Western Sydney Endo Circle: Self-Advocacy: How to Talk To Your Doctor Without Being Gaslit

In this second session of the  Western Sydney Endo Circle at Saint Mary’s Library we will learn tips and tricks from self-advocacy experts and bring clarity so that we can speak with an assertive and clear voice about our own health experiences and history.

It can be hard to find your voice after being silenced by chronic illness and fighting through the medical system. For the sake of our wellbeing we MUST speak up in order to receive the care and treatments we need and deserve. Some endometriosis and other chronic illness patients are called ‘hysterical’ and are gaslit by those who stand to profit from our ignorance and complacency.

In the accompanying FREE WEBINAR: Katie Boyce, Board Certified Patient Advocate, Founder of Endo Girls Blog joins Alexandra Mitchell (Owner, Endo Circle) to discuss Self-Advocacy: How to Talk to Your Doctor Without Being Gaslit.
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ABOUT THE HOST & ENDO CIRCLE

Welcome to Western Sydney's Endo Circle hosted by Alexandra Mitchell  (Creator and Host of the Invisible Iconic Podcast, Owner of Endo Circle, formerly working for the Disability Discrimination Commissioner and the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Macquarie University, Natural Fertility and Health Solutions).

Alexandra suffers from extrapelvic and deep infiltrating endometriosis and many other chronic illnesses. She was Communications and Relations Adviser on the board of Extrapelvic Not Rare (USA), the only registered non profit for extrapelvic endometriosis. 

Alexandra cohosted the first NSW screening of the acclaimed EndoWhat Endometriosis Documentary 'Below the Belt' Directed by Shannon Cohn, Executive Produced by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Alexandra represented Australian patients in the 2023 Virtual Worldwide EndoMarch.

Join Alex as she presents educational material collated with the permission of the Center for Endometriosis Care, Extrapelvic Not Rare and the Endometriosis Summit amongst other reputable sources to cut through the noise and share up to date, life saving information for those diagnosed with or suspecting endometriosis. 

The two hour sessions will include an educational component as well as a general discussion and sharing circle.