In this episode, the sisters talk to Maya Lewis, who was a competitive gymnast throughout most of her childhood. She was diagnosed with scoliosis at 10 years old and had to learn to pay attention to the signals from her body to give it the care it needed.
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Today’s episode is a conversation with Tracey Hawkins, a mother of two sons on the autism spectrum. Tracey has found a way to ensure her sons get the care they need while also caring for herself and others.
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For support, Tracey recommended reaching out to state health departments or The Autism Society.
In this episode Brenda and Elaine talk with Safiya Noble about the road she traveled, physically and emotionally, to finally become pregnant with her son. The lows and highs of this journey have essential lessons for us all.
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Tanya Landry joins Brenda and Elaine to discuss her road to finding relief from gastrointestinal symptoms that came on suddenly and were challenging to diagnose.
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Tanya was ultimately diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). To understand how IBS is diagnosed and treated, check out this information from the Mayo Clinic.
Tanya mentioned that the FODMAP diet plan was helpful to her. Read an overview of the Low FODMAP Diet from The Cleveland Clinic.
Brenda and Elaine talk with Monica Johnson about her decision to be a primarily plant-based eater. She put a lot of thought into that decision and shares her journey around food choices, disease prevention, and feeling good!
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Today’s episode is the second in our two-part series on childbirth. Brenda and Elaine speak with Chavonne Alford, who has been working for years to recover from her traumatic experiences during childbirth.
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For more information on the history of racism in the US healthcare system, you can read the book Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America by Linda Villarosa.
Today’s episode is the first in a two-part series on childbirth. Black women are nearly three times more likely than White women to die in childbirth, so we are taking our time with this topic. In this episode, Brenda and Elaine talk to Maya Gold Patterson about how she prepared for pregnancy and delivery, and the challenges she faced delivering her first child during COVID.
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CAPPA is an international certification organization for Doulas, Childbirth Educators and Lactation Educators. They maintain a directory of doulas and educators.
The momnibus act is a legislative effort at the federal level to address the national crisis in Black maternal health care.
Brenda and Elaine chat with Krista Bradley about her Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, which she wasn’t diagnosed with until she was an adult. Krista explains how she manages her ADHD and why she sees it as a superpower.
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Krista mentioned so many useful resources in this episode. Here are a few of them:
Martha Taylor joins Brenda and Elaine to talk about her problematic knee replacement surgery and the different ways she has managed pain in her seventies and eighties.
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Brenda and Elaine chat with Kendra Plummer who discovered she had hypothyroidism when she was in college and now takes daily hormones to maintain her health. Kendra describes how she was diagnosed and what other life decisions that diagnosis has affected.
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If you want to learn more about hypothyroidism, check out these two resources:
Brenda and Elaine chat with Kendra Plummer who discovered she had hypothyroidism when she was in college and now takes daily hormones to maintain her health.