I’ve had four children, and my journey back into exercise during the postpartum period had looked different each time. This can depend on how what kind of exercise you did prior to pregnancy, what you were doing during pregnancy, and how you’re feeling after giving birth. Pelvic floor exercises can be a great way to ease yourself back into exercise, and Joy Black is telling us how in today’s episode.
Joy Black is an avid rock climber, kettlebell enthusiast, and trail runner. After more than 10 years in the fitness industry, Joy combined her love of strength training and climbing with extensive knowledge of training during pregnancy and postpartum to empower rock climbers during their journeys through pregnancy and post. If there was ever anyone that could casually find a way to use the words climbing pelvic floor and breath mechanics in the same sentence, it's Joy. 
Inside the episode, we talk about easing back into physical activity during the postpartum period. We focus on breathwork and re-engaging the pelvic floor, how to properly perform keels, preventing rib flare, and much more.

In this episode we discuss:

Examples of light postpartum exercises 

How to engage your kegel and the definition of weak vs tight

What rib flair is and how to fix it when it's painful

What breath work is and examples of how to do it

Ways to strengthen our pelvic floor


Connect with Joy:

Follow her on Instagram @climbingwithjoy 

The Postpartum Project


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105. Rebuilding Your Core Strength: Using Breathwork to Re-Engage Your Pelvic Floor with Joy Black

The Motherhood Meets Medicine Podcast is a space that brings all women together. It's for those who hope to be a mom one day, those who are already mothers, and mothers of mothers. This podcast will give you candid, informal interviews on motherhood topics that you can listen to while you're driving to work, folding laundry or whatever else your busy day may bring. Each week, Your host, Lynzy Coughlin, will be focusing on topics ranging from postpartum issues to parenting teens. She's bringing in experts with formal training to cover everything motherhood! So grab your coffee and join us for a weekly chat on your time. All are welcome! Lynzy is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department where she has practiced medicine for the last 15 years. You can connect with Lynzy on her Substack account, Badass Matriarch.

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Traveling with children is not for the faint of heart. Leaving everything you’ve ever known along with family and friends to pursue a different lifestyle in a whole new country? Not a decision to be made lightly. 
But when you know that you’re being called to something different, you take the leap and see where you land. Christina Dismuke and her husband did just that and she’s here to tell us all about it. 
Christina was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and has her undergraduate and master's degree in education from Texas A&M. She has lived in Perth, Australia for the last four years with her husband and four kids all under the age of seven. When their twins were born, she took a career pause from the classroom, and has enjoyed the impact this has had on her family as they moved abroad. 
Their move to Australia and having four kids in general has really moved them toward simplicity, access to next day delivery materials for social media worthy sensory play invitations, etc. Just isn't a thing in Perth, one of the most remote cities in the world. It has steered her ship in a different direction and has invited Christina to be a better noticer picking up on what her kids are watching and giving them access to it. 
Listen in as she shares all about their life now and why they couldn’t have made a better decision for their family.
In this episode, we discuss: 
Their decision to live and raise their children internationally.
Her pregnancy and postpartum care in Perth and how it differs from the United States.
The differences in childcare and the schooling system in Perth.
Practical tips for traveling or living abroad with kids in general.
Resources: 
Instant Pot Texas - Style Brisket Tacos https://thedefineddish.com/instant-pot-texas-style-brisket-tacos/
Connect with Christina:
Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/christinadismuke/?hl=en
Questions: 
Why did you and your husband decide to raise your kids abroad?
Is pregnancy and postpartum handled better in Australia?
How does the school system in Australia compare to the United States?
What are some tips for people traveling and or moving abroad with children?

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163: Raising Kids Abroad with Christina Dismuke

Protecting our children online is so important. We all know that we need to teach our kids not to share their personal information with strangers online, but what else is there? How can we approach this monumental task with grace and understanding? 
Here to share her thoughts is Fareedah Shaheed.
Fareedah is an award winning Internet safety expert and a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. She uses her background in cybersecurity and online gaming to help parents protect their kids online. Her work has been featured in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NASA, Fox, Yahoo, and many more for Rita offers a course on how to protect your children on their phone, and it will be linked in the show notes below. She's also currently working on a Roblox safety webinar launch and additional free webinars throughout this year.
This was a brilliant conversation that provided really important insights on ways to have conversations with your children at all ages and stages and why you might need to look internally before discussing with your kids. 
In this episode, we discuss: 
How Freedah came to be an internet safety expert.
How the landscape of internet safety has changed over the years.
Sextortion and how to talk to your children about it.
Thoughts on parental control and monitoring software.
Resources: 
Dr. Nicole Le Pera: The Holistic Psychologist - https://theholisticpsychologist.com/
Train Live with Marisa Peer - https://marisapeer.com/
Connect with Fareedah:
The Hidden Threat: Protecting Your Child On Their Phonehttps://sekuva.mykajabi.com/protecting-your-child-on-their-phone
PKO Ambassador:https://sekuva.mykajabi.com/partner-with-cyberfareedah-pko-ambassador-info-page
My free Protect Kids Online (PKO) Resource Library:https://sekuva.mykajabi.com/get-your-internet-safety-resource-library
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/cyberfareedah/
Questions:
What's the number one mistake parents make when it comes to protecting their kids online?
What's your thoughts on parental control and monitoring software?
What are some effective ways to educate kids on internet safety?
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162: Protecting Children Online with Fareedah Shaheed

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time!
Here is today’s featured episode with Kate Mangino, PhD all about unlearning traditional gender norms in the household. 
Gender norms are slowly changing in the everyday household. Men used to be the income providers and bring home the money while women would take care of the children and house chores. Since times have been changing, women are expecting more from their partners even as little as switching caregiving roles so the women can have some time to themselves for a minute or two.
The women in my community have loved Kate's book Equal Partners and requested to have her on as a guest. Kate's role and expertise in social changes provides incredible insight into hard hitting questions from the community and change.
Kate Mangino, PhD is a gender expert and professional facilitator who works with international non-profit organizations to promote positive social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as: gender equality, women’s empowerment, healthy masculinity, HIV prevention, and early and forced childhood marriage.
She brings her lens of gender and social change to her debut book, Equal Partners, which addresses household gender inequality in the United States and offers practical advice as to what each of us can do to rewrite gender norms.
While we are still working on changing social norms in this generation. In today's episode, we talk about gender norms and creating household balance. Kate will share what she learned during her research for her book, and she gives some excellent suggestions on how to raise conversations with your partner about gender. She will also share some data on raising boys and give some tips on how we can raise our boys to be caregivers as they grow older.

In this episode we discuss:

Women who had to leave the workforce to take care of the family and how that impacted the dynamic of the home.

How to bring up a life changing conversation about gender roles.

Encouraging boys at a young age to feel their emotions and put a name to it.

Anyone can work on gender equality- not just those in a nuclear family.

Why hours in a work day can be a big issue in dividing up family tasks throughout the day.


Resources:

Grab a copy of Kate's book, Equal Partners

When Moms Outearn Their Husbands, They Gain More Housework, Study Says

https://katemangino.com/

https://twitter.com/manginokate


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161: LISTENER FAVORITE: Unlearning Traditional Gender Norms to Move Towards Household Equality with Kate Mangino, PhD

Over the next few months, I’ll be mixing in some of our earlier Motherhood Meets Medicine interviews with new episodes. These ‘best of’ episodes are the most shared and listened to episodes of all time!
Today’s featured episode is an interview with Nate and Kaley Klemp of the 80/80 Marriage. When you start a new relationship, it’s logistics 5% of the time and fun the other 95% of the time. However, when you bring kids into the mix, that ratio tends to flip and now you’re struggling to find the balance of taking care of your kids' while still having fun for yourselves. Far too often, the relationship is challenged due to lost connection, communication issues, and lots of blaming. Kaley and Nate Klemp are on the podcast to share how you can turn this around and find connection again.
Nate and Kaley Klemp are authors of the New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Marriage. Nate is a founding partner at Mindful Magazine and also the coauthor of the New York Times Bestseller Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing.
Kaley is one of the nation's leading experts on small-group dynamics and leadership development, a TEDx speaker, and the author of three other books, including the Amazon Bestseller The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, The Drama-Free Office, and 13 Guidelines for Effective Teams.
In today’s episode we discuss common traps couples fall into, issues of the 50/50 model of marriage, how you can shift into the 80/80 model, and how to create connections and better communicate with your partner.
In this episode we discuss:

How couples fall into unconscious habits.

The key ingredient to a thriving relationship

The benefits of reveal and request.

The importance of opening communication to your partner on a day to day basis.

How to create daily connections with your spouse.

How date nights have been scientifically proven to improve your relationships



Resources:

80/80 Marriage Website 

Subscribe to the 80/80 Newsletter

Free Epic Date Night Guide 

Follow Nate and Kaley on Instagram @8080marriage

Tips on Reveal and Request


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160: LISTENER FAVORITE: A New Marriage Model That Will Transform Your Relationship (even after kids) with Kaley and Nate Klemp of The 80/80 Marriage

Have you ever thought to yourself, man I’m dreading the teen years… I am not ready for the snark, attitude and hormones. Why can’t my babies stay babies?
Come to find out, it’s this type of thinking that can and will lead to the teen years being way more difficult than they have to be. So what can you do to maintain your connection with your teens as they grow into themselves and your relationship evolves? 
Here to share is Cameron Caswell, PhD, otherwise known as the teen translator is an adolescent psychologist and parent coach TEDx speaker, host of the parenting teens with Dr. Cam podcast and co author of improving school mental health, the thriving school community solution. Dr. Cam is the mom of a teen too, so she not only talks the talk, she walks the walk. Dr. Cam also offers a virtual community for parents raising teens called the thriving Parent Academy.
Toward the very end of the conversation Dr. Cam said something that I plan to write down and hang in my kitchen. Start from a place of curiosity rather than accusation or blame. When something happens, take a breath, don’t immediately react. Instead, let your kids tell you more about what happened. 
Ask questions. Be curious. 
This will empower them to come to you when things feel bigger and heavier than what they can handle.
In this episode, we discuss: 
The top reasons our teens stop talking to us.
How we can build a strong foundation of trust and open communication with our teens.
Dr. Cam’s opinion on social media and teens.
Resources: 
Dr. Cam offers a virtual community for parents raising teens called the Thriving Parent Academyhttp://www.thrivingparent.org/
Connect with Dr. Cam:
Helping Parents & Teens Thrive Together -www.AskDrCam.com
Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/drcamcaswell
YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@parentingteenswithdrcam
LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/drcamcaswell/
Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam Podcast -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-teens-with-dr-cam/id1524209790
Questions:
What are the top 3 reasons our teens stop talking to us?
What is one easy way to earn back your teen's trust so they'll open up?.
What is empathetic listening and why is it better than active listening?
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105. Rebuilding Your Core Strength: Using Breathwork to Re-Engage Your Pelvic Floor with Joy Black

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