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The Hole Shebang

Brazenly and unashamedly exposing the truth about all things pelvic health including pee, poop, pain and sex and shining a light on our holes in knowledge to help empower us to be healthier, wealthier and wiser.Kristen Parise is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and owner of…

Podcast · By Kristen Parise · Canadian English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    103: Menopause Joint Pain: Why Everything Aches and What Helps with Michelle Lyons (opens the original)

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    Menopause joint pain is more common than hot flushes, yet most women have never been told the two are connected. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, pelvic health physiotherapist Kristen Parise talks with Michelle Lyons, the Irish chartered physiotherapist behind Celebrate Muliebrity, about the musculoskeletal side of the menopause transition: why joints, tendons and muscles ache when estrogen falls, which perimenopause symptoms start before periods stop, what protects brain health and bone den

  2. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    102: Birth Prep: The Movement Work Nobody Taught You with Gina Conley Mamastefit (opens the original)

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    Birth prep is not the same thing as birth education, and most pregnant people are only ever handed the second one. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise sits down with Gina Conley, founder of MamasteFit and author of Training for Two, to talk about the physical preparation that actually makes space for a baby: pelvic floor function, pelvic mechanics and the movement patterns that carry you from labour into postpartum recovery. If you have searched for birth prep exercises, wondered

  3. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    101: Chronic Pelvic Pain: Real Even When Your Tests Are Normal with Carolyn Vandyken (opens the original)

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    Chronic pelvic pain is one of the most dismissed conditions in women's health. Years of symptoms, multiple clinicians, clean imaging, and eventually the quiet suggestion that it might be in your head. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise sits down with Carolyn Vandyken, registered physiotherapist, co-founder of Reframe Rehab and recipient of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association's Medal of Distinction, to explain what is happening when pelvic pain persists without a tissue cause.

  4. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    100: Low Libido After Baby or Menopause: The Pleasure Playground with Dr. Nan Wise (opens the original)

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    Low libido after a baby or through menopause is one of the most common and least honestly discussed changes in a woman's life. In the 100th episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise welcomes back the guest who started it all, Dr. Nan Wise, cognitive neuroscientist and certified sex therapist, for the deep conversation they only grazed the first time. Together they look at why the postpartum months and the menopause years look so alike in the brain, what spontaneous and receptive desire really

  5. Episode · Aug 13, 2026

    99: Eating Disorders in Kids: The Warning Signs Parents Miss with Kim Doyle (opens the original)

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    Eating disorders in kids and teens surged during the pandemic, and the earliest warning signs are the ones most parents miss. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, registered dietitian Kim Doyle explains how disordered eating starts, what intuitive eating actually asks of you and why a missing period is a signal to act on. Kim watched pediatric eating disorder referrals explode in 2020 while waitlists stretched 12 to 18 months, so she founded Brant Nutrition in Brantford, Ontario to catch the fam

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