The Girls Room After Dark

Women's health is broken, and a 330,000-follower social media account is helping prove it. In this episode of Endo Warriors, hosts Callie Greenberg and Jamie Silva welcome René Jay, the influential creator behind @bornwithadarktan, to discuss his viral series exploring new topics in women's health and what he's learned along the way.
René has built a massive following thanks to his natural curiosity about women's health and his refusal to look away from what the system gets wrong. He, Callie, and Jamie unpack medical gaslighting, why so many women are dismissed in healthcare, the cultural conspiracy of silence around women's pain, and how visibility on social media is changing what patients are willing to accept.
This episode is for anyone who has ever felt like the medical system was working against them, and for anyone tired of being told the system is fine.
In this episode:
Why women's health gets dismissed at every level of the system
How social media is exposing medical gaslighting in real time
What men can learn (and teach) about women's health
Building advocacy in a culture that prefers silence
Real talk on endo, fertility, and the fight for better care
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
René Jay on Instagram: @bornwithadarktan
 

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Untreated endometriosis doesn't just hurt. It damages organs. In this episode of Endo Warriors, hosts Callie Greenberg and Jamie Silva talk with Carleigh Turner, a PhD student and endometriosis advocate, about her decades-long struggle with pelvic pain, repeated misdiagnoses, and the limits of common treatments.
Carleigh shares what happens when endometriosis is allowed to progress unchecked, the toll it takes on bowel, bladder, and reproductive organs, and why so many patients don't learn how serious it is until permanent damage has been done. She and the hosts unpack what truly informed care looks like, why excision matters, and how patients can push for real diagnostic workups instead of "wait and see."
This episode is for anyone who has been told their endo is mild and quietly suspected otherwise.
In this episode:
How untreated endometriosis damages the bowel, bladder, and reproductive organs
Why "wait and see" treatment fails endo patients
The case for excision over ablation
Advocating for a real diagnostic workup
The research and advocacy movement pushing for change
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Donate to Endo Excision For All: endoexcisionforall.org
 

What happens when Google knows more than your doctor? In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg sits down with Emma Taft, who endured years of misdiagnoses, dismissive providers, and invasive surgeries before getting an endometriosis diagnosis. The wild part? She was the one who found it first, by questioning the narrative her doctors kept giving her.
Emma's story reveals how endometriosis can silently take over a young woman's life. At just nineteen, she fought to be heard while her body kept telling her something more serious was happening. She and Callie talk about her early symptoms, what made her finally trust her gut over her providers, and how her advocacy became the work she does today.
This conversation is for anyone who has ever been told their pain is normal and refused to believe it.
In this episode:
The misdiagnoses Emma endured before learning she had endometriosis
How Googling her symptoms changed everything
Invasive surgeries and what came after
How to advocate for yourself when doctors won't listen
From patient to advocate: building the work that came next
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Emma Taft on Instagram: @emmagtaft
 

You sent in the questions, and Callie and Jamie are answering them. In this Q&A episode of Endo Warriors, the hosts share candid experiences using low-dose GLP-1 medications for endometriosis, describing improvements in inflammation, brain fog, digestion, and energy.
The episode covers dosing strategies, injection tips, differences between drugs, insurance and compounding options, interactions with birth control, surgery, and alcohol, and how to actually have a productive conversation with your clinician about GLP-1s. If you've been wondering whether GLP-1 medications could help with your endo, this is the no-spin breakdown of what they can do, what they can't, and what to know before you start.
In this episode:
What low-dose GLP-1 medications actually do for endometriosis symptoms
Tirzepatide vs. semaglutide and other dosing options
Compounding pharmacies and insurance workarounds
Interactions with birth control, surgery, and alcohol
How to talk to your clinician about GLP-1s for endo
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
 

When endometriosis trauma is too big for standard talk therapy, what comes next? In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg sits with guest Arianna Jacono to discuss the emotional and medical realities of living with endometriosis, including diagnostic delays, medical gaslighting, and the limits of traditional therapy and medication management.
Arianna and Callie explore the healing power of peer-led support, the role of trauma-aware care, the fact that surgery is not a cure, and practical steps for finding more empathetic providers and community. They unpack why so many endo patients feel unseen even by mental health professionals, and what it takes to rebuild after years of being unheard.
This conversation is for anyone who has felt like therapy alone wasn't enough, and who needs to know there are other paths to healing.
In this episode:
Why traditional talk therapy often falls short for chronic illness patients
The trauma of medical gaslighting and diagnostic delays
Why surgery is not the cure for endometriosis
Peer-led support and community as healing
How to find a trauma-informed provider
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Arianna Jacono on Instagram: @endojustice
 

If standard endometriosis treatments worked, we wouldn't need this episode. In this conversation of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg interviews co-host Jamie Silva about her long, painful journey with endometriosis and adenomyosis, from early misdiagnoses and traumatic treatments to finding real relief through excision surgery and better care.
Jamie shares candid stories about heavy bleeding, medical dismissal, mental health impacts, and the challenges of navigating a healthcare system that still treats outdated protocols as the standard of care. Callie and Jamie unpack why birth control, ablation, and "wait and see" so often fail endo patients, and what better treatment actually looks like.
This episode is a reality check on standard endo care and a roadmap for patients who deserve better.
In this episode:
Why standard endometriosis treatments fail so many patients
The difference between excision and ablation surgery
Adenomyosis, heavy bleeding, and medical dismissal
The mental health toll of being failed by the system
What patient-centered, expert-level endo care looks like
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Jamie Silva on Instagram: @jaimesilvarn
 

GLP-1 medications are everywhere, but does the science support using them for endometriosis? In this episode of Endo Warriors, hosts Callie Greenberg and Jamie sit down with endometriosis advocate Savannah Regensburger to walk through her decade-long health journey from concussion recovery to an eventual endometriosis diagnosis, and the toolbox of lifestyle and medical strategies she's built along the way.
Savannah opens up about micro-dosing GLP-1 medications like tirzepatide and semaglutide for inflammation and symptom management, what she's learned about the endo-inflammation connection, and how she balances clinical practice with community building. Callie, Jamie, and Savannah dig into who GLP-1s might actually help, what the research currently shows, and the real-talk conversations every endo patient should have with their doctor before starting.
If you've been curious about whether GLP-1 medications could help with endometriosis, inflammation, or chronic pain, this is the most honest breakdown you'll find.
In this episode:
How GLP-1 medications work for inflammation and chronic pain
Micro-dosing tirzepatide and semaglutide for endometriosis
The endo-inflammation-fertility connection
Lifestyle strategies that pair well with medication
Questions every patient should ask before starting GLP-1s
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Savannah Regensburger on Instagram: @savannahregensburger
 

Endometriosis, lupus, and racial bias in healthcare collide inside one family in this episode. Host Callie Greenberg sits down with Tamika Smith and her mother Rita Smith to share their journey navigating chronic illness across two generations and the medical system that kept dismissing both of them.
Tamika and Rita's diagnoses arrived very differently, but they share the same exhausting feeling of being medically gaslit and bullied because of the color of their skin. They talk openly about what it took to be heard, the cumulative toll of bias inside doctor's offices, and how mother and daughter learned to fight for each other when the system refused to fight for either of them.
This conversation is for Black women and women of color living with endo, lupus, or any chronic illness, and for anyone who needs to understand how race shapes medical outcomes in America today.
In this episode:
How racial bias delays diagnosis for endometriosis and lupus
A mother and daughter's parallel chronic illness journeys
Medical gaslighting Black women still face today
What advocacy looks like across generations
Building a family system that fights for itself
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Tamika Smith on Instagram: @tamikad_smith
Rita Smith on Instagram: @bad_girl_riri504
 

Choosing a hysterectomy at eighteen takes a kind of self-knowledge most people never have to find. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg sits with Courtney Gately, who made the brave decision to pursue a hysterectomy at the age of eighteen despite pushback from doctors who deemed her too young for such a significant decision.
Courtney shares what led her to that choice, what it took to advocate for it, and what life looks like on the other side. She and Callie discuss why endo patients so often have to fight for the treatment they know they need, the emotional weight of choosing a permanent procedure, and how she's used her platform and her business to support other endo warriors.
For the entire month of March, Courtney's business, Pembroke Bakery, donates 10% of all proceeds to the nonprofit Endo Excision For All to support Endometriosis Awareness Month.
This episode is for anyone who has been told they're too young to know what their body needs.
In this episode:
What led to choosing a hysterectomy at 18 for endo
How to advocate for major medical decisions when doctors push back
Life after hysterectomy and surgical menopause
Building a business that gives back to the endo community
Body autonomy and informed consent in young patients
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Pembroke Bakery on Instagram: @pembrokebakeryvt
 

Some endometriosis stories take a memoir to fully tell. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg interviews Yvonne Richardson-Hay, an endometriosis warrior, advocate, and author, about growing up in rural Queensland with environmental chemical exposure, her decades-long struggle with severe endometriosis, multiple surgeries, motherhood against the odds, and the emotional aftermath that led her to write her memoir.
Yvonne and Callie explore diagnosis delays, identity shifts caused by chronic illness, and the kind of writing that becomes survival. Yvonne talks openly about pain, loss, and the triumph of finally being seen, plus what it took to put her story into the world.
This conversation is for anyone whose endo journey deserves to be a book and anyone who needs proof that triumph is possible after years of pain and loss.
In this episode:
Environmental exposure and the link to severe endometriosis
Decades of misdiagnoses and delayed treatment
Identity loss and rebuild after chronic illness
Becoming a mother against the odds with endo
Writing a memoir as both healing and advocacy
Resources & Links:
Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
The Girls Room on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
The Girls Room website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
Yvonne Richardson-Hay on Instagram: @yvonne.richardsonhay.writer