What Is Pain In and Around the Vulva?
Naomi breaks down three conditions that get conflated constantly: vaginismus (the vaginal muscles involuntarily tightening against penetration — tampons, fingers, a partner, a toy), vulvodynia (persis...
6 Apr 202236min
Kayleigh Castle: Breaking the Cycle, One Awkward First Period at a Time
Kayleigh Castle, mental health coach, on menarche (first period) as a mirror for the mother-daughter relationship, breaking a generational pattern of emotional neglect with her own son, and what she's...
29 Mars 202251min
Adriana Zaccardi: Maiden to Mother, and the Myth of Descending Instead of Ascending
Adriana Zaccardi, guide, "spiritual midwife," and teacher of maiden-to-mother rites of passage on menarche (being told by a doctor at 16 that she was "broken," then put on the pill for seven years wit...
23 Feb 202253min
What Is a Vagina Massage, Anyway?
Naomi explains vagina massage in detail: a fascia-release technique (imagine smoothing creased cling film over water) distinct from clinical pelvic floor therapy because it works with the emotional ch...
25 Jan 202234min
All Things Vaginismus
Naomi's full explanation of vaginismus: the tightening that makes penetration: tampons, sex, a smear test painful or impossible, and why a doctor finding "nothing visible" doesn't mean nothing's there...
18 Jan 202220min
Lauren Barber: How Four Years Without a Period Kickstarted Her Healing
Lauren Barber a womb yoga teacher and sacred business mentor on four years of hypothalamic amenorrhea brought on by chronic stress, over-exercise, and restrictive dieting, and the nervous-system work ...
30 Sep 202145min
Natalie Keighley: Why Self-Compassion Isn't Optional
Natalie Keighley is a mental health nurse of over a decade and founder of Value Your Mind: Natalie discussed Compassion Focused Therapy (developed by Paul Gilbert), and the pattern she saw again and a...
10 Juni 202151min
Siobhan Strode: The Copywriter Who's Also Running for Office
Siobhan Strode is a copywriter, "word witch," and founder of This Is Describes on helping female founders find their voice on the page, and her parallel life as a local Labour councillor who stood in ...
31 Mars 20211h
