How many men do you think could deal with the severest form of cramps,

which literally feels like a knife being stabbed and turned and then released and then turned and then released.

And you got to do that and you got to get up and keep going.

It's like go to work. Go to school. Go to school.

Do what I do. I'm going to do.

Hi everybody. I'm Michelle Obama and this is the Michelle Obama podcast.

And in this episode we're going to be talking about our relationships with our bodies and our help.

My guest is one of my amazing friends. Her name is Sharon Malone and I have known her for

well over a decade now. Dr. Sharon Malone is an OB-GYNian Washington and she's been such a

wonderful resource, a steadying force in our group of women friends. So often women have a lot

of questions about our bodies. What we know, what we don't know, especially when we're going through

a transition like puberty or menopause or anything else. And Sharon has been such a godsend for us as

we navigate these topics in our own lives. And I'm going to be honest, this might sound like a

conversation that's just for women, but I really believe that men can learn a lot from this one too.

So this episode might not be one to listen to alone. You may want to put this on the speaker and

blast it throughout the house so that your husband or your boyfriend or your brother they can hear it too.

I think this one might help open up some eyes and help you open up a conversation that you've

been meaning to have. It's worth it for everybody to hear this kind of stuff. And so with that,

I just want to start by welcoming Sharon to my podcast. Thank you so much for having me.

So one of the reasons why I wanted to talk about health, especially in this series of conversations

where we're talking about relationships and all the things that make us who we are as women in

particular, we can't really fully unravel that idea without us fully understanding the relationship

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