And Yet

Hosted by Siena and Kelsey; the And Yet Podcast takes a deep dive into conversations around culture and health. Why do they go there? Because frankly, we need to. In their debut season, they discuss Breaking Up with Birth Control, Permission to grieve your abortion and It Didn't Start With You.

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We Believe You Even If Your Doctor Didn’t with Angela Allen

Is your doctor listening to you? Actually listening? In today’s world of medicine, many patients aren’t being heard. In fact, many are being completely dismissed, invalidated, and sometimes even insulted. Especially when it comes to women’s health, doctors sometimes don’t take women seriously. The doctor-patient dynamic here has damaged people, even to the point of causing diseases to get worse. This is Angela Allen’s experience. Angela is a psychiatric ER nurse based out of North Carolina. So f...

Mar 18, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 9

White Feminism with Joy Fennell

Sometimes, when you make a mistake or say the wrong thing, it sticks with you. I mean, it really sticks with you. Sometimes, that can stick with you for days, weeks, or even years. Even just thinking about it can make your face turn red and your chest constricts due to all the anxiety, guilt, and general discomfort around the whole thing. These feelings can spark the desire to run away and avoid this discomfort at all costs. This is especially true with conversations centered around race: where ...

Mar 11, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Menstrual Mindfulness with Lara Briden

Did you know that 80-90% of female-bodied individuals suffer from PMS? Did you know that actually suffering from PMS isn’t how life needs to be for those who experience periods? This episode of And Yet Podcast is about empowering women and female-bodied people to use their menstrual cycle as an asset rather than a hindrance on their quality of life. Lara Briden is here to share some of her wisdom and experience with helping her patients progress from accepting period discomfort as a normal life ...

Feb 25, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Compassion Fatigue with Dr Nathalie Martinek

Dr. Nathalie Martinek is a well-being mentor, coach and educator for physicians and healthcare professionals. She is originally from Toronto but she now lives in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Nathalie has a PhD in developmental biology and she is also the founder of a new app called Safe Space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 18, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Popular Isolation with Karlee Fain

When was the last time you felt truly rested and ready to tackle the day ahead? In today’s demanding culture, “business” has turned into “busyness.” Most of the time, people are so busy—doing everything from just trying to make ends meet, run their businesses, please their bosses—that it seems impossible to find authentic connection. Many people today suffer from this loss of connection or have even contrived a false sense of connection. Karlee Fain calls this phenomenon “popular isolation.” Kar...

Feb 11, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5

It Didn't Start With You - Mark Wolynn

It Didn’t Start with You Show Notes Mark is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. He leads workshops, hospitals, conferences and teaching centers around the world. Mark is the author of the book It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. Timestamped Notes [00:37] There are fears or anxieties that strike people when they reach a certain age or an event or depression that people never get to the bottom of and symptoms that ...

Feb 04, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Permission To Grieve Your Abortion with Sally

Sally works at a clinic that provides in-clinic abortion services. On the days when she is handling administrative duties, Sally will usually be signing prescriptions, checking over charts and making sure patients are being seen in the appropriate way and getting to the right providers. She also provides on-call advice to patients who are post-abortion or maybe coming for their appointment soon. She answers all their concerns and explains what's normal and what's not. Time Stamped Notes [0:58] F...

Jan 28, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Breaking up with Birth Control with Dr Jolene Brighten

We feel like crap when taking the pill. We’re not alone in this experience of feeling like crap when taking hormonal birth control pills. We’re not against hormonal birth control, but we are against using the pill as a blanket solution. There’s well-documented gender bias in the medical field, and it’s time for doctors to really start listening to women. Over the last decade, for the first time, statistics for hormonal birth control for millennial women has actually decreased because of the roug...

Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 2

And Yet - Coming Soon

The And Yet Podcast; the debut series hosted by Siena and Kelsey about the intersection of culture and health. No topic is left undiscussed - they go there! Coming soon to your favourite podcast player. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 2019•1 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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