Women Wise Holistic Healthcare and Wellness

08/08/2026

What if the most important part of your healthcare… is the relationship?

There is something incredibly powerful about establishing a relationship with a primary care or women’s health clinician and allowing that relationship to grow over time.

Someone who knows your history.

Your baseline.

Your risks.

Your values.

Someone who knows what is normal for you—and can recognize when something isn't.

Because good healthcare isn't supposed to be a collection of disconnected visits, prescriptions, tests, and specialists.

It's supposed to connect the dots.

And this matters SO much in women's health.

Especially during perimenopause and menopause.

Because suddenly you may not feel like yourself.

Maybe you're having hot flashes, sleeping terribly, feeling foggy, exhausted, more emotional than usual, gaining weight, or simply wondering:

“What the heck is happening to me?”

And menopause is having a MOMENT right now. Everyone wants to get in the arena.

I'm thrilled women are finally getting more attention and treatment options.

But I also worry about the rush toward quick fixes, online hormone programs, at-home testing, supplements, and piecemeal care.

Because menopause isn't something you can understand from one hormone level or one symptom.

It requires knowing the woman sitting in front of you.

Her history.

Her bleeding patterns.

Her health risks.

Her goals.

Her values.

And sometimes it requires an actual examination, additional evaluation, or bringing another specialist into the conversation.

That takes time.

And it takes someone who knows how to put the whole picture together.

I don't believe women need MORE people treating individual pieces of them.

I believe they need someone who knows the whole woman—and knows when to bring in the right people when she needs them.

Because you are not a hormone level.

You are not a lab result.

You are not an algorithm.

You are a whole person.

And the relationship you have with the person caring for you?

That relationship is part of the treatment.

More on this soon. ❤️

07/29/2026

There's a Perimenopause hype hanging onto the coat-tails of the current and recent menopause moment craze. If you are 35-45 and having some vague symptoms that doesn't necessarily mean you are in perimenopause nor that you need to purchase supplements that influencers and some physicians are selling. Nor does that mean you also need menopausal hormonal therapy and in fact MHT can worsen some symptoms and gyn conditions. These conversations and issues require a subtle and nuanced assessment including an individualized in person evaluation so that more harm than good doesn't occur. Please consider visiting us to find out how we can tease out what else might be going on causing or contributing to your symptoms. See the article below for more

Discussions of the life stage are often clouded by misinformation.

07/16/2026

I'm proud to announce that we have joined the Centered Care Directory which connects fabulous Independent Client Centered Practitioners who place relationships and real results above all!!. These clinicians might otherwise not be found easily and may very well be the caring and personal clinician that you have wanted to find but didn't know how !! Check the directory and us out https://how.healthcare

There's a Healthcare System That Isn't Built Around Your Insurance. Here's How to Find It.
Tired of 10-minute appointments, prescriptions that don't fix anything, and paying thousands a year for coverage that never seems to cover what you actually need? There is another way, and it's already out there, waiting for you to find it.

07/09/2026

NOT FEELING LIKE YOURSELF//? Feeling fatigued, irritable, have mood swings, hot flashes, low libido, vaginal dryness, dry skin, dry eyes, not sleeping well?? You may be perimenopausal or menopausal even in your 30's!! Find out more and connect with a compassionate, 38 year experienced Board Certified/Nurse Practitioner/Menopause Society Member to receive highly personalized health care tailored just for you to regain your sense of self, health and vitality. We LISTEN and CARE!! You deserve exceptional care and concern and are are special and so are we. Choose in person (preferred )or telemedicine Check us out ; You'll be glad you did. https://www.womenwisehealthcare.com, or call us @ 610-808-6388 or 610-632-5642.

05/22/2026

Self collected pap smears/HPV, while not always the best option, are better than nothing or no exam. Sexual abuse survivors as well as severely atrophic post-menopausal women may not be able to tolerate speculums and thus shy away, get nervous or even delay well women gyn exams. Weight,childbirth,vaginal laxity, organ prolapse can all impact and limit visibility of the cervix especially when trying to minimize patient discomfort with thinner or virginal, shorter or pediatric speculums which often times do not work.

ACOG Endorses 2026 WPSI Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

05/20/2026

Self collected pap smears/HPV, while not always the best option, are better than nothing. Sexual abuse survivors as well as severely atrophic post-menopausal women may not be able to tolerate speculums and thus shy away, get nervous or even delay well women gyn exams. Weight,childbirth,vaginal laxity, organ prolapse can all impact and limit visibility of the cervix especially when trying to minimize Patient discomfort with thinner or virginal, shorter or pediatric speculums which often times do not work.

Regardless of whether or not you need a pap or HPV or cultures, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE A YEARLY PELVIC AND BREAST EXAM (WHY WE CALL IT YOUR ANNUAL) WELL WOMAN EXAM TO TALK ABOUT CYCLE CHANGES, OSTEOPOROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION, PERIMENOPAUSE, FERTILITY, CONTRACEPTION, (IF NEEDED) MENOPAUSE, URINARY AND VAGINAL/VULVAR ISSUES/DISCOMFORT/PROBLEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OVARIES AND UTERUS (IF YOU STILL HAVE THEM) ARE NORMAL AND HEALTHY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT LIFE STYLE, NUTRITION AND GET EXPERT ADVICE FROM A BOARD CERTIFIED WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER INSTEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION AND INFLUENCERS AND ON LINE TELEMEDICINE PLATFORMS. NOTHING CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF AN IN-PERSON EXAM. IT'S MERIT AND WHAT IT CAN DISCLOSE IS INVALUABLE AND CAN BE LIFE AND HEALTH SAVING.

Please consider coming to Women Wise Holistic Healthcare and Wellness.!! We are trauma informed, know how to take the edge off these exams offering emotional, physical and spiritual comfort and making this whole experience as pleasant as possible. We meet each individual woman where she is and I have even had to see one specific patient 18 times who was highly traumatized, before I could actually do her exam. We desensitized her over many months and going forward, she knows she doesn't have to be afraid anymore. This is a win win for both the patient and myself and our practice and I am very proud of her, me and our process, sensitivity and kindness. In the old days, women were gaslight or told just told to "Just get over it" or suggested she get examined under anesthesia. How truly disempowering those times have been for women. NO MORE should either of these things ever happen AND CERTAINLY, NEVER WITH US !!

PLEASE SEE THE ENTIRE ARTICLE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM DOXIMITY
In a new ACOG Committee Statement, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists endorses the 2026 Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI) cervical cancer screening recommendations, adopted by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), with specific qualifications—particularly regarding patient-collected high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing.

Age 21–29 years: Continue cervical cytology alone every 3 years. No changes from prior guidance.
Age 30–65 years: Clinician-collected primary hrHPV screening every 5 years using U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved tests is now the preferred strategy. Co-testing every 5 years remains acceptable when primary hrHPV testing is unavailable or after patient counseling.
Patient-collected hrHPV testing: May be considered every 3 years for patients aged 30–65 years using clinician-ordered, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved kits, provided systems for documentation, notification, and follow-up are in place. ACOG recommends a 3-year interval due to insufficient data supporting a 5-year cadence for self-collection.
Age >65 years and post-hysterectomy: Routine screening is not clinically indicated in patients older than 65 years with adequate prior screening (three consecutive negative cytology results or two consecutive negative co-tests within 10 years, with the most recent within 3–5 years) or in those who have undergone hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and no history of cervical cancer or high-grade precancer.
https://www.doximity.com/articles/0e42ee3d-38d5-4503-a913-07a42cf942b4

05/14/2026

Hello Ladies, Just wanted to share that I've been asked to speak at a women's empowerment seminar this Saturday by the lovely philanthropic Suzette Fowlkes President and Founder of Limitless Ladies Ministries Inc. and you can find out more at Limitless LadiesMinistries.org. Wishing abundant blessings, clarity, good health, empowerment and inner peace to all.

05/06/2026

Please see this post from well respected women health and menopause advocate Jen Gunther MD (an OB/GYN) about what women need to understand about on line pharmacies and health platforms like MIDI that propose to be women's health advocates but truly are only interested in praying on women's pocket books selling supplements etc. Again, female buyers beware and see an in person clinician like us and develop a meaningful relationship with a board certified clinician that isn't interested in selling you anything but providing top notch, empowering women's health care, menopause hormone therapy (if you desire it) which includes a very labor intensive, nuanced type of care and conversations required to do the subject AND YOU and YOUR HEALTH justice to properly educate you to make the best decisions based on your values, body/physiology/health and lifestyle. Women Wise Holistic Healthcare and Wellness meets you WHERE YOU ARE. Please see the below post reposted here from substack

Thoughts on MIDI health, they are no longer a telemedicine company, they are a Pharmaceutical Adjacent Conglomerate

04/09/2026

Learn about our personalized patient centric holistic women’s health approach to gynecology and wellness We want to know YOUR STORY. # Womenswellness # exceptionalwomen’shealthcare