Endo Battery

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) “Unexplained infertility” can feel like a dead end, especially after you’ve done everything you were told to do and the embryo transfers still don’t stick. We sit down with Dr. Sadikah Behbehani , a double board certified fertility doctor and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon, to talk through a realit...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Your pelvic floor might be doing its job a little too well. When stress hits, many of us brace without noticing and that tension can land deep in the core, shaping everything from pelvic pain to how safe we feel in our own body. We sit down with Karla Ehlers, a pelvic health occupational therapist and foun...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Waiting for a perfect diagnosis can cost your child months or years of support at school, and Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon wants families to know they don’t have to wait. I sit down with Dr. Cohen Solomon, a board-certified pediatrician who specializes in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and related condition...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Pelvic pain can make your body feel unpredictable, tense, and impossible to trust. But what if that tightness isn’t your body “breaking” at all, and it’s actually a protection strategy from a nervous system that’s been through too much for too long? We sit down with Karla Ehlers, a pelvic health occupation...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Chronic illness does not just change a body, it changes a marriage, a home, and the way your kids understand safety. I sit down with writer and advocate Kody Adamson to talk about what happens when your health shifts early in a relationship and you are suddenly trying to hold love, parenting, and survival...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Fifteen minutes can decide whether you get help or get brushed off, and that reality hits even harder when your symptoms span multiple systems. We sit down with Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon, a board-certified pediatrician who specializes in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility spectrum disorders, P...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) The “extra flexible” kid is often celebrated, not evaluated and that can be the start of a long road of unexplained injuries, chronic pain, and being told it’s “just growing pains.” I’m joined by Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon, a pediatric specialist in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) who brings somethi...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Life can move fast when your health changes, and the pressure to “figure it all out” can take over your days. We sit down with Kodi Adamson, a writer, advocate, wife, and mom who has spent the past decade learning how to live with chronic illness while protecting her marriage, her identity, and her joy. Sh...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Reading endometriosis research while you’re exhausted and in pain can feel like being handed a textbook when you asked for a lifeline. So we did what we always do on Endo Battery Fast Charged: we translated the studies into clarity, kept the nuance, and skipped the false promises. You’ll hear why research...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Pelvic pain after endometriosis surgery can feel like the cruelest plot twist: you found the specialist, went through excision, did the recovery work, and you still do not feel right. When that happens, most of us get pushed toward the same conclusion: the endometriosis must be back. I sit down with my clo...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Ever been told your labs look fine while your body is screaming for help? We sit down with Jenna Stewart—a former pro dancer turned fascia relief specialist, somatic practitioner, and chef—to explore how the body holds stress, how symptoms act as protective messages, and how regulation, not willpower, unlo...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Ever been told you’re “just bendy”? We sat down with Laura Bloom, president and CEO of The Ehlers-Danlos Society, to unpack what Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders really mean for everyday life and long-term health. In five focused minutes, we move past myths and into practical cl...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) What if chronic illness showed up two months into your relationship and never left? We sit down with Kodi—writer, advocate, wife, and mom—to unpack what love, parenting, and identity look like when your body keeps rewriting the plan. It’s a raw, often funny conversation that moves from ER dismissals and mi...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) What if the fastest path to endometriosis relief starts before the operating room? We sit down with Dr. Iris Kerin Orbuch, a board-certified OBGYN, fellowship-trained excision surgeon, and co-author of Beating Endo, to map a smarter plan: prehabilitating the body so surgery becomes safer, recovery gets eas...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Complexity can feel like chaos when your symptoms don’t fit a single box. We open the door to a clearer map, tracing the connections between Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), endometriosis, POTS, and mast cell activation—and why treating those intersections changes outc...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) The pain you feel isn’t always where the problem starts—and that’s especially true with endometriosis. We sit down with Dr. Taylor Reyes, a board-certified functional manual therapist and pelvic floor specialist, to illuminate the messy middle: the hip and pelvic floor patterns that mimic orthopedic injuri...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Endometriosis pain gets labeled, but rarely decoded. We sit down with pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Taylor Reyes to untangle the “messy middle” where endo, scar tissue, and musculoskeletal compensations blur together. Instead of chasing one culprit, we map how delayed diagnosis rewires movement, ramp...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) The end of the year doesn’t just mark a finish line—it reveals how far we’ve come and where we’re brave enough to go next. We look back at the breakthroughs that mattered in endometriosis care: smarter imaging, emerging biomarkers, and the human skills that carry patients through the hardest stretches. Alo...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) What if your pain story starts in the nerves—and your path to relief begins with balance, not just suppression? We dive into a year-defining reflection on endometriosis care, exploring how the autonomic nervous system shapes pain, inflammation, digestion, and mood, and why the vagus nerve can be a quiet bu...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) What if the most powerful thing you could do for your endometriosis care wasn’t another appointment, but a better question? We revisit a standout set of conversations to unpack how to spot true expertise, avoid convincing pretenders, and build a team that actually improves outcomes. Titles and confidence c...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Pain that shifts across decades. Symptoms that don’t fit a single mold. And experts who refuse to let dismissal be the default. We’re revisiting the year’s most galvanizing insights on endometriosis with two standout voices: Dr. Megan Wasson of Mayo Clinic and Dr. Francesco Di Chiara, a leader in cardiotho...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) You know that feeling when your symptoms refuse to fit the script—racing heart when you stand, brain fog, rashes, and reflux that laughs at PPIs? We revisit two powerful conversations that changed how we approach endometriosis care by connecting the gut, the nervous system, and the immune response. Instead...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) What if the most healing thing isn’t a fix, but finding the right words for what hurts and what helps? We revisit two listener-favorite conversations that reshaped how we think about intimacy, food, and self-trust while living with endometriosis and chronic illness. With therapist Mallory Oxendine, we move...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Start with a question that matters: What single idea would make your care feel lighter, clearer, and more doable this week? That’s the heart of our year-end reflection, where we revisit the formats that changed how we learn together—Quick Connect and Fast Charge—and the experts who made complex topics feel...

Send us a text with a question or thought on this episode ( We cannot replay from this link) Pain that makes you faint is not “just periods,” and “just get pregnant” isn’t a plan—it’s a myth. We open the Endo Year Reflection series with a clear-eyed look back at the stories and science that reshape care for endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. You’ll hear how harmful narratives spread, why they...