Well2You Podcast

Life this time of year can feel like a lot on moms. Sue and Caitlin commiserate and share some tips on how to survive the chaos!

Meet your hosts:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
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https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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This week we are excited to welcome Sarabeth Jackson back to the podcast to share some practical and easy ways to regulate your nervous system over the holiday season to reduce stress and anxiety. This time of year can often be a lot, especially for moms. Finding ways to manage our stress is important to experience the magic of the season rather than letting it wear you down.

In this episode we cover:
- What it can look and feel like if you are out of alignment and need to focus on regulation
- Why we can feel this way more during the holidays
- What is Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Practical tips and tools to help you regulate your immune system and reduce stress and anxiety

Sarabeth is a trauma-informed, holistic NLP Coach and yoga teacher. She is passionate about walking alongside awakening women as they break free from negative thoughts and emotional patterns, heal from traumatic life events, anxiety, and depression, and live a more nourished, fulfilled, and peaceful life. She is a mother, writer, public speaker, and social entrepreneur living on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

You can learn more about Sarabeth or contact her at:
IG: @alightandaligned
https://www.sarabethjackson.com

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast
 

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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This week, Caitlin and Sue are joined by Lauren Gauthier, Functional Nutritionist and Herbalist to discuss the sweetest thing - sugar. 

In this episode we cover:

• How  sugar effects the body
• Why does it feel so addictive?
• Why it is important to balance blood sugar
• Ways to balance blood sugar
• Ways to fight sugar cravings
• Are there better “sugars” or do they effect the body all the same?

Lauren is an integrative wellness practitioner and advocate for truth and transparency in all realms of health. She trusts the innate healing potential within each of us so we are able to transform into the most brilliant version of self. As a practitioner, Lauren grounds her patients back into the wisdom of the earth utilizing water, sun, soil, herbs, food and microbes as her primary healing framework.

Lauren weaves knowledge from and trainings in functional medicine, holistic nutrition, health education, herbalism, muscle testing, yoga philosophy, permaculture, body work and more. She primarily works one on one with patients, in addition to teaching courses and designing nutrition curriculum.

Lauren’s journey in healing began after she was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease, at the age of three. Growing up in a culture obsessed with symptom management, it was not until her teenage years that she found the world of holistic and alternative medicine. Her own journey to wellness deeply informs the way in which she works with patients today through optimizing nutrient sufficiency with food and herbs, effective and safe drainage and detoxification programs, EMF mitigation, creating coherence with water, as well as mind-body awareness and resilient stress management.

Outside of working with patients, Lauren is the founder of The Abrothacary, a bone broth company focused on supporting regenerative land management and agricultural practices. The Abrothacary’s bone broth blends incorporate the magic and medicine of our tonic and functional herbal allies. When we support the integrity of the gut, we support the greater ecology of all body systems.

Lauren lives in the forest of the Sierra Nevada Foothills and when she’s not working with patients she’s dipping in magical hot springs all over the west coast.

To learn more visit: 

Website: https://www.theremedymartinez.com/lauren-gauthier

IG: @regenerative_healing

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well2you-podcast/id1547156150?i=1000504170074 

https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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Caitlin and Sue chat all things Thanksgiving and gratitude and sanity during the holidays. We know you need to hear this one!

Here's our top three takeaways from this episode:
👉🏻 Living with gratitude is a choice we make everyday.
👉🏻 Finding the place that makes you feel grateful is a great shortcut to gratitude.
👉🏻 Caitlin is an amazing co-host on the Well2You Podcast!

AND don't forget, just one more day to enter the giveaway for The Blue Zones KItchen! Head on over to Instagram for more details!

Meet your hosts: Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically.

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/ and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast 

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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We were so lucky to welcome Elyse Elizondo and Kristi Conforti from the Blue Zones Project in Tuolumne County as our guests on the podcast this week to share about the theory of the Blue Zones and how the principles of these Blue Zones can contribute to a longer and healthier life.

Sue and I like to say that our joint intrigue of the Blue Zones brought us together as podcast co-hosts. So we are so excited to bring this topic to the podcast this week! Listen to hear our story of the role Blue Zones played in the fate of me (Caitlin) joining the Well2You podcast almost one year ago. It’s also a pretty small world story about how I happened across the Blue Zone Project Tuolumne County and found Elyse and Kristi. It’s like it was all meant to be to bring you this episode this week!

This is such a good episode! In it you will hear more about: 

What the Blue Zones are
The 9 principles of the Blue Zones (Lessons to living longer, better)
How you can integrate the principles of the Blue Zones into your life
What the Blue Zones Project is 
Some of the things being done by the Tuolumne County Blue Zones Project to impact their local community
Ways you can bring the concepts and ideas of the Blue Zones projects to your own community 

More about our guests:
Elyse is the Organization Lead for the Blue Zones Project in Tuolumne County, and uses her experiences growing up in the Gold Country as the source of her inspiration and commitment to the community’s development. Kristi serves as the Head of Public Policy for the Blue Zones Project in Tuolumne County and has spent most of her life in the area. In her role she works to effect change in policies that will have a long term impact on the health of the residents in the area.

To learn more visit: 

Website: https://www.bluezones.com

IG: @bzptuolumnecounty @danbuettner

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well2you-podcast/id1547156150?i=1000504170074 

https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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We are so thrilled to have our resident therapist joining us again this season. This time to talk about navigating family dynamics, especially as we head into the holidays and will likely be spending more time with family.

In this episode Deborah touches on all the struggles and divisiveness affecting families today including politics, covid, drugs, LGBTQ, parenting styles and technology use.

She offers up 3 choices we all have when we have disagreements on these and other topics:
Compromise, Sacrifice, and Agree to Disagree. Listen as she provides insight into how each of these can work to ease tough family situations.

One topic that Deborah dives deeper on is technology use and how it is defining our family dynamics. Technology creates a space for bad behavior and creates a space for dependence. It is disrupting the way families communicate and interact and changing family culture.

She cites that:
66% of children have negative body image and poor self confidence
85% of american suffer from low self esteem, an all time high
And the result is mental illness rates are at an all time high as well.

Listen to the episode to hear her advice on how to reduce technology use in your family. Here is a brief summary of her recommendations:
Unified approach between parents
Consistency - kids need it to thrive 
Provide safety and security and reassurance - don't just rip it away. 
Have conversations about it, away from it, set up acceptable limits and expectations
Set-up windows and amounts of time
Kids need routines, responsibilities, expectations, limits, and safety

Some more advice that Debotah leaves our listeners with in this episode:
How are we modeling behavior for our children?
How are we taking care of ourselves?
Are we creating an environment in our home that reflects what we value?
How are we planning togetherness as a family?

About Dr. Deborah Brown
Dr. Brown is a psychotherapist and holistic health provider working in private practice.
She is a behavioral health researcher and writer, examining how we make decisions
about our health and our relationships.

“For years, I tried to change myself to fit into a world that was confusing,
inconsistent, and overwhelming. When I realized that this approach caused
me great pain and severe mental health challenges, I decided that it made
more sense to do the work to accept myself and change the world instead!
I share this experience through my work and my writing to empower others
to find their path through healthy habits, improvements in perspective, and
healing self-exploration.”

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well2you-podcast/id1547156150?i=1000504170074 

https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast
 

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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Celebrate 100 episodes with us! Can you believe it?!

Why is it so hard for women to invest in themselves?

In this week’s episode, Caitlin and Sue chat all about why we need a strong sense of self-worth to commit to prioritizing ourselves. "Put your oxygen mask on first." "You can't fill from an empty cup." Are we going to keep making inspiring quote or finally realize that we matter!

Topics: 

Values
Self-worth
Community
Guilt
Judgement
Self-care
Motherhood


Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well2you-podcast/id1547156150?i=1000504170074 

https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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This week’s episode of the podcast is so good! And a topic that is so important for all of us to know more on. It’s something that Caitlin has dealt with severely and we are so thrilled to bring you this conversation with Andrea Telfer-Karbo, Functional Medicine Practitioner and Founder of The Remedy, to share all about the gut! 

In this episode Andrea shares:
What “The Gut” is. And why EVERYTHING starts with the gut.
4 patterns that contribute to poor gut health
Gut-Brain Connection and lack of digestive enzymes
Dysbiosis
Insufficiency Dysbiosis
Bowel overgrowth
Some of the symptoms and signs connected to gut health. You may be surprised!
The 5 R’s of healing the gut

Key takeaways: 
! Everything starts with the gut
! Food sensitivities are a by-product of a gut that isn’t intact. It’s a symptom, not a root cause.
! There are many symptoms that are not traditional GI symptoms
! There are natural ways to heal the gut and start feeling better

Andrea has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance from St. Mary’s College of California. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, she holds a Master’s of Science in Nursing from Samuel Merritt University and is board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 

Andrea is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP - 2012). She has studied with the Kresser Institute and Functional Medicine University as well as many conferences. She is featured in the book, Unconventional Medicine by Chris Kresser.

Through the utilization of Functional Medicine, Andrea has helped thousands of people come off of excessive medication prescriptions and restore natural balance to their bodies.

In her practice, The Remedy Martinez, Andrea helps people identify the root cause of their disease using thorough assessment of patient history, advanced laboratory analysis, clinical experience, bioenergetics and functional medicine principles. Using a unique and individualized approach, she helps her patients reconnect with their natural ability to heal and to encourage their bodies' natural states of function.

You can find Andrea online at: 
IG: @theremedymartinez and @andreawiththeremedy
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.theremedymartinez.com

Did you love this episode and learn something new about the gut? We would love it if you could rate and leave a review for our podcast so we can reach more women! 

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast
 

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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Jessica Valant graduated from Regis University in Denver with her Master’s Degree in Physical
Therapy in 2000. She received her Pilates training in 2001 through Polestar Pilates and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and PMA approved continuing education provider.

She has worked with thousands of clients of different backgrounds, ages, injuries and abilities, to help them reach their ultimate health goals.

Jessica is recognized as a leader in the Pilates industry. She has a successful YouTube channel, membership site and blog. She has been named a top 10 finalist in the 2015 Pilates Anytime Next Instructor Contest and a Creator on the Rise by YouTube and has been featured in Pilates Style Magazine (including as a cover model in 2020), Shape, Buzzfeed, Yoga Journal and Thrillest. She teaches popular workshops and courses to other health care professionals and Pilates instructors and is considered an expert in the women’s health arena.

Jessica and her husband, Brian, founded Momentum Fest, a three day Pilates and movement festival, in 2017 in order to create an inclusive, loving and fun place for all people to celebrate movement together.

She is married to her best friend and their days are spent in Denver wrangling two young kids, being in the sun, living their passion through work and drinking coffee.

Topics:

•Women’s Health
•Physical Therapy and Pilates
•New Thoughts on Movement
•Endometriosis
•Symptoms of uterine prolapse
•Urogynocologists
•Hystorectomy

Find Jessica at:

Website: www.jessicavalantpilates.com
IG: @jessicavalantpilates

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast
 

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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Dr. Jenn Parker is a pelvic health and orthopedic physical therapist and owner of Embody Wellness Physical Therapy in Livermore, CA. She specializes working with both men and women with symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction including bowel, bladder and/or sexual dysfunction but has a special interest in preparing moms for birth as well as safe return to movement/exercise postpartum. She is also a soon-to-be new mom herself! Baby boy is due early November :) 

In this episode she shared with us and our listeners some key things to know about the pelvic floor and when to know if you should seek out a pelvic floor physical therapist. This was such an eye opening conversation as we discussed what some of the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction might be whether you’ve had a baby or not and even if it’s been years and years since you had a baby. You might be surprised to know that that nagging hip or back pain may not be your hip or back but actually your pelvic floor. 

Some other things we discussed with Jenn:

•In honor of October being National Physical Therapy Month she shared how she chose to specialize in Pelvic Physical Therapy and some of the things she treats with this specialty. 
•How pelvic floor physical therapy can support women’s health. Why it needs to be more known about and leveraged.
•What should our listeners know about their own pelvic health and symptoms that may be connected to dysfunction
•Symptoms and issues that appear/occur years after having children that can be tied to the pelvic floor
•Birth preparation - both her own and what she teaches patients 

Some key takeaways: 

•It’s never too late to get in to see a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist to find possible healing and relief.
•In many other countries every single mom goes to pelvic PT postpartum 
•There is support and help out there. You may just have to ask for a referral or search for yourself.
•Get empowered. Take control and advocate for yourself.

Connect with Dr. Jenn Parker:

IG: @embodywellnesspt
Email: [email protected]
Embodywellnesspt.com

Meet your hosts:
Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio and Caitlin Hatzenbuhler is the founder of Conscious Core. Caitlin and Sue have their unique styles of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

You can learn more about Sue at https://www.instagram.com/opal_wellness_studio/
and Caitlin at https://www.instagram.com/conscious_core_caitlin

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review.
This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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https://open.spotify.com/show/7AE1vZFmBoxPvYfn5Abr1T?si=RjrXrOWoToKvZ5bmCcJSgw 

https://www.well2you.org/well2you-podcast

Meet your host:

Sue McCarroll is the founder of Opal Wellness Studio. Sue has a unique style of coaching women to increase self-care, self-compassion, navigate busy mom life and nourish their bodies mentally, emotionally, and physically. She is is a holistic health coach, Pilates teacher, business owner and mom who gave up diet-culture beliefs to live a lifestyle full of clarity and vitality!

Connect with Sue:
💛 @well2youpodcast
💛 @opal_wellness_studio
💛 @suemccarroll.opalife

Thank you for listening! Please take a moment to subscribe and review. This supports the Well2You Podcast in reaching more people who need to be connected to these impactful conversations.

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