Posts by Giovanna Rossi

On the show this week I interview Joan Lamunyon Sanford. She is the executive director of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the local connection to a national community of religious organizations and faithful individuals dedicated to achieving reproductive justice through education, organizing and advocacy.

NM RCRC seeks to elevate religious voices wherever faith, policy and our reproductive lives intersect. Joan is currently working with clergy and faith leaders across the state to shift the conversation about abortion toward compassionate support of women’s access to a full range of reproductive health services including abortion.

Joan graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in education and worked as a teacher for 15 years prior to her work with NM RCRC. She lives in Albuquerque, NM with her partner of 25 years. She is the parent of two grown children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren. She has won several awards at the local GLSEN queer bake-off fundraiser.

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/296show.

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Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

Today, I interview Dr. Dana Suskind, pediatric surgeon and author of the New York Times best-seller “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise”.

Dr. Suskind is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a fellow for the Council on Early Childhood. Her work has been profiled by numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, NPR, and Freakonomics.

On the show we’ll discuss:

• Why parents aren’t asking for help during the most difficult years of their children’s lives.
• What societal supports we need to prevent parents from “going it alone” in the important work of raising children
• Why paid parental leave and high-quality child care improve children’s brain development and prospects for a better future.

The books she recommended were:

AARP: America’s Largest Interest Group and its Impact by Christine Day

The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale by John a. List

Get her book: https://parentnation.org/buy-the-book/

All notes from today’s show can be found at wellwomenlife.com/293show

Resources for Women in midst of Roe vs. Wade:

Take Care:

• Sign up for the Well Women Summer Reset

Take Action:

• Six Ways You Can Join the Fight for Abortion Rights | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union
• Opinion | Citizens No More

You can always get more support in our Academy – visit wellwomanlife.com/academy.

Welcome to Week Six! In this episode, we finish strong with three tips for loving the skin you’re in as well as finding and trusting your inner Well Woman instead of looking externally for answers.
Past episodes of the Summer Reset are listed below:
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This week, we finish strong with three tips for loving the skin you’re in as well as finding and trusting your inner Well Woman instead of looking externally for answers. First, hydrate – we started with warm water in the morning and now we’re hydrating throughout the day. Second, apply sunscreen to protect your skin from harm. Third, try a self massage after the shower – apply lotion or oils to your legs and arms and see how your body responds. Finally, go back to the last episode (291) and do the visualization again, this time asking your most powerful self, your inner Well Woman, what she wants to say to you and what she needs. Have a journal handy to capture any insights, words or images as they come up.

Every week on the podcast during this six-week reset, I’ve shared a tool, routine, or practice that supports you to create the results you want for your body, mind, and spirit.

All notes from today’s show can be found at wellwomenlife.com/292show

Resources for Women:

• Six Ways You Can Join the Fight for Abortion Rights | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union
• Opinion | Citizens No More

You can always get more support in our Academy – visit wellwomanlife.com/academy.

Anjali Taneja is a family physician and DJ who is passionate about reimagining healthcare and healing in the US. She is the Executive Director of Casa de Salud — a culturally humble and anti-racist nonprofit model of care that aims to transform the biomedical model into one of solidarity with community and collective care. Casa integrates primary care, queer/transgender care, harm reduction, addictions treatment, case management, medical debt advocacy and community organizing, acupuncture, reiki, massage, and indigenous based healing circles for uninsured, immigrant, and other marginalized communities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Anjali is board certified in family medicine and in addiction medicine, and also works in the emergency room of a small rural hospital in the Navajo Nation. Anjali is a statewide appointee to the Governor’s Council on Racial Justice.

Also, stay tuned until the end of the show when I share Week Four of the Well Woman Summer Reset. For weeks 1-3 visit wellwomanlife.com/summer.

Anjali recommended:

Undoing Drugs: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HARM REDUCTION AND THE FUTURE OF ADDICTION by Maia Szalavitz 

Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya and Rajeev Charles Patel 

Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World’s Greatest Business Case for Compassion by Pavithra K Mehta and Suchitra Shenoy

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/290show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

On Week 3 of The Well Woman Summer Reset, we explore deep rest for your brain with an exploration of the nervous system and the breath. The past two years have been a challenge for all humans, and you’ve likely been carrying around a constant sense of anxiety that may be very noticeable or very sneaky. The sneaky type of anxiety can be the hardest to address and it takes tuning in to your body to begin to rest your nervous system. This reset will help.

If the body is in fight or flight, then chances are that you may need a system reset. Here are some simple breathing techniques to help you relax, maintain optimal health, and sustain longevity.

Meditation #1

Sitting – eyes open:

• Visual, Touch, Breath
• Shift attention to looking at one thing in front of you, exquisitely aware of colors and shades with great clarity, see textures and shapes in great detail.
• Now shift to a soft, diffused visual focus on whatever you’re looking at to tune it out. Focus your sharp primary attention on sense of touch. Touch something with your fingertips. Move your fingertips so you can really feel all the nuanced sensations on your fingertips.
• With your visual focus remaining soft and diffuse, notice your breath now. Notice the rising and falling of your stomach with each breath.

Meditation #2

Sitting – eyes closed:

• Three Breaths
• Notice your breath. What is the temperature going in, and exiting your nostrils?
• Focus your attention on gratitude for your breath. Feel how grateful you are for the breath that has been with you all your life.
• Take a deeper breath, from the belly, let the air fill your body. Hold for two counts and exhale with mouth open

Sign up now: wellwomanlife.com/summer

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/287show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.