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Guest Blog: 5 simple actions to prioritize your pleasure outside of the bedroom

I am excited to introduce you to pelvic health physiotherapist, Surabhi Veitch! With 12+ years experience, Surabhi is passionate about educating and empowering folks to understand and believe in their bodies and their capacity to heal. She aims to foster a trauma-sensitive space for you to feel seen, heard and cared for through life’s major transitions including pregnancy, postpartum and parenthood.

She will be sharing with you her 5 simple actions to prioritize your pleasure outside of the bedroom.

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Intuitive Eating, Body Image, Nutrition Rhonda Chamberlain Intuitive Eating, Body Image, Nutrition Rhonda Chamberlain

Guest Blog: Top 3 tips to get started with intuitive eating

I am excited to introduce you to registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor, Molly Roberts! With over 25 years of experience in nutrition counseling and group programs, Molly offers weight inclusive care to people seeking to make peace with food and their body.

She will be sharing with you her top 3 tips to get started with Intuitive Eating.

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My postpartum fitness journey

At 3.5 years postpartum I signed up for Olympic weightlifting. If you don’t know - Olympic weightlifting is a sport where you train to lift heavy barbells from the ground to overhead (snatch and clean and jerk). It was the part of CrossFit I loved the most, and it’s been SO GREAT to have a sport just for ME again.

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Diet Culture, Body Image, My Story Rhonda Chamberlain Diet Culture, Body Image, My Story Rhonda Chamberlain

Why I no longer weigh or measure my clients

As part of my assessment process as a physiotherapist and postpartum fitness coach, I used to weigh my clients, and take measurements of their waist circumference. I would use this information as objective “progress markers” in their time working with me.

Even when I thought I was doing it for “health” reasons, I always felt weird and awkward about it.

I thought it was because I could sense my clients’ discomfort (which was probably true). But after doing so much learning/ unlearning over these past 3.5 years, I realized it also made ME feel very uncomfortable.

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