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Episode #127: MRKH Syndrome Awareness with Kylie McMahon

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What is MRKH syndrome? Until I met Kylie, I had no idea either.

When Kylie found out she had MRKH, she felt completely alone. And while it’s rare (1 in 5000 women have it), it’s something that many of us can relate to — whether we’ve had our own experiences around unexpected diagnosis that change our lives, any struggles when it comes to sex or infertility.

Kylie is from Toronto, Ontario. She’s an inspired creator, a deep feeler, and a performer at heart. She’s a human of many passions: people, dogs, music, movement, self-discovery, mental health, craft beer, Italian food, coffee, tattoos, true crime, and writing. And she’s turned all of these passions into getting her own story of living with MRKH syndrome into the world, and developing awareness of it so others feel less alone.

Things we talk about in todays episode:

  • How Kylie discovered she had MRKH

  • The ins and outs and MRKH

  • Navigating shame

  • Her journey with sex and not feeling “normal”

  • How the diagnosis impacted her mental health

  • Normalizing the lack of desire to have children

  • What she would tell her twenty something year old self

  • Infertility, partnered sex, all things taboo and beyond


LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE:

Sign up for a 1:1 peer support session

Let’s Talk Polyamory community zoom call

Video version of the podcast

Kylies Instagram

Couples therapy

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Episode #124: All Things Vaginal Health, HPV, Pain with Sex & Beyond with Dr. Sameena Rahman

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Vaginal Health. Pain With Sex. STI stigmas.

As vulva owners, it can be incredibly frustrating to know what’s normal. From the moment we start menstruating, there are so many things to figure out — and little to no education around it. And it’s frustrating as f*ck. Finding a gynecologist that has been a true advocate for my health, and that I trust deeply, was a very important part of my own health story, and I am so thrilled to welcome my very own to the podcast.

Dr. Sameena Rahman is a practicing gynecologist with a solo practice in downtown Chicago specializing in female sexual dysfunction, menopause care, vulvar dermatosis , and pelvic pain as well as 4th trimester care. She has an academic affiliation with Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor where she teaches medical students and residents. She grew up down south in North Carolina and attended undergrad at Duke university and medical school at the University of NC at Chapel Hill and completed residency up north in Massachusetts. She worked in Southern California for years at USC prior to moving to Chicago and getting married . She loves to teach, peloton, and spend time with her kids and family.

Things we talk about in todays episode

  • Painful sex — is it normal?

  • Pelvic floor dysfunction

  • HPV and the likelihood of getting an abnormal pap

  • Birth control pills

  • Being an advocate for yourself

  • Weird discharge and what it means

  • The science behind how to really treat our vulvas and vaginas with love


LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE:

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Patreon

Video version of the podcast

Dr. Rahmans website: Www.CGcChicago.com

Dr. Rahmans Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

ISSWSH

International Study for society of vulvar & vaginal diseases

American college of OBGYN

North American Menopause Society

International Pelvic Pain Society

WORK & CONNECT WITH AMANDA:

Amanda’s Instagram | Website

Amanda’s book, I Chopped Off My Tits

1:1 coaching with Amanda — I am accepting 1-2 new coaching clients for 2021. Apply here to set up an initial call to see if this work together is a good fit.

Join her email list & get access to her fears & feels embodiment playlists

Episode #51: Breaking the Stigma of Therapy with Rachel Wright

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When you hear the word therapy, does it bring up positive or negative emotions for you?

Therapy used to be something I didn’t think I needed and gave a it a major bad rap. But my perspective on the matter has changed drastically in the last few months as I’ve explored my own experience of working with a therapist. Yup, I am a major therapy convert. And I’m talking about my own experience in therapy for the first time on todays episode.

So to talk about all the things and give you the most candid conversation about a topic so polarizing, I brought back on to the podcast one of my favorite humans on the planet, therapist and sex, relationships and mental health expert Rachel Wright.

Things we discuss in today’s episode:

  • Why Rachel wanted to be a therapist

  • How therapy and theatre are so linked

  • Her first experience of therapy as a fourteen year old (and the juicy deets on why her parents shoved her into therapy in the first place)

  • The good, the bad & the ugly of the therapy model

  • Where to even start on finding the right therapist for you

  • Why I finally took the deep dive and started going to therapy

  • Self care starts with mental health

  • How to know if you need therapy

  • A huge aha moment I had in therapy a few weeks ago


LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

Rachel’s Instagram | Website

Episode 37 with Rachel on Anxiety

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