Topics around reproductive health and menstruation are still taboo in some cultures, which leaves women in the dark when it comes to their health. In today’s episode, Mikaela Ingram sheds some light on these issues and how her non-profit organization called Divine Drops helps women across the globe fight the stigma and have a more holistic approach when it comes to health. 

After years of symptomatic periods and countless countries traveling for both volunteer and her travel nursing job, Mikaela declared that she had enough of watching AND experiencing this suffering that society calls "a period". She quit her nursing job, moved into a camper, and spent the next year gathering a team and crafting a plan that would address this problem at its core, for all menstruators. 

[00:01 - 10:20] Opening Segment

• Introducing Mikaela to the show

[10:21 - 20:37] Breaking the Stigma with Divine Drops

• Mikaela shares how she started Divine Drops by traveling and seeing how others struggle when it comes to menstruation

[20:38 - 28:35] African Women’s Experiences with Reproductive Health

• Period poverty: lack of access to menstrual products and reproductive education

[28:36 - 29:19] When You Take Care of Patients, Who Takes Care of You?

• Dr. V takes care of the healthcare provider that takes care of everybody else
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[29:20 - 41:22] Closing Segment

• What’s next for Mikaela and Divine Drops?

Quotes:

“Overall, it’s about healing. We have to look at it from a holistic lifestyle viewpoint: mind, body, and spirit.” - Mikaela Ingram

“Healing can come from so many different things” - Mikaela Ingram

“It just works out. If it doesn’t, I will learn something.” - Mikaela Ingram

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Connect with Mikaela Ingram, RN

Website: www.divinedrops.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divinedrops_

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/divinedropss

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufpmJGHnKOE

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikaela-ingram-389462164

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