Celebrate Muliebrity with Michelle Lyons

Hello & Welcome to this conversation with my guest today, Dr Siobhain O'Mahony, who has not only a successful career as an academic and researcher in the field of the microbiome and women's health, from fertility to menopause; she also works in the Women's Health Research and Innovation space.In this conversation, we discussed everything from fertility to endo to menopause, including :​the Microbiome Gut-Brain Axis and how it influences so many facets of women's health, from infertility to endometriosis to pregnancy & postnatal health and into menopause and beyond​how the gut and brain communicate - the Vagus nerve, the HPA axis and the immune system​the role of the gut microbiota is different types of pain, particularly endometriosis​research looking at how diet, microbiome and CBT for better outcomes with endometriosis​how hormonal changes at perimenopause influence gut health; and why that's a bidirectional conversation​what we can do to optimise gut health, hormonal health and stress resilience (spoiler alert: BROCCOLI!!!!)​and much, much more!You can find Dr O'Mahony on LinkedIn & x.com - and you can find me mostly on Instagram (@michellelyons_muliebrity)This is the final episode of 2024 but I have some exciting conversations already lined up for 2025...in the meantime, if you'd like to continue your women's health education AND save €75, don't forget to use the code COCCYX24 at checkout! All the course info can be found hereAnd so...enjoy the festive season and I'll see you in January 2025! Onwards & Upwards, Mx #celebratemuliebrity

Hello & Welcome To This Week's Episode! I'm really excited to share the conversation that I recently had with Dr Lori Brotto, and to take a dive into the research around mindfulness & pelvic health If you're enrolled in my Female Pelvic Pain Rehab or my Female Sexual Dysfunction courses, you'll know that I love the research of Dr Lori Brotto; I think she makes the science around mindfulness & pelvic health clinically useful & accessible Dr Brotto is a researcher and clinician who has authored over 150 papers on the benefits of mindfulness and she is also the author of one of my most recommended books, 'Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire' She is a fan of multimodal biopsychosocial approaches to pelvic health, whether we are talking about GSM at menopause, vestibulodynia and sexual health concerns including lack of desire In this conversation we discuss: what mindfulness is, and how it can significantly affect pelvic health issues, from vestibulodynia to dyspareunia how stress affects desire, and the differences between male an female responses how to incorporate mindfulness when working with people who have vestibulodynia, as part of a multimodal approach why we don't necessarily have to avoid painful touch - teaching people resilience and self-management and what to do in a flare and much more! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did - I've been practicing and teaching mindfulness for years now but I definitely picked up some more pearls of wisdom here! You can find Dr Brotto on Instagram as @drloribrotto and she also features on Masterclass (in the Menopause class) and The Principles of Pleasure on Netflix If you'd like to learn more about multi-modal approaches to pelvic health AND ave some money, don't forget to use the code COCCYX24 at checkout on any of my online courses to save €75 - but only until the end of this month! All the course info can be found at CelebrateMuliebrity.com Until next time! Onwards & Upwards, Mx

Hello & Welcome To The Latest Episode!I'm so excited to share a recent conversation I had with exciting pelvic health physio and researcher, Dr Malgorzata Starzec-ProserpioIn 2024, Gosia released 2 papers that I think will have profound implications for the way we work with women who have pelvic pain and dyspareunia (and maybe challenge some biases along the way!)'From Fragmented to Whole: Multimodal Physiotherapy as a Multifaceted Approach to Pelvic Pain in Women - Clinical Commentary' Starzec-Proserpio et al 2024'To contract or not to contract: should we use pelvic floor muscle exercises in the treatment of dyspareunia?' Solomon et al 2024In this episode, we discuss:​the clinical implications of these articles for us as clinicians, and also why literature reviews are essential and their role.​Common hypotheses about pelvic floor muscle exercises in dyspareunia​Can PFM exercises be harmful for women with dyspareunia? If so, when? What are the consequences?​Evidence for the use of pelvic floor muscle exercises in the treatment of dyspareunia – effects and outcomes​Our Conclusions: Nuances, nuances, and more nuances! Pelvic floor muscle exercises don’t necessarily mean doing 100 near-maximum Kegels a day! Blanket statements on social media may limit access to potentially beneficial interventions.You can find Gosia's papers by clicking on the links above and also on Research Gate and you can follow her on Instagram as @ starzecproserpio_phdYou can find my continuing adventures in women's health there too - I'm @michellelyons_muliebrityWant to learn more about female pelvic pain rehab? Or learn more about female sexual dysfunction, contraception & fertility? And save some money?My December sale is ongoing - just use the discount code COCCYX24 at checkout and save €75 on all my courses including the Female Pelvic Pain Rehab course and the brand new Female Sexual Health, Contraception & Fertility (along with all my other online offerings, including the Female Hormonal Health Masterclass,, the Breast Cancer Rehab course, Bowel Health & Women's Health, Female Pelvic Oncology Rehab, Women & Back Pain and Hysterectomy: Prehab to Rehab - all the info is HERE - but don't forget to use the code COCCYX24 at checkout to avail of this December Discount!!

Hello & Welcome To This Week's Episode! In this week's podcast I'm sharing the audio from a presentation I did recently for my new course 'Female Sexual Health, Contraception & Fertility' If you're working with people with pelvic health issues, whether that's pelvic pain, sexual pain or dysfunction, a history of trauma or violence, or going through fertility difficulties...then we need to provide a trauma informed approach for everyone that we are encountering, one that's consistent and evidence based I wanted to share this information outside of the course as I think this is an important conversation for everyone working in pelvic health to have. The references for the studies & research that are mentioned are in the new course, Female Sexual Health, Contraception & Fertility, which is on pre-sale now (for the lowest price it will ever be!) It will go to full price on November 20th, when Module 1 on sexual health goes live; Module 2 goes live on November 27th, on Sexual Health in Pregnancy, Postpartum, Menopause, Hysterectomy & for Cancer Survivors, along with an overview of contraceptive methods, and Module 3 goes live Dec 5, and that will cover Menstrual Cycle tracking, Barriers to Fertility, including STI's, End, REDs, Fibroids & PCOS, Pelvic Rehab & Lifestyle Strategies for Fertility and a Resource Section that includes setting up BioPsychoSocial Sex Ed classes. ⁠You can find all the details and sign up at pre-sale special pricing HERE⁠ and don't forget...make sure you're following me for details of my Black Friday sale - I'll be doing things a little differently this year! Stay tuned for all the details on⁠ my Instagram @michellelyons_muliebrity⁠ Until next time, Onwards & Upwards, Mx #celebratemuliebrity