BONUS: Welcome To Monuments To Me Podcast - Unpacking and Understanding Fibroids

While Black

REVOLT

Education, Self-improvement

4.1 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

While on season break we wanted to share an episode from our sister podcast and REVOLT original Monuments To Me. Only a few episodes ago we introduce you to and interviewed the hosts of Monuments, and now we want you to hear a full episode. Please listen, like, leave a review, and most of all SHARE this with your people. Welcome to Monuments To Me a protected space from black women and featuring black women. In today’s episode of the Monuments to Me podcast, Akilah and Tyi speak with Ashley Gardner and Tanika Valburn about fibroids. This is an important conversation for women everywhere, whether you’re new to the term fibroids or have heard it before and are unsure of what it means. This is an incredibly important conversation to educate and support you in becoming your best health advocate. So tune in, take notes, and get ready to learn from these inspirational women. To learn more about our hosts and guest, make sure you check out their Instagram pages. Tyi @tyi.mccray Akilah @akilahffriend Ashley @growingwiththegardners Tanika @wecanwearwhite And please email the show at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I thought I had normal periods. I thought I was normal.
0:06.8	Everybody's normal is different. Those things need to be checked out.
0:14.0	I joked with my doctor. Why don't people care about us? You know, we're suffering.
0:18.8	Welcome. You are tuned into Monument To Me brought to you by Revolt. This podcast is a space for
0:30.0	honest and relevant conversations meant to recharge black women and inspire you on your journey.
0:36.8	We're your hosts, Akila friends and Ty McRae and each week will be addressing a range of topics
0:42.8	from self-care, entrepreneurship to politics and relationships. Join us as we explore the ups and
0:50.3	downs and bask in the joys of black womenhood. Black women and those who love black women welcome
1:00.0	back to this protected space. This is Monument To Me another episode of your new favorite podcast
1:07.4	brought to you by Revolt, where your host, I'm Akila Friend and I'm Ty McRae. Yes, and today we
1:14.8	are really going to go into an important and necessary conversation, not only for women,
1:20.6	for health, but really specifically for black women, given the stats, given the odds and given
1:25.6	a lot of our personal experiences. Who better to talk about fibroids than Teneca Gray Valbrun
1:32.8	as well as Ashley Gardner. We can go on and on about why these two women are really leading the
1:40.1	way in our opinions, but we'd rather start off with them, given their own story and really owning
1:45.0	the narrative as they've done so well outside of Monument To Me. So Teneca, if you can start off
1:50.0	which is giving a brief overview of who you are and why this conversation of fibroids meant
1:56.3	you needed to be on this episode and then Ashley if you can just do the same.
2:00.4	Absolutely. Well, thank you ladies so much for having me. I'm thrilled and honored to be here
2:05.6	tonight to discuss something that you all mentioned before, which is uterine fibroids, which
2:10.7	affects 80% of black women by the time they are 50. And any type of stat like that,
2:16.8	we need to be having this conversation on the subway, at church, going out with our girlfriends.
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