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The Hole Shebang
by Kristen Parise
The Hole Shebang is the pelvic health podcast that goes where others won't. Hosted by Kristen Parise, a Registered Physiotherapist and owner of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics, each weekly episode tackles the real truths about your pelvic floor, bladder, bowel, and sexual health, with zero shame and full clinical authority.From painful sex and postpartum recovery to endometriosis, prolapse, incontinence, and menopause, Kristen brings on leading experts and breaks down the evidence so you can advocate for your own body. Whether you're a new mom, navigating perimenopause, or simply wondering why nobody told you this stuff sooner, this is your permission to ask the questions you've been holding in.New episodes every week. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Serving pelvic health truth-seekers everywhere.🎧 Ep 1: Why Good Sex Matters: The Brain Science of Pleasure with Dr. Nan Wise — The neuroscientist who proved pleasure is medicine. This is where it all started.🎧 Ep 5: He
Episodes
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108: Vaginal Estrogen: The Warning Label is Lying to You with Dr. Sarah Shaw
Is vaginal estrogen safe? If you have ever read the paper insert that comes with a vaginal estrogen prescription, you have probably wondered the same thing, because the warnings on it sound frightening. Dr. Sarah Shaw, a physician with twenty years in women's hormonal health and co founder of…
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107: Perimenopause Fatigue: Find the Cause before the Fix with Dr. Jessica Drummond
Perimenopause fatigue has more than one cause, and the right fix depends on which kind of tired you have. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen talks with Dr. Jessica Drummond, a physiotherapist with a doctorate in clinical nutrition and founder of the Integrative Women's Health Institute,...
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106: Return to Running After Baby: Forget the Green Light with Grainne Donnelly
Return to running after baby is one of the most searched questions in postpartum recovery, and the guidelines most clinicians use were co written by this week's guest. Grainne Donnelly, Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and...
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105: Pelvic Girdle Pain: Why Your Pelvis Is Not Unstable with Dr. Sinead Dufour
Pelvic girdle pain affects about one in two pregnancies, and most women who have it are told a story about relaxin, loose ligaments and an unstable pelvis that research disproved back in 2012. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise sits down with Dr. Sinead Dufour, PT PhD, Associate...
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104: The First 1000 Days: Your Health Story Starts Before Birth with Dr. Deb Sloboda
The first 1000 days of life, from before conception to a child's second birthday, set the foundation for lifelong health, and most of us have never been told the window exists. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen sits down with Dr. Deb Sloboda, professor and Associate Chair of Research…
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103: Menopause Joint Pain: Why Everything Aches and What Helps with Michelle Lyons
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...
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102: Birth Prep: The Movement Work Nobody Taught You with Gina Conley Mamastefit
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...
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101: Chronic Pelvic Pain: Real Even When Your Tests Are Normal with Carolyn Vandyken
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...
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100: Low Libido After Baby or Menopause: The Pleasure Playground with Dr. Nan Wise
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…
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99: Eating Disorders in Kids: The Warning Signs Parents Miss with Kim Doyle
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...
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98: Shockwave Therapy for Painful Sex: The Blood Flow Fix with Stacey Roberts
Shockwave therapy for painful sex is one of the most promising and least understood tools in pelvic health, and this episode of The Hole Shebang breaks it down without the hype. Kristen Parise sits down with Stacey Roberts, a physical therapist and registered nurse who is co principal…
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97: Pediatric Pelvic Health: Kids Don't Grow Out of It with Keri Martin Vrbanac
Pediatric pelvic health is the part of physiotherapy almost nobody talks about, and it might be exactly what your child needs. Bedwetting, daytime leaks, poop accidents, and recurring UTIs are not things every kid simply outgrows, and they are very often driven by something most parents never...
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96: Pelvic Floor For Athletes: Your Hidden Force Absorber with Dr. Rachel Selman
Pelvic floor training for athletes is the missing piece in most performance programs, and this episode of The Hole Shebang makes the case for putting it back. Kristen Parise sits down with Dr. Rachel Selman, a pelvic floor physical therapist, strength and conditioning coach and sport scientist…
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95: Erections and Heart Health: The Vital Sign Men Ignore
Your erections are a vital sign, and almost nobody is reading them. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, pelvic health physiotherapist Kristen Parise talks with Dr. Elliot Justin, an emergency medicine physician who spent 40 years and roughly 180,000 patient encounters in trauma and cardiac care...
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94: Don't Be an Athena: The Stories Women Don't Tell with Kayla Branstetter
Medical gaslighting is what happens when a woman names her pain and is told it is probably nothing. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, pelvic health physiotherapist Kristen Parise sits down with writer and TEDx speaker Kayla Branstetter, whose new book Don't Be an Athena: Women's Stories of...
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93: Trauma Stored in the Body: Why Talk Therapy Isn't Enough with Ramona Kossowan
You have done the work. The books, the affirmations, the years of talking it through. So why does the same pattern keep running. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise sits down with Ramona Kossowan, Canada's first certified Gentle Trauma Release practitioner, to explain why so much...
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92: Menopause and Muscle: It is NOT Too Late to Get Strong with Dr. Stuart Phillips
Building muscle in menopause is not only possible, it might be the single most important thing a woman can do for the next 30 years of her life. In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen Parise sits down again with muscle scientist Stuart Phillips, PhD to unpack what really happens to a…
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91: Pelvic Pain Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis, with Dr. Alopi Patel
You have been told there is nothing else to try for your pelvic pain. Dr. Alopi Patel is the reason that sentence is wrong. She is a dual board certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician based in New York, a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, certified in...
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90: Inflammation, Hormones and the Foods That Heal with Julie Daniluk
Pain is not always mechanical. Sometimes it starts on your plate. Julie Daniluk, RHN, NNCP, the anti-inflammatory nutritionist, four-time bestselling author, and longtime resident nutritionist on The Marilyn Denis Show, joins Kristen to connect blood sugar, hormones, and inflammation to the...
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89: Sleep, Sex and Menopause with Dr. Woganee Filate
Why does sleep fall apart in midlife, and why does nobody seem able to explain it? Dr. Woganee Filate, respirologist, sleep medicine physician, and co-founder of Lume Women + Health, joins Kristen to break down the four reasons women stop sleeping during perimenopause and menopause, the sleep...
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88: Painful Sex: When Your Body is Not the Problem with Dr. Jordin Wiggins
Sexual coercion is the missing piece in almost every conversation about painful sex, low desire and sexual dysfunction, and in Part Two of this conversation Dr. Jordin Wiggins names it without flinching. Jordin is a Naturopathic Doctor, author of The Pink Canary and host of the globally ranked...
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87: Clitoris Anatomy: What We Still Got Wrong Until 2026 with Anita Brown-Major
The clitoris was mapped from cadaver sections in 1998, imaged on MRI in 2005, its nerve fibres counted in 2023 and its full nerve network mapped in 3D for the first time in March 2026. In this episode, occupational therapist and Cliterate model creator Anita Brown-Major joins Kristen to talk…
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86: Sex After Menopause: The Truth Your Doctor Won't Say with Shirley Weir
Sex after menopause is not a joke and vaginal dryness is not just an inconvenience you have to live with. In this episode of The Hole Shebang Podcast, Kristen Parise sits down with Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks, Amazon bestselling author of Mokita: How to Navigate Perimenopause With...
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85: Always Tired: The Hormones Your Doctor Isn't Testing with Dr. Margot Lattanzi
Fatigue that persists despite adequate sleep is one of the most common and most dismissed complaints in women's healthcare. In this episode, pelvic health physiotherapist Kristen Parise sits down with Dr. Margot Lattanzi, a board certified naturopathic doctor in Toronto and creator of the Hormone...
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84: From PMDD Hell to Heaven on Earth: Heather Hendrie on Periods, Wilderness Therapy, and Awfully Hilarious Healing
PMDD: 30 Years of Misdiagnosis and How to Break the Cycle One in 20 menstruating people lives with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and the average time to diagnosis is still 20 years. For Heather Hendrie, it was 30. Heather is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, wilderness therapist and...
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83: Pelvic Floor Basics: Why Kegels Are Only Half the Story with Lauren Ohayon
Pelvic Floor Basics: Why Kegels Are Only Half the Story with Lauren Ohayon If you have been doing your Kegels faithfully and still feel disconnected from your pelvic floor, still leaking, still in pain, or completely unsure what your pelvic floor is actually doing, this episode is what you have...
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82: Prolapse and Pessaries: Losing the Shame with The Vagina Coach Kim Vopni
Pelvic Floor Fitness: Why Kegels Alone Will Never Be Enough Pelvic floor exercises are about far more than squeezing. In this episode of The Hole Shebang Podcast, Kristen Parise sits down with Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach, to talk about why standard Kegel protocols fall short and what a...
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81: Sex After Prostate Cancer: Hope and Rehab with Victoria Cullen
Sex After Prostate Cancer: Hope and Rehab Sex after prostate cancer is one of the most common concerns men face after treatment, yet it remains one of the least addressed. In this episode of The Hole Shebang Podcast, Kristen Parise sits down with cognitive psychologist and sexuality educator...
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80: What Nobody Tells You After a C Section with Nicole Nifo
f you've had a cesarean birth, whether it was recent or decades ago, this episode will change how you think about your scar and your recovery. Registered massage therapist Nicole Nifo joins Kristen Parise to break down what actually happens to your body during a C section, why your scar affects…
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79: Menopause Strength Training with Chloe Lewis
In this episode of The Hole Shebang, Kristen sits down with Chloe Lewis, a women's health physiotherapist with 12 years of clinical experience working within the UK's National Health Service. Chloe holds an MSc in Women's Health and is currently completing a PhD investigating resistance training...
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78: The Bounce Back Lie and What Postpartum Recovery Actually Looks Like with Michelle Gauvreau
Michelle Gauvreau is a certified nutrition coach, fitness instructor, published writer, product developer, public speaker, and trusted television nutrition correspondent with nearly two decades of experience in the health and fitness industry. She began her career as Assistant Editor at RK...
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77: Why Vaginal Dryness Isn't Something You Have to Figure Out Alone with Dr. Dolores Fernandez
Dr. Dolores Fernandez never planned to specialize in menopause. She opened her naturopathic practice with dreams of treating fertility patients, but menopause kept walking through her door. Today, she's a NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner, founder of IRIS vulva care products, and a passionate...
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76: The Four Pillars of Hormone Balance for Women Over 40 with Daphne Kostova
If you're experiencing brain fog, unexplained weight gain, crushing fatigue, or night sweats during perimenopause, this episode will help you understand what's actually happening in your body—and what you can do about it. Daphne Kostova is a certified holistic nutritionist, registered natural...
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75: Sex Specific Heart Health Factors Every Woman Should Know with Dr Daiana Castleman
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in women, yet most women don't realize that menopause itself is now recognized as a cardiovascular risk factor. In this episode, Dr. Daiana Castleman returns to The Hole Shebang to break down what's really happening to women's hearts during...
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74: Why Your Relationship Needs Just 60 Seconds a Day with Dr Jessica O'Reilly
What does proactive relationship care actually look like? In this conversation, Dr. Jessica O'Reilly breaks down the simple daily practices that prevent relationship breakdown and explains how cancer survivors can rebuild intimacy when bodies and identities have fundamentally changed. What You'll...
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73: Clitoral Vibration as Healthcare Not Just Pleasure with Natalia Banton
Episode Overview Natalia, founder of Dott, joins the podcast to discuss why clitoral vibration should be considered healthcare for menopause—not just pleasure. As an industrial designer who experienced Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in her thirties, Natalia breaks down the physiology of estrogen...
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72: Super Traits and the Real Reason Your Sex Drive Disappeared with Dr. Jordin Wiggins
Dr. Jordin Wiggins is a naturopathic doctor, author of The Pink Canary, host of The Pleasure Principles podcast, and an intimacy coach for high-achieving women. Her journey into women's sexual health started in grade 10 with debilitating pelvic pain that felt like "somebody was shoving a knife in...
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71: Navigating Medical Menopause After Cancer Treatment with Dr. Ashley Chauvin
When cancer treatment forces you into menopause overnight, the experience is drastically different from natural menopause. Your hormones don't gradually decline—they stop. And the symptoms? They hit hard and fast. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ashley Chauvin, a Naturopathic Doctor and...
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70: Why Muscle Is Your Longevity Organ with Barbara Birke
Why Muscle Is Your Longevity Organ with Barbara Birke When your body stops responding to the same old strategies, it's not because you're broken—it's because your hormones are changing, and your body needs something different now. Barbara Birke is a German sports scientist and nutritionist who...
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69: Hope and Healing in Pelvic Pain Recovery with Michiko Caringal
In this powerful episode, Kristen sits down with Michiko Tsukada Caringal, a pelvic health physiotherapist in British Columbia who brings both clinical expertise and deeply personal experience to her work. Michiko spent three years recovering from vulvodynia before becoming a physiotherapist, and...
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68: Why Your Vulvar Pain Might Not Be What You Think with Dee Hartmann
Dee Hartmann is a pelvic health physical therapist who spent nearly three decades specializing in chronic vulvar pain. After treating thousands of women in her Chicago practice, she discovered that conventional approaches were missing critical connections - between old injuries and current pain,...
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67: Breathwork for Chronic Pain: Healing Your Nervous System with Jenn Mansell
Episode Overview Breathwork facilitator Jenn Mansell joins The Hole Shebang to talk about how intentional breathing can shift everything from chronic illness to pelvic floor dysfunction to trauma patterns. If you've ever felt trapped in your body or caught in stress loops that keep you stuck…
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66: Postpartum Exercise: Why the 6-Week Rule Is Outdated with Dr. Margie Davenport
Episode Overview Dr. Margie Davenport is rewriting the rules on exercise during pregnancy and postpartum—and the outdated advice about waiting six weeks or avoiding heavy lifting is officially being replaced with actual evidence. As an exercise physiologist at the University of Alberta and the…
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65: Why 85 Percent of Women Develop the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause with Dr Daiana Castleman
Episode Overview Dr. Daiana Castleman, naturopathic doctor and menopause specialist, joins Kristen to talk about Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)—a condition that affects up to 85% of women by 20 years post-menopause but remains dramatically underdiagnosed. This conversation goes beyond...
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64: Vulvar Health 101: What Every Woman Needs to Know with Kathryn Flanigan
Episode Overview: When was the last time you actually looked at your vulva? If you're like most people, the answer is "never" or "I don't even know what I'm looking for." In this eye-opening conversation, nurse practitioner Kathryn Flanigan, Nurse Practitioner, breaks down everything we should…
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63: Vaginismus Isn't in Your Head and Here's Why with Dr. Janelle Frederick
What if sex was supposed to feel good—but your body won't let you get there? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Janelle Frederick, a pelvic floor physical therapist known as the Vagina Rehab Doctor, to talk about vaginismus, sexual pain, and how virtual pelvic health treatment is…
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62: Purple Pessaries, AI Fitting, and Building the Invisalign of Pelvic Health with Derek Sham
Episode Overview What if the future of pelvic health looks more like Invisalign than one-size-fits-most devices? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Derek Sham, biomedical engineer and founder of Cosm Medical, to explore how precision medicine is finally coming to women's pelvic health....
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61: From Your Plate to Your Pleasure: Food, Body Image, and Intimacy with Emily Arthur, RD
Episode Overview What's the connection between how you eat and how you experience intimacy? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Emily Arthur, a registered dietitian specializing in women's health, to explore the surprising intersections between nutrition, body image, sexual health, and...
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60: Perimenopause as Your Sexual Debut: Rewriting the Narrative with Taylor McConnachie
Episode Overview: What if perimenopause wasn't the end of your sex life—but the beginning of something completely new? In this honest, educational conversation, Kristen sits down with psychotherapist and sex therapist Taylor McConnachie to talk about what's really happening to your body, your...
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59: Your Vagina Is Shrinking and Nobody Told You: The Hormone Conversation We NEED with Dr. Carrie Jones
Episode Overview: What if everything you thought you knew about hormone therapy was based on a misunderstood study from 2002? In this conversation with Dr. Carrie Jones—naturopathic doctor, hormone specialist, and host of the Hello Hormones podcast—we unpack the real data behind hormone…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Hole Shebang is the pelvic health podcast that goes where others won't. Hosted by Kristen Parise, a Registered Physiotherapist and owner of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics, each weekly episode tackles the real truths about your pelvic floor, bladder, bowel, and sexual health, with zero shame and full clinical authority.From painful sex and postpartum recovery to endometriosis, prolapse, incontinence, and menopause, Kristen brings on leading experts and breaks down the evidence so you can advocate for your own body. Whether you're a new mom, navigating perimenopause, or simply wondering why nobody told you this stuff sooner, this is your permission to ask the questions you've been holding in.New episodes every week. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Serving pelvic health truth-seekers everywhere.🎧 Ep 1: Why Good Sex Matters: The Brain Science of Pleasure with Dr. Nan Wise — The neuroscientist who proved pleasure is medicine. This is where it all started.🎧 Ep 5: He
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The Hole Shebang is the pelvic health podcast that goes where others won't. Hosted by Kristen Parise, a Registered Physiotherapist and owner of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics, each weekly episode tackles the real truths about your pelvic floor, bladder, bowel, and sexual health, with...
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