Jill Saberman is a California-based Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. In her professional practices, Jill focuses on Obstetrics & Gynecology, prenatal care, fertility, contraception and menopause. She values helping women understand their bodies, their health, and themselves.
In this episode, Jill Saberman discusses:
- her philosophy of care which includes these words, “I am forever grateful to be in a partnership with my patients” and focuses on being authentic, being a good listener, and creating a safe space for her patients…
- professional discretion and compartmentalization…
- thinking about a career in medicine when she was a child because her father was a physician and her mother is a psychologist and a Biofeedback and Stress Management Practitioner…
- choosing a different path in college and pursuing art classes and film production classes…
- graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts with a focus on film, video, and photography…
- stepping away from the film industry and deciding to consider graduate programs after a conversation with her own OBGYN Nurse Practitioner…
- pursuing a Masters degree in Nursing Science to become a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner…
- the winding path that that led her to find her sense of personal empowerment and fulfillment…
- the importance of sharing our stories and of reminding each other that it is okay to make mistakes while also having a sense of grace for ourselves…
- and her beautiful closing words, “I would just like for women to be mentors for each other. We all have something that can support, guide, encourage, teach, care, and love for what any individual wants to do or be.”
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