Do you find yourself dealing woth prolpase symptoms when you're trying to live your life? Like when you're washing dishes, or trimming your garden? I mean, the garden in your yard, not the one below. But it you're feeling symptoms while you're doing that too,...

Following the birth of my third child, a boy, 18 months ago, my body was thrown into fight of flight. Physiologically, it’s been confused as to how to heal ever since.   My mental health suffered. I fell into a depression which I was medicated for, pursued...

  I have been running away from my body image issues for as long as I can remember.  Since I was a child, I felt fatter than the other girls in my class. In my 20’s, I was 40 pounds overweight and was incredibly embarrassed.  I went to extremes to lose excess...

After having two vaginal deliveries, one in the hospital and one at home, a c-section seemed unlikely in my third pregnancy.   At 30 weeks, my son was breech. There was a very brief conversation with my midwife, but it was more of a wait and see game.   My...

  I’ve just completed my first CrossFit Open and dayam, it was work. And they seem to love beating the bejesus out of their shoulders. The athleticism all levels is inspiring.   You know who’s upper body takes a beating like a CrossFit Athlete who just...

This is my first year taking part in the CrossFit Open. I had joined CrossFit a year ago and it was the energy of the CrossFit Open I found inspiring. After the traumatic birth of my third baby, I wanted to feel strong. CrossFit has given that to me. When I first...

This past week, several of the women I work with have come with concerns of their pelvic organ prolapse and the confusing symptoms popping in an out. No pun intended. All of these women have successfully completed pelvic floor physiotherapy or currently in rehab in...

The last day in 2018. I hope you've had a good year and 2019 exceeds all your expectations. Let me as you this, do you attempt a fresh start in the New Year? I've shifted away from New Years Resolutions over the past year. They never worked. So why fail when you can...

I remember the first time I leaked when doing a box jumps. It was about 4 years ago at a 7 am group training class. Being hardcore and all #noexcuses back then, I put my all into every single workout. But I was springing a leak with every jump. This was before I...

  Have you watched the movie “The Waterboy” with Adam Sandler? It’s one ridiculous piece of cinematic history simply because it’s so out there. And it goes to show you how far we’ve come in social acceptance. A movie like that, wouldn’t fly with most people...

There is nothing short of celebrity silliness, especially when it comes to caring for your vagina. Gwyneth Paltrow praises vaginal steaming, claiming it cleans your uterus. I’m going to be straight here and tell you this. Your vagina doesn’t need a sweat lodge. It...

I find it heartbreaking to hear the stories of women who’ve given up their training because of their symptoms.   In my personal and professional opinion, I believe no woman should have to give up on her training when it comes to her symptoms. I did because of...

A while back, I was at CrossFit here in London, On, and I was doing some good 'ol back squats. I was feeling ambitious so I went slightly heavier than normal. And I went a little deeper to test this body's skills. I must say, not too shabby. As I was at the bottom of...

I was inspired to write this thanks to Jessie Mundell, a prenatal and postnatal fitness expert, here in Canada. She sent out and email simply to check in. She wrote about how althought, it's great that the messages across the internet were telling those who are...

I fell into a deep depression after my son was born. I was 3 days postpartum and started feeling a strange pain in my shoulder. (To read more about this, check out When Postpartum Recovery Goes Wrong). I brushed it off and went to bed. I was looking forward to...

  When I was first diagnosed with a pelvic organ prolapse (POP)  almost 3 years ago, I was crushed. It felt like I didn’t do a good enough job taking care of my body. I tried to do the right things by exercising regularly and eating well, but it simply wasn’t...

After the birth of my first baby, almost 7 years ago, I took the 6-week clearance as permission to go hard or go home. I began strength training like a bodybuilder without a second thought. The 6-week clearance is the guideline most women use to give themselves...

I didn’t expect to have this reaction to 20 pounds of frozen breast milk but I was hit hard. Seeing these full bags of unused breast milk made me briefly question whether or not I should have stuck it out and continued to make myself nurse my son. Should I have...