The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week I have the pleasure of being joined by Yogi Aaron! Aaron is the Co-Owner of Blue Osa Yoga Retreat & Spa in Costa Rica where he leads The Yogi Club Yoga Teacher Training Immersions year-round for students from all across the globe. He's also a podcast host and author.  More importantly, he's a great podcast guest who explains his ideas very clearly and talks...

Send us Fan Mail This week I have the pleasure of being joined by Antony "The Physio Detective" Lo. You'll have heard me mention Antony before, he is one of my favourite people in the post-partum fitness space, he clearly gives things a lot of thought and knows how to communicate his ideas extremely well Obviously he's also remarkably well qualified.   Antony is a physiotherapi...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I am joined by Laura Reardon Laura Reardon is a certified Child Behavior Specialist, she is trained as an Emotion Coach, Childhood Anxiety Coach, and Parent Coach, and she’s the founder of Laura Reardon Coaching. Laura helps parents who feel frustrated, worried, and unsure how to respond when their kid reacts to their big emotions like anger and anxiety...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I am joined by Elizabeth Andreyevskiy Elizabeth is a stress coach for moms. She is the host of Emotionally Healthy Legacy podcast and a mom of 4. Elizabeth is super passionate about mental health and emotional wellness in motherhood. She helps overwhelmed moms reduce the mental stress so they can respond with patience and calm towards their kids. She te...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's episode I have the pleasure of talking to  Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider. Gina is the author of Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, March 2022). She is a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, and corporate trainer. She serves as codirector of Schneider Counseling and...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I answer a question about "doming" of the stomach during exercise.  Should you " STOP IMMEDIATELY!" , as so many physios tell you to? Or could there maybe be more than 1 type of doming/reason for doming and can you "push through"? Is it really as black and white as some "post-natal professionals" tell you it is? A...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's episode I talk about 3 studies that came out recently; "Intermittent Fasting decreases the chances of Alzheimers" . I get on this before Michael Mossley decides to quote it in his next Daily Mail article. "Keto diet increases pancreatic cancer survival" One for all the "keto-fans" out there.   and "High salt intake increases...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's episode I answer the, seemingly age-old, question; Should you stretch post-partum or should you strengthen? And is it good news if your muscle hurt after exercise or does it mean you're not very fit? And, a slight rant about the "best personal trainer in THE WORLD (or just your town)" nonsense that is always popular on websites and in the press....

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I explain the main reason why you're not getting the results you're hoping for from your fitness routine or diet. Over the years I've had many conversations with clients about this. Whether it's a middle-aged executive wanting to lose weight, a recently post-partum woman wanting to fix her back-pain and diastasis recti or a tennis pl...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's, admittedly rather dry, episode I talk about an email someone sent me with a link to this study . The conclusion of the study "A weekly, postpartum, supervised exercise program, including strength training of the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles, in addition to daily home training of the pelvic floor muscles, did not reduce the prevalence of diastasis.&...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I talk about what I believe is one of the biggest problems in your post-natal recovery; Fear. And especially "The fear of making things worse". By far most of the emails I get refer to this in one way or another. "What if I make my diastasis worse?" "I am told I can't do X exercise because my stomach will rip open" &qu...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's episode Can you do Yoga and pilates when doing the HPNB program/when you have diastasis? Probiotics, why I take them and why you probably should as well. Can dieting lead to it becoming impossible for you to lose weight? Remember to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for the competitions, wisdom and cute videos. And, of course, you can always find us on our Y...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode "The depth of the gap is more important than the width!" is a common phrase you hear these days from "diastasis recti professionals" but is it actually true? Can diastasis recti cause digestive issues ? One "diastasis specialist" claims it could "because muscles aren't working properly and you need muscles to move...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I talk about the corporate day that I attended which was a bit of an eye-opener with regards to some things. But first;  A lovely statement I heard from a  wellness/healthcare provider when asked why they charge soo much and their "pay in installment" option is soo much more expensive since that means women with less money can't afford th...

Send us Fan Mail  On this week's episode I repond to more questions that came in on the back of last week's episode. I mentioned diet and how to do it. I go into a bit of depth about how my approach to weightloss is different depending on the clients and their starting point. Personalising your approach to diet is the key to success, whether you want to lose weight or get healthier. I al...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode I answer some of your questions. Can you cycle with diastasis recti? Is diastasis recti really permanent? Answer, as you are likely to know; it is not! And if an expert tells you this then they are lying to you. So let's talk about lying experts a bit as well. Will your stomach "rip open" if you exercise with diastasis recti? High Intensi...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever questioned whether your day to day actions align with your values? Do you give to charity but wonder if there's more you can do to have a positive impact in the world?  Not by giving money but by making those small changes in your life that will have an overwhelmingly positive impact, much more so than donating some money here and there, Are you keen to teach yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I have the pleasure of talking to Brenden Kumarasamy about an essential skill that most children, and adults, are not actually taught in school! Public speaking and effective communication is essential for anyone who wants to get anything done in life and yet it is a skill not taught in schools or indeed at home. You might know Brenden from the Masterta...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I am delighted to talk with Kelly Smith. Kelly is the host of the Meditation Mama podcast and the guided meditation podcast Mindful In Minutes . She’s also the founder of a virtual meditation school called Yoga For You .  And she has the best voice in the business! We are talking about micro-habits. Small changes you can make to your daily routine that...

Send us Fan Mail  In this week's episode I have the pleasure of talking with personal trainer, author, podcast host and all-round-good-guy-and-happy-chappy  Brian Keane. You might, or should I say "should", know Brian from the Brian Keane podcast ( which is one of THE top nutrition podcasts in the UK) and his social media presence. He is one of my favourite people in the health and...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I am talking to the dual Dr couple May and Tim Hindmarsh about everything American Healthcare. They are both extremely experienced healthcare professionals and bring an excellent insight into the inner workings of a very complex system. They also both, very kindly, gave an hour and a half of their time to talk about many things including; The enormous p...

Send us Fan Mail  In this week's episode we are talking Pelvic Floor with the amazing MaryEllen Reider. MaryEllen is the co-director of Yarlap, the wellness device to treat urinary incontinence and improve sexual performance and experience through muscle control. MaryEllen spends a lot of time researching and finding out what’s new in the pelvic floor world and the social media realm.  She st...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's, nice and brief,  episode I answer the question whether you can heal diastasis recti whilst you're breastfeeding. For some reason some healthcare professionals don't understand how breastfeeding impacts the body, but it DEFINITELY doesn't make your muscles stop working like muscles!! Also, again, diastasis recti is not "for life and you will...

Send us Fan Mail  In this week's episode I am talking Baby Massage with Helen Thompson. Helen Thompson has her NNEB (UK) Nursery Nursing qualification and has worked with babies and children over many years. She also has qualifications in Infant Massage and Tummy Time and has experience in areas including Educational Kinesiology and Brain Gym. She supports first time mums through her wonderfu...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I talk about running as post-partum exercise and why it's not the best idea in the world. Here's the previous episode I refer to when talking about the interview I did with Jessica Marie Rose Leggio I also talk about my pet peeve with the NHS website and diastasis recti . In short, they are full of s**t when they say that " The separation...