Mom Strength

Come and join this conversation with Antony Lo, as we discuss how to navigate through postpartum, return to exercise and your fitness goals. Antony shares his expertise and approach in helping people lift heavy weights and navigate back to their fitness goals postpartum. Antony explores the importance of strength training, highlighting the benefits and surprising results (you’re probably stronger than you think!).

We discuss:
- Progressing physically and mentally through postpartum
-Finding hope in a prolapse/diastasis diagnosis (it’s more common than you think)
- The consequences of comparing yourself to other Moms
- Dangers of fear mongering in fitness/health industry
- Strength and aesthetic goals in postpartum

Antony’s Bio

Antony Lo aka The Physio Detective is a Physiotherapist who works at the junction of Ortho, sports and pelvic health. He has a passion for helping health and fitness professionals as well as the general public who struggle to return to their moderate to high intensity activity goals whilst managing pelvic health, diastasis, and ortho/sports conditions. He is from Sydney, Australia but works and teaches around the world.

Links/Resources

Check out Antony’s courses: www.mypteducation.com

Find Antony on Instagram and Facebook

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Surabhi:

Find Surabhi on Instagram or Facebook @thepassionatephysio

Website: https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca/

Come and join this conversation with dietician Ahuva Magder Hershkop as we discuss how to reduce family mealtime struggles and encourage the whole family to eat healthy. She shares her expertise on raising intuitive eaters, that listen to their bodies, without you constantly reminding them. She also shares valuable insights on how to seamlessly incorporate healthy eating into our busy and complicated lives, creating opportunities for healthy eating habits.

We discuss:
-Mealtime struggles and how to avoid them
-Raising intuitive eaters through trust and love
-Solutions for fussy eaters
-How to handle family gatherings
-Travel-friendly meals for the family

Ahuva’s Bio

Ahuva Magder Hershkop is a mother of three under five, a Registered Dietitian and online parent feeding coach. She runs a pediatric based nutrition practice in Toronto focused on working with families to reduce mealtime stress, support positive family mealtimes and support mothers in reducing the mental load of feeding their families. Ahuva believes in the immense power of a successful family meal but that as busy moms giving our family the nourishing meal they deserve can only take so much out of us!

You can find Ahuva in her free Facebook community "The Busy Mom's Guide to Feeding your Family" or on Instagram @AhuvaRD

Links and resources

Looking to raise intuitive, healthy eaters? Check out Ahuva’s group coaching: https://cdsamh.lpages.co/food-foundations-2021

Tired of hearing, “Mom, can I have a snack?” Check out Ahuva’s guide to help stop this painful experience: https://cdsamh.lpages.co/endthesnacks

Connect with Surabhi:

Find Surabhi on Instagram or Facebook @thepassionatephysio

Website: https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca

On this Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about the greatest love of all (thank you to the late Whitney Houston), self-love! Self-love determines the actions we take for ourselves. Our daily behaviours and actions, and our self-care, show us that we matter. That we love ourselves. If you struggle to rest, exercise regularly, set boundaries, or choose actions that show yourself love, listen to this episode!

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I share 5 ways you can show yourself love based on the 5 Love Languages. Listen for ideas on how to best take care of you based on the language of your love!

-Words of Affirmation

-Acts of Service

-Gifts

-Quality Time

-Physical Touch
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Links & Resources:

Connect with me on Instagram @thepassionatephysio

Email me [email protected]

Dealing with leaks, prolapse, diastasis, core or pelvic floor weakness, injuries? Book a 1:1 online consult or free Alignment call to connect and see if working together is a good fit for your needs!

Come join this conversation with Carmen Whitmore as we discuss what it’s like to raise 4 kids, 18 years apart! She shares her story, her adventures and passion, and her approach in raising children with confidence. She shares her wisdom in allowing her kids to be themselves, letting them make mistakes, and accepting them as they are. Could this be the secret to raising confident children?

Carmen also shares what it means to be a MOM - a Motivator, someone who provides Opportunities, and then Moves out of the way. There is so much we can learn from this incredible mom, grandma, and hiking extraordinaire!

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Carmen Whitmore Bio:

Carmen is an incredible mother of 4, and grandmother of 2. She loves spending her time crushing her hiking goals, and playing with the little loves in her life, her grandkids.

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Links & Resources:

Connect with Carmen:

Follow Carmen’s hiking adventures and more on Instagram @hikelady1963

Connect with Surabhi:

Find Surabhi on Instagram or Facebook @thepassionatephysio

Website: https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca

Come join this conversation with Dr. Danielle Watson as we discuss pregnancy prep for postpartum, and thriving in motherhood. We discuss supporting how to support yourself during each trimester of pregnancy, and how to best care for yourself in the postpartum phase.

We also discuss:

-how to use pregnancy as a time to connect with and listen to your body
-postpartum depletion & prioritizing your micronutrients
-perinatal mood & anxiety disorders, and how you never think you'll be the one to experience it
-impact of Type A high-achieving personalities on how we cope with postpartum challenges
-why weight loss isn’t the best measure of postpartum recovery
-Dr. Danielle’s The Mother Method program for pregnant and postpartum moms

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Dr. Danielle Watson Bio:

Dr. Danielle is a naturopathic doctor and the founder of The Mother Method. She supports new moms to feel prepared for motherhood & postpartum without all the anxiety & overwhelm. Dr. Danielle has helped hundreds of first-time moms in her clinical practice.

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Links & Resources:

Connect with Dr. Danielle:

Find Dr. Danielle on social media @themotherdoctor (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook)

Website: https://themotherdoctor.com

Download Dr. Danielle’s free Mother Basics Guide

Connect with Surabhi:

Find Surabhi on Instagram or Facebook @thepassionatephysio

Website: https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca

Having a baby can be terrifying. I remember how it felt before I had my first. But there are ways to reduce your fears and anxieties during pregnancy so that you head into birth with less fear. Tune into this episode to learn 4 strategies to reduce fears, including:

- The “I’m awesome” list

- Release your fears assignment

- Discussions to have with your birth partner, including birth preferences & advocating for you during birth

- The power of affirmations and visualization

Regardless of the type of birth you’re going to have, it helps to be educated, informed, and empowered. Catch this episode and don’t forget to buy the replay of my Pregnancy & Birth Prep Workshop!
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Links & Resources:

Grab the replay of my Prenatal & Birth Prep Workshop

Click HERE to book a 1:1 online consult

Do you find yourself leaking? Or having to only wearing black pants? Avoid jumping, running, or even going out with your girlfriends because you’re afraid to pee yourself when you laugh? The answer isn’t Kegels or surgery (for most people).

Tune into this episode where I answer:

✨is leaking normal
✨ the shame associated with leaks
✨main causes of leaks including caffeine, dehydration, constipation, increased tension (eg due to postures, stress, cold, trauma)
✨why too much tension in your pelvic floor can lead to leaks
✨stress urinary incontinence (SUI) - leaks during sneezing and coughing and laughing
✨the Knack to help manage SUI
✨the role of pelvic floor relaxation and full body strengthening in managing leaks
✨some positions to relax and lengthen the pelvic floor
✨the power of breath and unclenching and releasing tension in your pelvic floor
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Links & Resources:

Click HERE to book your initial consult or free call to stop leaking and keep your pants dry!

Pregnant? Purchase my Prenatal & Birth Prep Workshop

Connect with me on Instagram !

*Disclaimer: this is for educational purposes. Please see your healthcare provider for individualized care.

Come join this conversation with Chana Henche Ross as we discuss:

- pressures to bounceback, as healthcare professionals working with pregnant and postpartum people

- being a huge supporter of women and elevating others around her

- running a business as a mom of 4

- stepping into the name that you are given and the importance of pronouncing your name properly

-the overwhelm of being a mother and taking up time for self-care, even when you know it’s so important to you

-thinking about our thinking and where our beliefs come from

Chana Henche Ross Bio:

Chana is a passionate women’s health advocate. She is the clinic director and pelvic health physiotherapist at Vital Physiotherapy & Wellness, a women’s health and pelvic health physiotherapy clinic in midtown Toronto. Her interest in women’s health developed during her pregnancies with her four beautiful children. Chana provides prenatal and postpartum physiotherapy as well as rehabilitation for all forms pelvic pain and dysfunction. She is a sought-after educator and teacher and regularly speaks about entrepreneurship, pelvic health, prenatal preparation and the realities of motherhood. Along with her team of highly skilled physiotherapists and allied health practitioners, Chana loves assisting her clients of all ages and stages with pelvic health issues such as diastasis recti (“mummy tummy”), pelvic pain, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pregnancy preparation, pre-and postnatal conditions, oncology rehabilitation as well as labor and delivery support. Chana thrives when empowering her team and colleagues by coaching them, mentoring and educating them to provide excellent care and live the lives of their dreams. Most recently, Chana is using her expertise and experience with virtual physiotherapy care to coach and empower other manual practitioners to provide exceptional virtual care and create valuable offerings outside of 1:1 in clinic care to support their clients and fulfil on their missions to change the world!

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Links & Resources:

Find Chana on Instagram.

Facebook Vitalphysiotherapytoronto

Twitter @ChanaHRoss

Instagram @ Chanarosspt @vitalphysiotherapyandwellness

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanaross/

vitalphysiotherapy.com

chanaross.com

Come join this conversation with Melissa Venturuzzo as we discuss how to navigate postpartum when your labour and birth didn’t go the way you planned, breastfeeding struggles, getting the wrong advice, dealing with prolapse postpartum, and the difficulty in getting a pessary. We also talk about the importance of carving out time for self-care as a mother.

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Melissa Venturuzzo Bio:

Melissa is a registered physiotherapist who has worked in Toronto for 11 years. She has advanced training in musculoskeletal therapy, and enjoys using those skills to help her patients feel better. She is a busy mom of three, loves to bake, and is dying to get back to playing the piano once her home reno is complete!

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Links & Resources:

Find Melissa on Instagram.

Do you often feel like a failure as a mom? Like you’re disappointing your kids? Or do you feel like you've failed at exercise? Like you’re disappointing yourself? There’s a constant feeling of not doing enough, not being enough, and ultimately feeling like a failure. This hits so many aspects of our life including motherhood and fitness.

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Learn how to redefine failure for yourself, and get out of the self-shaming rut. Build self-efficacy to help you develop a more positive relationship with yourself, with others, and with exercise.

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Links & Resources:

Connect with me on Instagram !

Click HERE to book your initial consult or free 15-minute Discovery call to feel better and get moving, with success!

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*Disclaimer: this is for educational purposes. Please see your healthcare provider for individualized care.