The WoMed

TW: suicide — Suicide and crisis hotline: 988 Welcome to part 2 The WoMed holiday party! This week your hosts are joined again by some of their favorite past guests to offer advice and share memorable moments from working the holidays. They celebrate the season with travel nurse Beatris, Dr. Britt Odom, and Dr. Vania Manipod, and chat everything from gift exchanges to Santa visits! Plus, they touc...

Welcome to the WoMed holiday party (and the 100th episode)! This week your hosts are joined by some of their favorite past guests to chat memorable moments from working the holidays. They celebrate the season with Dog-tor Kristi Crow, DVM, Nurse Kim Darpoh, and Nurse Sonja Schwartzbach, and chat everything from tinsel poop to breast milk brownies! Plus, tune in next week for even more of your favo...

Covid changed a lot for the world of pediatrics, and healthcare workers are working tirelessly to bounce back. This week, your hosts are joined by Dr. Krupa Playforth, aka The Pediatrician Mom, to discuss RSV and connecting parents with the information they need most. Dr. Playforth is a wealth of knowledge, offering a rundown of what RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) is, the influx of cases this y...

As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is in full swing, your hosts wanted to take the time to speak about grief and loss during the “happiest time of the year”. Whether that is a death, a divorce, or even a falling out with a friend, it’s important you take space for yourself. This is the first holiday in 12 years where D has had a significant other, and she reflects on what those hardest...

Happy Thanksgiving WoMed fam! Rapid fire good news bad news…bad news first, Jac’s sick…but good news, DANIELLE HAS A BOYFRIEND! After a virtual diagnosis from nurse D, we get the cutest update ever on Dani and Michael. Your hosts then welcome back immunologist, allergist, and medical expert for all the major news networks, the incredible Dr. Purvi Parikh to talk about the flu. This is the worst fl...

Today’s instalment of DMs in the DMs sets the tender tone for today’s episode, as D shares a message she received about grief. Your hosts then welcome back Internal Medicine Physician and founder of End Well, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, to update everyone on significant personal changes since we last heard from her. Her father has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and she herself has be...

TW: weight and body image   On top of Danielle dating on national television, both of your hosts are now dating in their 30s, which is uncharted territory for Jac. So, this episode is all about dating — whether it be IRL, on the apps, or on a popular television show, they cover it all! D opens up about her best efforts dating on the apps, and Jac emphasizes the importance of giving yourself time t...

Sexuality doula, author, and podcast host Ev’Yan Whitney joins The WoMed today to discuss sensuality and how we can all be more in touch with ourselves. Before they chat, Danielle opens up about her recent struggles with feeling uncomfortable in her body in light of being back on television. A lot of what is getting her through this tough time comes from what she learned from Ev’Yan, and we hope t...

This week’s episode starts with a brand-new segment, DM in the DMs, where D (M) shares a unique DM she received as a result of being on television again. This week, it has to do with eyebrow transplants...On another note, D can barely contain her excitement as one of her dream guests hops on the mic. Human Dissector Nicole Angemi joins The WoMed for a spook-tacular Halloweekend episode! She speaks...

The WoMed’s best kept secret is out—your girl is in, Paradise! The beach just got that much hotter as our sweet D made her appearance. We cannot WAIT to watch her “journey” unfold. We hope you loved our episode last week full of beauty faves! Your hosts had even more faves they wanted to share with you, so they needed a part 2. This episode covers even more ground, first with a pre-NP plan of care...

With all the heaviness in the world, this week your hosts keep it lighthearted with an episode all about their fave skincare and beauty products. Just because they’re healthcare heroes doesn’t mean they don’t also love to gush about makeup and moisturizer every now and then! But first, they touch on the exciting PSLW news for public school teachers, frontline public health workers, or veterans, wh...

Before your hosts start today, they’d like to take the time to remind everyone that this podcast is, ultimately, a Chase Stokes fan account...Once that’s established, Jac and D welcome an incredible certified physician’s associate in primary care who specializes in LGBTQ+ and HIV care, Asia Sullivan. We promise this episode does get in to your standard medical chats, but first the three gush over...

Something D gets questions on constantly is her experience in the field of aesthetics; many people are looking to get out of the hospital and to learn about other options. So, this week, while Jac is roaming with the cows in no-wifi land, board certified FNP Vanna Padilla hops on the mic to talk all things dermatology and aesthetics. The two start by addressing the difference between derm and aest...

TW: Suicide Prevention Awareness month  On this episode of where in the world is Jackie Camardo, Jac joins us from Scotland, with full on fall girl vibes to take us into pumpkin spice season. Today’s solo catch up episode is inspired by the change seen in Jac this summer that has been so inspiring to watch. She has seen a shift in herself and her perspective, and wanted to update everyone on where...

The fangirling is real on this week’s episode of The WoMed as your hosts welcome badass sports medicine physician Dr. Julia Bruene to the pod. Now working for some of the most elite teams in the country, Dr. Bruene shares how she got to where she is and goes into her love for the spectacle of sport. She speaks to imposter syndrome, burnout, and finding what she actually likes for her own creative...

Before welcoming this week’s incredible guest, we reminisce on WoMed x New Girl reels, and applaud Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope for standing up to Brittany Aldean. Your hosts are then joined by registered dietician Kara Wilson, who has chosen to work specifically with nurses! She shares why she chose to work with nurses in particular, what she would define as healthy or balanced eating, and offe...

Financial wellness is a huge part of our overall well-being, and as healthcare workers, a six-figure debt is not uncommon. Today your hosts are joined by Student Loan Planner consultant Meagan Landress who reminds us that student loan debt is treatable with the correct plan of action. Meagan joined Student Loan Planner in 2019 and since has consulted on $160M+ of student loan debt for over 900 hou...

Thank God It’s WoMed Friday! TGIWF is our new motto around here as your hosts sit back, relax, and catch up. Danielle is getting back in the city and rediscovering why she fell in love with the place, and has been taking care of her brand-new puppy. She gives us an update on her career and the passion she has to perfect her craft. Jackie opens up about a potential career path that’s on her mind, w...

If you’re looking for a source of inspiration, look no further than Dr. Ade Osinubi. She joins your hosts today to discuss her impressive career, despite only recently starting her residency in emergency medicine. She discusses the non-profit she started in high school to help women experiencing obstetric fistula and what it was like doing this work at such a young age. They then discuss her docum...

TW: suicidal ideation   Just the two of us! This week your hosts take the time to update the WoMed community on season 5 and their busy lives. Danielle opens up about her one-year anniversary of being in therapy, and how good of a place she is in. For Jackie, hearing D continue to process traumas that happened a decade ago offers her some perspective that while trauma may always sit with you, you...

TW: self-ham, eating disorders   Before we start, let’s all take one big deep breath… This week your hosts welcome yoga teacher and author Ally Maz to talk about Girlvana, a community she founded that supports female-identifying Gen Z's physical, mental, and emotional health through yoga and mentorship. Yoga is a way to come back to yourself, and D, Jackie, and Ally all open up about the trauma th...

TW: miscarriage   This week your hosts are joined by an absolute powerhouse, Shelly Rockwell MD, aka Doctor Mommy MD, as she shares her fertility journey and how different it would look in today’s post-Roe world. She chats about her impressive career history, and her online course for new moms. She also talks about how her online platform, Doctor Mommy MD, came to fruition and how she hopes to mak...

Danielle is riding solo this week as Jackie’s is having technically difficulties under the Tuscan sun. Fortunately, she’s joined by a dear friend, Christopher Romero, and the two reminisce on their days in the NICU. He talks about working on a Transport team and how it made him fall lout of love with nursing, then discusses his transition to CRNA school that made him rediscover his passion. He sha...

Season 5... Can you believe it?! Season 5 kicks off as we transition to Friday episodes, and we’re coming in HOT with this first episode, addressing the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe V. Wade. After admiring Jackie’s Under the Tuscan Sun moment, your hosts dive into this subject... and how we can even have conversations around this heated topic. The two touch on the argument for adoption, and how i...

Make yourself heard! Today your hosts are joined by Nurse with a sign (aka Kaylee) and they get to know the incredible healthcare worker behind the popular Instagram account. She shares her background in nursing, her plans for the future, and explains that most of the signs on her page are things she wished she focused on when she first started out in nursing. She talks about how she got started w...