Do you wonder what impact birth has on the baby, let alone a traumatic one? The early years of life can influence a person’s entire life. 

In today’s podcast, Lynn’s guest is midwife and author, Geneva Montano. Geneva shares what you can do to create a shift to help your clients and their babies heal their births. 

She shares about the imprints we all receive in the first 6 minutes, 6 hours, 6 days, 6 weeks and 6 years of life. What happens in those early moments can set up their beliefs about the world and about their safety. These early imprints; however, can be shifted through the process of replaying them.

Geneva shares about what each stage creates. The first 6 minutes are related to grief around leaving the womb and finding safety in a new environment. The first 6 hours focus on co-regulation between the mother or primary caretaker and the baby. The first 6 days are centered on adjusting to being in the world. The first 6 weeks is about learning to receive from others. The first 6 years impact the subconscious thought and belief systems.

In each of the times there are opportunities for injuries but also repair. How we help prepare clients for this is important as there are ways they can help replay these moments and create a different imprint.

Listen in to hear all the golden nuggets Geneva has to offer about these impactful moments in time. 

Geneva Montano will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit! She will be talking about the magic of a baby-led birth. Join the Institute for Birth Healing mailing list for more details about the upcoming Birth Healing Summit taking place April 7 - 18, 2025.

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ABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKER

Geneva Montano is a Colorado native and mother of four. She has been a birth worker since 2003 and is a Registered and Professional Midwife in Denver, Certified Doula, Registered Yoga Teacher, CPR instructor, body and energy worker, teacher, mentor, author, artist, and activist. Geneva has had a lifelong passion for spirituality, art, and self-exploration. She believes that each birth teaches her and the families she serves the life lessons they have been seeking.

Visit her website: https://www.genevamontano.com/

Check out her book: Wisdom From the Womb: The Magic of a Baby-Led Birth

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In today’s episode, Lynn discusses the future of health based on the parting words from former US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy.

Based on his research and observations, Dr. Murthy reported that the link to increased pain and failing health in the USA was not due to a lack of medical advancements, but rather to social isolation and loneliness. Dr. Murthy shared how the erosion of community and connection has created a rise not just in mental health issues, but in physical health issues as well. Health is more than just tests and medications or the lack of medications. He reports that to bring true health back we need to rebuild community around relationships, service and purpose. He shares the importance of choosing love over fear and community over money, fame and power. Each person needs to feel seen and this sense of being seen helps buffer against the high levels of stress that cause disease. 

We would love to engage in this conversation in a meaningful way and encourage you to share any ideas or thoughts of what you are seeing or doing in your community that is fostering connection and the building of healthy relationships. Together, we can make a positive change.

At the Institute for Birth Healing, one of our goals is to unite birth healing practitioners through this work by creating opportunities for connection and community. We know that when you have support, you are able to thrive and help provide the essential work that can shift and empower mothers and new families. As you continue your education, know that Lynn loves interacting with students at live courses, via email, social media and at conferences. She is here to support you as you support moms, so do feel free to connect in a way that feels meaningful for you.

For more information on how to become part of the Birth Healing Community check out www.instituteforbirthhealing.com

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Are you open to learning from your clients during your treatment sessions? If so, what are you discovering? 

In today’s episode, Lynn talks about the different insights we can gain from working with our clients in an open way. When the treatment sessions are two-way and not just us telling our client what to do, we can learn an incredible amount and have better success with our treatments.

Today, Lynn shares about the different pieces she has learned from her clients’ bodies including how to notice and what to do when different systems (i.e. the nervous system versus the organs) need different treatments, what it can mean when a tissue releases only to go back into restriction, again, and how to recognize when a client is not connected to their overall body. 

When we tune into our clients and what their bodies are trying to tell us, we can learn so much. What are you learning? Please share with us what you have been learning from your clients. Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

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Do you work with clients who are navigating fertility treatments? Do you have resources you can offer them to help guide this journey?

In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with physical therapist, Rebeca Segraves, about what she learned through her and her wife’s journey with intrauterine insemination (IUI).

IUI is a fertility treatment that involves placing sperm directly into the uterus during ovulation. It can be a less painful treatment because the sperm are cleaned, so there is less of a reaction from the uterus from IUI than with the ejaculation method of insemination.

With IUI and fertility treatments, Rebeca shares the importance for women to learn about their cycle including checking the temperature and cervical discharge. Rebeca shares tips on optimal times for insemination and peak fertility as well as what women can do to improve their chances for conception.

Fertility treatments are expensive. As providers can help guide our clients on what they can do to research their options for providers and on their own bodies to achieve the best results possible. The more informed we are as providers, the better we can help our clients avoid pitfalls in the medical system and have a more successful journey.

Rebeca Segraves will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit! She will be talking about cesarean recovery and planning. Join the Institute for Birth Healing mailing list for more details about the upcoming Birth Healing Summit taking place April 7 - 18, 2025.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and share this podcast with your friends and colleagues.  

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ABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKER

Early in her career, Rebeca Segraves recognized that the traditional standard of recovery for female-specific surgeries and childbirth did not offer access to rehab services to enhance function sooner.

Rebeca started Enhanced Recovery and Wellness to address this issue and prioritize mental and physical function early in the hospital and home after major procedures that impacted women’s health. 

Enhanced Recovery and Wellness passionately trains occupational and physical therapists to go beyond the standard of care in their hospitals and practices so that women’s health is a priority, and not an afterthought. 

Rebeca is dedicated to helping enhance recovery and function sooner after surgery and birth. 

Visit her website: https://enhancedrecoverywellness.com/founder/

Book Recommendation: Taking Charge of Your Fertility

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Have you had clients where it does not feel like anything is happening when you check their pelvic floor muscle function?

In today’s podcast, Lynn shares her 4-step process for improving pelvic floor muscle function to create a stronger and easier contraction with less work for you as the practitioner.

Address these 4 areas to increase the pelvic floor muscles’ ability to contract:

1. Stabilize and align the bony pelvis
2. Treat the organs
3. Work on the pelvic floor muscles with bimanual work on the bones
4. Clear trauma from the system

Changes are possible in one session. If you work with the pelvic floor, you do not want to miss this episode!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

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Do your evaluations ever take you on a different path than you thought they would based on your client’s symptoms? What steps do you take to help you get to the root cause of client complaints?

Today, Lynn shares the steps she used in 3 client evaluations to determine the root cause of her clients’ issues as well as the techniques she used to treat each client.

Lynn’s clients presented with the following symptoms:

• Client 1: low back and hip pain and post void dribble
• Client 2: increased pain and high blood pressure when eating
• Client 3: stress urinary incontinence that was causing the client to wake up 4 times a night to relieve her bladder

Listen in as Lynn walks you through the steps she used and the techniques she put into practice to treat each client, including visceral techniques and techniques to support pelvic floor and core activation.

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Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

What do you do at the start of each new year? Do you set goals or intentions? 

Listen to today’s episodes as Lynn shares her annual tradition. 

As a practice, Lynn chooses a theme  or words that resonate with her as a point of focus for each New Year. For 2025, Lynn is focusing on growth, connection, and choice. In today's podcast, Lynn talks about how she pulls in these pieces personally, professionally, and spiritually, and how she plans to incorporate her themes in 2025.

Thank you for being with us for the start of season 3 of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast! What do you want your theme to be for 2025? Let's help one another stay accountable for what we want to bring in or create in the year ahead. Happy New Year!

Please share your theme with Lynn on Instagram,  Facebook or Email Lynn.

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Do you have clients who experience pain when sitting or having a bowel movement or who have trouble activating their pelvic floor? Working with the ischiorectal fossa can help alleviate these issues.

In today’s episode Lynn talks with Physical Therapist, PelviCon Co-Founder, and the owner of Pelvic Sanity and Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole Cozean, about ischiorectal fossa (IRF), what signs and symptoms restrictions in this area can create, and how you can work with the IRF to alleviate pain and reduce symptoms of lower rectocele with your clients.

The ischiorectal fossa or ischioanal fossa, is a space located just medial to the ischial tuberosities lateral to the anal canal and below the pelvic diaphragm. This area is mostly filled with fat, but it also contains nerves, arteries and veins as well as fibrous bands that allow for expansion of the area during a bowel movement.

Treating this area can have vascular and pain modulation benefits. In addition it may help relieve some symptoms of a lower rectocele.

This episode is packed with information on how to work with the IRF and tips on practicing in a respectful manner to help your clients feel more comfortable with the work you are doing in this vulnerable area.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

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About Today’s Speaker

Dr. Nicole Cozean founded PelvicSanity to provide the type of care she believes all people with pelvic health deserve. She is of the foremost educators in pelvic health. She has trained more than 1,500 clinicians in the PelvicSanity treatment approach, runs a teaching group for 10,000+ practitioners and runs an annual conference in Atlanta ("PelviCon") for pelvic rehab professionals.

To learn more, visit her websites: 

https://www.pelvicsanity.com/

https://www.pelvicptrising.com/

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

Today, we celebrate the 100th episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast! To mark this monumental episode, Lynn shares a culmination of the pieces of advice, education, and practice building that have helped her grow the most in all areas - parenting, life, and business.

Tune in to hear all the pieces of advice that have supported me in parenting, life and business. 

Parenting Success

It starts with talking to the baby in utero and proceeds into labor and the rest of the life. Power struggles with your children are inevitable. When they become apparent try giving the child more age appropriate responsibility. Remember you cannot stop bad things from happening but you can support the child through them and teach them about consequences to decisions. 

Life Success

One of those ah-ha moments that can transform everything is the knowledge that there are 2 energies: love and fear. Are you growing your love? Are you taking responsibility for your words and actions? 

Business Success

Building a business can be overwhelming; however, when you begin by creating in love and know that your business can change as you grow it can open up into a very powerful and propelling mission. When treating, learn to listen and follow cues from the body. Allow the client to lead the session. 

The Institute for Birth Healing is so grateful for the opportunity to provide holistic and evidence informed education that is helping practitioners achieve great clinical outcomes around the world. Thank you for listening and being part of the Birth Healing community! 

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

Do you know the 3 issues scar tissue from cesarean birth can cause?  Join me in this episode to learn more about my take on healing scar tissue from cesarean birth. 

Approximately 32% of all births in the United States are cesarean births according to the National Center for Health Statistics meaning about a third of your postnatal clients will have had a cesarean birth. In today’ s episode, Lynn discusses 3 issues women complain about after having a cesarean birth:

1. Bladder frequency
2. Pain with intercourse
3. Low back pain 

Listen in to learn what may be contributing to these complaints and what you can do to help address these issues in the clinic. You may be surprised to learn that pelvic injuries could be playing a part, despite a cesarean birth.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE