Gals Guide
Katie closes up Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Marsha Linehan, an American psychologist, professor, and author. Marsha created dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.. Learn more about Marsha Linehan on this week’s episode of the Gals Guide Podcast. The Gals Guide Podcast is off next week for Labor Day. Trigger Warning: This episode […]
It’s Lauren’s episode of Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Margaret Morgan Lawrence. She’s an American psychiatrist who wrote books about mental health in children in inner cities. Learn more about Margaret Morgan Lawrence on this week’s episode of the Gals Guide Podcast. Trigger Warning: This episode does mention suicide and self-harm. Learning Theme […]
Bonnie starts off a new month’s theme. August is Healing & Mental Health month and Bonnie’s pick is Leta Stetter Hollingworth. Leta was an American Psychologist known for her at Bellevue and her work with gifted children. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us each week to learn different aspects of […]
This event has passed. Join Gals Guide for a powerful evening honoring Henrietta Lacks’ contributions and reflecting on the important lessons her story continues to teach. Henrietta’s cancer cells were taken and sold without her consent. Her name was nearly erased as HeLa cells became a foundational tool for modern medicine. Because of Henrietta’s cells, […]
While there are several wonderful options for books about STEM, we have picked from our library collection and from our staffs reading list. Young Readers Nonfiction Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World by Rachel Ignotofsky Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson Women in STEM: Women Who Changed […]
Bonnie starts our Heart & Connection Month with another “puny pick.” First there was a botanist for Rooted in Self Month, now there is a cardiologist for Heart & Connection Month. Learn all about the amazing Helen B. Taussig who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]
Katie continues Personal Change month with a neuroscience journalist who covers drugs, addition and public policy. Learn about Maia Szalavitz on this week’s episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of […]
Josh returns to the podcast to talk about the medicinal plant biologist, Nokwanda Pearl Makunga. Professor Nox is a researcher in Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Her work is fascinating if you have a green thumb and even if you don’t! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast New for 2024! Join us on an adventure to get […]
Leah closes out Australian Gals Month with her pick. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (who was a military sister, not a religious sister) was an Australian Bush nurse who basically created physical therapy. At the time her methods of treating polio patients were unconventional but one day there was some help from the Mayo Clinic in the […]
For the last episode of Season 6, Barb ends Medicine Woman month with Omaha Medical doctor, Susan La Flesche Picotte. Season 7 begins on January 8, 2024, with Australian Gals. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about ancient history? Would it […]
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