Pelvicpreneur Podcast

Gaynor Morgan aka @pelvicangel is a pessaries and pelvic organ prolapse specialist. In this insightful interview, Gaynor shares a huge array of helpful information about pessaries including: why they were invented, the different types of pessaries available and what types of pelvic floor conditions pessaries can be suitable for. Gaynor highlights who is qualified to fit pessaries, helpful tips for you to determine which clients you're seeing 1-2-1 right now could be good candidates for pessary use, and also how you can easily refer clients to someone like Gaynor for pessary advice and pessary fittings. Like many people who specialise in the niche field of pelvic floor disorder, Gaynor's journey into pelvic floor health certainly has a personal story attached to it, and I'd like to thank Gaynor for being vulnerable and open in sharing this story with us, so listen in towards the end of the interview, because even Claire wasn't prepared for this one. Enjoy!

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Today is Time To Talk Day in the UK and it's an opportunity for us to start conversations about mental health, and help end the stigma attached to it. Mental health comes in many forms, and affects us as movement professionals in many many ways. Are we really supposed to stand in front of an audience of people, energising and motivating people with a fake smile on our face, constantly, with no consideration for what's going on in our personal lives? Is it possible to use working out as a form of escapism? Have you, or anyone you know ever been addicted to exercise? Well, in this episode, Claire shares her own personal journey of depression. She showcases what the signs were for her should it ever recur, her top do's and don'ts for dealing with things, and what techniques helped her dig herself out of that black hole. Please note: this story has a happy ending, and it involves travelling along the Trans-Siberian Railway in the depths of winter, as a lone, female traveller. Listen in right to the end for one of the most unbelievable travel stories you'll ever be privy to. Enjoy, because it's totally worth it!

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100 Life-Changing Travel Experiences: Lonely Planet

River Town: Peter Hessler

Do you truly, honestly, want to make more money in your business? Would you like to attract higher level clients who will pay you what you're worth and see you as an expert? Well, did you know that these 2 things are linked, because when you make higher level decisions in your business, you end up driving more profit into your bank account too! In this episode, Claire highlights 4 ways you can instantly add money to your bottom line; why quitting the things you hate doing is acceptable; and why building a business you LOVE might actually return you with more time off too. Don't forget to listen in right to the end for one BIG announcement coming at you from PelvicpreneurHQ, and please share in the excitement of the Pelvicpreneur Podcast celebrating its very first birthday. Enjoy!

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Episode 48: Why Goal Setting Doesn't Work

Episode 17: Getting Rid Of Toxic Clients

Episode 3: Find Happiness In Business By Narrowing Down Your Niche

Emilie Rowell aka @thebodydoula is a Doula and pregnancy Yoga expert, and she's here to talk about biomechanics for birth, pregnancy exercise, and antenatal education. What Emilie offers clients is truly unique, because she's been able to create a space in her services where birthing partners are encouraged to have an active role. In this insightful interview, Emilie shares a huge array of helpful information about how incredibly easy it is to set our pregnant clients up for the best birth possible, with just a few simple tweaks here and there to their alignment and movement patterns. We'd all like our pregnant clients to seek us out earlier than they do, and on the topic of "pre-hab over re-hab" Emilie naturally has more than a few words to say. Emilie shares her own journey into the birthing world (which, you guessed it, has a back story to it, which involves some pretty serious pelvic floor issues herself), so listen in towards the end of the interview, because even Claire wasn't prepared for this one. Enjoy!

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Victoria Cunningham from @stretchbodymind is here to talk about her journey that takes her from teaching a full class timetable of Yoga/Pilates classes, to shutting up shop and going all in with her Teacher Training offerings. Like many people last year, she had to pivot. She said goodbye to her all of her loyal clients and stopped teaching her Yoga/Pilates classes, and went all in with her teacher training offerings. But, there was a catch. None of her qualifications up to 2020 were delivered online, so it was huge learning curve, and it felt a bit like a race against time to not let her already paid up Yoga and Pilates students down: they were expecting in-person training and that's not what Victoria could provide. What Victoria offers her students is something very unique for the industry. And, if you've missed chatting to other colleagues at work, or, you're just desperate to talk shop with someone, view this conversation between Victoria and Claire as 2 passionate colleagues chatting about what life's like as a teacher trainer. Enjoy!

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Have you ever set yourself a financial business goal and not met it? Kind of sucks doesn't it? Ever decided that the New Year would be a perfect time to decrease stress, so you start meditating for 10 minutes per day for 365 days, and then find you failed at that miserably? Goal setting doesn't actually work, and when the 1st of January rolls around each year, rather than focussing on the year ahead for inspiration, have you ever thought about reflecting BACK instead? History and hindsight teach us wonderful business and life lessons. If you want 2021 to be a better year than 2020, there are only 3 questions you need to ask yourself when you want to bring about change, so dive into today's episode to find out what these questions are. Enjoy!

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Episode 17 -Getting Rid Of Toxic Clients + Making Difficult Changes In Your Business

Episode 33 -Outsourcing Tasks + Employing Support Staff

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Are you sick of all of the Covid doom and gloom? Want to hear something positive, something uplifting, something to raise your spirits as we gladly draw a line under 2020? Well, ending the year on a high, Claire is back with a solo segment on the Pelvicpreneur Podcast this week, to share her top 5 BEST business decisions she made in 2020 to inspire you to keep moving forward. It's been a roller coaster of a year no question, but it's been one full of change, new beginnings and new opportunities here at Mockridge HQ. Quitting teaching her fitness classes and stepping away from client-facing work wasn't an easy decision back in December 2019, but Claire's gone from strength-to-strength as a pelvic floor educator and business coach 12 months on. Hit play on this episode to find out what her BEST decisions were, and how these have impacted her professionally and personally. Enjoy!

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Steph Taylor's A-Z Podcast Launch Plan

Episode 9: Personality Types | Know Yourself and You Know Your Business

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Pelvic floor rehab is complex. There are lots of moving parts, several factors to consider, different approaches to take, and many lines of therapy that can help solve the mystery that is pelvic floor dysfunction. Have you ever wondered what an Occupational Therapist does and where they fit in with the puzzle pieces that help clients with pelvic floor dysfunction? Well, allow me to introduce Melissa La Pointe an OT who started out treating everyone and everyone in private practice, and then suffered with pelvic floor dysfunction herself following the birth of her son, which lead down the road to specialising in women's health. She had amazing fun treating pre and postnatal patients, but wanted to serve the OT community in other ways, so she created online programs for OT's, ended up shutting down her clinic, and going all in consulting other OTs to build businesses that work for them, rather than the other way round. An insightful episode where you're privy to 2 peers in pelvic health chatting about hiring team members, building their online businesses, leaving their clients all behind, and now leading a life of coaching and consulting full time. Enjoy!

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Sam Mace, @sammacewellness, a Fertility + Pelvic Movement Specialist is here to share the amazing work she does helping others conceive. Sam's approach is two-fold: she supports clients to feel emotionally in control in both mind and body. With a fertility journey spanning 5 years, which culminated in 5 miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy, and 2 rounds of IVF which led to a rainbow baby, this interview is one not to miss. Sam shares her top tips for women struggling with fertility, and explains in greater detail why it's important for women to take a full-body movement approach in their quest to give their womb more room to move. If you're a movement professional who's ever had a client miscarry and you're never really sure what to say, Sam very kindly shares a list of helpful do's and don'ts here too. NB there's a huge detail of Sam's amazing story that been left out of this description here, but it's a beautiful surprise, so you'll have to listen in to find out!

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Tips on what to say/what NOT to say to fertility clients

Episode 9: Personality Types | Know Yourself and You Know Your Business

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Want to know the 3 essential ingredients to running a profitable and successful pelvic floor business? Do you find yourself spending a lot of time writing up client notes, researching, filming/editing videos, admin and booking clients in? And, what you really ENJOY doing is helping PFD clients, but the time spent there seems negligible by comparison to all of the behind-the-scenes "stuff"? Well, in this week's episode, Claire is shedding light on 3 things your PFD business needs for success. Tune in, take note of what's lacking in your business, and take action today to make those changes!

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Episode 15 - Pelvic Floor | Why You're Overcomplicating Pelvic Floor Rehab + What You Should Do To Simplify It

Episode 10 -Lifestyle Factors That Affect Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

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