Mom Strength

Come join this conversation with Pelvic Physiotherapist, Aliya Dhalla, where we discuss prolapse and martyrdom in motherhood.

- the #1 tip to overcoming prolapse

-the mental and psychosocial components of prolapse

-shame around prolapse

We also have a great discussion on martyrdom in motherhood in South Asian and many other communities, people-pleasing behaviours, defining our own identities as mothers, ditching mom guilt, and the journey to practicing self-care.

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Aliya Dhalla Bio:

Aliya is a pelvic health physiotherapist with over 12 years of experience. She focuses on women's health, including prenatal and postpartum pelvic health, preparing people for labour + delivery, and addressing common issues such as leaks, pelvic pain, painful sex, and diastasis recti. She has extensive training in pelvic floor dysfunction, prenatal + postnatal pelvic health considerations, cesarean section recovery, and diastasis recti (abdominal separation) rehabilitation. Aliya's mission is to educate and empower women about the changes that occur in their bodies throughout their lifetime, including during pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

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Links & Resources:

Find Aliya on Instagram @boxwellnessco

Come join this epic 2-part conversation with Inemesit Graham where we chat about:

-body image in fitness and chasing after the flat abs aesthetic

-diastasis recti and how aesthetics don’t determine your athletics

-body liberty and getting to root cause of body image issues

-umbilical hernia, bullying, and harmful white-centric norms

-understanding body oppression and aesthetic norms and the role of colonization, slavery and oppression

-growing up Black in a society built on white privilege

-snapback culture, white supremacy and patriarchy

-the freedom in telling your story

If you missed Part 1 of this episode, click this link: Episode 10a: Diastasis, Body Image & Norms with Inemesit Graham.

Inemesit Graham Bio:

Inemesit is a personal trainer and nutrition coach specializing in pre and postnatal fitness. Inemesit's goal is a decolonized approach to fitness based on body liberty and not body oppression.

Links & Resources:

Find Inemesit @mummyfitness on Instagram or on Facebook @mummyfitness.

Check out Inemesit’s website.

Come join this epic 2-part conversation with Inemesit Graham where we chat about:

-body image in fitness and chasing after the flat abs aesthetic

-diastasis recti and how aesthetics don’t determine your athletics

-body liberty and getting to root cause of body image issues

-umbilical hernia, bullying, and harmful white-centric norms

-understanding body oppression and aesthetic norms and the role of colonization, slavery and oppression

-growing up Black in a society built on white privilege

-snapback culture, white supremacy and patriarchy

-the freedom in telling your story

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To catch Part 2 of this episode, click this link: Episode 10b: Decolonizing your Fitness with Inemesit Graham.

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Inemesit Graham Bio:

Inemesit is a personal trainer and nutrition coach specializing in pre and postnatal fitness. Inemesit's goal is a decolonized approach to fitness based on body liberty and not body oppression.

Links & Resources:

Find Inemesit @mummyfitness on Instagram or on Facebook @mummyfitness.

Check out Inemesit’s website.

Do you have tailbone pain? Soreness with sitting? Find out why tension in your pelvic floor affects your pain, and how posture, stress and breathing can be contributors. Learn ways you can improve your tailbone pain now!

Links & Resources:

Click HERE to book your free 15-minute Discovery call!

Tag me on Instagram or send me an email at [email protected] !

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

Come join this conversation with Reena Parekh as we discuss fitness, mental health, and navigating returning to training and lifting after prolapse. We discuss the importance of cultivating community and cultural considerations that can impact returning to exercise, including diet culture.

Reena Parekh Bio:

Reena Parekh is owner and head coach of her own fitness coaching business. A mom of two herself, and pre-and postnatal specialist, Reena specializes in supporting pregnant and postpartum people through strength training during major life transitions with intentional programming. She is based in Toronto, Canada and an advocate for diversity and representation in fitness, and maternal mental health.

Links & Resources:

Find Reena on Instagram

What does it mean to listen to your body? What are your sore, stiff muscles and joints trying to tell you?* I share ways to listen to your body and move with intuition, when all you feel like doing is lying down on the couch after a sedentary day! Let’s bring back our body’s intuition and learn to recognize what it needs. Moving your body now can still feel as joyful as it did when you were a kid!

Links & Resources:

Click HERE to book your initial consult or free 15-minute Discovery call if you’re looking for support.

Tag me on Instagram or send me an email at [email protected] to let me know how you plan on moving with intuition today!

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

In Part 2 of this amazing conversation with TaKisha August, we talk about:

-how to cultivate community in your postpartum journey

-what to do when you don’t have a village

-preparing your environment for motherhood

-asking for help postpartum

TaKisha August Bio:

TaKisha August is a mama and founder of Momkynd, a hybrid maternal wellness practice providing yoga, meditation and conscious education to women along the motherhood continuum both online and in her community just outside of Washington, DC.

She is also a Certified Women’s Health Coach specializing in reproductive health with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Fix Your Period Apprenticeship Program, and The Shakti School Ayurvedic Wellness program; as well as a birth and postpartum Doula trained through DONA International and Mama Glow.

Links & Resources:

Find TaKisha on Instagram or at MomKynd.

Email TaKisha at [email protected]

Register for the free Healing the Mother Wound workshop.

Check out TaKisha’s website for more info and to schedule your free 15-minute discovery call.

This conversation with TaKisha August was pure fire! In Part 1 of our conversation, get ready to learn about:

- the epigenetics & energetics surrounding birth

- the importance of healing and doing the inner work

- ways to fully prepare for birth, more than just breathing and packing your bag

- the role your partner may play in your birth experience

- the harm of snapback culture in maternal health

TaKisha August Bio:

TaKisha August is a mama and founder of Momkynd, a hybrid maternal wellness practice providing yoga, meditation and conscious education to women along the motherhood continuum both online and in her community just outside of Washington, DC.

She is also a Certified Women’s Health Coach specializing in reproductive health with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Fix Your Period Apprenticeship Program, and The Shakti School Ayurvedic Wellness program; as well as a birth and postpartum Doula trained through DONA International and Mama Glow.

Links & Resources:

Find TaKisha on Instagram or at MomKynd.

Email TaKisha at [email protected]

Register for the free Healing the Mother Wound workshop.

Check out TaKisha’s website for more info and to schedule your free 15-minute discovery call.

I share 5 simple ways to boost your energy, including Movement, Nutrition, Hydration, Getting outside, and Sleep. We all know those things are important but it can be overwhelming trying to figure out HOW to do it all in your very busy day as a mom. I share tangible ways you can actually make it happen and how to choose the habit(s) that will make the most difference in your life!

Links & Resources:

Share with me on Instagram or send me an email to let me know which habit you’re going to focus on this month!

Come join this conversation with parenting coach, Mary Van Geffen, and ditch your overwhelm and learn how to be a calm parent to your strong-willed & spicy children! We explore the healthy habit of Embodying Motherhood: the skill of using your body to stay calm and to generate more cooperation from your child will make your parenting journey easier and way more joyful! In this episode you’ll learn:

How & why to find presence in your body through a mini meditation.

How to change the posture of your parenting (be a queen!).

What is “no butt parenting” and the 2 x 2 x 2 method to connect with your child.

How the phase of your cycle affects your parenting.

Mary Van Geffen Bio:

Mary Van Geffen is an international parenting coach for overwhelmed moms of strong-willed & spicy children. Based in Southern California, Mary helps moms gain confidence to choose gentle, respectful parenting especially if they weren’t raised that way. Mary is a certified Simplicity Parenting Counselor and a Co-Active Professional Coach. She works one-on-one with moms over the phone to shift their parenting approach so they can:

Enjoy being with their children

Get more cooperation and less “No’s” from their children

Stay calm and in control of themselves

Be firm and follow through

Trust themselves and their decisions

Mary speaks at schools and mom groups all over So Cal and provides daily parenting tips and tricks on Instagram. 

Links & Resources:

Find Mary on Instagram.

Schedule your complimentary 30-minute coaching session with Mary.

Consider joining Mary’s Parenting Siblings School to:

Treat jealousy, constant bickering, mean words & tattling with confidence.

End the "you love her more!" complaint once and for all.

Explore the blueprint for positive conflict resolution.

Help kids set boundaries & hear each other's point of view even when skills, ages and personalities are very different.

Become the calmest one in the room.

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