Fire Your Doctor? Robin Berzin & Mindy Pelz on Health Advocacy
The Luminescence Podcast with Schuyler GrantShow Notes
55% of women say they've felt gaslit by a doctor. 80% delay care rather than walk into an appointment where they know they won't be heard.
In this Luminescence LA conversation, Dr. Mindy Pelz (Fast Like a Girl, The Menopause Reset) and Dr. Robin Berzin, founder and CEO of Parsley Health, talk about why the medical system is built for medicine, not health, and what it actually looks like to walk into a doctor's office as an equal instead of a patient.
What you'll hear, and when:
[00:00] Mindy's origin story: misdiagnosed at 19, and the homeopathic doctor who changed her life
[03:00] The stats behind why healthcare feels broken right now
[08:00] The patriarchal medical model, and why chronic disease keeps winning
[13:00] "The body heals itself" — the principle Robin says conventional medicine forgot
[16:00] Walking in as an equal: treating your doctor like an employee, not an authority
[21:00] Why "I don't know" is the hardest thing for a doctor to say, and where GLP-1s fit into our quick-fix culture
[26:00] Why only 8% of women get preventive testing
[30:00] The closing message: you are the hero of your own health story
This episode is for anyone who has left a doctor's office feeling dismissed, and anyone ready to take an active role in their own healthcare.
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