Endo Warriors – Details, episodes & analysis

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

When endometriosis pain is normalized and women are dismissed, cannabis often enters the conversation as both a medical option and a source of tension. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg speaks with international speaker, healthcare strategist, and bestselling author Melanie Wentzel about the science of cannabis for chronic pain, the stigma women still face when they ask about it, and what every endo patient deserves to know.

Melanie breaks down how cannabinoids interact with the endocannabinoid system, what the research actually says about cannabis for endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, and how to have a real conversation with your doctor about it. She and Callie also get into the gendered double standard around women's pain management, why so many women are told to just take ibuprofen, and what changes when patients walk in informed.

If you've been quietly curious about cannabis for endo, period pain, or chronic illness, this is the unfiltered breakdown.

In this episode:

• Cannabis and the endocannabinoid system explained
• What research says about cannabis for endometriosis and chronic pain
• The stigma women face when they ask about cannabis
• How to have an informed conversation with your doctor
• The science vs. the misinformation in women's health

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

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Living with an invisible chronic illness often means trusting yourself before the system catches up. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg reconnects with longtime friend Lauren Buchsbaum for an honest conversation about life with ulcerative colitis, gut health, and what it really takes to advocate for your own body.

Lauren shares the early signs she pushed past, the misdiagnoses she navigated, and the years it took to land on the right treatment. She and Callie talk about the emotional weight of an invisible illness, the gut-brain connection, and why building a healthcare team that actually listens is non-negotiable for chronic illness patients.

If you live with ulcerative colitis, IBD, endometriosis, or any chronic condition that's hard to see from the outside, this conversation will feel like sitting with two friends who get it.

In this episode:

• Living with ulcerative colitis as an invisible chronic illness
• Misdiagnoses and the road to the right treatment
• The gut-brain connection in chronic inflammatory conditions
• How to advocate for yourself with skeptical providers
• Building a care team that actually listens

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
• Lauren Buchsbaum on Instagram: @labaum_

Podcast production and show notes by HiveCast.fm

Medical gaslighting reshapes the mind as much as the body. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg sits down with clinical therapist and former OR nurse Marissa Chabai to unpack how endometriosis can quietly strip a woman's voice, confidence, and sense of safety long before she ever gets a diagnosis.

Marissa brings a rare dual perspective from years inside operating rooms and her current trauma-informed therapy practice. She and Callie get into why so many women with endo are told their pain is normal, how chronic dismissal becomes its own form of trauma, and what real, body-aware mental health care looks like for people living with chronic illness.

This conversation is for anyone who has been told their symptoms are in their head, who has lost trust in providers, or who is rebuilding their sense of self after years of being unheard.

In this episode:

• The connection between endometriosis, medical gaslighting, and trauma
• Why chronic illness so often produces PTSD-like symptoms
• How to find a trauma-informed therapist who understands chronic pain
• Nervous system regulation tools you can use today
• Advocating for yourself in medical settings and at work

Resources & Links:

• Endo Warriors Podcast on Instagram: @endowarriorspodcast
• Callie Greenberg on Instagram: @callie_greenberg
• The Girls Room Project on Instagram: @Tgrofficialhq
• The Girls Room Project website: thegirlsroomofficial.com
• Marissa Chabai on Instagram: @rockymtntherapist

Podcast production and show notes by HiveCast.fm

Twenty-four years. That's how long Callie Greenberg waited for an endometriosis diagnosis. In this kickoff episode of Endo Warriors, Callie opens up about the symptoms doctors dismissed, the surgical menopause she was pushed into at thirty-nine, and the grief of late diagnosis, infertility, and a body that had been asking for help for decades.

Her story is the reason this podcast exists. How many women learn to downplay symptoms that deserve immediate care? What happens when a system built to treat us keeps missing the truth right in front of it? Callie created Endo Warriors to give listeners what she never had: a place where people navigating endometriosis or early menopause feel understood instead of dismissed.

If you've ever been told the pain is in your head, that bad periods are normal, or that your symptoms aren't worth investigating, this episode is for you.

In this episode:

• The reality of a 24-year delay to an endometriosis diagnosis
• Early symptoms, severe period pain, and repeated ER visits
• The first doctor who finally believed her
• Surgery, IVF, and the return of endometriomas
• Choosing hysterectomy and grieving infertility
• Why Endo Warriors was created

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Welcome to Endo Warriors 02:19 Medical Dismissal and the Reality of Women's Health 04:45 A 24-Year Search for an Endometriosis Diagnosis 07:00 Early Symptoms and Severe Period Pain 16:04 Escalating Pain and Repeated ER Visits 20:48 The First Doctor Who Finally Believed Her 22:07 Learning the Severity of Advanced Endometriosis 25:27 Surgery, IVF, and the Return of Endometriomas 27:46 Grieving Infertility and Choosing Hysterectomy 32:04 Why Endo Warriors Was Created

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

Podcast production and show notes by HiveCast.fm

Welcome to Endo Warriors, the weekly podcast for anyone living with endometriosis, chronic illness, or a body that has been dismissed by the system. Hosted by stage four endo warrior Callie Greenberg, each episode brings real stories, expert insights, and practical tools so listeners feel less alone and more equipped to advocate for themselves.

From diagnosis delays and surgery decisions to fertility, GLP-1 medications, hormone replacement therapy, and mental health, no topic is off the table. New episodes drop every Thursday.

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

Podcast production and show notes by HiveCast.fm

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

When doctors dismiss Black women's pain, the consequences are devastating. In this episode of Endo Warriors, host Callie Greenberg sits down with Fawn Walker-Montgomery, author of the memoir Healing in the Fight, to trace decades of living with endometriosis, the medical dismissal that nearly cost her life, and the surgery that finally changed her path.

Fawn shares how racial bias inside healthcare delayed her diagnosis, the suicidal despair that came with untreated chronic pain, and the intentional healing journey she's built since. She and Callie discuss ancestral practices, breathwork, dietary changes, and the broader fight for Black women in endo advocacy.

This conversation is for anyone who has been dismissed by the system, anyone who has ever wondered if their pain was real, and anyone ready to fight for the care they deserve.

In this episode:

• Racial bias in healthcare and how it delays endometriosis diagnosis
• The mental health toll of chronic untreated pain
• How life-threatening surgery became a turning point
• Ancestral healing, breathwork, and food as medicine
• Advocacy for Black women in the endo community

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
• Fawn Walker-Montgomery on Instagram: @fawn_montgomery