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

Send us Fan Mail As we end Season 1 of the podcast and head into the holiday season, I’d like to share the 5 most downloaded episodes of the podcast!  Here's #5, one of MY fave conversations this year that literally reminded me WHY I do what I do... I have a professional crush & I'm not afraid to admit it. I didn't realize how awesome it is to talk with another professional who...

Send us Fan Mail Let's be honest, becoming a mom can throw your life-long habits in the trash, chew it up & spit it out... I invited @jamesclear, habit expert &  author of the New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits (currently #1) to help us dive into using habits as parents & moms. The book has sold over 8 million copies worldwide & has been translated into more than 50 lang...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to add exercises rather than just running?  Not sure where to start? You won't want to miss my chat with @chrisjohnsonthept physical therapist, coach, author, teacher, consultant, & multiple-time Kona qualifier. He is also the creator of The Runner's Zone, an online membership platform/community with a mission to fast-track clinicians, coaches, & trainers,...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Surabhi Veitch, the owner of The Passionate Physio, a Registered Physiotherapist, a Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism Coach, and a mom to 2 incredible humans. Surabhi is passionate about breaking the status quo on what it means to be a mom. She believes that motherhood doesn’t have to mean sacrificing who you are. As a cyclist, skier, dancer and climber, sh...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Margie Davenport, an Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation in the University of Alberta. She also currently holds the Christenson Professorship in Active Healthy Living (2020-2025). As a former national team athlete, her recent work has examined elite sport participation during pregnancy, and return to sport following delivery. This...

Send us Fan Mail Do you even lift? Yeah, & I can help you too! I had the pleasure of catching up with the dynamic duo of PT's @alexismorganpt & @christina_prevett Both are physios who work with postpartum women & female athletes. Both women are barbell athletes themselves. Christina helps female athletes maximize fitness potential with online programming for pregnant & postpar...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Megan Bellamy Brown, an experienced Physical Therapist with a focus on Pilates for rehabilitation. She specializes in Prenatal/Postpartum and Neurology (including stroke, MS, Parkinson's, brain injury). Megan also leads exuberant group Pilates mat classes, including Prenatal Pilates, Therapeutic Pilates, Restorative Pilates, Mommy & Me (postpartum), Pil...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Mike and Brittney Savitch, owners and co-founders of The Conditioning Room, located in Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Conditioning Room is to help people create healthy, sustainable habits to become their strongest version. Mike grew up in the Virgin Islands and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics on the bobsled team. He has been involved in personal a...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Jenna Perkins RN, WHNP-BC. She is a board certified Women’s Health and Gender Related Nurse Practitioner.  Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Jenna completed her undergraduate studies and masters in Women’s Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Her career as a Nurse Practitioner launched in a busy downtown D.C. office where she became an ex...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Maria Alcoke, a Mom, a creative, a business owner, and  former CrossFit L1 trainer and pre and postnatal coach. Inspired by the pregnant and postpartum athletes she coached and inspired by her own experience as a pregnant and postpartum athlete, Maria ran her own postpartum return-to-fitness program out of CrossFit Cove in Columbia, Maryland. Fitness has always...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Marcy Crouch, founder of The Down There Doc and DT Method (@thedowntheredoc). Marcy is a Mama and Doctor dedicated to universally serving, empowering and equipping women and the birthing community with confidence building tips, along with valuable information & knowledge to support birth preparation and postpartum recovery. Through the DT Method’s online...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Rich Willy, an Associate Professor in the School of Physical Therapy, University of Montana (Missoula, MT, USA) and the Director of the Montana Running Lab. Dr. Willy has been a clinician for over 20 years specializing in the treatment of the injured runner.  He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers on two populations: endurance runners and tactical ath...

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 Today I speak with Dr. Sara Tanza, a physical therapist who runs her own practice “Pelvic Potential”, in Aptos, California. After suffering a running injury while competing on the Triathlon Team at University of California, Santa Barbara, she saw first hand how physical therapy helped get her back into racing again sparked her interest in this career path. Dr. Tanza switched out o...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Neely Gracey, a mom, coach, author, and pro runner.  Neely is the founder and coach of Get Running which she founded in 2013. She co-authored a book that was released earlier this year called Breakthrough Women’s Running. Neely has qualified for 3 Olympic trials and is training for her fourth! She was the top American at the 2016 Boston Marathon where she ran 2:...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Courtney Edgecomb, a pelvic physical therapist who empowers her clients to keep their pants dry, have pleasurable sex, poop well, and heal pelvic pain. Recently, she has started working with more complex cases in postpartum runners. She uses her passion for running and her history in orthopedics to help postpartum runners with their pelvic floor problems. We hea...

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. Lisa Romanzo, physical therapist and former guest of the podcast! Today, she speaks to us about the danger and unexpected pervasiveness of RED-S Syndrome in moms. Lisa tells us about the unexpected ways moms can fall into RED-S without even realizing it and the dangerous cycle of calorie restriction. We hear about her personal experience with RED-S while she...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Coach Danielle Hurt, for her second visit on the podcast! Coach D helps new runners, triathletes, marathoners and everyone in between learn how to improve their running and strengthen their bodies. She addresses the importance of having a running coach on your team, whether that be a personal trainer who has experience as a running coach or a dedicated running c...

Send us Fan Mail Sexual Medicine and Collaborative Care with Dr. Rachel Rubin Today I speak with Dr. Rachel Rubin,  a board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. She is one of only a handful of physicians with fellowship training in sexual medicine for all genders. Dr. Rubin is a clinician, researcher, and passionate educator. In addition to being education chair for the Internationa...

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 Lisa Marie Ryan, a former high school English teacher who completely changed her career after the birth of her children. Before having children, she was a competitive CrossFit athlete who then struggled postpartum with diastasis recti. Because of her experience, she became a coach to help women avoid experiences like hers. We hear about her coming to terms with...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Ellie Somers,  a physical therapist from Sisu, Washington, who aims to empower women by helping them get active again. By giving women autonomy in their return to run journey, Ellie takes into account all of the nuances that is present in each person’s situation. She helps women set attainable goals while also giving them authority to shape their own experie...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Dani Espino, a physical therapist, running coach, and accomplished runner herself! Dani shares her experience as a running coach who in a male-dominated field. She talks about her struggles with imposter syndrome and how she moved through those feelings into confidence. Dani believes in the importance of banding together and supporting other women who are al...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Alexia B., a proud member of the "you're never too old to try something new" club and professional dabbler in sports having picked up competitive swimming in college, rock climbing in her late 20s, and Crossfit in her 30s. As a career US Foreign Service Officer, her job has allowed her to be in the sport of fitness worldwide and show her two adora...