The Village We Need: Endometriosis, Motherhood, and Healing with Dr. Marisa Blume

087: What happens when your own health journey becomes the doorway into your life’s work? In this deeply personal conversation, Dr. Marisa Blume shares the winding path that led her to Chinese medicine—from debilitating period and gut issues to a stage III endometriosis diagnosis, excision surgery, pregnancy, birth, and the realities of early motherhood. We talk about the places where Eastern and Western medicine can beautifully meet, what it means to be truly supported through the postpartum season, and why finding your village may be one of the most important forms of healing we have.

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• How Marisa’s own health struggles with her period, acne, and gut health ultimately led her to Chinese medicine

• The serendipitous moment her mom introduced her to an acupuncturist who would change the course of her life—and invite her to consider becoming an acupuncturist herself

• Moving through acupuncture school, losing a mentor tragically, and how her own health journey continued to shape her path

• Being told by an acupuncturist that she might have endometriosis—and what it was like to finally have a possible explanation after years of symptoms

• Discovering she had stage III endometriosis and fibroids during excision surgery, and how that surgery ultimately became part of her path toward pregnancy

• Why Marisa believes that “Western medicine will save your life, Eastern medicine will change your life”—and how both approaches played an important role in her own healing and pregnancy journey

• Imagining what could be different if young women—and their daughters—learned to recognize the signs of endometriosis much sooner

• Her pregnancy, C-section, and unexpected postpartum experience, including her son’s time in the NICU and the challenges she faced with breastfeeding

• The traditional Chinese medicine approach she leaned into during postpartum, from staying close to home to nourishing herself with warm, cooked foods

• Why we were never meant to do motherhood alone, what finding your village can look like, and why Marisa is more committed than ever to helping women build the support systems they need

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• Website: Bewellencinitas.com

• IG: @drmarisablume and @bewellencinitas
  

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