Welcome back to Healing Beyond Physical, so privileged to connect with you.  My name is Ummul-kiram Patrawala, your host, intuitive, somatic trauma therapist, energy worker, resilience coach, and living proof that we have the power to heal beyond the physical and shift our consciousness from states of survival to states of love.

Sinead is truly a pioneer in pelvic health physiotherapy and practices as a clinician and a researcher and is shifting the model of care to include a holistic lens to healing beyond physical and mechanical approaches.

She advocates for other practitioners to widen their approach to care beyond the bio-mechanics and bring in the perspective of the proverbial “healthy soil” rather than focusing on the unhealthy leaf.

She shares how cognitions, previous traumas, beliefs, emotions, and attitudes, all play into symptoms.

She brings awareness to one’s desire to use health care interventions as a way to receive validation of their suffering and how that can take away from our journey of healing.

The role of the pelvic floor as part of the threat response system.

The importance of behavior change in creating sustained long-term shifts.

How fear impacts your physiology and your tissue health.

And let’s continue this conversation on IG, what nugget of wisdom spoke to your heart?  Tag Dr. Sinead @dr.sinead or me on IG @ummulpatrawala, it warms my heart to hear about your breakthroughs and your aha moments as you tuned into this episode.  I would love to celebrate with you!

And, my humble ask, if you found this content valuable then I would be grateful if you can give this podcast a follow, leave me a review, and share it with your family, friends, and community.

Connect with Guest:

Dr. Sinead DuFour

Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and Assistant Clinical Professor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.sinead/

Connect with Ummul-kiram:

Instagram: @ummulpatrawala

Website: www.healyourworld.ca

In-person opportunity to work with me- Mini-Retreats, Streetsville Mississauga

I am hosting intentionally curated mini-day retreats that are trauma-informed with the intention of guiding women to gently shift from states of survival to embodied states of nurture and self-compassion through play and rest in nature

If you are local, then say “Yes” to you and  “Be Nourished” this summer, Jul 24th and Aug 14th, Details and registration at this link: https://www.healyourworld.ca/be-nourished-healing-event