06/02/2026
Women have always had to fight to be believed in medical spaces. That has to change.
Tonight in Pilates foundations we barely made it to the warm up before we were sitting on the floor talking about perimenopause, menopause, doctors who don’t listen & the very real cost of being dismissed. 🥹
The women in that room had stories. Stories about having to push back against doctors who moved too fast, suggested too much, & didn’t stop to actually listen. Stories about knowing their own bodies well enough to say no, not that, try something else first. Stories about advocating for themselves in moments where the stakes were really high.
& then there’s me. I nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy because my pain was brushed off as normal. They checked my HCG once, told me I was fine & sent me home. They should have checked it twice. They should have done an ultrasound. They didn’t. & I almost didn’t make it.
The US has worse maternal death rates than many developed countries. Women have been historically excluded from medical research. & doctors are still not doing enough with what they do have.
We deserve better. & until we get it we have to know how to fight for ourselves in those rooms.
This is part of what I do with my clients. Movement & strength & nervous system regulation are part of it. But so is helping you find the language to advocate for your own body. Because you are the expert on what you’re feeling. & nobody gets to dismiss that. 💪🏼🫶🏼