It often starts with a sudden, awful feeling. “I feel like something just fell out of me!” This is what I felt after the birth of my daughter for several years. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is an unmistakable and uncomfortable feeling of pressure in the pelvic area and can affect anyone of the pelvic organs (bladder, uterus, vagina, rectum or intestines). POP is characterized by a bulging or dropping of… Read More…
11 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
I have experienced healing from grounding or as some say earthing. Earthing therapy is connecting to the energy of the planet and lately, it’s getting a lot of press about its health benefits. There’s tremendous healing that happens when we connect to the wonders of our planet and I don’t want to see that go away. So today, I thought I would share how my family and I reduce our carbon footprint on the earth. Why? Because I believe deep down inside that we all count and we can…read more
Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation that Help You Create the Life You Want
For a long time, I was a stress ball. I bite my nails, I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t sleep, and I felt like every day I was battling a creature inside me. I call those days the “dark nights of my soul,” and I can say that stress made my pain, my anxiety, and my bladder symptoms worse. Every day felt like I was battling myself, and it left me feeling defeated. I felt like I was failing my family, my daughter, and my clients. I felt like a faker because I was recommending a certain lifestyle yet…read more
Is the Voice in Your Head Your Worst Enemy?
I recently had the pleasure to sit down with world-trnowned psychologist Zee Selvili and talk to her about self-compassion and how to tackle that voice in your head. Many times our voice in our head ends up being our worst enemy, especially for those of us who are sufering from pelvic floor conditions. Zee really knows hw to tell it like it is, read more to hear her truth bombs.
(Video) The New Kegel Workout
We’re so indoctrinated into thinking that there is only one way to reclaim our pelvic power and that’s by doing traditional Kegels in the traditional way and this isn’t true! The pelvic floor (PFMs) aka our “Lady Parts” consists of three muscle layers and over 10 muscles. So The PFMs need to be exercised in specific ways with specific movements to guarantee success…Variety is the spice of life and the road to pelvic power heaven. Exercises for your lady parts does not have to be drudgery, and it doesn’t have to be…Read More…
How to Use Positive Self Talk to Achieve Anything You Want
Many times we’re our own worst enemies. Have you ever had everything you needed to succeed with a goal whether it be in health, love, and work and all of a sudden for no rational reason you come to a full stop and turn away from this goal? I call this Subconscious Self Sabotage or SSS for short, and it’s the primary reason why many of us don’t achieve our wildest dreams. SSS starts with self-talk. Many times we talk ourselves out of.…Read More…
The Holistic Approach to Yoni and Bladder Care: Stop The Burn-Itch Cycle
Are you sick and tired of taking medications (prescribed by your MD) only to have your UTI or yeast infection rear its ugly head again and again? Maybe you have an itchy feeling in the vagina, but all the tests come back negative and you have seen multiple doctors to only be more confused and without answers? Have you ever been diagnosed with vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, bacterial vaginosis or vulvar vestibulitis? These conditions typically exhibit signs and symptoms of what is referred to as. …Read More…
How To Feel Enough and Stop Undervaluing Yourself
Let’s face it, not everybody gets to grow up with built-in confidence, and then preserve it throughout life. Too many women spend decades thinking that they’re less than other people and that realizing goals and dreams is just not in the cards. Heck for decades I believed this myself. Growing up in an abusive household can put a dagger right through your self-esteem. Now it doesn’t have to be this bad for us to lose confidence in ourselves and to feel “less than.” Sometimes it’s a parent’s reaction, or the promotion you didn’t get, or maybe you feel less than in your body because of your weight or pelvic issues. The truth is.…Read More…