Melanin & Medicine Podcast

Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo•blackgirlinhealthcare.substack.com

Welcome to the Melanin & Medicine, a podcast dedicated to helping Black & brown clinicians to thrive and transform their lives. Join Dr. Omolara and her guests as they share their challenges and lessons for integrating their professional & personal goals, navigating medical racism, managing burnout, and living more fulfilled as a clinician of color.

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Episodes

Episode 32: It's Time To Pivot Into Our Purpose: What Black Women Can Do

In this week's episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood podcast , I discuss how we can overcome the many narratives that continue to devalue Black women, no matter what level of “success” we achieve. How we can tap into our greatness when we still are overlooked for the promotion, picked on for the smallest mistake and paid half of what your counterparts who are white or male make. After seeing the steady flow of stories of Black lives that were cut short, with little to no regard that ...

Jun 10, 2020•29 min

Episode 31: Turning Our Unimaginable Pain Into Extraordinary Power: Recovering after Racial Trauma"

In this week's episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood podcast , I unpack my recovery strategies for racial trauma in the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd, as well as Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. As a doctor, it is clear that police brutality is a public health crisis- and physicians once again have to come to the front lines. Yet, it is clear, that our country, our health institutions and our professional organizations have not unanimously recognized this virus of s...

Jun 03, 2020•45 min

Episode 30: How This ER Doctor Uses Fitness Coaching To Empower Women To Regain Control of Their Lives

In this episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood podcast, we speak with Dr. Dianah Lake about how she overcame multiple trials in her life to find her true genius- her unique gift of fitness coaching to transform women's bodies and their lives holistically. Dr. Dianah T. Lake (also known as Dr. Di) is an emergency medicine physician, best-selling author, speaker, fitness competitor, fitness & wellness coach, autism parent advocate and founder of Dr. Di Fit Life. She uses her clinica...

May 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min

Episode 29: How Women of Color in Medicine Can Use Their Pain To Find Their Power

You'll want to really take some time to listen to this powerful episode. In this episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood podcast , I interview Michele Johnson, certified Family Medicine physician assistant, telemedicine provider, fibromyalgia survivor and author of the international best-selling book “Pain Free: How To Live A Full Life Despite Chronic Pain”. More than ever, during this pandemic, so many of us are dealing with pain- physically, mentally and emotionally. We often don’t r...

May 20, 2020•39 min

Episode 28: The Journey of Creating Kits of Hope to Address Childhood Trauma with Dr. Hokehe Effiong

On this week's episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood podcast, we speak with Dr Hokehe Effiong is a board certified pediatrician also known as The Thrive strategist, wife and mother of three children, who is passionate about the care of children. She advocates for children in foster care and is the founder of Kits of Hope, 501 (c) 3 Organization, that shares love and hope by providing children going into foster care with bags filled with comfort and essential items. As the CEO of ACEs...

May 13, 2020•40 min

Episode 27: Unleashing Our Power through Authenticity: The Challenge for Women Physicians of Color

Welcome back! We are starting Season 2 and oh, how things have changed! In this episode, we discuss why we are elevating the voices of Black, Latinx and indigenous women physicians, why it is so important for us to walk into the power of being our most authentic self. I also discuss my experience with motherhood as a catalyst to stop the road to burnout and work on self-discovery and how I created MPOWERED, a personal development program to empower Black women physicians to identify their purpos...

May 06, 2020•17 min

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