Active Mom Podcast: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Lara Costa, ultramarathoner, powerlifter, and mom of two…and also my podcast manager! Lara is that friend who’s always up for anything and has continued to be active throughout all stages of postpartum. Join us as we hear about Lara’s journey as lifelong athlete looking for new challenges as an active mom, raising active kids, and running a business!  We talk ab...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Sara Reardon, a doctor of physical therapy and board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist specializing in the treatment of bowel and bladder issues, painful intercourse, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause. She is the founder of The Vagina Whisperer, an online platform with pelvic floor and core exercise programs for pregnancy, postpartum, pai...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Kate Johnson, CrossFit Level 2 Trainer who works 1:1 providing customized programming for athletes and core/pelvic floor considerations. She’s also a Pregnancy & Postpartum Coach at Street Parking. Kate share her story of returning to the gym after an emergency c-section with her first son and feeling like there was something wrong with her because of the sy...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Juan Michelle Martin, PT, DPT, a pelvic floor physical therapist, sex counselor and doula. She is the owner of JMM Health Solutions, a concierge pelvic health practice in the Atlanta Metro area where she brings over 15 years of clinical experience as a physical therapist. As a pelvic PT and sex counselor she enjoys speaking about sex from the perspective of...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Lindsey Hein is a 17X Marathoner and mom of four. She is the host of the two podcasts;  “I’ll Have Another" and "Why is Everyone Yelling?" where she has refreshing conversations with Olympians, everyday runners and parenting experts.  Lindsey is the Founder of the podcast network SandyBoy Productions and in her spare time loves to coach runners, r...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Annyck Besso, RD. and Stefanie Rosser, RD. From Sööma Nutrition. Stefanie specializes in intuitive eating and eating disorders and believes in an integrative approach to treating eating disorders and disordered eating. Annyck has expertise treating  eating disorders in both private and academic medical center settings. She also specializes in treating Relative E...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Katie Makris, a multisport coach specializing in the pregnant and postpartum athlete. She's a mother to two boys, 2.5 and 5 years old, a three-time Ironman triathlete, 15-time marathoner, and avid cyclist who enjoys clipping into all sorts of adventures on the road, on gravel, and often, indoors on Zwift! Katie's goal is to to help more women gain acce...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Elliot Berlin, an award-winning prenatal chiropractor, childbirth educator, labor support bodyworker, and co-founder of Berlin Wellness Group in Los Angeles, California. His separate schooling in massage therapy, bodywork, and chiropractic form the backbone of his innovative pre- and post-natal wellness care techniques. Unique ‘Chirossage’ sessions soothe an...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Tina Muir, the founder and CEO of Running For Real. Tina is a mother of two and former international runner for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Tina hosts the Running For Real Podcast, which has amassed over 6 million downloads. The Running For Real Podcast is a collective of conversations about running, the climate emergency, and social justice. Tina also h...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Joy Black, an avid rock climber, kettlebell enthusiast, and trail runner.  She is a Mom of three, and is living the craziness of having a teenager, toddler, and infant all at the same time.  She truly believes that we are all much stronger than we realize, we just need someone to help us tap into that potential. With over a decade of experience training and coac...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Lauren Sok, physical therapist and fearless leader of Functionize Health. Finding energy in helping others and joy in watching them succeed, Lauren embraces childish enthusiasm and overt optimism in the face of entrepreneurship. Despite doubts and challenges, Lauren braved starting a cash-based physical therapy practice at a time when private-pay was a novel con...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Emma Brockwell and Gráinne Donnelly. Emma is a Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. She treats women of all ages with all women’s health related conditions. She is passionate about pre and postnatal rehabilitation and exercise. She specialises in supporting women back to exercise, particularly running, football and netball if they have any pelvic health dys...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Izzy Moore reader in human movement and sports medicine at Cardiff Metropolitan University. After completing her PhD at the University of Exeter, where she focused on optimising female running gait, Izzy completed a two-year post-doctoral position at Cardiff Metropolitan University working directly with sports governing bodies to inform injury prevention and...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Victoria Sekely, a Manhattan-based Physical Therapist with a passion for all things running. Victoria graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and went on to complete her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from New York University. Victoria is also a USATF Level 1 and RRCA certified run coach. She is dedicated to helping runners of a...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Megan James, PhD Student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. In her studies, she is exploring returning to running after childbirth. Her goal is to help bridge the gap between clinicians and research, and has collaborated with other researchers and clinicians on recent publications. We look at all of the different factors that can play into a mom’s experience in...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Talayna Fortunado, CrossFit royalty, physical therapist, and mom of 3. She started CrossFit in 2009, right after graduating PT school, and made it to the podium at the CrossFit games in 2012, winning 3rd place. Talayna talks about her experience as an elite CrossFit athlete and how CrossFit has changed over the years. Talayna has an extensive history in athletic...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Rita Deering, DPT. She primarily studies abdominal muscle function after childbirth, along with return to exercise (with emphasis on running) after childbirth. Dr. Deering is now an Assistant Professor at Carroll University, where she teaches Neuroscience, Exercise Physiology, and Evidence into Practice. She has conducted extensive research in neuromuscular...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Aliso Grimaldi, an expert in the management of hip, groin and lumbo-pelvic pain and dysfunction. She is also Principal Physiotherapist at Physiotec and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Because of her interest in the assessment and optimisation of lumbo-pelvic and lower limb biomechanics, Alison has collaborated with the Euro...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Laura Green, a comedic content creator who loves to stand in front of people and tell jokes. Her brain is a hamster wheel of self deprecating humor focused on the run and fitness industry which she attempts to communicate via short videos and storytelling. She runs a lot. And she also naps a lot. Laura lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two young boys....

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD, FACOG, FPMRS. She is Director of the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Director of the National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery (NCAPS) at MedStar Health, an internationally renowned center that combines urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery....

Send us Fan Mail You know you need running drills but not sure where to start? One of our podcast favorites @recorfitness is back to share her newly published research "Ranking drills to design progressive return-to-run programs" There's little research looking at impact in running drills in general, & obviously even less in how to progress postpartum women back to impact sports...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Erin Azar, a running content creator who began sharing her relatable struggles with running as a beginner over two years ago and now has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media who keep coming back for her humor, vulnerability, and shorts review videos. Erin started running a couple years ago after having her third child in hopes of it making her feel...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Antony Lo, a physiotherapist from Australia. He runs The Physio Detective service and My PT Education. He has been involved in antenatal and postnatal education and management for his whole career.  Through participation and through his work as a Physiotherapist at all levels of sport, coaching and education, he has developed a model of treatment that utiliz...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh. Recently, she had a tweet go viral talking about what a terrible job we do about educating women about their bodies and we unpack that in our conversation. We have a candid conversation about prolapse and why so many professionals think women sh...

Send us Fan Mail Want the DL on running research? Even when working with postpartum women, it's important to stay up to date on just plain, basic running research...& @montanarunninglab is one of my fave resources to stay up to date! I invited Rich on to tackle some of the most common running myths I see in clinic, & unfortunately they're perpetuated by providers who aren't...