She Should Know

By Sarah Hemeida & Sarah AhmedMedicine Health & Fitness

She Should Know episodes

February 05, 2024 Sweet Temptation: Navigating Sugar Addiction (2/2)
We continue our conversation about sugar, unpacking high fructose corn syrup, hidden sugars, and some proven tools to help curb our sugar cravings. 🍭
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30 min
January 22, 2024 Sweet Temptation: Navigating Sugar Addiction (1/2)
This week we continue down the addiction pathway and sit down to consider our relationship with sugar. We get into the nitty gritty of why sweet things are so hard to refuse and what's happening inside of our bodies with each type of "sugar".
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35 min
January 22, 2024 Addiction and the Pleasure-Pain Pathway
We kick off our 4-part mini series on addiction this week! This week we reflect on some of the eye opening moments shared by our workshop guest instructor, Dr. Adriane Dela Cruz, an addiction psychiatrist at the Peter O'Donnell Brain Institute at UT Southwestern.
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36 min
January 15, 2024 The Science of Menstruation and Irregular Bleeding
We have all been confused by a stubborn cycle - it's too early, it's too long, it's too heavy, or fully MIA! Let's dig into the hormonal cycles that are responsible for all of it.
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39 min
January 08, 2024 2023 Wrapped in reflection
2023 was wild! Join us for a look back at our favorite moments of the year, and reflect on what we have learned about women, sisterhood, and each other.
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30 min
January 01, 2024 The Puzzle of Pelvic Pain (2/2)
We continue the conversation on the therapeutic approach to solving pelvic pain with Dr. Nurah Hemeida, DPT. Here we start to unpack the way pain is registered in the brain, it's connection to our emotional state, and even discuss pelvic pain in men. Join us as we discuss the growing field of therapeutic modalities for this often experienced, often overlooked problem.
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34 min
December 26, 2023 The Puzzle of Pelvic Pain (1/2)
The unsettling problem that women are enduring, but no one is talking about, vaginal and pelvic pain. We are joined by Physical Therapist, Dr. Nurah Hemeida who helps us understand chronic pain, and how this lives in our body, and more importantly, how to approach is treatment.
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32 min
December 18, 2023 Who's Taking Care of Our Caregiver?
An intimate conversation between Dr. Sarah and a very special caregiver - her mom. Together, they explore the beautiful gift of service to others, along with the unique challenges is comes with and advice on how to navigate them.
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36 min
December 11, 2023 Advocacy and allies for Gaza (2/2)
In this episode we continue the convo on the changing narrative in the West regarding the violence in Gaza. Aalimah Sarah gives us insights on the benefits of calamities to help us gain clarity from a spiritual perspective and allow us to remain steadfast in our faith and action.
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25 min
December 04, 2023 Reflections from Makkah and Madinah
Aalimah Sarah shares her reflections and insights from her recent Umrah trip this month. The experience with the holy cities holds many profound lessons for all muslims and is worth sharing and discussing with our loved ones, and in this case, our listeners :)
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41 min

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Conversations between a Muslim female physician and a Muslim female scholar, the co-directors of Empowher Health, on women's health - mind, body, and spiritual wellbeing. (visit…