The Living Well Women's Health Podcast

An Inside Look at a Pelvic Floor Therapist's Toolbox

Pelvic floor therapist Emily Kelbert, DPT returns for part two with Jessica and Lee — this time on the tools she actually uses in the clinic. Pelvic wands for tight muscles and trigger point release. Dilators for painful or impossible penetration. Oh Nuts for depth control. Weights for strengthening (and why they're not for all-day wear). The Revive pessary for prolapse support during gardening, standing, or anything else that taxes intra-abdominal pressure. The rule under every tool: none of these are fixes. They're scaffolding while you build. And they need to be matched to your body by someone who's seen your body. Learn more at pelvicare.com [http://pelvicare.com].

Everything You Wish You Knew About Your Pelvic Floor

Can I jump again? Can I lift weights? Is my pelvic floor making it harder to orgasm? Can my partner help me through chronic pelvic pain? These are the questions women are quietly Googling at night — and the ones they don't have time to ask in a 15-minute appointment. In our second PelviCare community chat, Jessica Chesser sits down with pelvic floor PT Lee to walk through the questions the community sent in. No script, no jargon — just a pelvic floor therapist answering the things almost no one is being told. What's covered: why your quiz result might not match what you came in for; endometriosis and the pelvic floor; painful orgasms and what's actually causing them; why "just Kegel harder" makes weakness worse; jumping again with prolapse or incontinence; the weight-lifting leak myth (leaking is not the sign you're working hard); how to advocate for a pelvic floor PT referral when your doctor isn't sure; diaphragmatic vs. 360 breathing; bringing your partner into chronic pelvic pain recovery; and why mashing a trigger point usually makes it worse. The new PelviCare tracker logs food, drink, bathroom patterns, leaks, and your cycle — and after 30 days, the AI gives you a report you can take to your provider. Plus new pregnancy and menopause courses, a favorites feature, and streak reminders to keep you moving. Download PelviCare: https://www.pelvicare.com/ [https://www.pelvicare.com/] These chats happen once a month. If one woman is asking, five more are wondering the same thing. Bring your questions next time. Subscribe so you don't miss the next community chat. We're learning to trade shame and embarrassment for strength and dignity.

What the Cross Says About Women

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Living Well Podcast! Join us as special guest CJ Clymer joins Jessica and Lee to talk about a question that lives quietly inside a lot of women's lives: am I held? Am I seen? Women juggle a lot. On the cross, Jesus juggled the weight of the world — and he never dropped one thing. He held the universe together, and he still saw his mother. This episode walks through Colossians 1's claim that he holds it all together, the Greek word "gyna" (the reverent term Jesus used for Mary at both his first miracle and his last earthly act), how he made John her new son from the cross, and why "you don't have to be Mary to matter." Learn more at pelvicare.com [http://pelvicare.com].

Your Lab Results Don't Always Reveal the Whole Picture. Dr. Kam Mueller, DO on Root-Cause Medicine

Your labs came back "normal." You still feel off. Now what? Dr. Kam Mueller, DO joins Jessica and Lee to walk through what root-cause medicine actually looks like — and why conventional reference ranges miss so much of what real patients are experiencing. We cover the four osteopathic tenets, why diabetes is rarely just a "high blood sugar" problem, how fasting can give the body room to reset, and the difference between a "normal" and an optimal lab value (the GFR example will make you rethink your last appointment). Then we get into the nutrition piece — shopping the perimeter of the grocery store, how much protein athletes actually need (spoiler: more than the RDA), the female athlete triad, and why hip and knee pain shows up so often in women who train hard. Dr. Mueller breaks down hormone testing (timing matters more than most doctors mention), autoimmune triggers, what really happens to estrogen at menopause, the boron-and-bone-density connection most patients have never heard of, and how direct primary care works — including the new rule that lets you pay your membership with HSA dollars. If you've ever walked out of a 15-minute appointment feeling unheard, this episode is for you. Find PelviCare on the App Store, Google Play, or at pelvicare.com [http://pelvicare.com].

Home Birth, Real Postpartum Rest, and the Tearing Talk — with Midwife Kayla Blocher, CPM

Most women hear one story about birth, and it's usually the fear-based one. This week we sit down with Kayla Blocher, a Certified Professional Midwife in Hillsdale County, Michigan — for the kind of conversation about home birth, midwifery care, and postpartum recovery you wish your older sister had had with you years ago. Kayla walks us through what a CPM actually does (and how it's different from a doula or a nurse-midwife), why her prenatal appointments are an hour long, and what postpartum rest actually looks like when you take it seriously. She also gets honest about why tearing during birth isn't something to be afraid of, why she waits a full hour before cutting the cord, and why she prays with the women in her care when they're open to it. In this episode: • The difference between a CPM, a CNM, and a doula — and why it matters • Why first-time moms usually tear, and why that almost never means stitches • The two-week postpartum rule (three days in bed, the rest in pajama mode) • Delayed cord clamping — what it really means, and what most hospitals can't do • The hour-long prenatal: tea, real questions, and being heard • Why most women find the right birthing position on their own — and why "on your back" usually isn't it Find PelviCare on the App Store and Google Play, or at PelviCare.com [http://PelviCare.com]. Bladder diary, programs for pregnancy, postpartum, prolapse, pelvic pain, incontinence, and menopause — all designed by women who've been there.