Episode 213: Gender Identity

Curate Your Health with Dr Heather Hammerstedt

Episode 213 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.

Dr. Lulu is here today to discuss gender identity. She identifies this as your true sense of self, how you see yourself, something, no one else can tell you. She stresses the importance of respecting someone’s gender identity. She is a pediatrician and talks about how to be the patient’s advocate and how to really listen to what they are saying. It is imperative that children have at least one trusted adult. She coaches parents who are triggering kids, parents who are not affirming; and home needs to be a safe place. We don’t have to understand, we just need to know. Pediatricians and parents need to ask open ended questions, use pronouns, and affirm who they are.

Dr. Lulu is a Queer, Nigerian-born pediatrician, educator, parent coach, and CEO of Dr. Lulu’s Life Coaching Lounge. She is the mother of a transgender young adult and works to educate families, healthcare providers and non-medical organizations on accepting, affirming and supporting their LGBTQ+ children/patients/employees. A former Lt. Col and commander in the US Air Force, Dr. Lulu is also an award winning LGBTQ+ and DEI advocate. She has been featured on local, national and international media and stages, including Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want masterclass. She is a 3-time TedxSpeaker, 7-time bestselling author and all round agitator of the Governor of Texas. She can be found at Dr-lulu.com.

Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.

And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.