Grown Woman Talk with Dr. Sharon Malone - Part 1
Black Girl Burnout
Kelley Bonner
4.7 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Black Girl Burnout podcast, host Kelley Bonner introduces Dr. Sharon Malone, a renowned expert in women's health and bestselling author of 'Grown Woman Talk'. Dr. Malone, with over 30 years of experience as an OBGYN and advocate for reproductive rights and healthcare equity, discusses the impact of her upbringing and her mother's untimely death from colon cancer on her approach to healthcare.
She emphasizes the importance of self-advocacy in the medical system, debunking myths surrounding the health of black women, particularly the misconception that genetics determine destiny. Dr. Malone highlights the detrimental effects of chronic stress on health and the importance of accurate storytelling in healthcare interactions. She also addresses the 'strong black woman syndrome' and challenges the normalization of suffering and neglect in health matters among women. More, more, and still more is within your reach in 2024. Tune in today and prepare yourself to engage in realistic strategies that can help you with opting into a life filled with abundance and joy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here, and I'm so excited for you to meet our guest today, Dr. Sharon Malone. |
| 0:19.8 | Dr. Sharon Malone, or Dr.. Sharon is a nationally known expert in women's |
| 0:23.9 | health and the New York Times bestselling author of the book, Grown Woman Talk. More on that |
| 0:29.0 | later. She's a chief medical advisor at Alley Women's Health. This is a telehealth company that |
| 0:34.3 | focuses on women over 40. She has a distinguished career of over 30 years |
| 0:39.7 | as an OBGYN. And throughout her professional career, she's been active in advocating for |
| 0:44.6 | reproductive rights, reducing teen pregnancy, and eliminating health care disparities. Dr. Malone |
| 0:51.3 | truly has seen health care from both sides. One as a physician, but also as a child growing up in the South, who watched her parents negotiate health care for themselves and their families during Jim Crow. |
| 1:04.6 | Despite living next door to two hospitals, preventative health care was never a part of her family's life, and as a result, Dr. Sharon's |
| 1:12.3 | mother would lose her life to colon cancer, diagnosed too late for treatment. This painful |
| 1:17.7 | life experience has informed how Dr. Malone practices medicine and why she is so passionate |
| 1:24.6 | about the health care issues she is. In addition to her interest in |
| 1:28.8 | women's health, Dr. Malone is an avid reader, an amateur genealogist, a lover of music, and by the way, |
| 1:35.7 | she is married to the former U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder Jr., and is a proud mother of three. |
| 1:42.4 | When I tell you, these next episodes you are about to listen to are critical, |
| 1:48.7 | are essential, I cannot overstate it enough. Dr. Malone wrote this book from the perspective of |
| 1:56.1 | what does she wish every young woman knew about the health care system, every woman whose middle-aged |
| 2:04.5 | knew about the health care system. There is literally no one this book is not for. As Dr. Malone |
| 2:10.2 | will explain for herself, it is essential that we as women, no matter what age we are, are equipped on how |
| 2:17.2 | to advocate for ourselves in the medical |
| 2:19.1 | community, how to properly storytell, how to understand the fact that just because we have |
| 2:28.1 | medical dispositions that it's not our destiny to have them, that we don't have to inherit |
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