Beyond The Pelvis
Episodes
Ep 52: Healing from Endometriosis and Infertility with Functional Nutrition
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Functional nutritionist Alyssa Chavez joins chronic pain coach Laura Haraka. Alyssa shares her story of going from painful periods and infertility to ...
Ep 51: Healing Chronic Back Pain with TMS and Nervous System Regulation
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Coloretti spent six years living with pelvic and back pain that began after gym injuries. He discovered TMS and the mind–body connection in yea...
Ep 50: Chronic Pain Recovery Without Surgery: The DOC Journey Explained by Dr David Hanscom
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pelvic pain recovery coach Laura Haraka welcomes former Seattle spine surgeon Dr David Hanscom to reframe chronic pain as a mind–body, fight-or-flig...
Ep 49: A Physician’s Perspective on Healing Chronic Pain With Dr. Rita Gupta
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, pelvic pain recovery coach Laura Haraka chats with Dr. Rita Gupta, a board-certified physician, to explore how the mind-body connecti...
Ep 48: Case Study: Healing from Chronic Pelvic Pain with Rachel Lock
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, pelvic pain recovery coach Laura Haraka interviews former client Rachel Lock, who shares her inspiring journey from living in constan...
Ep 47: Men and Pelvic Pain with Michael Hodge
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hodge shares his transformative journey through five years of severe pelvic pain and his exploration of mind-body medicine. Michael discusses ...
Ep 46: Chronic Pain Recovery and the Return of Joy – with Simone Holderbach
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Laura Haraka talks with Simone Holderbach, a neurology-based manual therapist and Pain Reprocessing Therapy coach, about what it means to reclaim...
Ep 45: Neuroplastic Healing: Steven Blake on Recovering from Chronic Pain
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Haraka welcomes Steven Blake, therapist and founder of Old Pain to Go. Steven shares how his groundbreaking approach helps people recover from c...
EP 44: Case Study: From Chronic Bladder Pain to Mind-Body Healing
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Haraka welcomes Heather Arrigo, a former client who transformed her life through mind-body healing. Heather shares her journey from chronic blad...
Ep 43: How to Unlearn Chronic Pain: A Conversation with Scotty Stiles
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pain coach Scotty Stiles joins Laura Haraka to share his journey from chronic neuroplastic pain to recovery. They explore Pain Reprocessing Therapy, s...
Ep 42: Dizziness, Blurry Vision & the Brain: Understanding Neural Circuit Symptoms
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Yonit Arthur shares her journey from audiology to mind-body healing. She and Laura explore chronic dizziness, anxiety, neuroplast...
Ep 41: Chronic Pain, Childhood Trauma, and the Power of Neuroplastic Healing
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful episode, host Laura Haraka is joined by Jeni Quigg, a therapist who lived with chronic neoplastic pain for 23 years. They explore the...
Ep 40: The Mind-Body Connection in Chronic Pain
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Beyond the Pelvis, host Laura Haraka speaks with Dr. Jen Romanello, a resident physician and advocate for neuroplastic pain treatme...
Ep 39: Transforming Pain into Power with Aoife, Mind Body Coach
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Beyond the Pelvis, Laura Haraka interviews Aoife, a mind-body coach who shares her transformative journey from chronic illness to e...
Ep 38: From Chronic UTIs to Full-Body Freedom: Cassie Barfield’s Healing Story
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m joined by the deeply insightful and inspiring Cassie Barfield, a Therapeutic Counsellor based in the UK who now integrates mind...
Ep 37: From Doubt to Clarity: Dan Ratner on the Power of Mind-Body Healing
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You don't want to miss this episode with Dr. Dan Ratner. Dr. Ratner is a leading international expert in the mind-body field, host of the Crushing...
Ep 36: From Pain to Empowerment: Fabienne's Healing Journey
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Beyond the Pelvis, host Laura interviews her client Fabienne, who shares her inspiring journey of overcoming chronic pain and recla...
Ep 35: Unlocking the Body: The Power of Somatics with Gena Rho
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast we are honored to have Gena Rho. Gena is a certified Clinical Somatic Educator. Her somatic training is in the tradition of Thoma...
Ep 34: The Hidden Forces Behind Long COVID & Chronic Symptoms
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Rebecca Kennedy, is a family medicine physician in Portland, Oregon, specializing in Mind-Body/Neuroplasticity-based treatment for chronic symptom...
Ep 33: Doing the scary things to overcome trauma and pain with Emily Dufrane
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grab a tea, a blanket and something grounding as you dive into this episide. We are chatting with Emily Dufrane, licensed therapist and owner of Sacre...
Ep 32: Ashley's Recovery Story from Pelvic Pain
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re joined by the incredible Ashley, a former client who has overcome a range of pelvic pain and symptoms on her healing journey....
Ep 31: How to stay hopeful during a healing journey
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we answer a listener's question with our best advice. Tune in, as the response may be exactly what you need as well. This applies to ...
Ep30: The Role of Psychedelics for Pain Relief
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Janet Livingstone is a world traveler with a career in leadership training, curriculum development and facilitation. Realizing that "leaders&qu...
Ep 29: Breathing for a better quality of life with Koa
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Koa, a Breath therapy practitioner.Koa is a French Canadian from Montreal on a journey of self-discovery and healing...
Ep 28: Whole person, holistic medical care does exist with Dr. John Stracks
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. John Stracts, a mindbody medicine doctor who is changing the medical system with a model of care that is truly h...
Ep 27: Reclaiming Wellness Through the Mind-Body Connection
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of beyond the pelvis we are privileged to have Dr. David Schechter. Dr. Schechter is a physician in West LA, California. and has be...
Ep 26: How your dreams provide the medicine for your pain.
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on beyond the pelvis we are thrilled to have Machiel Klerk, Machiel is a psychotherapist , author of DREAM GUIDANCE and founder of the Jung P...
Ep 25: How stress and childhood trauma can create dysfunction in the body
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David D. Clarke, MD is President of the Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and...
Ep 24: Using the sun to heal from chronic conditions with Carrie Bennet
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on beyond the pelvis we are privileged to have Carrie Bennet. Carrie is one of the leading educators in the emerging field of quantum biology....
Ep 23: Using virtual reality to overcome pain and anxiety with Celine Tien
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with the founder of Flowy, Celine Tien. Flowly is a virtual clinic designed for the 1 in 5 Americans living with chronic pa...
Ep 22: Craniosacral Therapy for healing chronic pain with Amanda
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Amanda, a Craniosacral Therapist. Amanda is owner of Find Relief Therapy, a private Occupational Therapy practice, l...
Ep 21: Spiritual Awakening Through Pain with Urvi Shah
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Urvi Shah. Urvi is a certified mindfulness coach and spiritual healer. In this episode hear how Urvi has come to und...
Ep 20: Summer Reflections: How Perception Shapes Purpose
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 20 of Beyond the Pelvis with Dr. Keneal Segal and Laura Haraka! In this episode, we dive into a summer recap, reflecting ...
Ep 19: How your family history can show up as pain with Camara Rajabari, LMFT
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episide, we sit down with Camara Rajabari, The Ancestral Psychotherapist. We speak out how she came into this space with personal and profess...
Ep 18: Your mind-body circumstances and recovery are unique to you with Jeannie Kulwin
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the episode, we sit down with Jeannie Kulwin to discuss her journey with fibromyalgia and how that experience created an opportunity to rethink her...
Ep 17: Andrew's journey and the role of stress in pelvic pain.
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Andrew, who openly shares his healing journey from pelvic pain. Andrew is an environmental and ...
Ep: 16 How to effectively communicate with your brain with Dr. Brad Fanestil, MD
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, internal medicine doctor Dr. Brad Fanestil, founder of The Boulder Institute for Mind Body Medicine, shares how he treats anxiety, de...
Ep 15: The Power of Emotional Healing with Bernadette Pleasant.
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode we are joined by Bernadette Pleasant. Bernadette Pleasant is a passionate and visionary public speaker. As the Founder of The Em...
Ep 14: Healing as a journey of becoming with Tara King, DPT
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we are joined by Tara King, head of coaching operations at Lin Health. She shares her personal story of dealing with chro...
Ep 13: What trauma sensitive physical therapy really is with Dr. Angelica Whaley, PT, DPT.
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode we are joined by Dr. Angelica Whaley, PT, DPT. Dr. Angelica M. Whaley is a pelvic health physical therapist practicing at The Pe...
Ep 12: Denial will keep you stuck with Tanner Murtagh, MSW, RSW
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Tanner Murtagh from Pain Psychotherapy Canada. Their mission is to help clients greatly reduce or eliminate their ch...
Ep 10: Healing over a decade of chronic back pain with Dan Buglio
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Dan Buglio, the man behind Pain Free You. He shares his story about how he overcame chronic pain, his approach to re...
Ep 9: The quest to cure, not just manage chronic pelvic pain with Dr. Rachel Gofman
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode, Dr. Kenael and Laura speak with Dr. Rachel Gofman. Rachel is doctor of physical therapy and pelvic pain coach. Her mission is t...
Ep 8: Managing pain in an unfair and overstimulating environment
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Dr. Kenael and Laura discuss the added challenge of experiencing pain in a melanated body vs a non-melanated body. We also dis...
Ep 7: Exploring emotions, pleasure and rituals for pelvic healing with Dr. Bri, PT, DPT
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Brianne Grogan to discuss the connection of emotions with pelvic pain, tension and prolapse and how embodiment p...
Ep 6: Sacred sexuality and embodiment with Emily Rae Davies
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Emily Rae Davies to discuss the important role of attuning to our sexuality and how embodiment practices can be used...
Ep 5: Hacking your Brain for Better Health
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You do not want to miss this week's episode where Dr. Kenael and Laura discuss the power of the placebo effect. It will literally blow your mind! ...
Ep 4: Pain From the Inside Out
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kenael and Laura discuss what pain is and how pain pathways get developed in the brain. We also converse about why the brain send...
Ep 3: Unveiling the hidden meaning behind your pain with Charlie Merrill, PT
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kenael and Laura talk with Charlie Merrill, PT to discuss the symbolism of pelvic pain and how uncovering the emotional blockages...
Ep 2: Living inside and outside of the box
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of getting to know your hosts. In this episode, Dr. Kenael Segal shares her story of how intuition led her to become the PT and healer ...
Ep 1: When Joy Cured Pain
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 1 of getting to know your hosts. Laura Haraka shares her story of how chronic pain happened for her and served as the catalyst for major ...
Beyond the Pelvis Introduction
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this brief introduction, we will discuss our purpose. Find out why we started this podcast and what we will be discussing. Be sure to subscribe so...