Have you ever asked, “why did no one tell me?” when it comes to changes with your body, core and pelvic floor?
You’re Not Alone!
This is why the To Birth and Beyond Podcast was created. Discover why hundreds of people around the world have turned to Jessie and Anita for information that no one talks about surrounding these changes during pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum stages of life.
RECENT PODCAST EPISODES
Episode 182: Myths and Facts about Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain with Sinéad Dufour
In today’s episode, Anita talks with Sinéad Dufour about one of the most common issues Anita’s prenatal clients come in for: PGP.
Episode 180: PFSA Guest Lecturers
In today’s episode we are highlighting a compilation of 10 guest lecturers we get to learn from in the Postnatal Fitness Specialist Academy.
Episode 179: Help Your Clients Reduce Fears About Pelvic Floor Symptoms
In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita go over their top 5 tips to reduce your client fears around pelvic floor symptoms.
Episode 177: How to Help Your Postpartum Clients Take it Slower
In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita discuss 5 main things that are helpful in facilitating this conversation to help your clients slow down to allow the healing and recovery process to take place.
Episode 176: Postpartum Exercise is About More Than Kegels
In today’s episode, Jessie gets more specific around what to do instead of kegels in postpartum exercise. If you are a postpartum person getting back to exercise soon, consider these four pillars as a guide!
Episode 175: You Don’t Have to Give Birth to Be Postpartum with Rebecca Cariati
In today’s episode, Jessie chats with Rebecca Cariati about her experience through birth, high-functioning depression, and her gender-affirming work.
Episode 174: Pelvic Floor 101 with Laine Corp
In today’s episode, Anita chats with Laine Corp about all things pelvic floor that you may never have been taught!
Episode 173: REPLAY – 5 Steps to Prepare You, Your Pelvic Floor and Core for Birth
In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie go over how to prepare your whole self for birth – with a ton of helpful and actionable tips along the way!
Episode 172: Representation and Race in Perinatal Fitness with Inemesit Graham
Jessie talks with Inemesit Graham about her journey from diastasis recti to Mummy Fitness – and how anti-Blackness presents in fitness.
Meet Jessie
Jessie Mundell is mama-in-chief at JessieMundell.com, where she’s helped hundreds of moms feel strong, confident, and EMPOWERED with fitness programs tailored to THEIR specific needs. With a trunk-load of degrees in prenatal and postnatal exercise, Jessie supports mothers in their self-care so they can heal faster, reconnect with their bodies, and develop an impenetrable confidence & energy that translates to their families and life. Her programs, To Pregnancy and Beyond and Core + Floor Restore , focus on effective exercise during pregnancy, rehab of the core and pelvic floor for moms, postpartum and C-section recovery, and give thriving mamas permission to live joy-filled lives.
Meet Anita
A Pelvic Health and Orthopaedic Physiotherapist with a focus on prenatal and postpartum care as well as a Certified Pilates Instructor and Certified in Acupuncture / Dry Needling. She graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology and a Masters of Science in Physiotherapy. Anita is one of the select few physiotherapists in Canada to receive advanced training in labour support, which blends orthopaedic physiotherapy expertise with birth doula support.
Anita believes, “It doesn’t just take a village to raise a child. It takes a village to raise a mama.” As a new mama, she sees how important it is to have a support team surrounding a woman during pregnancy, birth and beyond. She loves to collaborate with other birth, health and fitness professionals to help each women attain their health goals.
Anita’s practice, Holistic Health Physiotherapy, is focused on guiding women to prevent and heal physical ailments that are common but shouldn’t be considered their ‘new normal’ during pregnancy or postpartum stages of life. This will ultimately help a woman become stronger and more confident in her body more than ever.
