It’s finally here! A brand new season of the #TakeGoodCare podcast is now available! In this episode, our physicians review Rosa Gynecology’s newly articulated mission, vision, and core values built on our 40+ year history, the new pillars for the podcast, and more.
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Dr. Mironda Williams:
Welcome to Take Good Care Podcast.
Dr. Karen Greene:
An endeavor that grew out of our love for obstetrics, and gynecology.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Our aim, and mission is to serve as a source of vital information for women of all races, ages, and walks in life.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
I am Dr. Mironda Williams.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
I am Dr. Deanna Guthrie.
Dr. Karen Greene:
And I am Dr. Karen Greene.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Welcome to our show. Welcome to another season, and the first episode of Take Good Care Podcast. I’m Dr. Mironda Williams.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
I’m Dr. Deanna Guthrie.
Dr. Karen Greene:
And I am Dr. Karen Greene.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Yes, we are back. It’s been a little bit of a break since we closed our last season, and we’ve been really busy doing a lot of work on ourselves, individually, on our practice, and also with the podcast. And we’re just excited to be back, ladies. Tell me, what are you all most excited about, or what concerns you, or just let the ladies know in our audience how you’re feeling today about being back?
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Well, I’m surprised I kind of missed this.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
That’s progress, ladies, and gentlemen. Oh, hold up. This is our first episode, and I forgot her favorite part that we are live, and on the air. Please continue, Dr. Guthrie.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
No, that’s okay. I missed that too. No, I was just saying that, like I said, I was the one that kind of got pulled along with this, but I just really have recognized that I really enjoy doing this. I feel that we’re doing a great service for our community. We want to provide the information, the education, encouragement to our patients, and family, and friends, whoever wants to listen.
Dr. Karen Greene:
Yeah, I missed it too. I felt it was kind of like getting on a bike after you hadn’t been on in a while. I was like, okay, how do you put the headset on? Where’s the mic go? But it all really comes back to you. And I think that when we decided to do this podcast, it was definitely out of a sense of need that we saw in our patient population as well as the community at large. And so we missed it, but I think that the public probably missed us more.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Absolutely. So, we’ve been living in this podcast space since March of 2020. So, at the time of this recording, we are now in 2026. So, who would have thunk it? And at the time that we started podcasting to both of your points, Dr. Green, and Dr. Guthrie, we had all been sent home. And so we didn’t know what we didn’t know. And it was a scary time. We were only seeing patients like a half day, very limited schedules, because it was in the height of the COVID pandemic, and things were just so unknown. And we felt disconnected. We felt disconnected from patients. But also I think we just felt like we needed to just be able to engage because at that time, if y’all remember, we weren’t supposed to be in the same room. There was a social distancing, I mean, because it was such a scary time.
So, when we started this podcast, we started the podcast on iPhones with Ring cameras.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Well, after our first episode.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Well, I mean, during the podcast, when we launched, we started with an iPhone, and Ring cameras in separate exam rooms, because at Dr. Guthrie’s point, we had done an, “Oh, we’re going to podcast.” And then-
Dr. Karen Greene:
The world shut down.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
And then we got sent home. And so what do y’all remember about that time?
Dr. Karen Greene:
I remember the disconnection mostly. I think because when you remind us about how we were in separate rooms, the whole world was separate. You were in your little pod per se at home, and the only reason we could even come into the office was because we were essential, but the rest of the world, my kids were doing their work, one’s upstairs, one downstairs on a computer trying to get things. And it doesn’t always seem like six years ago, because you remember so many details, it’s almost like a turning point in my mind.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
For me it was the uncertainty. You just never knew who was going to be here tomorrow. You didn’t know how to even behave around other people. It was people who were huggers, or just being around people, you really missed connection, but it was just the uncertainty. You didn’t know if I go into the grocery store, what’s going to happen? Everywhere you went, you just had this, I don’t want to say fear. [inaudible 00:05:00] But it was a little bit of fear.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Anxiety.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
But it was just, every day was like, “I’m taking this chance.” What does this mean?
Dr. Karen Greene:
And for those of us with parents, we also were fearful of exposing them because we were out more than they were. And so you really, you’re taking precautions not only for yourself, but also for your family. Yeah, there was definitely a little fear.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
There was a lot going on.
Dr. Karen Greene:
There was some fear there for sure.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
And then there was a lot of social unrest.
Dr. Karen Greene:
Yes.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
There was a lot of anger, a lot of division, there was information, and I think the politically correct term is misinformation. So, there was a lot. And I think all of that really, really drove us to continue the podcast, even though we had one real in the same room recording, and then we got sent to our separate spaces. And so over these last six years that we’ve been doing this, we’ve grown, the world has changed, the environment that we practice medicine has continued to change, the practice has changed, and we’ll talk about that a little bit more. And then we, again, have progressed from being in individual patient exam rooms, recording a podcast because we couldn’t see patients to, we’ve actually developed a whole studio in our office space that allows us to really continue to take it to the next level, and continue to evolve, and continue to move forward.
And part of that, and I really wanted to shout out at the beginning of this season, our current production partner, Just Eldridge Media, so shout out to Just Eldridge Media, or JEM, J-E-M, because they have been a gem, truly. I tease them all the time. But when we were doing our betting of various different people to be our production partner, and to help us, because we were making a change at the time from the personnel that we had before, because we feel like we wanted to do more, and we needed someone that could help us to do more, and take the limits off. And so when we interviewed with him at the time, like I said, we were interviewing a number of people. We were just like, “Oh wait, no, he gets us.” Which says a lot because we can be a lot in a good way.
Dr. Karen Greene:
In a good way.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
In a good way, and sometimes in challenging ways, but mostly in good ways. And he was like… And what I love about Eldridge, and Just Eldridge Media is that whatever ideas I come up with…
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
And she comes up with some doozies.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
And I can. He’s always like, “Yeah, we can do that.”
Dr. Karen Greene:
He’s going to make it happen.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
We can do that.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
It’s called enabling.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
No! No.
Dr. Karen Greene:
In a good way. In a good way. In a good way.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
But he’s thank you, Eldridge. Shout out to him, and Just Eldridge Media. And so to that end, and I think that’s what the three of us love just in terms of our business partnership, but also in the people that we’ve surrounded ourselves with in terms of our consultants, and partners, is that we want people to continue to push us. We don’t ever want to stay the same. We have done that in our medical practice clinically. We do surgeries now different than we did 20 years ago, because technology advances, medicine advances, things improve. So, we continue to improve with that, and we wanted our podcast to continue to do that. So, to that end, we had a brainstorming session toward the end of last calendar year talking about how can we take the podcast to the next level?
How can we go to the next level? What do we need to do? And so as a function of that brainstorming session, and also with Just Eldridge Media’s guidance, they say, “Let’s come up with some foundational truths, or pillars,” as we’re calling them, that will really undergird, and recognize what the podcast always has been, but also to give us a little bit more definition in terms of how we are going to structure things as we continue to move forward, and evolve. And so we have developed five pillars that we’re calling our Take Good Care pillars, and what’s important for us as it relates to this podcast. Dr. Greene, why don’t you start us off with what pillar one is?
Dr. Karen Greene:
So, the first pillar is body care. And for us, this embodies women’s health, women’s hormones, sexual care, sexual wellness, sleep, and nutrition. As gynecologists, we treat women, obviously. And women come to us, and they want to talk. They want to talk about all things body. It’s not just about coming in, and getting a pap, and a pelvic, or a mammogram. It’s about everything. And because they’re the carers of everybody else, they have to take care of theirselves. And so taking care of these items, their health, their hormones, their sexual wellness, getting adequate sleep, and nutrition, we feel that’s important because that’s what our patients see as important, and that’s what patients come to us for. One of many things.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Dr. Guthrie?
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Okay. Pillar number two is mind, and emotional care. So, important, especially in these times. There are a lot of-
Dr. Mironda Williams:
True that.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
…things going on in the world that are changing, that are very stressful, can be emotionally triggering. So, we just want to give guidance on things that can help with mental health, other things that support mental health, it’s sleep, it’s de-stressing. You want to turn, get away from the stressful things. For some people that may be not watching the news for a while, taking a break, getting off of social media, that can also be very triggering. As far as work too, work is concerned with the pandemic, everybody kind of dropped back. It was like, before then I felt the world was just like on a treadmill. And then the pandemic happened, and we kind of screeched to a halt, and then we were coming up with work from home, things like that.
I think the pendulum is kind of swinging back the other way. A lot of people are going back into the office, but you want to keep that balance for work.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Called harmony. Harmony.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Harmony. That was our word, harmony. And so you want to, so that you can prevent burnout. You want to recognize what can you do in your day? And there’s nothing wrong with working hard, or striving to do a lot, but you’ve got to recognize that there’s time for rest, and break, and just finding your joy in the middle of all of that, keeping a space for finding something that you can enjoy.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Our third pillar is spiritual care. And we mean this not in a preachy sense, but in an inclusive sense, and want to really highlight the importance of having faith, purpose, alignment, rest, and values. Everyone’s values have merit. And so we want to create a safe space for discussion, and for support of however you need to seek spiritual care. We’re not here to prescribe how you should seek for your spiritual care, but we want to create a space for discussion that just highlights why having faith, purpose, alignment, rest, and values is important for the individual. Dr. Greene?
Dr. Karen Greene:
And then number four, financial care. A few weeks ago, we all kind of were talking about finances, and talking to other staff about it. And one of the things that came up in the discussion was that there’s so many things that as women, we honestly don’t know. So, learning about those things should be important. Learning about those things for ourselves, learning about them for our families, our children. So, money mindset, important. Wealth building. Insurance literacy, and entrepreneurship. So, ourselves, we’re learning. I think that it’s important that we make sure that as women, we care for ourselves, not only everybody else’s care, and our healthcare, but also our financial care. Making sure that we understand what’s going on financially.
We may not have a financial degree, but we, as we’ve said before, we try to surround ourselves by people that know that information, and can give us good information so that it just is very helpful when you feel at least you’re on an even footing with the men in the community. So, at least you understand what they’re talking about. You may not know all the details, but you have a plan. And if, because women live a lot longer than men, you’re here by yourself, you’re not feeling like you know absolutely nothing you met, and your husband, or your partner did everything.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
And number five is life, and relationship care. So, relationship, and connection is just so important. There’s not a person who can’t live without that. You can’t be an island unto yourself. One of the first things, though, you want to know yourself. You can’t know how you want to be in a relationship if you don’t know yourself. So, it’s very important to do the things you know, take time to see how you feel about things, what you care about. And then life is so short. You want to connect as much as possible with the people around you, take advantage of the times that you have with them. They are precious, and just learning how to keep the connection going.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
So, these are the five pillars for take good care. And these pillars are going to help to shape how we continue to move forward, and evolve with this season, and with seasons to come. To that end, we have scheduled several guests to be with us this season, some in studio, some virtual, but all of them, and all of the things that we talk about this season in some way will represent these five pillars, because again, we feel like this is our strategic plan. This is how we are going to make sure that we individually continue to provide the kind of information, and the space for meaningful discussion, and to invite others into this space who can help expand our knowledge, and understanding of things, and expand the discussion. We’re not experts in all things. We are expert gynecologists, but in other things, we often reach out to get other support, and other people who have the intellect, and the knowledge on these things. And we want to model to others, it’s okay to say, you don’t know.
Dr. Karen Greene:
And to ask for help.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
And to ask, and to go out, and find those who can give you reliable information. So, the take good care pillars are body care. Again, this is involved with women’s health, hormones, sexual wellness, sleep, and nutrition. Number two, mind, and emotional care, focusing on mental health, boundaries, burnout, therapy, and joy. Three, spiritual care, understanding faith, purpose, alignment, rest, values. Again, being inclusive, we’re not here to preach to you. Financial care, understanding of money mindset, wealth building, insurance literacy, and entrepreneurship. And then lastly, life, and relationship care, motherhood, sisterhood, daughterhood, auntie hood, all the hoods.
Dr. Karen Greene:
All the hoods.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Partnerships, career transitions, and identity. So, we hope that our audience understands that we’ve been away from you for a little bit of a time, but our time has not been idle. We’ve been doing a lot of work, as I said, individually, as well as work for our practice, work on our podcast. We don’t do these things haphazardly. We do things with a lot of intention, and thought, and foresight. And those of you who’ve been with us the last couple of seasons, you are probably also aware that we went through, and I was going to say a rebranding, but rebranding to me says that we didn’t know what we were doing before, and so now we’re rebranding to do something different.
Dr. Karen Greene:
That’s not true.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
That’s not true. So, I call it a realignment because we have been gynecology focused physicians, now gynecologists, going on 10 years. We just realigned our brand a couple of years ago. And so in that realignment of our brand, and then further developing that identity, we became Rosa Gynecology, and we became Rosa Gynecology in the realignment of that branding because we are gynecologists, and we have been focusing on excelling in, learning about, advancing our own knowledge, and then sharing that knowledge with our patient base primarily in terms of gynecology care. And we continue, as I said, our staff, and some of our consultants are like, “Y’all can’t just rest?” And so we’re like, “Well, no.” And so-
Dr. Karen Greene:
No flats on us.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
No. So, to even further that more over the last almost year, we really took some very intentional time. We had a facilitator, we did retreats, we just did a lot of work so that we could realign our mission, our vision, and our core values. Again, not because we weren’t already doing these things, but we felt it very important that we articulated very intentionally for ourselves, for our staff, and for our patients, and for the community. So, who wants to let everyone know about our new vision?
Dr. Karen Greene:
I do.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Our realigned vision.
Dr. Karen Greene:
Realigned vision. Yes. As Dr. Williams said, we took a lot of time with this. We had to find something that spoke to who we are, and what we’re doing in words that other people could really feel. And so we knew we had to feel at first. So, our vision, we envision a sustainable future led by healers of women where compassionate care, connection, and innovation allow women, and communities to truly thrive.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Yes. Let that breathe. And our mission, Dr. Guthrie?
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
Our mission is our mission is to provide inclusive gynecologic care grounded in empathy, strengthened by education, and built on connection, creating a safe, and compassionate space that empowers every patient through connected partnership in their health journey.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Yes. [inaudible 00:21:33] And our core values. We have five. Integrity, and trust. We provide ethical, respectful, and accountable care, honoring the trust placed in us by every patient, and one another. The second value, clear, compassionate communication. We listen with empathy, explain with clarity, and communicate with intention so every person feels heard, informed, and confident in their care. Value number three, team-based care. We work together to deliver seamless, coordinated, patient-centered women’s healthcare. Number four, stewarded, collaborative leadership. We lead with creativity, innovation, inclusivity, and shared responsibility, supporting one another to serve our patients with consistency, and care. And lastly, a culture of safety, and wellbeing. We prioritize physical, emotional, and psychological safety, fostering an environment where patients, and staff feel secure, supported, and valued.
So, we hope that our listening audience, our patients, our staff, just everyone in the community can see in this episode as we begin to bring this one to a close, the intentional work that has happened during this interim that we’ve been away from you from the podcast space, and that we have really been trying to shore up our foundation that has led to this 10 year success as gynecology focused physicians, but our medical practice has been in existence over 40 years. So, again, we’re not new. We’re just evolving. We’re continuing to grow. We’re continuing to do the work on ourselves as individuals, as professionals, as gynecologists, and as a business, and we want everything to be coordinated, and to support that, which is why you see now we did the work to make a strategic plan about our podcast, because it’s important in how we care for patients in the community just as much as when we have an individual in an exam room that we’re seeing one-on-one.
And the same intention to detail, the same pillars that we mentioned as important in our podcast space are the same pillars that we exhibit, and strive to live out every day with each patient one-on-one. And when we looked at how we wanted to realign, and articulate our mission, our vision, and our core values, we wanted to make sure that we were able to fully articulate a 40 year, and counting history in this community, and the 10 years, and counting as being gynecologists, where we focused on that care of women in their reproductive life once we retired from obstetrics. So, we wanted to take time with this initial episode, getting back for Take Good Care Podcast to just give you a little insight into what we’ve been doing, the work that’s gone on, and I hope you’re excited to go along with us on this journey as you have been. We so appreciate our audience, our patients, and the engagement, and we ain’t done yet. We got a little bit more to go, so we just want you to know we’re just retooling, and we realigned, and the sky’s the limit. Any other remarks, ladies?
Dr. Karen Greene:
So, when we say we are Rosa, y’all understand exactly what we mean.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
Because we are Rosa.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
And we’re back.
Dr. Mironda Williams:
And we’re back. So, thank you for listening to this episode of Take Good Care Podcasts. We’re excited to be back. We have a lot more to share with you in the episodes that come along, so please make sure you continue to tell your friends, your family, your associates, your colleagues, your frenemies. Just let everybody know to check us out, and they can make their own decisions. So, until we meet again, I’m Dr. Mironda Williams.
Dr. Deanna Guthrie:
I’m Dr. Deanna Guthrie.
Dr. Karen Greene:
And I am Dr. Karen Greene. Take good care.