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The Hole Shebang

The Hole Shebang

Kristen Parise 93 Episodes Jun 25, 2026

The Hole Shebang is a pelvic health podcast hosted by Kristen Parise, a Registered Physiotherapist and owner of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics. Each weekly episode tackles real truths about pelvic floor, bladder, bowel, and sexual health with zero shame and full clinical authority. Topics include painful sex, postpartum recovery, endometriosis, prolapse, incontinence, and menopause. The podcast features leading experts and evidence-based information to help listeners advocate for their own bodies. New episodes are released every week, based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Episodes

92: Menopause and Muscle: It is NOT Too Late to Get Strong with Dr. Stuart Phillips Jun 25, 2026 49:33 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 woman's muscle through perimenopause and menopause, how much protein women actually need and why lifting weig
91: Pelvic Pain Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis, with Dr. Alopi Patel Jun 18, 2026 37:45 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 lifestyle medicine, co-author of the Pelvic Pain Journal, and one half of The Female Pain Docs with her part
90: Inflammation, Hormones and the Foods That Heal with Julie Daniluk Jun 11, 2026 38:18 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 bladder, bowel, and pelvic symptoms women are so often told to live with. After a contaminated meal in Thail
89: Sleep, Sex and Menopause with Dr. Woganee Filate Jun 4, 2026 39:44 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 disorders that go undiagnosed, and what actually works to fix it. What You Will Learn The four buckets be
88: Painful Sex: When Your Body is Not the Problem with Dr. Jordin Wiggins May 28, 2026 45:21 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 Pleasure Principles podcast, and she has spent more than 12 years helping women reclaim pleasure, health
87: Clitoris Anatomy: What We Still Got Wrong Until 2026 with Anita Brown-Major May 21, 2026 54:24 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 about what all of that actually means for your body, your pleasure and your clinical care. Anita has spent
86: Sex After Menopause: The Truth Your Doctor Won't Say with Shirley Weir May 14, 2026 39:42 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 Confidence and Ease, and one of Canada's most recognized voices in midlife women's health. Shirley share
85: Always Tired: The Hormones Your Doctor Isn't Testing with Dr. Margot Lattanzi May 7, 2026 44:57 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 Cornerstone Method, to explore why standard bloodwork often misses the hormones driving chronic fatigu
84: From PMDD Hell to Heaven on Earth: Heather Hendrie on Periods, Wilderness Therapy, and Awfully Hilarious Healing Apr 30, 2026 37:16 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 creator of the Awfully Hilarious anthology series, a collection of books using humour to break stigma aroun
83: Pelvic Floor Basics: Why Kegels Are Only Half the Story with Lauren Ohayon Apr 23, 2026 44:07 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 been waiting for. Lauren Ohayon is the creator of Restore Your Core, a globally recognized movement meth
82: Prolapse and Pessaries: Losing the Shame with The Vagina Coach Kim Vopni Apr 16, 2026 51:31 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 comprehensive approach to pelvic floor fitness actually looks like. Kim is a certified fitness professional, meno
81: Sex After Prostate Cancer: Hope and Rehab with Victoria Cullen Apr 9, 2026 58:48 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 Victoria Cullen, founder of A Touchy Subject, to talk about what really happens to sexual function after a

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