All Episodes

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Low Desire in Women: How It Works, Why Pain Affects It, and What Can Be Done, With Dr. Corey Babb

Why does desire so often disappear after sex has become painful - and is there actually anything you can do about it...

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ART for Pelvic Pain: Changing the Way the Brain Stores Distressing Memories in 1 to 5 Sessions

Why does the body sometimes hold onto pain long after there's a clear physical reason for it? And what would it take...

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Vulvodynia and the Partner: What the Research Reveals About the Relationship in Chronic Pain

What happens to the person standing closest to your pain - the one who witnesses it but is almost never asked about?I...

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Mast Cells and Vestibulodynia: The Inflammation Root Cause and A New Treatment Trial I Dr Jill Krapf

For years, the hormonal and muscular causes of vulvar pain have become easier to understand and treat. Inflammation i...

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The gap in OBGYN training: what doctors never learn about vulvovaginal pain I Tightlipped

Why do so many people with vulvovaginal pain leave their OBGYN's office feeling dismissed - or worse, like the proble...

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Refused by 7 Clinics With a Vulvodynia Diagnosis: How Broken Women's Pain Care Really Is

I recently hit a wall that I, of all people, should not have hit. And it reminded me exactly why this podcast exists...

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Vaginismus and Pregnancy: TTC Options, Birth Planning, and What Happens to Your Pelvic Floor

What happens to your body - and your pelvic floor - when you want to get pregnant, and you have a history of vaginism...

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Vulvodynia, Desire, and the Diagnostic Odyssey: One Writer's Journey from Shamans to Sex Toys

What happens to desire when your body becomes unpredictable?Sara Sturek is a writer and founder of Writing Shamelessl...

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Vulvodynia, Vaginismus, and Pelvic Pain: Start Here If You're New

If you're new to this podcast - hi! I'm so glad you're here.This is the episode I want you to start with. Whether you...

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CBD for Pelvic Pain: Do Suppositories Actually Work for Vulvodynia and Vaginismus?

Can CBD help with pelvic pain - and if so, how does it actually work?In this episode, I speak with Tamar Hill, co-fou...

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Pudendal Nerve Entrapment Surgery: One Woman's 15-Year Road to the Right Diagnosis

What does it mean to do everything right for fifteen years — and still not get to the bottom of your pain?In this epi...

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Vulvodynia Clinical Trial: The First Drug Being Developed Specifically for This Condition

There is no medication approved specifically for vulvodynia. Not a single one. John Connell and his team are trying t...

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My Vulvodynia and Vaginismus Story: The Episode I've Been Afraid to Record

For a long time, I've been standing slightly to the side of my own experience on this podcast. Today, I step into the...

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Botox for Vaginismus and Vulvodynia: Success Rates, Who It's For, and What to Expect | Dr Corey Babb

Can Botox really help treat vaginismus and vulvodynia - and if so, how does it actually work?In this episode, I sit d...

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Women's Health Censorship: Why "Vulvodynia" Gets Flagged and What We're Losing Because of It

Social media platforms are systematically censoring medically accurate women's health content. Words like vulva, vagi...

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Painful Sex and Vaginismus: The Femtech Device Designed to Change How Treatment Feels

What if the answer to painful sex wasn't another dilator - but something genuinely novel? In this episode, Mathilde s...