Oct 21, 2026 · 22 min · 9 segments
In our first episode, we share why we created This is NOT Normal!, how our own health struggles shaped our work, and why women deserve more than being told everything looks “normal.” \…
Nicole BentivegnaHost
Deb MatthewHostBut what changed for me is I read a book by Suzanne Somers, like, remember the Thigh Master? And no doctor wants to get their medical information from Chrissy Snow.
Like, like, we don't wanna get our information from celebrities, but I had nowhere else to turn.
He read the back cover of the book, and it talked about, like, tired all the time and irritable and anxious out of nowhere.
I never used to be an anxious person, and now I was flipping out over the stupidest things and worrying about...
Like, w- w- it would be such a big deal, and then two days later, I'd look back and go, "What on earth was I even thinking?" But I read the book because I didn't know what else to do.
And when I read all these stories about women who were just like me, and then how much better they felt when they got their hormones back in balance, it really allowed me to open my mind, and it was really humbling to realize, like, when we go through medical school, w- we graduate, and I'm speaking we, like, I think this is pretty true for most doctors.
We graduate feeling like we are the owners of medical information, and if something was true, they would've taught me.
But I'm telling you, I deserve a partial refund because they left out a whole bunch of stuff-
And what I remember most about that book, I guess there's two things, but one is I learned about progesterone.
It's in birth control pills that, you know, I was giving out like candy at the time.
But I didn't know that there was a difference between the progesterone that our body makes and the stuff that we have in the birth control pill.
But what changed for me is I read a book by Suzanne Somers, like, remember the Thigh Master? And no doctor wants to get their medical information from Chrissy Snow.
Like, like, we don't wanna get our information from celebrities, but I had nowhere else to turn.
He read the back cover of the book, and it talked about, like, tired all the time and irritable and anxious out of nowhere.
I never used to be an anxious person, and now I was flipping out over the stupidest things and worrying about...
Like, w- w- it would be such a big deal, and then two days later, I'd look back and go, "What on earth was I even thinking?" But I read the book because I didn't know what else to do.
And when I read all these stories about women who were just like me, and then how much better they felt when they got their hormones back in balance, it really allowed me to open my mind, and it was really humbling to realize, like, when we go through medical school, w- we graduate, and I'm speaking we, like, I think this is pretty true for most doctors.
We graduate feeling like we are the owners of medical information, and if something was true, they would've taught me.
But I'm telling you, I deserve a partial refund because they left out a whole bunch of stuff-
And what I remember most about that book, I guess there's two things, but one is I learned about progesterone.
It's in birth control pills that, you know, I was giving out like candy at the time.
But I didn't know that there was a difference between the progesterone that our body makes and the stuff that we have in the birth control pill.
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