Celebrate Muliebrity with Michelle Lyons

Hello and welcome to today's solo episode! I recently came across two 2026 articles that really got me thinking about how menstrual pain may be the missing link in phase based training...and so I thought a podcast episode would be a good idea! In this episode, I discuss the overlooked impact of menstrual pain on female athletic performance, arguing that pain may be a more significant performan...

Hello and Welcome to this episode of the podcast, where I'm in conversation with Elizabeth Davies, author of 'Training for your Old Lady Body' We had a great chat, covering the dangers of 'skinnytok' and the mythology around 'bulking up' with strength training, as well as discussing strategies for behaviour change and strength training for women approaching menopause. E...

Hello and welcome to today's episode where I'm delighted to share my conversation with Dr Rachel Selman, all about better pelvic health conversations with athletes. Rachel is a physical therapist and coach, who shares her experience integrating pelvic health into sports medicine practice and discussed her upcoming book aimed at educating athletes about pelvic health issues. We explored cha...

'Why Do I Still Have Pain After My Endo Surgery?' This can be such a frustrating (and complex) situation that so many people with endometriosis find themselves in...but why? I'm sharing this excerpt from the endometriosis updates in my online Female Pelvic Pain Rehab course - mainly because I've heard it so many times over the years, both from patients and the clinicians who are tr...

Hello & Welcome To Today's Episode! Today's guest has a unique perspective as she's both a high performance athlete AND a pelvic physio who is passionate about keeping girls and women involved in sport. Clodagh McIntyre is a rising star in physiotherapy who is both an inter-county camogie player for Tipperary and a pelvic health physiotherapist. Clodagh discussed her journey from U...

Hello & welcome to this episode, where I thought it might be good to see out the end of Pelvic Pain Awareness month with an extract from my new Female Pelvic Pain online course updates to share some great articles from 2026 that I think are moving the conversation forward. We start with an overview of female pelvic pain assessment, focusing on evidence-based assessment frameworks and clinical...

Hello and welcome to today's episode, where I'm discussing neuropathic pain, particularly the Sciatic & Pudendal nerves, with Thomas Dekkers - Tom's background includes his 18-year clinical experience as a spine specialist physiotherapist, his PhD research on athletic back pain, and current role as a clinical specialist in neurosurgery at Cork University Hospital. In our conversati...

Hello & Welcome to today's episode where we are focusing on new research that really helps us change the conversation about bladder leakage in runners, and why we need to move beyond isolated pelvic floor muscle exercises... I'm in conversation with Natalia Cardoso Campos, who published a really interesting paper in 2025 'Inefficient impact absorption and reduced shock attenuation...

Hello & Welcome to the Podcast! In today's episode, I'm joined by Orla O'Doherty @thecliniccoach for a chat about using coaching skills for behaviour change, especially around physical activity in postpartum women Orla shared her journey, including insights from her masters training in behaviour change and health coaching, explaining key frameworks such as COM-B (Capability, Opport...

New Podcast Alert ‼️ Welcome to today’s episode, in conversation with Dr Juliet McGrattan, all about menopause & running 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ We chatted about her new book "The Runner's Guide to Menopause," which provides practical advice for runners navigating menopause. In today’s episode, we discussed some of the key challenges menopausal runners face, including the importance of...

Hello & welcome to today's episode where we're talking about a new paper looking at menstrual health in female rowing - I'm in conversation with lead author, Dr Ciara Everard, who is an assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin's physiotherapy programme In our chat, we discussed her recent research paper focusing on menstrual health in female rowers, from Ireland & the US, highlighting how soc...

Hello & Welcome to the CelebrateMuliebrity Podcast! Today's episode is all about strength & resistance training at menopause - why are only 30% of women engaging in resistance training at menopause? (and sorry, my sound is a bit wonky at the start) My guest today is Chloe Lewis, who had a non-linear career into women's health, to say the least! Chloe is a physiotherapist conducting...

Hello & Welcome! Today’s conversation is with Lydia Durkin George, all about pelvic health in women’s rugby In our chat, we discussed Lydia’s journey from being an elite kickboxer to becoming a physiotherapist, driven by a desire to support female athletes. She highlights her research on pelvic floor dysfunction in elite women's rugby players and her collaboration with advocates for female athlete...

Hello and also HOW can we be at the end of March already??!! In today's podcast, we are going down a nerdy research rabbit hole - ready? Let's go! As you probably know, March is Endometriosis Awareness Month and although we are only a quarter of the way through the year, there are already some noteworthy papers out there, from acknowledging the many issues people with endometriosis face, f...

Hello & Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast where I'm delighted to welcome back Grainne Donnelly, this time to chat about her new book, Sports Medicine & The Pelvic Floor, Science to Practice, which will be available April 1st. In this episode, we talked about why we need a book about female athletes and their pelvic health - if you're working in this space you'll have seen the su...

Hello and welcome to this episode of the podcast, where I'm having a conversation with my friend and colleague, Megan Jackson, all about how to have the pain neuroscience conversation - and how to do it well! Megan has created an amazing resource, The Pain Deck, which is a book and educational deck of cards, and we're taking a deep dive today into how clinicians can hone their skills when it comes...

Hello and Welcome! In today's episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Sula Windgassen, health psychologist, psychotherapist and author of one of my favourite new books, 'It's All In Your Body', which explores the conversation between mind, body and environment and how that can influence and sustain pain and poor health In today's conversation, we discussed lots of different threads, includ...

I'm so pleased to share this conversation with high performance rehab specialist, SJ McDonnell, who is leading the charge to integrate pelvic health into sports medicine at Sport Ireland. Our paths crossed many ( many) years ago but we reconnected when SJ and I started having conversations about how to bring pelvic health into high performance sports - how to bring expertise into this field in...

Hello & Welcome to Today's Episode about all things Female Athlete with my friend and colleague, Ros Cooke. I had the pleasure of seeing Ros present on this topic at the POGP conference in Edinburgh last October. In today's episode, we discussed pelvic health in sports the 6Rs framework for postpartum athletes and its application to broader pelvic health considerations. (Donnelly et al 2022 Re...

Hello & Welcome to today's episode, where I'm chatting with Dr Melissa Davidson about prolapse, avulsions and pessaries! My guest today is a specialist physiotherapist in pelvic health, and we discussed her career journey, including her specialization in pelvic health in New Zealand, where she is the only registered specialist. She highlighted her expertise in advanced clinical practic...

Hello & Welcome to the Podcast! Today's episode is brought to you by my online course 'The Menstrual Detective' which also includes 'Pelvic Health for the Young Female Athlete' This could be my favourite episode of 2026 (and yes, I know it's very early in the year to call it - but this chat is THAT GOOD!) Today I'm delighted to chat with Dr Jenny LaCross and Dr Laur...

Hello & Welcome to today's conversation where I'm continuing the GLP1 conversation - this time I'm exploring the role of these meds in managing inflammation, MCAS, POTS, ME/CFS and the intersection of all of this with menopause and ageing. I first got interested in this topic when I was creating my new online menopause course (Flourish! The Menopausal Toolbox) and I took a deep div...

Hello & Welcome to 2026 and the 100th episode of the podcast!! I'm excited and grateful to have reached this milestone and for all of the great conversations I've had with brilliant and clever clinicians and researchers - and I have some very exciting episodes coming up, with topics including prolapse, periods, female athletes, urinary incontinence, lumbopelvic pain and more! Today, it...

Welcome to today's episode, with my friend & colleague, Dr Carina Siracusa In today's  conversation, we focused on discussing dysautonomia and its implications for pelvic health, as well as the role of the autonomic system, the overlap of issues including POTS, MCAS & hEDS…and of course we talked about bowel health (shocker!) and the chapter we wrote on GI dysfunction in female athletes for Grainn...

What a treat this conversation was for me! I had the pleasure of listening to the fabulous Prof Angie Doshani at the POGP conference in Edinburgh in September - she absolutely rocked the stage and gave an intensely thought provoking presentation on the importance of personalising pelvic health, taking into account cultural, ethnic, religious and language considerations. In this conversation, we ta...