Smear Tests with Vaginismus, Vulvodynia and Fear
If the thought of a smear test feels a world away from your reality, this episode is for you. On this episode of Ground Floor I talk about cervical screening when there's pain, fear, vaginismus or vul...
25 Sep 31min
Vaginismus Explained: What Actually Shifted for Elena
Vaginismus, Explained: What Actually Shifted for Elena. Why the body sometimes waits until it's safe enough to finally speak A fictional case study, built from repeated patterns Naomi's seen in her pr...
17 Sep 37min
Vaginismus & Vulvodynia: It Sometimes Shows Up After You Feel Safer
A deep, thorough return to vaginismus and vulvodynia both understood as bracing. Here we discuss why we have to work not just physically but holistically with the body. Vaginismus is held in the pelvi...
4 Sep 32min
When Rest Doesn't Restore: Why the Pelvic Floor Braces Under Chronic Stress
If your period pain has gotten worse, your cycle's shifted, or sex doesn't feel the way it used to, your nervous system might be the reason. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why chronic stress and hyper...
10 Juni 33min
Quietly Furious: What Resentment Is Doing to Your Pelvic Floor
Resentment isn't a character flaw instead it's a signal. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why so many "fine, functioning" women are quietly furious, and why that resentment so often shows up as bracing ...
14 Maj 19min
Why Analogue Feels Like Mothering Myself
Naomi on the link between digital overwhelm and a nervous system stuck on high alert: flip phones, paper books, Swatch watches, and why she quit Instagram all recorded from a beach in Morocco mid-van-...
22 Apr 32min
You're Surrounded By People: So Why Do You Still Feel Alone?
It's 2026. We understand the solutions so why aren't we living what we already know? Naomi challenges the idea that women actually want the community they say they want, through the story of "Sophia" ...
9 Apr 28min
Meet Jenna: A Body That Closes, a Body That Says No
Meet Jenna, 35: she lives with vaginismus, where the vaginal muscles involuntarily contract, making penetration painful or impossible. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series bui...
26 Mars 24min
