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Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones

Dr. Sameena Rahman

As a fierce champion for women empowering women (and the people that love them), GynoGirl provides the knowledge and education to help you advocate for yourself so that you can live your best life! Dr. Sameena Rahman curates a space for exploring hormonal changes, sexual health, and pelvic wellness, while also emphasizing self-love and life improvement. Through collaborations with leading experts and the personal stories of patients, she provides a platform for knowledge-sharing while also

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53:58

Pelvic Venous Disorders, Chronic Pain, and the Pelvic...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/04/17

Why do so many women with chronic pelvic pain get told "this is just motherhood" or "it'll get better when you go through menopause"? What if the heaviness, the aching, the constant discomfort isn't something you have to live with?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Julie Baron, a pelvic floor physical therapist and director of Pelvic Health and Performance Center in Bellevue, Washington. Dr. Baron blew our minds at ISSWSH this year with her groundbreaking lecture on pelvic venous disorders a

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51:31

Labiaplasty, Anatomy, Overdoing It, Traveling for...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/04/10

In this episode, Dr. Sameena Rahman sits down with Dr. Dahlia Rice to discuss everything you need to know about labiaplasty from anatomy and what's normal, to prevention, the risks of overdoing it, and what you need to consider before traveling for surgery.

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01:02:06

Fertility Myths, Egg Freezing, and The Lucky Egg with...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/04/03

Is age 35 really a fertility cliff? Should everyone freeze their eggs? And why does your doctor speak in such vague terms when you ask about your chances?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Lucky Sekhon, a double board-certified reproductive endocrinologist in New York City and author of the bestselling book The Lucky Egg. Dr. Sekhon has spent years watching patients walk into her clinic overwhelmed by information that is not always true or grounded in science. This is what inspired her to write a

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30:57

How We Treat Pelvic Pain, Painful Sex, and Sexual...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/03/27

Comprehensivesexualhealthcarerequirestimeandateamapproach.I'mjoinedbytwoofmyteammembersKarenBadley,mynursepractitioner,andGracePrete,ourpelvicfloorphysicaltherapist.Wetalkaboutwhycomplexconditionslikepelvicpain,painfulsex,andhormonalchangesdon'tfitinto10-minuteappointments.Youcan'taddresssomeone'sfullpicturewheninsuranceonlyreimbursesforquickvisits.Wediscusswhymultidisciplinarycarematters,whypelvicfloortherapysessionsneedrealtime,andwhytreatinghormonalhealthalongsideaestheticsmakesadifference.Thiscon

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39:06

Functional Strength Training, Nutrition, and Midlife...

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2026/03/20

Katalin Rodriguez Ogren is a certified badass. She's owned POW Gym in Chicago's West Loop for 25 years, she's a lifelong martial artist who played the female ninjas in Mortal Kombat 2, and she just wrote a book on nutrition for menopause after her GP handed her marriage counseling referrals instead of addressing her hormones.When Katalin started experiencing severe skin issues during menopause, her GP dismissed her concerns about hormones and instead gave her marriage counseling referrals. That

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42:22

Postpartum to Perimenopause: Bounce-Back Culture,...

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2026/03/13

Welcome to Between Two Labia, a new series filmed in my office in front of my 8-foot vulva. When colleagues come to town, I sit down with them to talk about the things you want to ask but think you shouldn't. These are the conversations I have with friends and colleagues that you wouldn't normally get to listen to. Dr. Shieva Ghofrany is my first guest, and you'll see these episodes pop up from time to time between regular podcast episodes.We discuss the weird limbo between having a baby and hitting

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49:57

The New Rules of Women's Health: Research Bias,...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/03/06

Women were were excluded from federally funded medical research until 1993. Health journalist Meghan Rabbitt interviewed over 100 female experts to create a manifesto for women's healthcare everything from why we're still learning anatomy named after dead men to why your gynecologic history affects your heart disease risk decades later.Meghan is a health journalist who's been translating complex medical topics into accessible language for 25 years. She's spent her career asking doctors the questions

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48:58

ISSWSH 2026 Recap: Testosterone, Research Funding,...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/02/27

Sexual medicine is underfunded, misunderstood, and often dismissed. But it's also one of the most collaborative fields in healthcare. Dr. Tami Rowen recaps this year's ISSWSH conference and what it revealed about where the field is heading.Dr. Rowen is the current president elect of ISSWSH and has been instrumental in shaping sexual medicine education and research. We recorded this right after the 2026 ISSWSH conference in Long Beach, which had almost 600 attendeesone of our biggest conferences

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45:59

What Is Sex Therapy? Pleasure, Shame, and Sexual...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/02/20

Most people think sex therapy means Masters and Johnson-style homework or uncomfortable demonstrations. Dr. Shannon Chavez explains what it actually is—and why sexual concerns are rarely about sex at all. They're about intimacy, attachment, and learning to feel safe in your own body.Dr. Chavez has spent her career helping individuals and couples navigate sexual shame, intimacy disorders, and compulsive behaviors through a trauma informed, non-pathologizing framework. We discuss how shame is learned,

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31:16

Global Women's Health: Maternal Mortality, Menopause,...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/02/13

Dr. Sadia Malick has practiced medicine across four countries. She's delivered babies in the UK's best hospitals and in the mountains of Pakistan where women have nothing. She's founded a charity that's saved 8,000 mothers' lives. And she's spent her career caring for women who are told their suffering is just "the age of despair."Dr. Malick has spent her life caring for women across the UK, Pakistan, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. She founded a charity that trains midwives on clean, sanitary practices and

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01:05:25

POTS, MCAS, and the Overlooked Venous System with Dr....

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/02/06

Your dizziness when you stand up is real. Your pelvic pain is real. Your fatigue is real. And there's actually a connection between all of it that most doctors were never taught to look for.If you've ever been told your dizziness, palpitations, or pelvic pain is "just anxiety," this episode is for you. Dr.Dr. Alexis Cutchins is a cardiologist treating POTS and MCAS—she's willing to say 'I don't know, let's figure it out' instead of dismissing patients.We discuss what POTS actually is, how to

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53:20

Menopause, Healthcare Access, and the Myth of Having...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/01/30

Can you really "have it all"? Dr. Sharon Malone OB-GYN, New York Times bestselling author of Grown Woman Talk, and Chief Medical Advisor at Alloy Health joins me for an honest conversation about what it really takes to balance medicine, motherhood, and everything in between. Dr. Malone and I talk about the things we don't usually say out loud. How do you balance being a great doctor, a present parent, and a supportive partner when society tells you to excel at all three simultaneously? Dr. Malone

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59:23

Are You Getting All Your Options? The Truth About...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/01/23

Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgeries for women 600,000 are performed every year in the United States. But are women truly getting all their options? Board certified OBGYN Dr. Kameelah Phillips joins me to discuss her groundbreaking book The Empowered Hysterectomy and why understanding the full history and context of this surgery is essential for every woman.In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Dr. Kameelah Phillips to discuss hysterectomies from every angle the good, the bad,

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59:18

Estrogen Matters: Fighting Decades of Fear with Dr....

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/01/16

The FDA told him no in 1992. They said giving estrogen to breast cancer survivors would put women at "unacceptable risk." He did the study anyway.Dr. Avrum Bluming is a medical oncologist, emeritus clinical professor of medicine at USC, former senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute, and co-author of Estrogen Matters. He's been fighting estrogen fear for over 30 years long before it was safe or popular to do so.His origin story starts with his wife. At 45, she developed breast cancer

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58:04

80 Million Women Over 40, But Most Still Don't Know...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/01/09

There are 80 million women over 40 in America. Only 4,100 menopause certified clinicians. The gap is real. And my guest is working on changing that. Dr. Kelly Casperson is a urologist, sexual medicine physician, and bestselling author of The Menopause Moment and You Are Not Broken. She's been leading the charge on women's health advocacy from serving on the FDA panel that removed the box warning on estrogen to pushing for testosterone deregulation. She has a large following, but as Kelly says: it's

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47:04

PMDD and Perimenopause: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2026/01/02

What happens when your family stages an intervention because they've been avoiding you 10 days every month?I'm sharing the story of a patient who had a complete breakdown at Christmas dinner. She snapped at her husband, her kids, her mom, her in-laws—everyone. A few hours later, her family told her: "We love you, but for 10 days every month, we actively avoid you."She came to me asking: Am I bipolar? Am I manic? What's happening to me?This is PMDD premenstrual dysphoric disorder. And when it

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44:06

2025 Women's Health Year in Review: From FDA Changes...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2025/12/26

What does it mean when 6,000 women a day enter menopause but there are only 4,100 certified clinicians to treat them?In this year end solo episode, I'm reflecting on 2025 in women's health. It was a year that felt heavy at the start personally for me after losing my mother, and globally with so much suffering and injustice. But even in all of that, women's health moved forward in meaningful ways. Not perfectly. Not fast enough. But enough that it deserves reflection.I'm covering the moments that

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36:00

What Ozempic Does to Your Sex Drive (Nobody's Talking...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2025/12/19

What happens when a medication designed to help you lose weight also changes what brings you pleasure?In this solo episode, I'm doing a deep dive into what nobody's discussing about GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) and what they do to your sex life.These medications have been absolutely transformational for metabolic disease, obesity, and cardiovascular health. But they don't just work on your gut and pancreas they work centrally in your brain, in your reward pathways, in your

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39:08

Lichen Sclerosis: A Patient's Story from Misdiagnosis...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2025/12/12

One of my brave patients shares her story with lichen sclerosis from being dismissed and told it was "all in her head" to finding proper treatment and relief.I'll never forget the day Jess walked into my office. By the time she found me, she'd already been dismissed by multiple doctors including specialists at what was supposed to be one of Chicago's premier women's health centers. They told her the severe pain and skin changes she was experiencing were "all in her head." Two different physicians

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49:32

Trauma, PTSD, Childbirth Trauma, and Sexual...

Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones ·

2025/12/05

Have you ever wondered why trauma seems to "live" in the body? Or why so many women struggle with sexual dysfunction after difficult childbirth experiences that they're told they should just be "grateful" for?Join me as we explore the profound connection between trauma and sexual health with Erika Kelley, an award-winning clinical psychologist who specializes in women's sexual medicine and trauma treatment.Erika Kelley is revolutionizing how we understand and treat the intersection of PTSD and

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