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Welcome to Pregnancy Help Podcast where we tackle large issues affecting the Pregnancy Help Community through conversations with experts around the country. Powered by Heartbeat International, we bring Pregnancy Help News alive with podcasts featuring a variety of topics designed to help strengthen and educate the pro-life pregnancy help network.
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The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood
Lauren Fortuna-Floch
Do you long to experience pregnancy, birth and motherhood on a deeper level? Do you desire to explore new knowledge and perspectives, to practice tuning into and trusting your own innate wisdom, and to embody your most authentic version of self? If that’s a “heck yaaaa” I hear, then WELCOME dear sister. You’re in the right place. In this space we bring so much reverence to the rite of passage that is the maiden to mother journey. Join Lauren Fortuna-Floch for unfiltered and inspiring convers ...
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YOUR BIRTH, GOD’S WAY - Christian Pregnancy, Natural Birth, Postpartum, Breastfeeding Help
Lori Morris, CNM, MSN - Certified Nurse-Midwife, Christian Pregnancy, Home Birth Advocate, Nursing Expert
** TOP 1.5% of Podcasts in the World ** Are you a Christian mom who is pregnant and you feel out of control in your prenatal care -- like you have no voice and no say in how things go? Are you yearning to bring God back into your time of birth? Do you feel unsupported and alone in this early motherhood journey? Do you want to find your voice to bring you the kind of care you’ve been dreaming of having? IT IS POSSIBLE to reclaim your pregnancy and postpartum so you can have the peace and joy ...
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Pregnancy Help News Managing Editor, Lisa Bourne, brings us updates on the two lawsuits that involve Heartbeat International regarding Abortion Pill Reversal. Heartbeat International also recently visited with congressional staff at the recent “Babies Go to Congress” event in Washington D.C. Clients who were served at pregnancy help organizations c…
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EP 97 \ Free Birth: A Safe Option Or Reckless Game of Russian Roulette? A Look At Unattended Birth
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SHOW NOTES: I've been seeing a lot about free birth on social media and I've had moms ask me what my opinion is about whether it is a safe option or something to be avoided, so I decided it was time to do an episode on it. It is a very interesting topic and it is certainly not new. We look at the reality of unattended birth in this episode and thin…
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The Samaritan Woman — one of Kirk’s favorites who will be a “regular” on the show — won people over not by her wisdom, not by her knowledge, and not even by who she met (Jesus). John points out that her connection to her people took place because she was willing to be vulnerable. How can we do the same with our clients so that we effectively connec…
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19. Reconnect, Rekindle, and Realign: Prioritizing Your Relationship Through Challenging Seasons of Parenthood with Autumn Fowler
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Having a baby changes everything. Especially your relationship. It can throw you off guard, but with the right tools, open and honest communication, and a commitment to prioritizing the changing needs of your relationship, you can feel like a rock solid team riding the waves of parenthood, together. In this episode I'm chatting with Autumn Fowler, …
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Last week we took a look at home birth together. Today, we’ll look at hospital birth together. Not much more to say than that, other than to say if you haven’t listened to episode 95 yet, go do that first, then come back and listen to this episode so you can get the background. As a midwife who has worked in the hospital and out of the hospital to …
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Heartbeat’s International Program Specialist, Ellen Foell interviews Susan Masuka from Life Choices Zimbabwe at our recent Annual Conference to talk about her experience in starting a pregnancy help organization just two years ago to meet the needs of the young women in her area who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. While abortion is current…
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Everything that is new to you seems scary. Familiarity is what makes things comfortable and less scary. This is true for many things and home birth is no different. I get messages from listeners saying they would love to have a birth at home but their husband isn’t comfortable or maybe they’re scared to do it. So I want to talk today about whether …
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Connie Coleman joins Beth Diemert and Sara Dominguez to explore this new benefit for Heartbeat affiliates to tap into consultation services. Connie comes from a pregnancy help background and knows how to help you get to the next level with your pregnancy help organization! These concierge consultations are tailored to your center’s needs to make su…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: The Marriage of ‘Being’ and ‘Doing’ in Modern Motherhood (JUNE NEW MOON INTENTIONS WITH LAUREN AND NICOLE)
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We’re so often given the advice of “more being, less doing” yet what does this actually look like in modern motherhood as busy, potentially high achieving, and conscious mothers or women entrepreneurs? It can be easy to enter a shame spiral when we find ourselves betraying our own needs or not following through on things we intend to do. In this ep…
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When you want to have a homebirth but your husband or family isn't on board, it can be a very stressful and frustrating for everybody involved. They love you dearly and the lies of the world can have them believing that home birth is dangerous and reckless. Often with the right information, they will change their perspective, so this episode dives …
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EP 93 \ Why Real Food During Pregnancy Matters: More About Prenatal Nutrition with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE
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Prenatal nutrition is one of the only things you can truly control during pregnancy. If you've listened long to my podcast, you know that's something I preach over and over, especially in episodes 23-26 and 88. In today's episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, author of three books all about this topic. You can find th…
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Introducing a new series with Heartbeat’s longtime friend, Kirk Walden! Join Kirk in this first episode as he explores the idea of encouragement as the antidote to “hardened heart syndrome”, and what this looks like in real-life situations in the pregnancy help movement. Contact Kirk at kirk@kirkwalden.com Click here for Kirk’s Substack Subscribe t…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: Navigating the Discomfort of Shifting Seasons in Motherhood and Business (MAY FULL MOON ILLUMINATIONS with Lauren & Nicole)
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In this episode, we vulnerably reflect on the turbulence we’ve both experienced this past month and how it’s impacting our nervous systems, our creativity, our productivity, and our sense of Self. We share our own journeys of discomfort and fear, and embrace the concept of pausing and slowing down to return in a more authentic way. As we continue t…
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Pregnancy Help News Managing Editor, Lisa Bourne, brings us the latest updates on lawsuits concerning Abortion Pill Reversal in California and New York. The Abortion Pill Rescue Network continues to stand ready to serve women who are seeking to reverse the effects of chemical abortion in an effort to save their babies. Lisa also recaps Heartbeat In…
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It is only natural that many moms are afraid of tearing "down there" during birth. Perineal tears (aka perineal lacerations) seem pretty scary, but the best way to deal with fear is by getting the information so you can think about it more rationally. Yes, tears do happen, but they are rare and the risk that you have one can be reduced by doing som…
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Valerie Harkins interviews Thana Hickman from Viola’s House in South Dallas about recognizing the specific needs of the community and working to meet those needs. Learn how this grassroots maternity home grew to a 61-person staff, with over half being women who served in the ministry and are ready to give back. Thana and Valerie also discuss how to…
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EP 91 \ The Beautiful Symphony of Hormones: Fertility Awareness and Understanding Preconception and Pregnancy Hormone with Bekah Yawn
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If you are struggling now or have every struggled with infertility, or if you are currently trying to conceive (TTC), you are going to love this episode. Even if you haven't struggled, you will learn so much about your body and tracking your cycles which will help you know your body even better, so you are going to love this episode too! Today, I t…
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Lisa Bourne and Christa Brown sit down with a student at our recent Love Approach Ultrasound Clinical to give us insight into this hands-on training. Find out how The Love Approach can be effectively used in the ultrasound setting, and how attending the Clinical not only gives you technical experience, but also teaches students to deal with the spi…
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SHOW NOTES Kinda like with birth, if you listen to people around you, you probably think that the newborn period is a traumatic time of screaming babies and nobody sleeping much. Babies are either colic or teething or allergic to this or that or won’t sleep at night. It can sound pretty scary. But what if I told you that all of that is something th…
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EP 89 \ Change Your Language & Change Your Birth: 3 Mindset Shifts That Will Transform Your Pregnancy & Birth
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SHOW NOTES: Have you noticed this terminology that pretty much everybody uses about birth? The doctor said I “had to”. I asked the nurse if I “could”. They wouldn’t “let me”. Do you hear that? There’s a structure here that puts “THEM” above you…..and yet it’s YOUR birth. YOU hired THEM to be there. I wanna talk to you today about how a simple chang…
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Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler joins Leanna Baumer and Beth Diemert to discuss ways to gain positive support from public servants (even those who are not pro-life). Congresswoman Hartzler has a heart for pregnancy help and continues to champion life in the state of Missouri. In this ever-changing political climate, it’s more important than ever for u…
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SHOW NOTES: Today’s episode is all about nutrition because there isn’t much you can control about pregnancy, but what you eat is one of them and we need to be making sure we do our best to give our bodies and our babies the absolute best we can so we can be healthy and strong throughout pregnancy. This information is also especially useful to moms …
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Pregnancy Help News Managing Editor, Lisa Bourne, shares Abortion Pill Reversal stories, discusses the efficacy of the APR protocol, and highlights recent court cases, Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report, and Heartbeat International’s 53rd Annual Pregnancy Help Conference. Visit PregnancyHelpNews.com to read full articles. Click here to order…
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Information on this family's story on Children's Health Defense website Article on FB This family's VAERs Report My resources to educated and prepare yourself Helpful Links: HOW TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundati…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: Redefining Consistency, Commitment, and Devotion in Motherhood and Entrepreneurship (APRIL FULL MOON ILLUMINATIONS with Lauren & Nicole)
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Listen in as we redefine consistency, untangle (and embrace) our natural cyclical rhythms, and discuss the delicate balance between desire and obligation and where devotion fits into motherhood and/or conscious entrepreneurship. While we are both celebrating the 1 year anniversary of our podcasts, we reflect on our devotion to getting to this point…
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EP 86 \ Circumcision Series Follow-up: The Truth About Biblical Circumcision vs. Modern Routine Infant Circumcision
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Many of you have struggled since listening to my series on circumcision back in January with knowing how to make sense of the current circumcision situation in our country and how that relates to the Old Testament biblical mandate for circumcision. I got an email from one of my listeners that shed some new light on the topic that I think will help …
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In today's episode, I interview Aly McClain from the Peaceful Homebirth podcast. Aly shares with us her background as a registered nurse, the story of her traumatic c-section birth with her first baby, her road to healing and recovery, and her beautiful, redeeming home birth she went on to have later. You will learn about how even those of us in th…
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Valerie Harkins is joined by Faith Cintron from Aid for Women (Chicago, IL) to discuss how to best serve undocumented women in the maternity home setting. Faith draws from her experience to answer Valerie’s “frequently asked questions” surrounding this topic. Sponsored by: Heart & Home E-Newsletter Notes: Undocumented residents may come from all ov…
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EP 84 \ How Routine Testing Can Ruin Your Birth Plans/ The Damage Of False Positives And Incidental Findings
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SHOW NOTES: Are routine prenatal tests a good idea or are they simply another tool of our medicalized maternity system used to derail our birth plans and get us back in line with the standardized care they prefer? This episode will look at things like routine STD testing (specifically syphilis testing which is called RPR and TPPA), routine gestatio…
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Valerie Harkins, Director of the Maternity Housing Coalition interviews Allie Reuscher, Director of The Nesting Place Maternity Home about her experiences that led her to starting a maternity home, and what she has learned along the way. They discuss challenges that come with opening a new home and when/how to share the Gospel. Register for the Mat…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: Exploring Fear, Growth, and Courage in Motherhood and Conscious Entrepreneurship (APRIL NEW MOON INTENTIONS with Lauren and Nicole)
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Join us for another all-over-the-place episode in true Lauren and Nicole style, where we continue to share insights about introspection, practicing self-compassion, and embracing uncertainty from our experience as mother entrepreneurs. We pull on some pretty thick threads anchored around fear, perfectionism, performance, and productivity, all while…
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EP 83 \ Those Who Are Well Have No Need Of A Physician, But Those Who Are Sick: The Inherent Risks Of Being Seen By A Doctor For Pregnancy (Which Is Not An Illness)
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SHOW NOTES: Pregnant women are not sick. Pregnant women are NORMAL and they should be treated that way. But 90% of women choose to see obstetricians for their pregnancies. Obstetricians are trained surgeons. We can't be surprised when surgeons act like surgeons. This episode dives into the risks women take when they decide to see an OBGYN for their…
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Tracie Shellhouse, VP of Ministry Services at Heartbeat International and Amy Ford, President of Embrace Grace talk about staying connected to churches year-round. Find out what pregnancy help organizations have to offer churches, and how that continuous partnership can best serve women. Embrace Grace has support groups in churches across the natio…
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Welcome to our first Pregnancy Help News Brief! Managing Editor, Lisa Bourne, takes us through a highlight of the last month of news, tackling topics such as abortion in political parties, telehealth abortion, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v FDA Supreme Court case, pre-abortion screenings, and prenatal diagnosis. Visit PregnancyHelpNews.com…
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Ep 82 \ How The Medical Model Will Scare You Into Derailing Your Birth Plan: 3 Induction Lies And How To Deal With Them
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If you are getting your prenatal care from a traditional practice, it is almost a guarantee that you will be offered an induction, or worse, scared into thinking you need an induction when it's not really true. This episode will look at 3 of the most common "reasons" (read: lies) that obstetricians or medwives use to scare you into thinking you nee…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: Rituals, Reflection, and Intentional Living (MARCH FULL MOON ILLUMINATIONS with Lauren and Nicole)
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Buckle up friend! This is a true glimpse into how our behind the scenes conversations usually flow… a little all over the map, but with so much depth, curiosity, and reflection along the way. Join us as we begin this FULL MOON episode by each candidly sharing updates around what’s currently alive in our respective seasons of business and motherhood…
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Ep 81 \ BONUS EPISODE - Is The RSV Vaccine Safe And Effective For Pregnant Women? An Article Review
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SHOW NOTES: Today's BONUS EPISODE is an article from Children's Health Defense looking at the evidence behind the RSV shot and whether it is safe and effective for pregnant mothers and babies. Helpful Links: HOW TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth educat…
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SHOW NOTES: There are a lot of lessons we can learn from scripture that are seemingly not about birth, and yet the lessons learned can be applied. In our evening worship this past Sunday, we talked about something that is not new here. I’ve told you and warned you before, but I want to show it to you from a different angle so maybe you’ll realize h…
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18. Planning for the Fourth Trimester: The 5 Essentials of Postpartum Healing with Brittany Zeer
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What are the essential components to focus on in early postpartum, so you can heal, bond, and thrive as a new mother? Join Brittany Zeer and I as we explore just how to plan and prepare for a nourished postpartum experience. Brittany is the creator of Blissful Womb Care where she supports women and mothers through the entire childbearing continuum.…
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Limiting beliefs about birth can completely change your ability to have a successful natural birth God's way, so in this episode we dig into a couple examples of limiting beliefs. We look at God's perfect design and then we look at how we can undermine that design with our choices when we choose not to work with and support God's way. Episode 43 & …
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Monica Snyder, Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life joins Jor-El Godsey to explain what the Turnaway Study is, and what the findings actually reveal. This study gathered data on women who sought an abortion but were denied, and how these women felt about abortion over time. Resources: Read “The Overlooked Findings of The Turnaway Study” Secularpr…
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MUSINGS + MAGICK: A NEW CO-CREATED SERIES (MARCH NEW MOON INTENTIONS with Lauren and Nicole)
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WELCOME TO THIS CO-CREATED SERIES BETWEEN NICOLE PASVEER AND LAUREN FORTUNA-FLOCH, ANCHORED AROUND CYCLICAL EMBODIMENT AND EXPLORATION OF THE WITCH This is the first episode of Musings + Magick!!!! ☾ The intention is to meet on the full and new moons of each month to do an energy check in and explore nuanced conversations around big topics related …
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EP 78 \ Reclaiming the JOY of Motherhood With Practical Ways For Christian Moms To Reduce Postpartum Anxiety & Postpartum Depression
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Our culture, aided by Satan, has done a great job of robbing moms of the joy of the early days of motherhood. It's now an expectation that it will be a chaotic unhappy time but this is NOT right and it is NOT of God. Today's episode looks at some practical ways and some real-life choices you can make that will reduce the likelihood that you will st…
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Sara Dominguez, Affiliate Services Specialist at Heartbeat International interviews Michaelene Fredenburg, CEO and President of the Institute of Reproductive Grief Care about the importance of grief care training in pregnancy help organizations, and how centers implementing grief care programs can be a valuable resource for their community. Resourc…
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Do you believe in this idea that you need to be selfless to be a "good" mom? Maybe you don't fully believe in it, but the cultural narrative and pressure around it tries to take hold of you and pull you under once in awhile. How do we flip that script and learn to be "self-ish"? And why does it even matter? In this episode I chat with the lovely Sa…
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Heartbeat’s President, Jor-El Godsey is joined by Christa Brown, Sr. Director of Medical Impact to discuss a recent white paper that was published by Heartbeat highlighting abortion trends since the overturn of Roe vs Wade. Increased availability to chemical abortion has brought a rise in coercion, violence, and a reduction of medical oversight. Li…
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EP 77 \ You Can't Steer A Parked Car: 3 Tips To Get Moving And Not Stay Paralyzed Making Decisions For Your Birth!
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SHOW NOTES It is so easy to become frozen in the paralysis of analysis of all the birth choices in our medicalized maternity system. But staying stuck isn't an option. We've got to get moving so in today's episode I give you 3 tips to help get yourself moving and to keep moving as you make your way through pregnancy and birth. I also share some too…
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SHOW NOTES Home birth is safe for most moms, no matter what the naysayers try to scare you into believing. However, for a small percentage of women, the hospital may be a safer environment because of the type of care they need or their baby needs. This episode looks at conditions that may indicate it is safer for mom to give birth at the hospital. …
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SHOW NOTES Everything has a cost…even if it's sold to you as being free….somebody is paying. It's not always a financial cost though. Sometimes it's things that are much more impactful than finances. After a few weeks looking at insurance from different angles and thinking about what it means to have our care dictated by these corporations, we need…
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Beth Diemert is joined by Dr. Joe Malone to discuss the term “Women’s Sexual Wellness” and how this type of education speaks directly to young women in today’s culture. Dr. Joe explains the research behind this cutting-edge information and the life-changing effect it can have on the women we serve. Join Dr. Joe Malone at our Annual Conference in Ap…
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