037: This week we have a beautiful and fascinating personal history to unwind with my dear friend Kate. She is one of many women I know who has experienced an abortion in this lifetime. She is also someone who registered this experience very differently than most - including the women in her maternal lineage. To her, this wasn't traumatic and was well integrated over time. In this episode, we dive SO deeply into this vulnerable topic in the hopes to liberate others and to share what is possible when women make their bodies' wellbeing a priority.

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• The similar "hiding" of tampons, abortions, and many other pelvic health related topics
• Kate's cosmic history with the womb - beginning with fainting learning about her period
• The belief system Kate had around fertility and the surprising realization about her mom's personal history with HER womb
• MAPS conference, sitting with Aya, and memories of assault
• Confronting assault and abortion timelines of healing trauma to the pelvis
• What happened when Kate found out she was pregnant with her partner in Mexico
• How Kate’s abortion was actually HEALING for her and how she processed it over the past year
• Powerful inner knowing as the seasons change and honoring her one year anniversary
• More thoughts on her choice

Connect with our guest, Kate

• Instagram @kate.space__
• Website https://bio.site/katespace
• euni's Sensory Playspace Aftercare article: https://sensoryplayspace.substack.com/p/aftercare-for-all-types-of-intimacy

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036: My sweet client-turned- soul friend Jessica Grody joins us to share about her pregnancy, birth and (almost) one year postpartum experience. Jess felt the desire to seek pelvic PT at 8 months pregnant and has a LOT to say about it, especially as an extremely active and avid runner, swimmer, yogi and now, mama. She hopes that with sharing her postpartum struggles and triumphs, people feel less alone and are better understood.

Feeling the Pulse on

• How an old tailbone injury from gymnastics set Jess on a path to seeking pelvic PT
• Her fears around giving birth and moving through those in pelvic PT prenatal sessions
• Pelvic floor checks, proper breathing mechanics and cues we hear in certain circles
• Jess's personal experience with birth
• Reframing recovery in postpartum into more of a rediscovery, mirroring her child's progression
• Spreading awareness and sharing about pelvic care for more women AND providers to understand this process and postpartum period
• Why supporting women + mothers is so important
• A holistic approach for pelvic care + Dr. Brittney's work

Connect with our guest, Jessica Grody

• Instagram @pinkninjayogi

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035: The gracious and vibrant Dr. Brianne Grogan joined us to dive deep into pelvic health! Dr. Bri is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, specializing in pelvic health. An Oregon native, Bri and her family took a 12-year detour to Germany, where she nurtured and grew her popular YouTube channel, which now has over 470,000 subscribers. Today, Bri is back in the United States and enjoys living, working, and playing in Bend, Oregon. She is passionate about the mental and emotional aspects of pelvic health. Her mission is to change the conversation around pelvic wellness to a new paradigm that includes thoughts, emotions, energy, mindset, Spirit, and Soul along with body-based approaches to care. Together, we explored what it truly means to go beyond the basics of pelvic care and tap into the body’s innate wisdom for healing, vitality, and connection.

Feeling the Pulse on

• The 3 Minute Miracle YouTube video that kicked off Brittney's love of Dr. Bri's work
• How Bri got into pelvic physical therapy and her initiation in postpartum experiencing prolapse
• Getting information and knowledge about pelvic health issues out there for people
• How moving to Germany altered her work around movement and pelvic floor-focused exercise
• "You are so much more than your pelvic floor issue" + words of encouragement
• Why spending intentional quality time is SO important and nourishing for the client
• Having gone WIDE with information and the desire to go DEEP now with pelvic health

Connect with our guest, Dr. Brianne Grogan, DPT

• Instagram

Recommended resources

• https://www.briannegrogan.com for mind-body resources
• https://www.vibrantpelvichealth.com/quiz to see if your pelvic floor needs help
• https://www.youtube.com/vibrantpelvichealth for free videos and playlists

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034: Lynn Schulte graces us on the podcast in this very enlightening conversation! In today's episode, you'll get an inside look of how two holistic practitioners approach their pelvic health clients, in pregnancy and postpartum. If you're someone who is either a mom who is still healing from your birth, or a hands on provider in birthwork, you'll want to give this episode a listen to see how you can apply Lynn's 30 YEARS of wisdom to your life.

Feeling the Pulse on

• How Lynn discovered SIGNIFICANT patterns in her postpartum clients over years
• What the Open Birthing Pattern is and how to fix it
• Why bladder and uterine positions matter
• Why you may be experiencing insertional/intercourse pain even after a cesarean birth
• The importance of baby's position, the tension you feel being addressed, trauma and Trauma, and processing your birth
• "Not all pain is physical," how pain and trauma are related, our society's relationship to pain
• Living from the bottom of your bowl//dropping into your p.ssy

Connect with our guest, Lynn Schulte, PT

• Instagram
• Recommended resources for moms and practitioners:
• How to Close the Open Birthing Pattern in the Pelvis
• Oblique Stretch and Release
• How to Massage Your C-Section Scar
• Institute For Birth Healing Directory of Providers
• Center for Birth Healing Clinical Practice to set up One on one-on-one sessions in Person or Online
• Institute for Birth Healing Online Courses for Providers
• Confidence in Your Core, Pelvic Floor and More for MOMS

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033: Welcome back Sydney to the pod! She's an awesome human, toddler mom and super pregnant with baby #2 (post-pelvic organ prolapse baby). Sydney is also an FNP who works in Women’s Health, so she has a LOT of first-hand experience as well as professional connection and wisdom nuggets to add to the conversation. This was such a fun, sweet, and reflective episode on Sydney's personal journey with pregnancy this go-around, mothering, fierce advocacy, and so much more.

Feeling the Pulse on

• Sydney's second pregnancy at ~37 weeks this summer and how it's been feeling holistically in comparison to her first
• A recap of her first pregnancy and birth where she was diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
• What's felt helpful and empowering for Sydney during this pregnancy that's preparing her for postpartum
• The importance of your village, alone time, being enough, the truth of postpartum for Sydney
• Common threads to be mindful of with regards to prolapse symptoms: genetics, vaginal deliveries, obesity, connective tissue disorders, hormones, etc.
• How Sydney is preparing herself and firstborn for another sibling + conversations she's having with her husband
• Looking at life through the eyes of a child to help you remain PRESENT

Connect with our guest, Sydney H.

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/dear_syd

Recommended resources for POP community:

• @Postpartum_pop_pt
• P4moms.com
• @thebellemethod
• @getmomstrong
• @expectingandempowered
• @mamastayfit
• Mental health: The Postpartum Therapist, Postpartum Support International, Postpartum Health Alliance

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032: Mary Catherine Shurett lights us up with her depth and understanding of a woman's body in this episode as a seasoned feminine embodiment guide, ceremonial facilitator, author of the book “Home”, and creator of the Feminine Embodiment Practice, “V.”. Through feminine frameworks and nurturing immersive containers, Mary Catherine guides people to lovingly and effectively strip away societal masks and religious programming, establish a profound connection with Love and reconnect with the instinctual nature of their animal bodies. At the heart of Mary Catherine's offerings is her signature movement method, "V.," a somatic-based practice tailored for women seeking more depth from their movement experience. This unique practice utilizes primal movement, sound, and vocal toning to seamlessly link and affirm the connection between women's pelvic floors to their voices - a big reason Brittney and her appreciate each other's work. Listen up for some beautiful and impactful insights on the power of movement, toning, and breath as prayer, as well as cervical wand work! Everything is connected, and you'll likely feel the urge to move, touch, and be with your V by the end of it.

Feeling the Pulse on

• Mary Catherine's connection to inner knowing, or gnosis
• Her practice "V." and how she developed it over the course of 8 years
• MC's path from a sexless marriage at 23 to finding embodiment and reclaiming her erotic innocence
• What is erotic innocence and the connection to religious repression of this part of us
• Her healing journey (inner child, father line, forgiveness), the transformation with the quality of men she experienced, and the manifestation of her relationship in her bathtub experience
• Coming home to your art and who you're meant to be in this life, movement as the prayer or surrender into the unknown, letting yourself fully express vs being victimized by your emotions
• How vulvar and cervical work can CHANGE YOUR LIFE, and why you don't want to sleep on it

Connect with our guest, Mary Catherine Shurett

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/mcshurett/
• Website: www.mcshurett.com

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031: Janelle Nelson graces us with her presence on the pod this episode - if you're someone who is like her and Brittney, this one may hit home. As a licensed marriage and family therapist who utilizes EMDR, body-based practices, and attachment work, Janelle has a beautiful approach and understanding of those who are looking to reclaim their bodily autonomy, sexuality and spirituality, especially after having grown up in religious programming and working with many sexual trauma cases in her early years as a therapist. Janelle and Brittney flow through SO much, sharing intimate parts of their journeys to becoming empowered and embodied practitioners, and how YOU can begin to do the same.

Feeling the Pulse on

• Janelle and Brittney's similarities - being pastor's daughters, To Be Magnetic work, and spirituality journeys
• How Janelle got into her work as a trauma therapist after an intense religious upbringing
• Purity culture, sexual expression in the household, and feeling stifled
• CRITICAL yet hijacked sexual development, sexual abuse and/or religious trauma, learning to titrate, saying yes and no
• The rationalization and messaging on sex both men and women may receive, overriding our own nervous systems, advocating for ourselves in an embodied way
• Re-establishing the connection to the different aspects of ourselves sexually and spiritually, spearheading the revitalization for the lineage, and acknowledging one's own autonomy on their healing path
• Healing after a trauma: you're not responsible FOR your wounds, but you can be responsible TO your wounds (if you want to be).

Connect with our guest, Janelle Nelson

• Work with Janelle: https://www.wholenesscollectivetherapy.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jncounseling

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030: After meeting virtually as panelists, Brittney KNEW she had to have Cassie on the podcast because she is SUCH a force for women (and other folks) in the work she does. Cassie Krajewski is the founder of Inner Atlas Therapy and co-founder of Center for Embodiment in Denver, CO. For more than 10 years, Cassie has worked with people to heal from issues with disordered eating, sexuality and pleasure, body shame and weight stigma, and the fragmentation and trauma that often underlies these issues. As a licensed clinical social worker, certified sex therapist, educator, and consultant, Cassie seeks to support people in connecting with their body's inherent wisdom, inhabiting their bodies more fully, and experiencing body liberation.

Cassie is skilled at using a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, including EMDR, attachment work and depth-oriented psychotherapy, IFS and parts work, emotion-focused therapy, various trauma and body-based therapies, feminist approaches to mental health and therapy, mindfulness, inner child and parts work, and meaning and insight based therapies. In this episode, you'll hear insights and concepts you may haven't even considered being connected (sex and food?!), juicy homework (or should we say homePLAY), and an invitation to expand your capacity for ALL of the emotions life has to offer us as humans.

Feeling the Pulse on

• Cassie's work within body trust, personally and professionally
• How DESIRE and APPETITE are related, looking at it through lenses of diet and purity culture
• How her upbringing shaped her outlook on body trust, sexuality, and desire/wanting
• Cassie's break down of sexy homework for a couple working on their intimacy
• The difference between true anticipation as foreplay and denial or repression of our desires
• More depth on desire and appetite in relation to sexuality, food, body size and self trust
• The bargain we have as humans getting to experience a full range of emotions as a part of our ALIVENESS

Connect with our guest, Cassie Krajewski

• Work with Cassie: https://www.inneratlastherapy.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inneratlastherapy/

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