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GynoCurious episodes

October 05, 2023 How does a busy hospitalist find inner calm and health?
Dr. Elizabeth Levine, an internist, hospitalist, Director of Hospital Medicine and the Chair of the Medicine Department at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, NY speaks to GynoCurious about health and healing. She explores the role of meditation and yoga on her life and how these practices help her respond to the challenges of hospital work.
Dr Levine describes bringing these spiritual practices to the residents and the greater hospital community; honoring that some people embrace these practices and others decline. She discusses the prevalence of physicians burn out and moral injury and her approaches towards helping her colleagues with these challenges.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
30 min
September 21, 2023 Moving beyond Sexual trauma; Healing to Thrive
Dr. Holly Richmond, a somatic psychotherapist, certified sex therapist and an international health and wellness coach and author of Reclaiming Pleasure, A SEX POSITIVE GUIDE for MOVING PAST SEXUAL TRAUMA & LIVING a PASSIONATE LIFE discusses what constitutes sexual trauma and the process of recovery. Beyond surviving, Dr. Richmond provides insight into reconnecting with your sexuality, your partner(s) and finding pleasure in your intimate life.
Finding a safe and supportive environment takes time and a team of experts/allies to assist you as you heal from sexual trauma. Dr. Richmond provides resources for survivors to access this healing journey.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
46 min
September 07, 2023 How does illness shape our lives?
V (formerly Eve Ensler) is the Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, performer, and author of the Obie award-winning theatrical phenomenon The Vagina Monologues, published in over 48 languages, performed in over 140 countries, discusses her most recent book, Reckoning, and how her life's work and healing from a life threatening illness has informed her and allowed her to "be in her body" and develop methods to thrive despite years of abuse and self-hatred. "Transforming pain into radical action", V discusses how her work and especially co-founding the City of Joy, a revolutionary center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo mobilized her while healing from illness and the challenges of the cancer diagnosis.
V compels you to think about how the patriarchy has impacted your life and how illness can transform you.
Links:
https://www.vday.org/
https://www.eveensler.org/,
https://www.eveensler.org/pf/book-reckoning/
https://www.cityofjoycongo.org/splash/
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg, and edited by Ricardo Gutiierrez @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
48 min
August 24, 2023 Sex and the perimenopause
Dr. Novatt is joined by Alison Chawla, an insightful therapist and mother of two daughters. Amy and Alison discuss sex in midlife. With candor and humor, they explore the fascinating landscape of desire, intimacy, and the changes that come with perimenopause. In a world where our bodies and minds are in a constant state of evolution, Amy and Alison shed light on how to embrace these changes, nurture relationships, and find pleasure in the midst of transformation. Tune in for a candid and enlightening conversation that challenges taboos and invites listeners to celebrate the beauty of intimacy and growth.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
Edited by Ricardo Gutiierrez
33 min
August 10, 2023 Endometriosis and a personal journey
GynoCurious and McKenna Eldh, certified midwife, discuss Endometriosis, a disease affecting up to 10 percent of American women and often significantly impacting their quality of life. McKenna helps us understand the nature of the disease, how it affects women and ways in which she found healing and health despite her own diagnosis.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
30 min
July 27, 2023 What is means to be a certified midwife
McKenna Eldh, CM, joins GynoCurious and introduces us to the importance of midwives in women's healthcare. She shares with us her academic journey and path to becoming a midwife and the role she plays in promoting healthy pregnancies and deliveries. Learn how midwives can assist in safe, supportive, physiologic birthing experiences.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
31 min
July 20, 2023 Acupuncture, a complementary healing
Shakai Shepard talks about her journey becoming an acupuncturist and Eastern healing arts. Listen to how she helps her clients be healthy and seek wellness.
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35 min
July 14, 2023 Doctor, doctor
What is it like when you are facing a new doctor who is not listening to you and your concerns? What is it like when a doctor makes you feel badly about yourself when you don't agree to take the tests they recommend, the medications they want to proscribe and who offers no explanation or alternatives? This is a far too common scenario for so many of us. Medical care has turned into a factory and patients are feeling unseen and unheard. Listen to some strategies to avoid these challenges.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
26 min
July 06, 2023 Menopause Matters
What is the menopause? What might one expect? Hear from Laura Schulkind about her experience in the menopause and beyond.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
21 min
June 28, 2023 Speaking to an OB-GYN
Dr. Elise Hagen, an ob-gyn tells her story; why she chose ob-gyn, her daily challenges with the joys and struggles of a demanding career and the ways in which she copes with the lack of sleep, litigation and the heart breaking diagnosis that are part of her job.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff
21 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.