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🎧 Endometriosis Facts vs Fiction: Expert Insights with Heather Guidone of the Center for Endometriosis Care
Are you overwhelmed by conflicting endometriosis information online? In this must-hear episode, Heather Guidone, Program Director at the Center for Endometriosis Care (CEC), joins us to break down how to navigate the flood of misinformation—and why it matters more than ever.
✅ Learn how to identify credible endometriosis resources
✅ Discover the difference between influencer noise and medically accurate education
✅ Get clarity on what endometriosis actually is—hint: it’s NOT just a menstrual disease
✅ Hear why EndoGirls Blog is a game-changer for translating research into accessible info
✅ Understand why no one has all the answers—and what that means for your care
✅ Tailor your approach whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional
🧠 “It’s not awareness if it’s bad information.”
This quote from Heather says it all—education must be accurate to be empowering.
💛 Whether you’re newly diagnosed, advocating for someone you love, or deep into your healing journey, this episode equips you to ask better questions and find real support.
🔗 Got questions for future episodes?
Send them via the episode link, email us at contact@endobattery.com, or visit http://www.endobattery.com.
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Introduction to Quick Connect Format
Speaker 1
0:00
Life
moves
fast
and
so
should
the
answers
to
your
biggest
questions
.
Welcome
to
EndoBattery's
Quick
Connect
,
your
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line
to
expert
insights
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,
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and
right
to
the
point
.
You
send
in
the
questions
,
I
bring
in
the
experts
and
in
just
five
minutes
you
get
the
knowledge
you
need
.
No
long
episodes
,
no
extra
time
needed
,
and
just
remember
expert
opinions
shared
here
are
for
general
information
and
not
for
personalized
medical
advice
.
Always
consult
your
provider
for
your
case-specific
guidance
.
Got
a
question
?
Send
it
in
and
let's
quickly
get
you
the
answers
.
Speaker 1
0:34
I'm
your
host
,
alana
,
and
it's
time
to
connect
.
I'm
joined
by
my
expert
guest
,
heather
Guadone
.
I'm
joined
by
my
expert
guest
,
heather
Guadone
.
Heather
is
the
program
director
at
the
Center
for
Endometriosis
Care
,
or
CEC
,
and
is
a
nationally
recognized
patient
advocate
With
over
30
years
of
experience
.
She
bridges
clinical
care
,
research
and
policy
to
improve
outcomes
for
those
with
endometriosis
.
Heather
is
also
a
board-certified
patient
advocate
and
brings
her
own
lived
experience
with
stage
4
endometriosis
and
infertility
to
her
work
,
making
her
a
powerful
voice
for
change
and
compassionate
care
in
the
endometriosis
community
.
Speaker 1
1:15
Let's
strengthen
our
knowledge
with
Heather's
wisdom
.
How
do
we
manage
correct
information
so
that
we
can
A
get
proper
care
,
but
B
when
we're
talking
about
advocacy
and
when
we're
talking
and
we're
filling
in
that
gap
for
people
.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
what
we're
putting
out
there
is
good
information
and
helpful
information
and
not
harmful
?
Because
I
have
always
said
that
even
if
you
speak
but
you
don't
have
good
information
,
it's
just
as
harmful
as
being
gaslit
and
being
passed
by
and
everything
else
.
And
so
I
think
it's
important
that
we
make
sure
we're
getting
good
information
out
of
there
,
out
there
.
But
how
do
we
do
that
?
Speaker 2
1:53
Absolutely
.
You
know
,
I
say
all
the
time
it's
not
awareness
,
if
it's
bad
information
.
I
would
rather
there
be
no
awareness
than
bad
awareness
and
we
see
too
much
bad
awareness
and
it
really
distorts
the
disease
in
the
public
eye
.
You
know
,
I
think
you
have
to
go
to
trusted
resources
.
The
problem
with
that
is
who's
a
trusted
resource
?
Is
it
the
influencer
selling
,
you
know
,
their
pyramid
scheme
supplements
for
$500
a
week
that
has
12
million
followers
?
Or
is
it
maybe
a
smaller
,
science-based
,
well-cited
,
authoritative
resource
that
says
look
,
here's
a
journal
article
,
let
me
distill
this
down
for
you
.
Let
me
explain
this
to
you
and
help
you
to
understand
why
this
article
makes
sense
and
resonates
with
us
and
is
able
to
break
it
down
in
a
really
facile
way
that
the
public
understands
.
And
is
able
to
break
it
down
in
a
really
facile
way
that
the
public
understands
.
Immediately
,
endogirls
blog
comes
to
mind
.
Kate
and
Laura
,
the
founders
.
Speaker 2
2:49
Kate
is
a
scientist
.
She
has
an
incredible
knack
to
be
able
to
really
distill
down
complex
,
hardcore
academic
articles
in
a
way
that
is
just
so
simple
and
easily
understood
by
every
level
,
health
literacy
notwithstanding
.
Anybody
on
social
media
or
anywhere
that
they
read
her
work
can
understand
it
and
it's
well-cited
.
There's
a
discussion
,
supporting
it
.
Oftentimes
she'll
debate
it
.
That's
a
really
good
example
of
an
authoritative
source
.
Speaker 2
3:22
Obviously
we
want
to
turn
to
the
peer-reviewed
journals
,
of
course
,
because
that's
all
we
have
the
problem
with
that
is
that
not
everything
we
read
,
even
in
the
peer-reviewed
journals
,
is
going
to
be
accurate
.
I
can
still
find
today
,
I
can
still
find
articles
that
position
the
disease
as
a
disease
of
periods
of
white
working
working
women
of
reproductive
age
.
So
we
have
to
be
very
careful
and
kind
of
build
a
base
knowledge
that
we
can
go
from
a
baseline
,
understanding
the
basic
definition
.
It's
not
the
native
endometrium
,
it
behaves
differently
,
so
it's
endometrial-like
.
It's
not
a
menstrual
disease
,
although
painful
periods
might
be
part
of
it
for
some
people
.
Right
,
it
doesn't
just
affect
the
pelvis
,
it's
a
systemic
,
inflammatory
,
fibrotic
,
body-wide
disease
.
You
know
we
have
to
have
a
base
knowledge
and
then
from
there
you
can
kind
of
build
onto
that
.
But
I
think
it's
also
important
to
understand
that
we
can't
boil
the
ocean
,
right
,
we
can't
just
say
,
well
,
I
am
this
vast
,
all-knowing
,
you
know
,
conglomerate
of
all
endo
knowledge
.
Speaker 2
4:26
Nobody
is
nobody
has
all
the
answers
.
There
is
endless
debate
in
every
corner
of
the
endo
world
about
every
aspect
of
it
,
whether
it's
surgery
,
what
type
of
surgery
,
what
medication
,
if
any
all
of
it
.
So
I
think
that
you
really
have
to
figure
out
what
are
you
trying
to
apply
to
your
own
situation
.
Do
you
need
to
become
empowered
and
educated
so
that
you
can
have
a
conversation
with
your
physician
to
support
your
request
for
treatment
?
Are
you
a
caregiver
that's
trying
to
learn
more
about
the
disease
so
you
can
advocate
for
a
loved
one
?
Are
you
a
medical
student
or
a
resident
who's
trying
to
learn
more
about
pathophysiology
?
Or
because
you're
interested
in
doing
a
fellowship
?
You
know
,
I
think
you
have
to
figure
out
where
you're
coming
from
within
the
disease
sphere
and
then
sort
of
build
your
knowledge
and
shape
your
knowledge
around
that
,
because
everybody
can't
just
sort
of
know
everything
right
.
Speaker 1
5:22
That's
a
wrap
for
this
Quick
Connect
.
I
hope
today's
insights
helped
you
move
forward
with
more
clarity
and
confidence
.
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you
have
more
questions
?
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.
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