Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health With Susan Salenger
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Women often hide their pain or chronic illnesses for a variety of reasons. Why is prioritizing our health the least of our concerns? Why do we hesitate to take care of ourselves? Let’s explore how women manage and mismanage their health through discussing different aspects that affect women’s decisions in seeing the doctor. Our guest, Susan Salenger, shares in-depth insights in examining ways women neglect their own health. Why do we put our needs on hold for everyone else? Tune in to know how to be aware of the decisions we make that could impact a lot of things in our lives.
About Guest:
Susan Salenger is the author and researcher behind Sidelined, How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health. Sidelined examines the many ways in which some women manage and sometimes mismanage their healthcare. (Release date, April, 2022)
Susan explores how women, typically the medical gatekeepers for their families, tend to be extremely conscientious about taking care of themselves, yet at the same time inadvertently undermine their own care. They often hesitate to call the doctor when they don’t feel well and worry that their doctor visit will take time away from their families or work. They may hesitate to ask doctors the necessary questions and don’t always comply with the doctor’s instructions. Salenger’s research reveals how conflicted many women are about the medical decisions they ultimately make.
Website Links:
https://www.susansalenger.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-salenger-a4a02716/
https://www.instagram.com/susansalenger/
https://www.facebook.com/suesalenger/
https://twitter.com/susansalenger
Show Notes: (RAW audio)
1:30 Susan Salenger’s Background Story
03:60 Basic Reasons Women Feel Ashamed Of Their Health
26:60 Depression
27:55 A Deeper Understanding Of Susan’s Journey
36:60 Women’s Medications
47:38 Awareness
48:41 Action Points
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| 0:00.0 | One of the basic reasons is I discovered how many women feel so ashamed of being ill. |
| 0:06.2 | So many women seem to attribute their illness, whatever it is to stress. |
| 0:10.8 | And they see their stress as a major, as a sort of a public manifestation of their |
| 0:15.8 | inability to manage their lives. |
| 0:18.0 | They're embarrassed, so they hesitate to get a second opinion. They don't want |
| 0:22.0 | anybody basically to know that they're ill. I mean, that's one reason. The other reason is we're |
| 0:27.1 | taught to play nice and to make friends. We don't want to hurt the doctor's feelings. We don't want to |
| 0:31.9 | be rude. So we don't do it. And it's a major, major mistake. Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:43.3 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:46.3 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:52.3 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, |
| 0:55.4 | and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 1:02.1 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, a climate activist and |
| 1:07.3 | social activist who is passionate about storytelling. My goal with this podcast is to invite |
| 1:12.4 | you to care a little more so we can all build a better world together, build a better society, |
| 1:18.1 | and even regenerate earth. Today we're going to explore how women, typically the medical gatekeepers |
| 1:24.2 | for their families, inadvertently undermine their own care. They hesitate to call |
| 1:29.1 | the doctor when they don't feel well, and they worry that their doctor visit will take time |
| 1:34.0 | away from their families or work. They may hesitate to ask doctors the necessary questions, |
| 1:40.1 | and often don't make the most compliant of patients. To unpack this issue, I'm joined by Susan Salinger. |
| 1:47.6 | She is the author and researcher behind sideline how women manage and mismanage their health. |
| 1:54.3 | It will be released in April 2022, and I have my pre-press copy here that I've just had the pleasure of spending about a week with. |
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