Grown Woman Talk with Dr. Sharon Malone - Part 2
Black Girl Burnout
Kelley Bonner
4.7 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Black Girl Burnout podcast, host Kelley Bonner continues her conversation with 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. |
| 0:11.9 | Kelly here, and we are keeping the conversation going with Dr. Sharon. |
| 0:16.0 | Now, on Monday's episode, we talked about the myths that keep black women locked in struggle around |
| 0:21.0 | their health and how to overcome them and how to overcome those myths. |
| 0:25.8 | Today, we're going to talk all about how to story tell at the doctor's office. |
| 0:31.0 | How do we tell the stories that are going to make the impact and could save our lives? |
| 0:36.0 | How do we understand the role of your annual visit? |
| 0:40.0 | How do we empower ourselves to never leave the doctor's office without some kind of clarity on what you |
| 0:48.5 | should be working on, what you should keep doing? This episode dives deep into how to negotiate the health care system |
| 0:56.9 | in a way that might just save your life. Let's get back into our conversation with Dr. Sharon |
| 1:02.9 | and learn more. |
| 1:08.2 | We are back with Dr. Sharon. So much information is coming out and everyone has got to grab, I'm holding it up, |
| 1:16.8 | grown woman talk, the guide to getting and staying healthy because it truly is a book for everyone. |
| 1:22.2 | There is no age group that should be excluded from this, particularly if you're a woman, |
| 1:26.5 | because there's so much |
| 1:27.6 | information in there that's so empowering about the different chronic conditions that we're |
| 1:34.3 | predisposed to having as black women, potentially, right? |
| 1:37.2 | It's not our destiny, but we need to be aware, right, about heart disease, about diabetes, |
| 1:41.3 | about menopause and perimenopause, all those things. And they're the things |
| 1:45.6 | that are completely in the dark to us. Like when I'm a millennial, we don't spend a lot of time in my |
| 1:51.6 | friend group talking about perimenopause. Nope, forget menopause, nope, heart disease. We just |
| 1:58.6 | live our lives and try to be healthy, right? We're not really prepared. |
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