Women in Health: Recent Episodes
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Women in Health with Delbar is a podcast that talks about the inspiring women who have helped shape different health sectors of our society. During this podcast, we will be having exciting and insightful conversations with inspirational women who have contributed to the system, in order to shed light on their achievements and make their stories heard.
For the 17th episode, Kate Hutson joins Delbar to talk Women in Health. While Kate is not a women in health herself, she has the expertise we all need to hear and learn from. Kate who was a former teacher and now works as a life coach in San Diego has worked with women from all professions including the health industry. On this episode, she talks about the trends she sees between her male and female clients and gives us an outside perspective on what women in health mean to her.
Part 2: Born and raised in NYC, Angel Shannon now lives in Maryland working as a Nurse Practitioner running her own practice. She joins Delbar this week, to talk Women in Health. In Part 2, Angel talks about the race and gender inequalities she faced while living in Maryland and NYC. She also reminds women, especially women of colour the three most important things they need and discusses the importance of education and how that ties in with Women in Health. As always Angel leaves us with an amazing piece of advice and wraps up the second part of this episode.
Part 1: Born and raised in NYC, Angel Shannon now lives in Maryland working as a Nurse Practitioner running her own practice. She joins Delbar this week, to talk Women in Health. In Part 1, Angel talks about her upbringing and what drove her to become a nurse practitioner as well as the biases between NPs and physicians.
For the 15th episode of Women in Health, Dr. Sneha Gazi, a Manhattan based physiotherapist, joins Delbar. Sneha shares stories about her professional and personal life and they talk about Sneha's move from Maryland to New York City and what that meant in terms of race and gender. They discuss racial issues people of colour face when growing up and how things have changed for the better. Near the end, Sneha tells us what Women in Health mean to her and offers her words of advice
Carol Shwery joins Delbar for the 14th episode of Women in Health, to discuss her journey as a chiropractor and functional medicine specialist. Being a health practitioner for more than 40 years, Carol talks about the criticism she received while starting out her career and the patterns she sees between her patients with one particularly interesting story about a female patient who gravitates towards male practitioners. As always, Carol leaves us with a sweet take-home message and advises you to follow your heart and your path, even if you don't fit in!
In this short episode, we acknowledge the women before us by talking about Virginia Apgar, as the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia University and inventor of the Apgar Score.
In this short episode, we acknowledge the women before us by talking about Rebecca Lee Crumpler as the first African American woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
For the 11th episode of Women in Health, Sabrina Gaiazov is our guest. An epidemiologist based in Virginia, Sabrina talks about the struggles she's faced as a woman. She discusses questions she's been asked during interviews and shares a story about her challenges as a woman of colour once while travelling. In the end, Sabrina leaves you with a great piece of advice her dad taught her, adding to it a great twist of her own.
Today's guest on Women in Health is Nisha Kazmi. After taking a career aptitude test, Nisha knew she wanted to be a nurse, but it took her many years to change the perception of those around her about what nursing is and what nurses do. In this episode, she talks about the challenges she faced and how nurses are viewed even today. Nisha chose to overcome her barriers and is now a nursing student at the University of Calgary, ready to take on further challenges.
Hala Abusin is this week's guest on Women in Health. Moving from Sudan at the age of 16, Hala has worked hard for her success. Now, a Community Pharmacist as well as a start-up entrepreneur, Hala looks back and talks about her journey. She talks about her own life and admires the strength of other immigrants. Teaching English to non-native speakers, being a mom, a wife, a pharmacist, an entrepreneur, Hala's message to all of you is "Make YOUR life your message".
Medical Doctor, Rabea Akram, joins Delbar for the 8th episode of Women in Health. Rabea talks about her background and ethnicity and how that has helped her shape her journey. Being from Bangladesh and moving to Germany after her high school diploma, Rabea recognized that she was different than her peers. She discusses the qualities she has that make her a success today and recognizes the struggles that other women have to go through in order to succeed.
In this episode, Kate from Amherst, Nova Scotia sits down with Delbar to talk about massage therapy. As a massage therapist, Kate discusses how MT has become a part of health care in the past few years and talks about her clientele and experiences. She also mentions what health means to her and what she advocates to stay positive and motivated.
Primary Care Physician and Supermom, Allison Buttarazzi, joins Delbar on today’s episode of Women in Health. She shares her experience of being a mom to two young boys and working in the health care industry as a physician and the mental exhaustion that comes with having to keep up.
In episode 5, Karen Theimer joins Delbar and puts a brand new spin on Women in Health. Karen opens up about her journey, how to deal with life’s curveballs, and explains her mantra, “Fifty and Free”.
A gynecologist with training in natural medicine, Dr. Dorothee Struck joins Delbar on today’s episode of Women in Health. She talks to Delbar about her journey and empowerment from a German perspective!
In this episode, we recognize the women before us and there is no better place to start than with Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
In Episode 2 of Women in Health, Dr. Cari Din, who is a university professor as well as an Olympic silver medalist joins Delbar, to share her story and tell us what Women in Health means to her.