54 min
Ep03: "Is this what it means to be a woman?" with @NoorasEndoJourney Healthy, Strong, Brave
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- Salud y forma física
Here's some facts: yes, preteens and teenagers can have endometriosis. And no, periods should not be painful. But that's not what Noora's doctors told her at the young age of only 12. Instead they insisted that she "has a low pain tolerance" and "that's just the way it is; women just have to deal with pain."
And it was this dismissive attitude from her doctors that led Noora down a heartbreaking path - one full of questions and very little answers. It took 7 more years for the pain to become so excruciating that it led her to the emergency room, where she finally met a doctor that understood her condition and insisted she have surgery to remove the endometriosis.
What would you say to your younger self? What do you know now that you wish you knew then? How do you confront the medical trauma that dismissive doctors create? Does New Zealand have a better system for managing women's health care than the rest of the world? Join us as Noora answers these questions with her contagious, uplifting spirit in the face of such tough topics!
📌 What else we cover:
- Noora's experience with her first period, knowing it shouldn't possibly be this painful
- Birth control is not a cure
- "What if the doctors are right, what if this pain is all in my head?"
- Modern sex education fails to recognize women's health as more than sex, STDs, and pregnancy
- The need to dispel the taboos surrounding women's bodies in early education
- The role public and private healthcare systems play in diagnosis, surgery, and treatment
- Mental health and its complicated relationship with endometriosis
- How to practice staying positive; speak to yourself the way you talk to others
- Listen to your body. Fight for your health. Fight for your rights.
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Where to find Noora:
https://www.instagram.com/noorasendojourney
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Where to find us:
https://www.emmavalentina.com
https://www.instagram.com/emmavalentina/
https://twitter.com/_EmmaValentina_
https://www.facebook.com/healthystrongbrave
hello@emmavalentina.com
🔥
Get on the waitlist for our heating pad, cramp-friendly pants!
https://www.emmavalentina.com/shop/persephone
💌
want to be on the next episode? DM us on insta or shoot us an email, we would love to have you!
Here's some facts: yes, preteens and teenagers can have endometriosis. And no, periods should not be painful. But that's not what Noora's doctors told her at the young age of only 12. Instead they insisted that she "has a low pain tolerance" and "that's just the way it is; women just have to deal with pain."
And it was this dismissive attitude from her doctors that led Noora down a heartbreaking path - one full of questions and very little answers. It took 7 more years for the pain to become so excruciating that it led her to the emergency room, where she finally met a doctor that understood her condition and insisted she have surgery to remove the endometriosis.
What would you say to your younger self? What do you know now that you wish you knew then? How do you confront the medical trauma that dismissive doctors create? Does New Zealand have a better system for managing women's health care than the rest of the world? Join us as Noora answers these questions with her contagious, uplifting spirit in the face of such tough topics!
📌 What else we cover:
- Noora's experience with her first period, knowing it shouldn't possibly be this painful
- Birth control is not a cure
- "What if the doctors are right, what if this pain is all in my head?"
- Modern sex education fails to recognize women's health as more than sex, STDs, and pregnancy
- The need to dispel the taboos surrounding women's bodies in early education
- The role public and private healthcare systems play in diagnosis, surgery, and treatment
- Mental health and its complicated relationship with endometriosis
- How to practice staying positive; speak to yourself the way you talk to others
- Listen to your body. Fight for your health. Fight for your rights.
👇
Where to find Noora:
https://www.instagram.com/noorasendojourney
🎗
Where to find us:
https://www.emmavalentina.com
https://www.instagram.com/emmavalentina/
https://twitter.com/_EmmaValentina_
https://www.facebook.com/healthystrongbrave
hello@emmavalentina.com
🔥
Get on the waitlist for our heating pad, cramp-friendly pants!
https://www.emmavalentina.com/shop/persephone
💌
want to be on the next episode? DM us on insta or shoot us an email, we would love to have you!
54 min