Healing can come in many forms, and today, Lynn’s guest shares a simple tool that can change pelvic healing – bringing relief, comfort, and empowerment to countless women.

In today’s episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast, Lynn talks with Pam Cole, PT, CWS, a wound care specialist and founder of ShePak, to uncover what pelvic health practitioners can learn from the science of wound healing.

Drawing on nearly three decades of experience, Pam shares how principles of inflammation management, lymphatic support, and gentle cooling can enhance recovery for clients experiencing postpartum discomfort, vulvar pain, or post-surgical inflammation.

Episode Highlights ✨

• The direct parallels between wound healing principles and pelvic floor recovery
• How cold therapy and compression can reduce pain and accelerate tissue healing
• The vital role of lymphatic flow in resolving inflammation and restoring balance
• Practical ways to integrate cooling and inflammation-reduction strategies, like ShePak, into client care
• Real-world case examples showing how small interventions can make a big impact

Learn how simple, evidence-based interventions can support comfort, confidence, and faster healing for your clients.

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About The Speaker:

Pam Cole, PT, CWS, is an international educator and founder of ShePak and Femicor. Her work bridges the science of wound care with pelvic health innovation to improve healing outcomes for women worldwide.

Pam graduated from Boston University with a degree in Physical Therapy in 1996. She is a founding member of and has worked at the Methodist Hospital Wound Clinic in St. Louis Park, MN for 29 years. She developed and instructed full semester wound care courses at UMN and St. Scholastica for 18 years and 5 years respectively. Pam is a national wound care speaker and educator.

She has also gone on 6 medical mission trips to Niger, Africa and Haiti. Out of her own need, she invented ShePak, a pelvic floor cooling device, and is the President of Femicorp.

Learn more at: www.femicorp.com/shepak, www.facebook.com/femicorp

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What if the pain or tightness in a C-section scar isn’t just physical, but emotional, even energetic? In today’s episode, we uncover three jaw-dropping case studies that reveal how fear, anger, and other people’s energy can live inside scar tissue – and what happens when those hidden layers are finally released. You’ll hear how intuitive awareness and emotional attunement can transform stubborn scars that no technique could touch. If you’ve ever wondered why tissues won’t let go, this conversation will completely change how you approach healing.

✨ Episode Highlights:

• Three revealing C-section scar case studies that defy logic
• How trauma and emotion imprint themselves into tissues
• The surprising influence of others’ energy on healing
• Why intuition—not more force—is the key to release
• Transforming pain and restriction through emotional clearing

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

The Birth Healing Intensive is a 9-month transformational program that equips practitioners to deeply heal themselves through their own inside out work to expand their clinical and intuitive skills, and confidently support clients through trauma, pain, and stuck patterns for lasting, profound results. Learn more and apply to the Birth Healing Intensive.

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What if your client’s pain getting worse is actually a breakthrough waiting to happen? In this episode, Lynn shares a striking case where escalating pain revealed the real issue wasn’t physical at all—but an emotional story held deep in the tissues. You’ll hear how this postpartum client’s healing unfolded only after she released the belief that she had to “do it all alone”. Lynn shares how to identify these limiting beliefs to transform setbacks into powerful openings for profound healing.

✨ Episode Highlights:

• The hidden meaning behind worsening pain
• How emotions and beliefs get stored in the body
• Turning flare-ups into healing breakthroughs
• Techniques to uncover what the body is really saying
• Why curiosity—not control—is key to lasting change

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

The Birth Healing Intensive is a 9-month transformational program that equips practitioners to deeply heal themselves through their own inside out work to expand their clinical and intuitive skills, and confidently support clients through trauma, pain, and stuck patterns for lasting, profound results. Learn more and apply to the Birth Healing Intensive TODAY!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

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Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

What if the piece that will set you apart in your client results isn’t another technique—but is you? In this episode, Lynn sits down with three students from the Birth Healing Intensive who reveal how doing their own healing work completely transformed their hands, their hearts, and their outcomes. You’ll hear how they began sensing more, connecting deeper, and unlocking results they once thought were out of reach. If you’ve ever wondered if there is more to this work, this episode will show you exactly what that “more” is.

Episode Highlights:

• How personal healing opens the door to deeper client results
• The hidden element that shifts ordinary treatments into breakthroughs
• Why community and mentorship amplify your intuitive and clinical skills
• Real transformations from the 2026 Birth Healing Intensive cohort

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

The Birth Healing Intensive is a 9-month transformational program that equips practitioners to deeply heal themselves through their own inside out work to expand their clinical and intuitive skills, and confidently support clients through trauma, pain, and stuck patterns for lasting, profound results. Learn more and apply to the Birth Healing Intensive TODAY!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift—that’s why we call it the present.” In this episode, Lynn explores the deeper meaning behind one of her favorite quotes and how it relates to trauma-informed care in the body. From frozen tissues to lingering birth experiences, Lynn breaks down how unresolved trauma shows up in the musculoskeletal system, influences pain patterns, and impacts client outcomes.

✨ Episode Highlights for Practitioners:

• How the body stores trauma and why tissues “freeze” in response
  
  
• Recognizing trauma breadcrumbs that influence recurring pain and movement patterns
  
  
• The interplay between unresolved trauma and mechanical limitations in the body
  
  
• Strategies for bringing all cells into present-day awareness to enhance healing
  
  
• Practical applications for improving client outcomes in pelvic health and beyond
  
  

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

🎁 Today is a gift—equip your practice to help clients fully inhabit the present moment.

If you’re a healthcare practitioner looking to deepen your trauma-informed approach, the Birth Healing Intensive is opening registration for next year. This nine-month program equips clinicians to identify root causes of pain, support client healing on a cellular level, and integrate trauma-informed strategies into everyday practice.

Learn more and apply today!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

Ever leave a session feeling drained or unexpectedly triggered? In this episode, we dive into why these reactions happen, how to navigate them in real-time, and—most importantly—how to prevent them from controlling your day. Learn how to recognize your own activation, honor your responses, and turn these moments into opportunities for growth and healing. Plus, get a snap shot of the Birth Healing Intensive Program, a transformative nine-month journey designed to help practitioners do their own inner work so they can better support their clients.

✨ Episode Highlights for Practitioners:

• Understanding what triggers your activation during sessions and in life
  
  
  
• Practical strategies to ground yourself and stay present with clients
  
  
  
• Tools to separate your emotions from your clients’ to prevent burnout
  
  
  
• Turning triggers into opportunities for personal healing and growth

FREE MASTERCLASS WITH LYNN SCHULTE - Available the week of October 13th only!

Register for How to Bring More Fun Into Your Practice and Avoid Burnout and take advantage of this free opportunity to learn:

• The #1 key to healing that no one talks about
• The 4 C’s of effective release work
• How to make sessions more fulfilling for both your client and you
• What you can do to protect yourself from burnout
• Effective options for when tissues won’t release
• 2 skills that are imperative for working in pelvic health

Register for free TODAY! This class will be offered at 3 different times, so choose the date that works with your schedule.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

The Birth Healing Intensive is a 9-month transformational program that equips practitioners to deeply heal themselves through their own inside out work to expand their clinical and intuitive skills, and confidently support clients through trauma, pain, and stuck patterns for lasting, profound results. Learn more and apply to the Birth Healing Intensive TODAY!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

What if the tension you’re feeling in your client’s body isn’t just “tight tissue” but unprocessed trauma? In this episode, Lynn reveals the subtle cues most therapists miss—and the simple Trauma Release Statement that can unlock release when nothing else seems to work. If you’ve ever felt stuck in treatment, then this episode has the tips you’ve been waiting for.

✨ Episode Highlights for Practitioners:

• How trauma shows up in nervous system “buzz” and tissue freeze
  
  
• Subtle client cues that reveal hidden trauma
  
  
• The Trauma Release Statement: when and how to use it
  
  
• Why intuition is essential for deeper results
  
  
• First steps for expanding your trauma-healing skillset

FREE MASTERCLASS WITH LYNN SCHULTE

Register for How to Bring More Fun Into Your Practice and Avoid Burnout and take advantage of this free opportunity to learn:

• The #1 key to healing that no one talks about
• The 4 C’s of effective release work
• How to make sessions more fulfilling for both your client and you
• What you can do to protect yourself from burnout
• Effective options for when tissues won’t release
• 2 skills that are imperative for working in pelvic health

Register for free TODAY! This class will be offered at 3 different times, so choose the date that works with your schedule.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2026 BIRTH HEALING INTENSIVE

The Birth Healing Intensive is a 9-month transformational program that equips practitioners to deeply heal themselves through their own inside out work to expand their clinical and intuitive skills, and confidently support clients through trauma, pain, and stuck patterns for lasting, profound results. Learn more and apply to the Birth Healing Intensive TODAY!

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Lynn.

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

What if you had a single resource that could change the way you treat women’s health—covering everything from pelvic care to pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond? In this episode, Lynn talks with authors Darla Cathcart and Rebecca Stephenson about their groundbreaking new textbook, The Physical Therapist’s Guide to Women’s Pelvic, Perinatal, and Reproductive Health, that blends evidence, compassion, and real-world tools to support clinicians at every level. They reveal the behind-the-scenes challenges, the surprising insights, and why this book is the guide you’ve been searching for. Don’t miss it—this conversation will leave you inspired to expand your practice in powerful ways.

✨ Episode Highlights:

• The story behind this groundbreaking book
• Practical tools: charts, scripts, and visuals for daily use
• Updated evidence on pelvic, perinatal, breast, and reproductive health
• Addressing disparities and empowering underserved populations
• Why this book matters for PTs, OTs, physicians, and midwives

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

About Today’s Speakers

Rebecca G. Stephenson is a clinical specialist in women’s and pelvic health physical therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital MGB at the Newton-Wellesley Ambulatory Care Center, medical writer and is a board-certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist (WCS) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. From the Academy of Pelvic Health of the American Physical Therapy Association she has a Certification of Achievement in Pelvic Health (CAPP-Pelvic), Certification in Childbirth Education. She is a past president and secretary of the International Organization of Physical Therapists in Pelvic and Women’s Health. Dr. Stephenson has received many awards: the Lucy Blair Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the Elizabeth Nobel Award from the Academy of Pelvic Health, and the Barbara Adams Fellow in the MGH Institute of Physical Therapy for leadership. Dr. Stephenson is on the faculty for the Academy of Pelvic Health of the American Physical Therapy Association. Rebecca founded, along with Tracy Spitznagle and Susan Clinton, the Global Women’s Health Initiative, a non-profit, GWHI.org.

Darla B. Cathcart is Assistant Clinical Professor and Assistant Director of Clinical Education at Graceland University (Independence, MO) and is a board-certified Women’s Health Certified Specialist (WCS) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She has also earned from APTA Academy of Pelvic Health the Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy (CAPP-Pelvic) and the Certificate of Achievement in Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Therapy (CAPP-OB). Darla has served as the President (2024–2026), President-elect (2023–2024), Vice President (2015–2016), and Director of Education (2011–2014) for the Academy of Pelvic Health, American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Cathcart received several awards from the Academy of Pelvic Health: Instructor of the Year (2017); Course Site Hostess of the Year (2018); and Volunteer of the Year (2015).

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE