Episode 445: Return To Jumping Postpartum: The Step-By-Step Process
In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie give step by step tips on how to get back to jumping postpartum. They dive in to the very early days, to eight weeks, to beyond stages and share practical examples of ways to get you back to jumping during workouts, trampolines, etc.
Episode 444: How To Coach Or Treat Highly Athletic Women In Pregnancy
In today’s episode, Jessie Mundell and Anita Lambert discuss coaching highly athletic pregnant clients who often want to keep training. They stress individualized assessment beyond workout programming, including motivations, body image history, and mental health. Alongside physical factors like pelvic floor symptoms, fatigue, nausea, sleep disruption, and capacity changes.
Episode 443: What Body-Neutral Fitness Actually Looks Like, with Anna Maltby
In today’s episode, Jessi Mundell interviews health and fitness journalist, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and Substack creator Anna Maltby. They talk about her path from magazine journalism into coaching functional strength, health, and mental wellbeing while avoiding weight, calorie, and aesthetic language. Anna discusses how noticing that pelvic floor complexity, relaxin misconceptions, diastasis recti nuances, pressure managements, and representations of diverse bodies was missing in the industry.
Episode 442: Birth Prep for Physiotherapists – The Missing Piece in Your Client Sessions
In today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Anita is talking about birth prep handouts as the missing piece in physiotherapist client sessions. If you offer birth prep – or are considering doing so – listen in for a framework and things to consider (including questions to ask) while developing your birth prep handout, to help your clients prepare themselves for an empowered birth.
Episode 441: The Missing Guide to Reproductive Health with Dr. Anietie Ukpe-Wallace
In today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Jessie is joined by pelvic health physical therapist, Dr. Anietie Ukpe-Wallace (Dr. Tia). Together, they talk about Dr. Tia’s new book called “Tending to Your Womb,” and digging into everything from pregnancy loss and societal expectations around it, to what Dr. Tia is teaching her 11-year-old daughter about her body and why self-care is a main pillar of her work (and what she means by “self-care”). This is the reproductive health guide you didn’t know you needed – promise!
Episode 440: Myth-Busters – Prenatal Exercise Edition!
In today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Anita and Jessie are busting some myths around prenatal exercise – a hot topic amongst clients and colleagues, alike. The conversation highlights the evolving understanding of women’s health and fitness during pregnancy, encouraging listeners to engage with their bodies and seek professional guidance when needed.
