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Hope For Your Pelvic Floor - The Whole Body Pelvic Health Conversation

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Are you ready to transform your relationship with your body and reclaim your confidence, movement, and vitality? Hope For Your Pelvic Floor with Claire Sparrow is your go-to podcast for understanding and improving pelvic floor health naturally. As a leading educator Claire shares her expert insights, practical tips, and empowering stories from her groundbreaking Whole Body Pelvic Health Method. Whether you’re navigating postpartum recovery, managing menopause, or simply seeking a healthier, more

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00:17:04

It Feels Worse… Because You Know What Better Feels Like

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2026/03/29

It can feel like the cruellest setback.You’ve been doing the work. You’ve felt the shift. The symptoms have quietened, your confidence has grown, and for the first time in a long time… you’ve felt like yourself again.And then something creeps back in.A familiar sensation. A symptom you thought had gone. That voice on your shoulder getting louder again.And suddenly it feels worse than ever.In this episode, I want to gently reframe that experience for you. Because what I see time and time again, and

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00:17:49

The Quiet Strength of Women

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2026/03/22

In this reflective episode of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, Claire shares her personal reflections following International Women’s Day and why it felt different this year.For many years, International Women’s Day had been something to acknowledge on social media or through events. But this year something shifted. It felt deeper — more personal, more powerful, and more connected to the collective experience of being a woman.Claire reflects on the unique strength women carry throughout their lives. Not

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00:17:27

The Ripple Effect of a Woman’s Wellbeing

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2026/03/15

Something small stopped me in my tracks this week.World Book Day came and went without the usual last-minute scramble for costumes and school chaos. My boys are older now and suddenly that stage of life has passed. That moment of quiet reflection got me thinking about the many stages women move through in life — the biological, hormonal and emotional changes that happen while we are still juggling the demands of everyday life.Around the same time, I came across research from the University of

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00:24:21

Train for the Event, Not the Myth: Why Your Pelvic...

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2026/03/08

Why Your Pelvic Floor Isn’t Entering the Squeezing OlympicsWe are often told to “squeeze” our pelvic floor because it’s weak. But weak compared to what? Weak for which task?Weak in isolation — or weak in coordination? After watching the Winter Olympics and seeing the extraordinary specificity of athletic training, I found myself asking a different question: What if we trained our pelvic floor the way Olympic athletes train for their event? No Olympic coach says, “Just tense everything and hope for

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00:24:13

Your Pelvic Floor Needs Variety: Why Repeating One...

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2026/03/01

You’ve been told to “just do your pelvic floor exercises.”So you squeeze. You hold. You repeat.And maybe it helps for a while… and then you plateau.Or symptoms shift. Or confidence dips. Or something just doesn’t quite feel right.In this episode of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, I’m talking about why repetition alone isn’t enough — and why your pelvic floor needs variety to truly become resilient.Your pelvic floor isn’t a button to press. It’s a living, responsive part of your whole-body ecosystem. It

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00:07:15

Strong, Fragile, Capable? The Pelvic Floor Paradox

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2026/02/22

Women are often given completely contradictory advice about their pelvic floor.Don’t lift the kettle.But make sure you lift heavy weights.Leaking is normal.But manage it quietly.Menopause is natural.But something to fix or push through.In this short episode, Claire explores the confusing messages women receive — particularly during menopause and after birth — and why so many end up feeling disconnected from their bodies.This isn’t about avoiding movement.And it isn’t about pushing harder.It’s about

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00:16:39

Your Pelvic Floor Is Not a Reason to Opt Out

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2026/02/15

What Snowboarding Taught Me About Pelvic HealthWhat happens when society quietly assumes you’re there to drop off, not join in?In this more personal episode, Claire shares a recent experience that stopped her in her tracks. What began as a simple snowboarding lesson with her son became a powerful reflection on how women, particularly mums and women of a certain age, are so often expected to sit on the sidelines.Claire explores how these assumptions intersect with pelvic health, prolapse,

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00:35:52

WEIGHT BEARING & YOUR PELVIC FLOOR - Bone health...

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2026/02/08

We’re told we must do weight-bearing exercise for our bones.But what does that actually mean?And what if you have prolapse, incontinence, pain, or simply don’t feel safe doing what you think “weight bearing” is supposed to look like?In this episode of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, Claire Sparrow unpacks where the weight-bearing message came from, why it became so confusing, and what the research actually says about bone health in women.You’ll learn:When and why weight-bearing became a public health

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00:35:09

To Pessary Or Not To Pessary? What Every Women Needs...

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2026/02/01

A pessary can be a lifeline for some women and feel confronting or confusing for others. Yet many women are offered one with very little explanation.In this episode, Claire Sparrow explores one of the most common questions she is asked: to pessary or not to pessary?Rather than telling you what to do, Claire shares the facts, context, and clinical insight you need to make an informed decision that feels right for your body and your life.We talk about what a support pessary actually is, what it can

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00:20:04

It’s Never Just Making the Bed - Fear, prolapse, and...

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2026/01/25

What if the hardest parts of living with pelvic floor symptoms aren’t the diagnosis, but the everyday moments no one talks about?In this episode, Claire shares a deeply personal story about an ordinary task – changing the bed – and how it unexpectedly unlocked memories of fear, vulnerability, and the emotional weight so many women carry when living with prolapse, incontinence, pain, or pelvic floor dysfunction.From wrestling duvets and lifting laundry baskets to standing in the kitchen, gardening,

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00:18:41

Less Perfect. More Practice. A New Season of Hope for...

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2026/01/18

Welcome to the first episode of 2026 and the opening of a new season of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor.In this short, reflective episode, Claire shares a personal check-in on the podcast itself and how a creeping sense of pressure and perfection started to dull the joy of creating something she loves. What unfolded was a powerful realisation that applies just as much to your pelvic health as it does to recording a podcast.This episode is a gentle but honest invitation to let go of the idea that things

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00:27:39

When Knowledge Becomes Knowing: The Pelvic Floor as...

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2025/12/07

Season 3 Finale — Hope for Your Pelvic Floor with Claire SparrowIn this powerful season finale, Claire takes you inside the experience that changed everything — a week of deep anatomy study where decades of learning suddenly shifted from knowledge into embodied knowing.For the first time, Claire saw the pelvic floor not as an illustration, a diagram, or a concept… but as a breathtaking, three-dimensional, interconnected, living part of the body.What she discovered reaffirmed the Whole Body Pelvic

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00:40:44

Stop Managing, Start Healing: Why Pelvic Floor Advice...

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2025/11/30

“Don’t lift that!” and “You need to lift weights!”“Wear a pad,” but also “You must work on bone density.”“Pop in a tampon to run,” yet “Running is essential exercise.”The mixed messages around women’s pelvic health are endless — and they’re keeping too many women stuck managing symptoms instead of healing them.In this episode, I’m calling out the contradictory, symptom-only advice so many women are given — from tampons for prolapse to “just use more lube” to “tell him to go slower.” These

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00:30:22

They Say Don’t Lift. I Say Don’t Limit Yourself. The...

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2025/11/23

They Say Don’t Lift. I Say Don’t Limit Yourself: The Truth About Pelvic Floor HealingThis week, we’re diving into one of the most common — and most limiting — pieces of advice women are given about their bodies: “Don’t lift.”Whether it’s after a prolapse diagnosis, surgery, birth, a tear, a c-section, or simply because you’re “of a certain age,” this message shows up again and again… and the impact goes far beyond the physical. It shapes how women live, move, parent, play, work, socialise — and

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00:26:46

Is Pilates Good for Your Prolapse

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2025/11/16

In this powerful and reassuring episode, Claire Sparrow tackles one of the most common questions she receives—from both women and Pilates teachers alike: “Is Pilates good for prolapse?”Drawing on her own personal experience with pelvic organ prolapse and 25 years of teaching, Claire sheds light on what really makes Pilates healing—or harmful—for your pelvic floor. She explores the difference between isolated “core” work and the true, whole-body philosophy Joseph Pilates intended, explaining why

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00:20:47

If It’s Not a Floor, Why Do You Call It a Pelvic Floor?

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2025/11/09

Episode 33 — If It’s Not a Floor, Why Do You Call It a Pelvic Floor?In this deeply personal and reflective episode, Claire Sparrow explores one of the questions she’s asked most often:If it’s not a floor, why do you still call it a pelvic floor?Claire shares the emotional journey behind naming her bestselling book Hope for Your Pelvic Floor—from wrestling with professional expectations to realising that accessibility and empathy matter most. Through stories of mentorship, creative struggle, and

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01:00:06

Why We Must Stop Calling It a Floor — And Start...

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2025/11/02

In this special Reimagining You: The Pilates Way episode, re-released for Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, Claire Sparrow is joined by long-time client and researcher Sophie Rugg for an open, empowering conversation about pelvic health — what it really is, why it matters, and why it’s time we all started talking about it.Originally recorded for International Women’s Day, this episode celebrates women everywhere by breaking the silence around pelvic health. Claire shares her own deeply personal journey —

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00:25:59

The Trust Factor: What Your Pelvic Floor Really Needs...

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2025/10/26

The Trust Factor: What Your Pelvic Floor Really Needs to HealWhat if the key to pelvic floor healing isn’t more control, but more trust?In this week’s episode, Claire explores biotensegrity — the science that shows your body isn’t built in parts, but as one intelligent, self-healing whole. From her recent teaching trips to China, Portugal, and beyond, Claire shares how this principle underpins the Whole Body Pelvic Health Method and why learning to trust your body’s innate ability to restore itself

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00:25:49

HOPE Turns Two: Behind the Book, Beyond the Pelvic Floor

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2025/10/19

It’s HOPE’s birthday! 🎉 Two years ago today—13 October 2023—Hope for Your Pelvic Floor launched and became an Amazon bestseller by the end of the party. In this special episode, Claire takes you behind the scenes: the dyslexia she had to work through, the decision to self-publish, the six-month writing sprint, and why speed mattered when women needed help now.You’ll also hear what’s happened since: 2,500+ copies sold across 12+ countries (and counting), the audiobook, Kindle and paperback, and the

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00:23:32

Why I Laid Out My Mat Every Day For A Month & What...

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2025/10/12

In this episode of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, Claire Sparrow busts one of the most damaging myths women hear: that incontinence only happens if you’ve had children. The truth? Any woman, at any age, can experience incontinence — and it has more to do with whole-body balance, breath, and movement than with childbirth alone. Claire shares how your pelvic floor is part of a team with your hips, spine, and breath, and why imbalance anywhere in your body can affect continence.Claire also opens up about

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