Dr. Jessica Shepherd

And most of the surgeries that I was doing, a lot of times it had to do with women in their midlife. And so when they would come into me with their diagnosis, whether that was fibroids, endometriosis, I got to sit with them and talk to them about this diagnosis. But what actually came out in the visit was all the other things that were going on in their life.

And so that's where I started to see our physical health has so much more to do with the mind-body connection. So they would come in and have a certain disease or something that was going on. And I was like, I know I can help you there because that's a surgical thing that I know I'm very skilled to do.

And so that's where I started to see our physical health has so much more to do with the mind-body connection. So they would come in and have a certain disease or something that was going on. And I was like, I know I can help you there because that's a surgical thing that I know I'm very skilled to do.

And so that's where I started to see our physical health has so much more to do with the mind-body connection. So they would come in and have a certain disease or something that was going on. And I was like, I know I can help you there because that's a surgical thing that I know I'm very skilled to do.

But what I'm really paying attention to are the other things that you're telling me that's going on with your life and your career, taking care of your kids, your relationship. And that really has so much more to do with how we show up and what we're able to capacitate, what we're able to take in.

But what I'm really paying attention to are the other things that you're telling me that's going on with your life and your career, taking care of your kids, your relationship. And that really has so much more to do with how we show up and what we're able to capacitate, what we're able to take in.

But what I'm really paying attention to are the other things that you're telling me that's going on with your life and your career, taking care of your kids, your relationship. And that really has so much more to do with how we show up and what we're able to capacitate, what we're able to take in.

And that's when I was like, something's going on in this midlife that I need to pay attention to more.

And that's when I was like, something's going on in this midlife that I need to pay attention to more.

And that's when I was like, something's going on in this midlife that I need to pay attention to more.

Yeah, not at all. I think pregnancy, you said it perfectly there, is that's what society tells us, what our worth is in the reproductive years. But even as you said it, in your experience, which was similar to mine as far as getting your period, you're just kind of like, okay, I'm going to figure this out. But that was something that had to do with just self. right?

Yeah, not at all. I think pregnancy, you said it perfectly there, is that's what society tells us, what our worth is in the reproductive years. But even as you said it, in your experience, which was similar to mine as far as getting your period, you're just kind of like, okay, I'm going to figure this out. But that was something that had to do with just self. right?

Yeah, not at all. I think pregnancy, you said it perfectly there, is that's what society tells us, what our worth is in the reproductive years. But even as you said it, in your experience, which was similar to mine as far as getting your period, you're just kind of like, okay, I'm going to figure this out. But that was something that had to do with just self. right?

But no one was really paying attention to that. But when it came to now you have to take care of someone else, society's like, here's your importance. And then we dive into it because we're kind of feeding into that. Not to say that pregnancy is important, that we don't love it, but now we're fascinated and kind of giving more towards because we have to take care of someone else. When we Right.

But no one was really paying attention to that. But when it came to now you have to take care of someone else, society's like, here's your importance. And then we dive into it because we're kind of feeding into that. Not to say that pregnancy is important, that we don't love it, but now we're fascinated and kind of giving more towards because we have to take care of someone else. When we Right.

But no one was really paying attention to that. But when it came to now you have to take care of someone else, society's like, here's your importance. And then we dive into it because we're kind of feeding into that. Not to say that pregnancy is important, that we don't love it, but now we're fascinated and kind of giving more towards because we have to take care of someone else. When we Right.

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Oh, no, that wasn't part of the memo.