🎙️ Hosts: Erin Hubbard

🎤 Guest: Dr. Candice Wood

📅 Release Date: 6/9/2025

🔬 Topic: Postpartum Mental Health, Holistic Women’s Care, Motherhood & Burnout, Supporting Rare Disease Families

Episode Overview

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Candice Wood, OB-GYN and founder of Women Made Well, a practice dedicated to supporting women through both physical and emotional transitions. Dr. Wood shares how her experiences as a physician and a mother inspired her to redefine what true healing looks like—one that embraces emotional wellbeing as deeply interconnected with physical health.

Key Takeaways

✔️How traditional OB-GYN care often falls short on mental health

✔️Why Dr. Wood founded Women Made Well

✔️The realities of postpartum anxiety and depression

✔️How social media exacerbates feelings of inadequacy in new mothers

✔️Practical strategies for navigating motherhood with a growth mindset

✔️The importance of community, even when living with rare diseases

✔️When and how medical intervention fits into emotional healing

Resources & Links

🌐 Learn more: thelostenzymeproject.org

Women Made Well Podcast: https://www.womanmadewell.com/woman-made-well-podcast

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📩 Contact us:

Email us at admin@thelostenzymeproject.org

Producer: alex@thelostenzymeproject.org

📖Books Mentioned in the Episode (ISBN):

147213995X

1401971369

1622039076

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