89. What Drug Companies Don't Disclose with Allison Behringer

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Capitalism bombards us with the message, “You’re not enough, but to compensate we're going to sell you a product.” This gets particularly dangerous when the products are pills and medical devices, and in particular, hormonal birth control. Today, Allison Behringer, creator of the Bodies podcast, shares her personal story with "the pill" and discusses how the -isms (sexism, racism, and capitalism) cause problems in modern medicine.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jeff and welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.
0:17.1	We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer
0:24.4	together. This is the commune podcast where each week we explore the ideas and practices
0:30.9	that help us live this healthy, connected, and purpose-filled life. So if you're hunkered down
0:37.2	at home right now, it may be a good
0:39.7	opportunity to check out our course platform at onecommun.com, where you will find programs
0:47.5	from Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Russell Brand, Wim Hof, Brendan Breschard, Adrian
0:52.8	Mischler, and many other brilliant personal development
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1:02.9	medicine, recovery, and social impact. Essentially, everything you need to be holistically well.
1:14.0	Just go to one commune.com.
1:21.6	And if you are one of the superheroes on the front line, a healthcare, professional, supply chain worker, delivery person, scientist, government worker, you will be stressed to your limits, both psychologically and physically.
1:31.4	And even 30 seconds of deep breathing and grounding can help you stay centered and focused.
1:37.8	We need you and we support you.
1:40.9	So if you are someone on the front lines and could benefit from a meditation course on your phone in your pocket, email me at Jeff K at one commune.com. That's Jeff K at one commune.com and I would be more than happy to set it up.
1:59.0	My guest today on the show is Alison Berenger, the creator and host of the podcast Bodies.
2:05.0	Bodies combines investigative journalism with spellbinding storytelling to uncover the mysteries
2:10.5	of the female body, many of which have been disregarded by modern medicine.
2:15.9	The inspiration for Bodies came from a deeply personal
2:19.5	experience which Allison and I will discuss on the show today. Her fearless and
2:25.0	compassionate journalism has given women the platform and the confidence to tell
2:30.0	their stories and be heard. Allison also helped launch a women's health education
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