Dr. Aviva Romm is a Yale-trained physician, midwife, and herbalist whose work bridges science, story, and the soul of women’s health. A bestselling author and board member of Every Mother Counts, she’s spent decades challenging the idea that “being a woman is a diagnosis.” In this episode, we talk about how burnout and bias collide inside medicine, why one in four women is on antidepressants, and what it really means to treat the root cause instead of just the symptom. We also dig into perimenopause, food as medicine, and the radical power of asking your body, How do I feel? What do I need? What do I want?

If you’ve ever felt unheard in a doctor’s office, this episode is your permission to slow down, trust your gut, and reclaim your health as your own.

In this episode:

• The early calling: how leaving college at 16 to become a midwife shaped a lifelong mission for women’s health equity.
• The invisible load: how social, racial, and emotional weathering takes a toll on women’s bodies.
• Beyond the bandaid: why half of women over 50 are on multiple medications—and what the system is missing about prevention.
• Safety in medicine: what physician burnout reveals about care itself.
• Food as medicine: practical ways to nourish hormones, balance inflammation, and honor the body’s rhythms.
• The new revolution: why women must trust their intuition—and the truth that you have the right to be heard, supported, and well.

The Pain Gap

https://avivaromm.com/

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