From One Woman to Another: Why being heard in women’s health matters
This Week I celebrated Turning 43!
A year full of appreciation + wonder. And today, on Mother’s Day and during Women’s Health Awareness Month, I find myself reflecting deeply on the women I serve and support: working moms navigating midlife challenges of work/life balance/stress, tweens/teens and aging parents.
If you’ve been here awhile, you know: I LOVE MY MOM. I celebrate being a mom. And I adore supporting working women like you — strong, capable, incredible women who carry so much and still show up every day.
You Are Seen. But Are You Heard?
I’m fortunate to feel seen and celebrated in my own family. But I often feel unheard. When I look at many of the women I treat — this is a common theme.
They feel seen at work, seen at home, and especially seen by healthcare providers who tell them things like:
“You need to eat better and exercise more.”
Often, they leave the doctor’s office feeling ashamed, with a list of medications and no clear path forward. They are seen, yes — but judged by:
The size and shape of their body
Their blood pressure numbers
Their lab reports
What’s missing?
They’re not heard about how these issues actually affect their daily lives. No one is asking:
“What are you willing and able to do right now to feel better?”
Why Women’s Health Care Falls Short
Our health care system is trained to hear symptoms — to diagnose and treat acute illness (and we are GREAT at that). But when it comes to chronic conditions or postpartum/womens wellness, the system often fails to hear what truly matters to women.
Healthcare providers are trained to:
✔️ Connect the dots
✔️ Prescribe medication
✔️ Give generic advice
✔️ Send you on your way
They’re rarely trained to listen to your whole story.
Leaving women often feeling unheard about how their health is actually affecting their lives.
When we, as women are not heard, we are reluctant to implement medical “advice” and many of us do not feel confident in taking medication that has side effects. Even if the advice + medication supports our diagnosis, it may not support our current season of life.
Since we are here today celebrating moms, I wanted to share some info from the World Health Organization (WHO)
Here are the stats about long term health effects for postpartum women reported by the WHO -
- 35% experience painful intercourse
- 32% experience Low back Pain
- 11-17% experience depression
- 9-24% experience anxiety
- 11% secondary infertility
- 11% Perineal (Pelvic) pain
- 8-31% incontinence
- 6-15% Fear of childbirth
The WHO recommends
“women need access to high quality providers that hear their concerns and meet their needs”
At Evolving with Motion, I provide high-quality, personalized care for women navigating:
✅ Painful intercourse support
✅ Pelvic pain relief
✅ Postpartum incontinence help
✅ Low back pain in women
I believe deeply: Women are NOT small men.
You deserve a healthcare provider that hears you, understands your body’s uniqueness, and treats you like the Wonder Woman you are — not like a protocol.
From One Woman to Another: You Deserve to Be Heard
If you’re a working mom or a woman managing painful + stiff + stressed out body, know this:
Acceptance might be what you need right now — but it doesn’t have to be forever.
There is help.
There is support.
You are seen, yes — but you also deserve to be heard.
Get Support Today
If you’re ready for support and to ease painful + stiff + stressed body caused by postpartum struggles, previous injury and/or a work/life imbalance, I’m here to listen and support you.
