the pip podcast

This week, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Jenny Laviolette, a content creator in the fitness, wellness and personal growth space, who happens to be friends with Veronica’s life-long bestie. The three talk about how to balance fitness, health, wellness and everyday life, how motivation can play a factor in all, and ways to stay true to whether you’re really honouring your body, or honouring soci...

In this week’s episode, Veronica and Amanda get into the fascinating world of neurodiversity and therapeutic techniques with their guest, Alicia Alessandrini, a registered social worker and EMDR practitioner. The three explore the concept of neurodiversity, debunk common myths surrounding mental health, and chat about everything from ADHD to relationship dynamics. Alicia gives her invaluable insig...

This week, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Ashley and Erline of the Period Poverty Initiative. High school seniors from Orlando Florida, they noticed issues with the lack of menstrual products in their school bathrooms, and decided to work to change it. Ashley and Erline talk about starting PPI, the inspiration behind PPI’s activism, and how period poverty has impacted their communities. The gro...

Amanda and Veronica are back this week with their first guest of 2024! Michelle Milheiras of The Happy Pelvis joins the pair to talk everything pelvic health. Michelle shares her story of lifelong chronic pelvic pain, painful periods, and chronic UTIs, which all led to her starting The Happy Pelvis in 2018. Michelle explains the long process to diagnoses and how years of not being heard or seen in...

Amanda and Veronica are back! They’re here to take on 2024, and the pip podcast season 2, better than before. Together for once in the flesh and blood, the duo catch up over a long, extended Holiday break. They talk about what they’re looking forward to this year and season, their Ins and Outs for 2024, and how they’re going to continue putting their health first this year. They talk about resolut...

It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year! Or at least that’s what we’re told. The Holiday season can bring a lot of things with it, including stress, exhaustion, burn out, and flares. In the final episode of 2023, Amanda and Veronica talk everything Holidays, from what they look forward to, what they dread, and how they prep their bodies - and minds - for the busy season in any attempt...

In this week’s episode, Veronica and Amanda are joined by Katelyn Morin, who was diagnosed with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease in 202, and who also happens to be Veronica’s younger cousin. After casting the family lore, Katelyn shares how she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and perianal disease in the middle of the pandemic. Katelyn explains what Crohn’s is and how it impacts her entire GI...

In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica reflect on how their health and lives have changed in the 8 months they have started pip. From burnt out, washed up athletes who used to constantly gaslight themselves into working out and living “lifestyles” that did not put their bodies first, to being mindful and loving to their bodies and chronic illnesses, is a long way to go in a short timeframe. R...

TW: This episode speaks about mental health, including anxiety and depression. Please take care while listening. In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Renee Arenburg from @no.spoons.society. A fellow endometriosis sufferer, Renee started her social media page to find and create community and education online. The three talk about her endo story, and how aging and receiving a di...

In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Dr. Maria Tomlinson from the University of Sheffield in the UK. The pair ask Maria about her research on the impact of the media on menstrual activism, and she takes them on a history lesson of how patriarchy has impacted menstruation over the years, including how we think about its links to hygiene, and how social media and the 4th wave fe...

This week, Amanda and Veronica are joined by the founders of the registered Canadian charity, Endometriosis Events, Tami Ellis and Leah Haynes. The four talk about how Tai and Leah met, bonded over their endometriosis, and decided to create their charity, Endo Events. Tami and Leah share how many years and doctors it took for them to finally be diagnosed, and how their own experiences shaped wanti...

This week, Amanda and Veronica are joined by PhD Candidate, Allyson Bontempo. They three talk about Allyson’s research on medical invalidation with endometriosis, and why, as someone with endometriosis herself, she set down this path to research endometriosis and medical invalidation on such a deep level. Sharing her personal endo and research journey, Allyson explains the background of her PhD pr...

In today’s episode, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Nicole White of Moon Time Sisters, a volunteer-led organization supporting Northern menstruators by collecting and shipping menstrual products to remote communities across the country where access is limited and costs are prohibitive. Moon Time Sisters provides menstrual products to these communities completely free-of-cost. The three talk abou...

On today’s episode, Amanda and Veronica are joined by holistic functional medicine specialist, Lj Johnson to talk everything endometriosis, PCOS and uterine fibroids. After sharing her own endometriosis story, and how it brought her to a second career focused in holistic women’s health, Lj breaks down everything you need to know about the endo basics, and then some. Veronica and Amanda ask Lj to d...

In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica talk about the dreaded “M word”... MIGRAINES! Not your mother’s headache - or is it? - chronic migraine is a debilitating disorder that goes way beyond a headache; there’s multiple kinds, hundreds of triggers and symptoms, and like every other chronic illness, no one seems to know why. Veronica and Amanda share their own stories of migraines, some of the...

On this week's episode, Amanda and Veronica talk everything traveling with a chronic illness. From most embarrassing travel stories, to travel must haves, and their favourite places abroad, the pair deep dive into how they can continue to travel without the extra illness baggage. They also talk about portrayal of periods in movies and TVs, and some of their biggest pet peeves associated with m...

In this week’s episode, Veronica and Amanda continue their conversation on learning to listen to and learn about their cycles and ways to work out and bring movement during the four phases with Yoga and Pilates Instructor and Studio Owner, Jillian D’Archi. Veronica and Amanda ask Jillian about working out during your cycle and learning how to get in tune with what your body needs - and doesn’t nee...

In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Naturopathic Doctor and founder of the Limitless Woman PMS Relief Protocol, Dr. Caitlin Shea, to talk everything PMS and PMDD. Dr. Shea explains all the details around Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, walking Veronica and Amanda through the hormones that control our cycles, and how these can cause PMS or PMDD. They...

Part 2 of our conversation with Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Holistic Health Coach and Lululemon Ambassador, Marlies Lagace, Veronica and Amanda continue the conversation with Marlies on how to learn to love yourself and your body, especially when your body may sometimes seem like it’s against you with a chronic illness. They unpack how to listen to your body when it’s asking for rest, and learn...

Have you ever felt like you worked out just because you felt guilty, or wanted to punish your body? Or how about feeling like one day you like yourself, and the next you can’t stand yourself? This week, Veronica and Amanda reflect on all the ways they struggle with balancing movement for your body and feeling good, and listening to your body when it needs a rest in part 1 of their conversation wit...

In this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica talk everything periods, and contemplate the age-old question: if half the world bleeds, why do we think it’s gross? Amanda and Veronica catch up after Amanda’s trip to LA and she tells us all the deets on eating celiac in LA and on vacation - and eating on vacation in a different country in general. Then, the two talk everything periods: what having you...

In this week's episode, Veronica and Amanda are joined by Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Laura Holland. The three discuss everything pelvic floor, including painful sex, period pain, and even leaking, taking their stories back to high school years. Veronica and Amanda ask Laura all their burning questions about the pelvic floor, and what exactly pelvic floor therapy looks like. They deep dive in...

In today’s episode, Amanda and Veronica talk about everything food: their favourites, the foods they can do without, and the burning question on everyone’s mind - if food is fuel, why do so many people restrictively eat and diet? As two chronically ill besties, Veronica and Amanda know all too well how food can feel like it’s out to get you when so many food groups cause tummy issues and struggles...

Anyone out there have an almond mom? Did you grow up with the 90s and early 2000s “heroin chic” supermodels on every TV channel and tabloid in the supermarkets? What about the insane diets that plagued tweens, teens, young adults and moms alike? On this week’s episode, Amanda and Veronica talk about their arch nemesis, diet culture. They share their own stories growing up in the 90s and 2000s “a s...

Veronica and Amanda have been practicing yoga for several years and they feel the benefits of our practice. But, they want to hear from a professional if yoga can really help pain and inflammation. This week, Amanda and Veronica are joined by Amanda’s long time friend Jessica Ryan (and her dog), a registered massage therapist and 200 hour certified yoga instructor. They three talk everything yoga...