The Woman Centered Health Podcast

In this episode we interview Shannon Wilson about all things perinatal mental health including normalizing without dismissing, normal vs common, supportive language, and mental health during a pandemic.

In this episode we interview Rebecca Vahle, Founder and Executive Director at Family to Family Support Network,™ about adoption. This episode is incredibly powerful and will make you question the adoption counseling and care that you are providing. We discuss where language around adoption came from, historical roots of adoption, how to communicate with parents during the adoptive process, and finding/providing ethical and empowering adoption counseling.

In this episode we interview Dr. Kortney Floyd-James about her dissertation research on Black women's postpartum mental health.

In this episode we interview the co-host of the Woman Centered Health Podcast, Dr. Nicole Loew, about her dissertation work on perspectives of "responsible" sexual behavior (RSB).

**Trigger Warning** This episode includes discussions that may be triggering for victims of sexual assault and/or medical violence. In this episode we interview Storm O'Brink about medical violence including what it is, the spectrum of violence, how providers may be unaware that they are committing medical violence, and how to call folks in.

In this episode we interview Dr. Ivonne McLean. We discuss how religion/spirituality and abortion are not mutually exclusive, we answer our first listener question, and we discuss how to communicate with patients if a provider does not provide contraception or abortion services.

In this episode we speak with Dr. Villavicencio about navigating pregnancy and birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode we interview Dr. Megan Gerber about how to provide trauma informed care during televisits, including synchronous video visits. We cover everything from what is trauma informed care, to tips and tricks on how to prevent triggering, and what to do if a patient becomes triggered during a telehealth visit.

In this episode we interview Jonathon Garland, an improv expert, on how medical communication can be enhanced through improv techniques.

This episode is an absolute must listen to. In this episode we talk with Lynette Cooper, Nurse Practitioner and Educator, and Lastascia Coleman, a Nurse Midwife, about Black women and maternal mortality. This episode also adds to our previous conversations about reproductive justice, reproductive coercion, and health disparities.

In this episode we interview Dr. April Prunty, a nurse researcher, about her dissertation work regarding weight stigma.

In this episode we interview Karyn Buxman, a neurohumorist, about integrating humor into practice to help increase trust equity with patients.

In this critical and foundational episode we interview Francis Kuehnle about the importance of language and pronouns. This episode includes discussions about how to inquire about pronouns, what to do if you mess up, and why using appropriate pronouns are so important.

In this episode we talk about Evidence Based Birth (EBB) with Dr. Rebecca Dekker, the founder of EBB. EBB is an incredible resource for providers and expecting parents to get methodologically sound literature reviews on birth topics including, but not limited to, vitamin K, eye ointment, eating during labor, due dates, PROM, large babies, and due dates. Both Nicole and Stephanie have used this evidence during their pregnancies and highly recommend this as a must-have for anyone providing care to expectant parents or parents themselves.

In this episode we interview the co-host of the Woman Centered Health Podcast, Dr. Stephanie Edmonds, about her extensive work with reproductive life planning (RLP). We cover what RLP is, diversity in how RLP is implemented, and how to communicate and do RLP with your patients.