Common Is Not Normal: Black Women, Fibroids & Menopause Care (with Dr. Kemi Doll MD)

What if the reason so many women are told they're fine when they aren't is not an accident but a result of structure? In this episode of the Wellness and Growth Journeys Podcast, host Mialisa Garnes sits down with Dr. Kemi Doll, MD, gynecologic oncologist and uterine cancer scientist, to name the architecture behind that dismissal and what practitioners in the perimenopause and menopause space need to understand about it. Dr. Doll walks us through the history most clinicians were never taught, the difference between common and normal, why the uterus is not treated like a vital organ, and what a redirected "terrible strength" looks like when women stop accepting suffering as inheritance. In this episode: → Why the book tour taught Kemi that this crisis was hiding in plain sight → The history of gynecology and why it still shapes care today → Fibroids, endometriosis, and why "common" is not the same as "normal" → The kidney metaphor: why we wait until things are severe in gynecology → The uterus is not treated like a vital organ, and what that costs → Superwoman as a burden, not a badge → The "inappropriate inheritance" and how to break the cycle → What Black women in perimenopause and menopause deserve to demand Connect with Dr. Kemi Doll Purchase link for A Terrible Strength: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775526/a-terrible-strength-by-kemi-doll-md-mscr/ Website: www.kemidoll.com Instagram: @kemidoll TikTok: @drkemidoll LinkedIn: @kemidoll Facebook: @kemidollcoach The GRACE Center: https://www.thedolllabgroup.com/ Work with Mia Free Patient Experience Gap Report for clinic owners: https://wellnessgrowthagency.com/gap-report Instagram: @Itsmialisa Website: https://wellnessgrowthagency.com/