GynoCurious

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GynoCurious episodes

February 22, 2024 Vulva Views- Modest Dress?
Another episode of the new show Vulva Views. Amy and Alison speak about customs and norms in different areas of the world and how strict dress norms in certain cultures affect women more than men. They speak about the modesty culture, raising their daughters and how to speak to them about dressing fashionably, yet safely in a world where cat calls and sexual violence is still pervasive. How do we reconcile the perceptions of the world and how we WANT to dress as individuals and as communities?
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
37 min
February 08, 2024 A journey with Jenn C. and autoimmune disease
Jennifer Ciotta informs us about ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. After a life-threatening flare of ulcerative colitis in 2021 she began to podcast about her experience from a mind-body-soul perspective. She has learned so much about allopathic and complementary ways to heal.
In an attempt to avoid big-pharma all her life, Jenn has made huge changes in her diet, lifestyle and learned all about Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS), a progressive, multi-system, multi-symptom illness due to exposure to biotoxins; for Jenn, it was about mold toxicity.
Working with several expert healers she has re-choreographed her life and has reached a far healthier place by addressing deep trauma and changing many aspects of her life.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
46 min
January 25, 2024 Vulva Views- Why do vulva havers tend to suppress their own physical and emotional needs?
GynoCurious tries a new format! Joining Dr. Amy Novatt is Allison Chawla, LCSW, a frequent guest on GynoCurious. During Vulva Views they will discuss 'universal themes"; issues they have observed as women clinicians, human beings and vulva havers (themselves) that seem to be omnipresent in their profession and personal lives. In this first episode, they discuss why vulva havers tend to keep concerns about physical ailments and emotional needs suppressed or attended to only after taking care of everyone else in their lives. Is it internalized patriarchy, medical gaslighting, a psychology unique to vulva havers, moms, care-providers? Is it about not having enough time or a lack of awareness? Amy and Allison weave personal and professional knowledge and experiences with observation to discuss these inquiries.
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36 min
January 11, 2024 "Wooing the soul"
Elizabeth Lesser, is a co-founder and advisor to Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the US that focuses on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity. She is also a best-selling author and a frequent host on Oprahs' Soul Series. She joins GynoCurious to talk about her career and helps us look at techniques for handling stress and illness.
Elizabeth tells us about her professional arc of midwifery, Omega and writing. She shares with us the tools of meditation, psychotherapy and community and how these assist her in coping with the challenges of her day. She speaks to the value of opening ones heart to the hardships of our lives and that this often leads to healing. She reveals her humanity and compassion, revealing the obstacles in her own life and the work and practice of living a spiritual life and writing about the human experience.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
53 min
December 28, 2023 What does nutrition mean to you?
Roufia Payman, DT,CDN is Director of Nutritional Counseling and education at Northern Dutchess Hospital and a licensed nutritionist and dietitian. She helped create the New Leaf and Get Real Weight Results programs at Northern Dutchess Hospital to help women meet their health and fitness goals. She teaches patients how to use nutrition to combat disease risk factors and how to incorporate healthy eating into an active lifestyle. Her programs look at the whole person– and help them take control of their diet, and their life.
Roufia Payman recommends:
Books:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Salt sugar , fat by Michael Moss
The end of over eating by Dr David Kessler ,
Fat chance by Dr Robert Lustig .
Also, the documentaryBlue Zone diet and Blue zone Cooke book and website.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
42 min
December 12, 2023 Let's talk about dying and death!
Following a breast cancer diagnosis in 1992, Barbara Sarah left a 20 year career as a school social worker and chose to dedicate herself to work in Oncology. She was the director of the Oncology Support Program at Health Alliance in Kingston, NY for two decades. She then co-founded the non profit organization, Circle of Friends for the Dying and the Circle Home for the Dying, the first of its kind in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
She speaks to ways in which to best prepare for death; embracing it with openness and clarity; Introducing the audience to resources to assist in the planning of ones death and supporting families in anticipation of this inevitable event.
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33 min
December 05, 2023 Sex Ed
Lorelei Sharkey is a cofounder of The Butterfly Academy; a health, self care and relational education organization in NY’s Hudson Valley. . She is an American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists—Certified Sex Educator (AASECT-CSE), a Certified Holistic Sex Educator (CHES), and a seasoned sex-&-relationship writer who has, over the course of her 25-year career in the field, penned many books, columns and features in a variety of publications.
The Butterfly Academy is dedicated to empowering kids and their parents around the realities of healthy relationships, diversity and body positivity with accurate information and age-appropriate honesty.
Lorelei shares with GynoCurious how she came to be a sex-ed expert and how important it is to educate pre-teens and teens about sexual health. We discuss the benefits and the obstacles to sexual education across the country.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
30 min
November 16, 2023 Helping women heal in the face of the patriarchy!
Virginia Reath, PA, a practicing clinician, educator and activist in the fields of gynecology, sexual and reproductive health care for the past 40 years. She completed her physician associate program at Johns Hopkins medical school and has a double masters in pubic health and community health education. She is also a visual artist and continues to make art today here in the Hudson Valley.
Our conversation reviews hormone replacement therapy, the hormones of the female body, the challenges and obstacles to empowering women with knowledge about their bodies and the failures of the current medical system to insure the health and wellbeing of women patients.
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57 min
November 02, 2023 Life as a college doc
Dr. Yakira Teitel, is the director of Health Services at Bard College in Annondale-on-Hudson, NY. Dr. Teitel received her MD from the University of Californina , San Francisco and her Masters in Public Health from Columbia University. She is a trained Family and Community Medicine clinician.
Dr Teitel, has dedicated her career to promote public health, equity and health care access. She speaks about the importance of empowering students to advocate for their own wellness and works with students and the Bard community in promoting health in mind and body with a focus on sexual health, reproductive health and gender-affirming care.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
59 min
October 19, 2023 Sex, Politics and The Pelvic Floor
Dr. Uchenna Ossai, a sex-positive, pelvic health physical therapist, sexuality educator and counselor and faculty member of the Universities of Utah and Michigan speaks with GynoCurious about her work as a pelvic physical therapist and how her work is impacted and influenced by the entirety of her patients. She honors the importance of understanding a patients' culture, race, gender, sexual experiences as part of a whole picture and all necessary to better evaluate and treat a patient and their concerns.
Dr. Ossai examines and treats medical issues ranging from bowel and bladder concerns, pre and postpartum changes to aging pelvic phenomenon and pain syndromes. She discusses what constitutes the pelvic floor, how it is examined and the impact of pelvic ill-health on sexual function and "sexy-time".
She further discusses the importance of recognizing the impact of politics, racism/sexism, gender and economies on the medical world and it's practitioners.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
46 min

About GynoCurious

From the publisher's feed

Welcome Gynocurious listeners,

I am Dr. Amy Novatt, board certified ob-gyn, your host of GynoCurious. With each program we are going to explore the experience of being an ob-gyn, the science that guides our practices and the stories women- cis, trans and nonbinary, have shared as they seek health and wellness. From both sides of the speculum we will investigate what it means to be a healer and to be healed.

I have been reflecting on 32 plus years of practice; thinking about all that I have learned, heard and thought about and wanted to bring it to a larger audience. This will not be a medical show that tells you how much estrogen you should take or the scientific method used to evaluate data but instead, a conversation about the larger canvas looking at what its like to be a medical professional working with women and how patients experience the world of ob-gyn.

What is it like sitting in the exam room with a thin sheet of paper covering your naked body? What has been the impact of a cancer diagnosis?

What it is like to go through the menopause?….These are just a few examples of conversations I hope to bring to you.

My intention is not to expose my patients personal histories but rather use their stories as stepping stones to explore many aspects of our bodies, our psyches and the landscape of the medical world.

In a time when most of us are frustrated by the American medical system; with the challenges of limited access, financial limitations, gender and racial discrepancies in care, the insurance morass and a host of other hurdles; my hope is that GynoCurious creates a community of guests and listeners that bring us all closer- to openly explore and understand the experience of illness and health and to break open decades of silence, misunderstanding and shame for having a vagina.

We are going to talk about our fears, sexual explorations and aging adventures with respect, inquiry and science.

For me, knowledge and awareness brings awe, authority and autonomy.

This podcast represents the opinions of Dr. Novatt and her guests. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for informational purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.

While we make every effort to ensure that the information shared is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or corrections.

This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast.

In no way does listening, reading, emailing or interacting on social media with our content establish a doctor-patient relationship.

Dr.Novatt does not receive any money from the pharmaceutical industry.