What the Health?!: Recent Episodes
EHE Health
Host Joy Altimare welcomes leaders from diverse fields to explore why women have such frustrating experiences with healthcare—and what can be done to make real change.
It’s the only podcast that explores the full scope of these issues, in depth, and from all angles, amplifying the voices of women whose interactions with the system lead them to exclaim, “What the health?!”
Despite a long history of executive positions being dominated by men, more and more women have been rising into leadership positions in the workplace. However, in an earnest drive to keep the positions they’ve worked so hard to earn, women may fall out of balance and into “hustle culture” mentality. Today’s guest is Randi Braun certified executive coach, author, and CEO & Founder of Something Major, a leadership coaching and advisory firm focused on women entrepreneurs. In today’s conversation, Joy and Randi discuss cultivating wellbeing as a woman leader. In this LIVE podcast recording, the audience listens as host Joy Altimare facilitates an interactive and lively discussion with Braun, who speaks to coaching women to succeed in male-dominated industries, while being sensitive to how easy it is to slip into the hustle culture mentality. Joy and Randi also discuss how employers can support and uplift women in the workplace, and Randi’s new book Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work. (New Degree Press).
Topics discussed in today’s episode:
Setting the scene/overview + history
What is hustle culture?
Randi’s performative productivity culture theory
Mental/physiological effects of hustle culture + burnout
Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work
EHE Health’s benefits which support women leaders
Practical solutions on supporting women employees/leaders
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare, CRO of EHE Health
Randi Braun, CEO of Something Major
Meet Randi
Randi on Instagram
In the sixth episode of What the Health? Joy Altimare and guest Julie Cartwright tackle the topic of menopause and the case for employer-sponsored care benefits. Julie is the Founder and President of P. volve, a workout method for women that combines low-impact functional training plus resistance-based equipment. Tune in as they discuss the symptoms and statistics surrounding the most neglected ‘M’ word in healthcare.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Who is Julie and what is P. volve?
- What is menopause?
- The substantial toll menopause takes on women
- Decreased productivity in the workplace
- Statistics surrounding menopause and women in the workplace
- Mentality surrounding menopause
- The evolution of menopause policies in the workplace
- Symptoms and quality of life for women in menopause
- Preparing for and preventing the impact of menopause
- How P. volve is designed for women in menopause
- ElectraHealth - what is it? What is their mission?
Resources:
EHE Health - https://ehe.health/
Joy Altimare - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-a-50a...
Julie Cartwright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-cartwright-b313785
P.volve: https://www.pvolve.com/
People who don’t identify as cis or straight often experience disparities in the kind of healthcare that’s available to them. What can be done about it, and what do businesses who want to create more inclusivity need to do to meet the needs of all their clientele? In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Robyn Streisand, founder of The Mix and Titanium Worldwide. Listen to what she has to say about how she talks to employers about inclusive work environments, how to work with employers on important subjects, and how to start conversations about gender identity.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- New York is back
- The Mix and Titanium Worldwide
- How Robyn talks to employers when they’re thinking about creating inclusive working environments
- How Robyn works with employers to make sure what’s important isn’t an afterthought to them
- How to start conversations about gender identity when the system doesn’t have a construct for it
- Communicating with employees
- Hiring diverse talent
- The inclusive plans created for everyone
- The movement toward the future of inclusivity
- Last words for listeners
- How to find Robyn
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare
Robyn Streisand
Robyn on Instagram
Host Joy Altimare joined by Trish Schiewe, VP of Client Success at Wildflower Health, have a live discussion on holistic female health that goes beyond reproduction.
The statistics surrounding Black women and pregnancy are troubling, and there are definite needs to be filled. Today’s guest is Maya Hardigan, the founder, and CEO of Mae, a digital program for pregnancy and post-partum support aimed at Black women. In today’s conversation, Maya talks about how she came to start Meet Mae, how many different factors are involved in pregnancy care, even outside the doctor’s office, and how Mae can also serve as a community.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How Maya is managing right now
- What Meet Mae is
- How Maya got started with Meet Mae
- The statistics about Black women and pregnancy
- Why C-sections are happening when they’re not medically necessary
- Thinking about everything involved in care, even outside the doctor’s office
- Mae as a community
- What care teams look like
- What the data shows about doulas
- The one thing Maya wants people to take away
- How to find Meet Mae
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare
Maya Hardigan
Meet Mae
Mae on Instagram
Do you know what a pink tax is? What about pinkwashing? Today’s guest knows retail, and it’s that knowledge that makes her passionate about the overpricing of items marketed at women, even when they’re the same as items marketed at men.
Listen to the episode to hear today’s conversation with Casey Golden, the founder, and CEO of Luxlock. Learn about what Luxlock does, what pink taxes and pinkwashing are, what the tampon tax is, and how Casey feels about the difference between the pricing of luxury items versus treating and pricing necessary items aimed at women as if they were luxury items.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- What Luxlock is
- What the pink tax is
- How the pink tax is happening
- How it impacts women
- What pinkwashing is
- The tampon tax
- Access to feminine hygiene problems
- Tariffs on women’s goods
- Calling out companies that charge more for products aimed at women
- What consumers should do to combat this problem
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare
Casey Golden
Luxlock
Luxlock on Twitter
As Women’s History Month nears its end, women in the workforce remain an important issue, so why not talk about it?
The first guest of the What the Health? podcast is Yanna Collins Lehman, President, and COO at Trevanna Post. She joins the podcast today to discuss women in the workplace and all of the changes that have taken place in workplaces in the past few years. Listen to the episode to hear what Yanna has to say about the importance of equal pay, whether she worries about the Great Resignation and the importance of in-person presence in the workplace.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Who Yanna is and what her company does
- How important it is to have an understanding of equal pay
- Whether Yanna is afraid of the Great Resignation
- Making decisions from fear
- Stay interviews instead of exit interviews
- The way to have it all
- Make sure to offer something when you ask for something
- The importance of in-person meetings and collaboration
- Where loyalty lies
- VUCA
- Showing up as who you are
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare
Yanna Collins Lehman
Trevanna Post
Women’s health is about more than just having babies, but sometimes that seems like it’s the whole focus. What the Health is a podcast that aims to focus on the medical topics important to women, including but definitely not limited to fertility.
Listen to today’s introduction to meet Joy Altimare of EHE health, who will be the host of What the Health. In today’s episode, you’ll learn about the medical topics that will be covered in this show, the kinds of guests who will make appearances, and the importance of making sure that all different types of women’s experiences get a voice.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- What the "What the Health" podcast is going to be about
- Medical topics that are important to women
- What women go through related to health care that doesn’t involve having babies
- The pink tax
- Topics that will be covered on the podcasts
- The types of guests you’ll hear on this podcast
- Making sure all kinds of women and their experiences get a voice
Resources:
EHE Health
Joy Altimare