About this episode

Jade and Keia discuss women's health issues with Dr. Sharon Malone and Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, focusing on systemic challenges and personal advocacy.

Our bodies are not the problem. The systems are. Jade and Keia sit down with two brilliant Black women physicians, Dr. Sharon Malone and Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, for an honest and expansive women's health roundtable covering perimenopause, IVF, reproductive rights, and how to advocate for yourself in systems that were never designed with you in mind.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jade, Keia

Guests: Dr Wendy Goodall Mcdonald, Dr Sharon Malone

Topics covered

• women's health
• perimenopause
• IVF
• reproductive rights
• advocacy

Keywords

• healthcare systems
• Black women physicians
• self-advocacy

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