills with your life experience and non-clinical skills to empower patients to have the best possible health outcomes.
Today, I'm introducing you to one of the recent graduates from our Women’s Health Coach certification program, Bianca Siravo, whose personal journey and career experience provide many insights into how a collaborative multidisciplinary team can significantly transform women's health journeys.
In this conversation, Bianca and I discuss her transition from a traditional clinical setting to a health coaching model, her struggles with pelvic pain, the importance of personalized care, the transformative power of coaching, how coaching and traditional healthcare can work together for the patient’s benefit, and more.
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“You can't isolate the thyroid from the rest of the endocrine system.” - Dr. Dana Gibbs
Thyroid health issues commonly go beyond the endocrine system and involve the metabolic and immune systems. The siloed nature of conventional medicine specialties combined with inadequate testing means that many women continue to live their lives in suboptimal health due to undiagnosed thyroid conditions.
Today, I’m excited to share my conversation with board-certified ENT and hormone expert Dr. Dana Gibbs. Dr. Gibbs has a fascinating story of how her healing journey came about after realizing she had never felt completely well in her entire life. Like so many of us, once she learned about the root causes of these issues, her whole career trajectory changed.
Our stories ignited our passion for healing others, but one individual’s experience is not enough to safely support the healing of others without further education. We need many people practicing with a broad lens, reading the literature, sharing our stories, sharing our cases, and learning from each other so that we can better serve our clients who are falling through the cracks of a system that is too hyper-specialized.
In this conversation, Dr. Gibbs and I discuss the complexities of thyroid health, her surprising self-diagnosis with thyroid issues, the limitations of conventional medicine specialties, why she transitioned away from her traditional practice, the need for comprehensive thyroid evaluations, common symptoms of thyroid issues, the impact of lifestyle changes, how to create sustainable habits, and more.
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“Health happens at home, and it happens with the decisions that you make every single day.” - Dr. Jenn Simmons
Cancer doesn't come out of nowhere. An increasing number of factors in our everyday environment contribute to cancer and many other chronic diseases. Unfortunately, changing our habits and eliminating these factors can feel so overwhelming to people that it stops them from getting the best possible care.
That’s where a health coach’s skills can be especially beneficial. Most types of cancers are metabolic diseases, and as health coaches, we can teach people how to be metabolically healthy. There's so much that we can do to help people lower their risk of cancer and improve outcomes for those diagnosed with cancer or who have been through conventional recovery. Healing complex chronic illnesses doesn't happen quickly but over the course of collaborative and integrative therapeutic relationships.
To explore more about what that support can look like, I’m joined by Dr. Jenn Simmons, who transitioned from breast surgeon to integrative oncologist to better empower her patients to take care of their health. Dr. Jenn believes that if people could shift their thinking to view their cancer as an opportunity to restore health and wellness, we would be much better off.
In this conversation, Dr. Jenn and I discuss her cancer journey, why we need to focus on addressing the underlying causes rather than just managing symptoms, the importance of a holistic approach to cancer care, the role of the immune system, the impact of environmental toxins, the need for supportive relationships, how health coaches can make a vital contribution to a healthcare team, and more.
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“The hardest thing to do is to be yourself in every moment because we all want to be so spiritually evolved and perfect.” - Alexandra Cousins
TW: If you’re living with chronic illness, some of this may feel hard to hear. We talk about how navigating chronic illness has some difficult aspects spiritually and emotionally and how that can keep people stuck.
Healing is about much more than physical health. While nourishing and regenerating physically, we must constantly reevaluate where our energy is going and what we want our lives to look like. But while having a vision is essential, we have to be careful not to hold on to it too tightly and get caught up in rigid ideas of who we need to be and what wellness looks like.
There is no perfect journey. There is no perfect herbal protocol, no perfect nutrition protocol, and no perfect way to work on our spirituality. Even the clearest vision often doesn't end up being exactly what we thought it was going to be, and that’s perfectly normal. Instead of aiming for perfection, we can ground ourselves in the fact that navigating challenging situations is what most often leads to significant personal and spiritual growth.
Today, I’m excited to share my conversation with Alexandra Cousins, a colleague and mentor of mine, for the last year and a half as I've navigated my long COVID healing. In this episode, Alex and I discuss her chronic illness healing journey, the intricate relationship between physical and emotional health, personal transformation through challenging experiences, the realization that true healing involves embracing authenticity, the need to listen to your body and intuition, the value of community support in the healing process, and more.
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“Your brain has a lot to do with the way that pain is showing up in your life.” - Sally Brown
There’s a chronic pain epidemic among women in midlife, and it shows up in a lot of different ways, from stress to lack of sleep, and more. While there's a lot we can do to have healthier hormone levels and more stress resilience, another element that can make a big difference is creating a daily practice using simple tools to rewire the nervous system.
Having a practice that you follow regularly, especially on days you’re not in pain, is as important as the tools themselves when it comes to supporting women with chronic pain or struggling with pain in the menopause transition.
Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Sally Brown, the co-founder of Women in Harmony. Sally and her co-founder, Charla Stilling-Hayes, are occupational therapists committed to educating and providing harmony within the transformation process of menopause that goes beyond managing symptoms.
In this conversation, Sally and I discuss how pain neuroscience education can empower women in midlife, what we need to understand about the nervous system's role in pain perception, practical tools to incorporate into daily self-care practices, fostering resilience, and more.
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“None of us deserve to suffer needlessly.” - Dr. Mariza Snyder
The menopause transition typically begins somewhere in our late 30s to mid-40s, and most of us don’t come into it with absolutely optimal health. Despite that, the reality is that only 6% of women in perimenopause are getting any kind of treatment at all, much less comprehensive, integrative treatment that takes care of all of the pre-existing challenges.
When we’re addressing perimenopause and menopause care, we have to expand beyond the typical - it’s not just a hormone conversation. Women are already dealing with migraines, injuries, and other vulnerabilities and comorbidities that can influence their symptoms and how they experience the menopause transition. As Women’s Health Coaches, it’s up to us to understand how best to support our clients holistically.
Today, I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Dr. Mariza Snyder, 8X Best-Selling Author, and Naturopathic Physician. Dr. Mariza and I have a very behind-the-scenes discussion on lesser-known symptoms of perimenopause and how we can be part of the solution to get women the menopausal care that they need.
In this episode, Dr. Mariza and I talk about the complexities of perimenopause and menopause, often-overlooked symptoms, the importance of a holistic approach, the decline in stress resilience due to hormonal changes, strategies to manage symptoms, the need for comprehensive care to address both physical and emotional well-being, and more.
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“With health coaching, the self-revelation kicks in. It's a very magical tool.” - Silvana Yee
As clinicians, we often see patients becoming their own worst enemies. They’ve heard our recommendations, know exactly what to do, and understand it will help them, but still, they don’t follow through. That’s where health coaching can make a significant difference.
Health coaching is not a cookie-cutter skill. It's an art and a science, and for those of us with clinical training, it can be a fantastic complementary toolkit to expand the support we can offer clients.
Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Silvana Yee, a Pelvic Physical Therapist and recent Women’s Health Coach graduate. As a later-in-life mom, Silvana experienced the postpartum period at the same time as perimenopause and has a unique perspective from that journey. During her maternity leave, she decided to join the Women’s Health Coach certification program, and today, she’s sharing her insights and how it’s given her the tools to take care of herself for decades to come and transformed her approach to her career.
In this conversation, Silvana and I discuss the gaps in support for perinatal women, how the WHC certification program provided her with tools to empower her clients and improve her health, the value of integrating health coaching into your clinical practice, the importance of empathy, the transformative impact of continuous learning and community support, and more. This episode will show you the magic of how we help our clients be so empowered that they are the ones leading their healing journeys.
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“Mindfulness is one of the most important life skills we can give to our teenagers.” - Dr. Elisa Song
Our kids are under stress more so now than ever before. Their easy access to smartphones and social media also means they have fewer opportunities to blow off steam with simple activities like hanging out, chatting with friends, or riding a bike to a neighbor’s house.
Like anything else, kids need to learn how to make better choices, just as they have to learn to do everything else they will eventually need to do on their own. As parents, grandparents, and caregivers, the best thing we can do for them is empower them with tools and strategies they can use to increase their resilience and improve their health without feeling disconnected from their peers.
Today, I’m thrilled to be joined by Dr. Elisa Song to talk about her book, Healthy Kids, Happy Kids. Dr. Elisa teaches a wide range of tools, from nourishment, movement, and mindfulness to nervous system regulation - strategies that benefit us and our kids. When we get better at them ourselves, we are better equipped to share a skill set for good health that will grow with our children as they do.
In this conversation, Dr. Elisa and I discuss her insights on pediatric health, the gut microbiome's role in children's well-being, the impact of diet, lifestyle, and technology on children's health, strategies for supporting kids with long COVID, the need for improved stress resilience, practical advice for fostering children's physical and emotional health, and more.
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“I wanted to do the work I was trained to do and to help treat their cancer, but also to help them live well in the long term.” - Dr. Allison Quick
Sometimes, when people consider training in health coaching skills, there’s a lingering worry that they’ll have to completely leave the conventional system they’re already a part of. Whether you’re a physician, nurse practitioner, physical therapist, or something else, many of our graduates have stayed within the convention systems and simply expanded into new offerings for patients and clients.
At first, this might come with growing pains for you and your organization, but ultimately, it’s so valuable to make this change from within since conventional practices are where most of the patients are. Many of these patients want and can benefit from additional support on their healing journeys, and your health coaching skills can help them navigate this.
Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Alison Quick, one of our Women's Health Coach Certification Program graduates who has done just this. Dr. Allison is a radiation oncologist who works at Ohio State University in the women's health oncology specialty and uses her coaching training to improve long-term health outcomes for her patients.
In this conversation, Dr. Allison and I discuss what it looks like to integrate health coaching into oncology, Dr. Allison’s career journey, the challenges of motivating survivors to adopt healthier lifestyles, the importance of addressing emotional and relational health, the benefits of health coaching for both patients and healthcare professionals, and more.
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“I feel like fitness is a gateway to health coaching.” - Mary Vidal
When we think about health and wellness, it seems like a linear process—either you’re sick or healthy. That’s hardly ever the case. Each of our health journeys is dynamic and individual.
Often, when one thing gets solved, something else comes up, and that’s one of the central reasons why having a coach with the experience and skill set to help monitor and navigate this journey makes all the difference.
Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Women's Health Coach Graduate Mary Vidal. As an empty nester, Mary wanted to expand her practice to be able to help people as a health coach. After participating in multiple certification programs, Mary’s business is thriving in multiple areas, and she’s built a career that’s meaningful to her and aligned with her vision.
In this conversation, Mary and I discuss her journey from a corporate career to health coach specializing in women's health, the importance of creating a supportive community, why we need to celebrate small victories, using data to empower clients, the transformative power of health coaching, and more.
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“It’s important to look at food first before supplementation.” - Margie Bissinger
For most people, bone health is not a topic that comes into focus until later in life or when an issue arises. Bone health is strongly linked to quality of life, so it’s never too early or too late to start supporting strong and healthy bones.
Optimizing your overall health in areas like reducing inflammation, optimizing nutrition, and incorporating resistance training will also help increase bone density and the dynamic capacity of your bones. Anything you can do to help your clients improve their bone health sets them up for improving their lives in the future. If you're a clinician working with women of any age, you have the opportunity to prevent the 25% death rate that we have from osteoporotic fracture.
Today, I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Lisa Moore and Margie Bissinger for a fantastic roundtable conversation about bone health. They share their extensive experience and insights into bone health, osteoporosis, bone building, bone maintenance strategies, estrogen and breast cancer, and beyond. Our bones generally don’t give us any symptoms until we're at a life-threatening fracture level, so it’s our responsibility to reduce the risk or optimize recovery so that we can positively impact bone health in the long term.
In today’s episode, Dr. Lisa, Margie, and I discuss the importance of maintaining and building bone density through nutrition and exercise, strategies for those recovering from cancer, tailored exercise protocols, preventative strategies, integrating strength training and balance exercises, mindful movement to reduce the risk of fractures, and more.
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“Our brain and our thoughts change our biology and chemistry in the body.” - Jane Hogan
When someone is diagnosed with an autoimmune disease or chronic pain condition, there’s a common pathway we tend to explore. It starts with conventional medicine and medications to suppress symptoms or stabilize the immune system. Then, going deeper to address the root cause, they’ll turn to a functional medicine practitioner who will help with nutrition plans and supplementation. Even with all that, most people will hit a wall where it’s hard to sustain the changes they’ve made. That’s where a coaching model that supports the deeper social and emotional piece comes in.
When it comes to chronic illness, healing must involve addressing the emotions, fears, and beliefs that no longer serve us. By changing the messages in our brain, we can change our physiologic functions and our biochemistry, even at the level of our labwork, and that’s empowering.
It’s not about doing things perfectly and never taking a break, but instead recognizing that by incorporating nervous system regulation work and brain retraining strategies, we can accelerate the healing potential of all the tools we’re already using.
To explore this further, I’m sharing a fascinating interview with Jane Hogan, The Wellness Engineer. After being diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis in her early 50s, Jane dived deep into the world of mind-body medicine. Recognizing that if we want a different output in the body, we need to change the input, she now helps her clients release chronic pain and empower themselves on their healing journeys.
In this conversation, Jane and I discuss her journey of healing from severe rheumatoid arthritis, the limitations of conventional and functional medicine, the importance of addressing emotional and psychological factors in chronic pain management, strategies and tools to address the mind-body connection, why we need a holistic approach to healing, and more.
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“Change is terrifying, especially change when it’s somewhat subversive.” - Dr. Sara Sohn DPT, WCS
Choosing to go in a different direction from what society tells you to do can be difficult. Making decisions like not overworking, not giving to the ends of your depth, and not focusing on external measures of productivity goes against what many of us have been taught, but that’s what’s necessary if you want to create a practice and a life that is supportive to you.
Have you ever had a moment where you’re questioning whether you have the energy, time, or mental capacity to take care of a patient? Or a client gets vulnerable and your first reaction is to minimize their issues and internally compare your pain to theirs? These are some of the first signs many of us experience on the journey to burnout.
Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to support yourself and come back from burnout or avoid it altogether. By figuring out your North Star, celebrating your accomplishments, and consciously making space for rest and healthy boundaries, you can establish a life that works for you instead of drains you.
Today, I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Sara Sohn, DPT, WCS, to explore how you can build that next-level life for yourself without burnout. We discuss our experiences with burnout, what it was like for Sara to create an aligned practice, the systemic issues contributing to how common burnout has become, practical strategies for achieving work-life balance, Sara’s "BURN" framework for navigating, and more.
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Learn more or watch the video version of this conversation at https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/from-burnout-to-passion-in-our-work-with-physical-therapist-dr-sara-sohn/.
Connect with me and access our entire platform at IntegrativeWomensHealthInstitute.com (https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/).
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“If we can, at the grassroots level, start getting to the patients and the community providers and then start moving up the chain, we can do a lot of amazing work.” - Dr. Juan Michelle Martin
The pregnancy and postpartum periods are huge eye-openers for most women. There’s such a lack of education around pregnancy and birth that women are often not even aware of their options and the different options for support, including pelvic floor physical therapy and working with a doula or coach.
After becoming a mom, today’s guest, Dr. Juan Michelle Martin, recognized the significant need for more transparency and guidance and decided to specialize in pelvic and women’s health. Dr. J’s journey is so inspiring. While working in a physical therapy practice that was hyper-focused on productivity, she decided to pivot and build her own practice where she could serve her community and have the flexibility to be present for her family in the way she wanted to be.
In this conversation, Dr. J and I discuss her journey from traditional physical therapy to establishing her private practice, why she decided to add coaching to her skillset, how it has helped her to improve the way she supports her clients, why it’s essential to address both physical and emotional aspects of health during the perinatal period, the value of coaching in providing comprehensive care, what it means to foster deeper client relationships, how practitioners can work together to improve patient outcomes, and more.
Enjoy the episode, and let's innovate and integrate together!
Learn more or watch the video version of this conversation at https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/improving-perinatal-care-with-physical-therapy-and-health-coaching-with-whc-grad-dr-juan-michelle-martin/.
Connect with me and access our entire platform at IntegrativeWomensHealthInstitute.com (https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/).
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“Once I started the program and began practicing and learning, it's hard to describe the freedom and excitement that it brought.” - April Haberman
Are you wondering about the next step in your career? If you love supporting women and are passionate about women’s health, healing, and helping women lead meaningful lives, women’s health coaching might be for you.
Today, I’m excited to be joined by April Haberman, a recent Women’s Health Coach certification program graduate who has become a leader in corporate menopause care. After a long career in the non-profit and development space, April wasn’t sure what she wanted to do next. She had a blank slate vision before her but wasn’t sure what a midlife transition would mean for her career. By using all the resources available to her in the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, April has made a dramatic and meaningful change, helping women navigate the kinds of changes that she navigated in the corporate world.
In this conversation, April and I discuss her decision to become a health coach, her focus on menopause, the experiences that influenced her desire to support women, how community helped her through her midlife career transition, the importance of self-care and a client-centered approach in health coaching, and more.
Enjoy the episode, and let's innovate and integrate together!
Learn more or watch the video version of this conversation at https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/whc-graduate-april-haberman-how-to-be-a-leader-in-corporate-menopause-care/.
Connect with me and access our entire platform at IntegrativeWomensHealthInstitute.com (https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/).
Find and follow us @integrativewomenshealth on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@integrativewomenshealth) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/integrativewomenshealth/).
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“I'm 31 and feel better than I’ve felt since I was 14. There is hope for you to feel better.” - Camille
[TRIGGER WARNING: Suicidal ideation]
Having to carry on, believe in yourself, and find answers is extremely hard to do when you're in pain.
In today’s episode, I’m joined by pelvic health expert Dr. Shanti Mohling and Camille, a woman who has navigated her own experience of healing from endometriosis.
Camille’s story is both inspiring and hopeful, and it’s a credit to her that she held on to the tenacity to push forward and get the care she needed in a system that gaslit her and did not respect what she was going through. Thankfully, Camille is now living very healthfully, and her journey sheds light on a lot of the challenges of navigating the healthcare system with endometriosis, specifically extrapelvic endometriosis. As Dr. Mohling shares, this is a remarkably complex condition to treat and ideally requires the collaboration of a healthcare team.
As practitioners, we can no longer treat the body and mind as distinctly separate beings. People navigating complex chronic pain need both physical symptom and emotional health experts on their teams to truly make progress on their health journeys.
In today’s episode, Dr. Mohling, Camille, and I discuss the complexities of endometriosis, Camille’s struggles with diagnosis and treatment, how she connected with Dr. Mohling, Dr. Mohling’s extensive surgical experience, the challenges of diagnosing extrapelvic endometriosis, the interconnectedness of physical and emotional health, why we need holistic treatment approaches, what we can do as practitioners to offer integrative support in managing endometriosis, and more.
Enjoy the episode, and let's innovate and integrate together!
Learn more or watch the video version of this conversation at https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/what-is-extrapelvic-endometriosis-case-study-with-camille-and-dr-shanti-mohling/.
Connect with me and access our entire platform at IntegrativeWomensHealthInstitute.com (https://integrativewomenshealthinstitute.com/).
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