Episode 58 - The Pelvic Floor & Mental Health: What Your Body Might Be Holding With Laura Holland

Outside The Therapy Room · Feb 26, 2026 · 1h 2m

The pelvic floor plays a critical role in bladder and bowel control, sexual function, stability, and core strength — but it also has a profound connection to our nervous system and emotional health.

In this episode, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist, Laura Holland, joings us to talk about how chronic stress, trauma, anxiety, and shame can influence pelvic floor dysfunction — and how pelvic health concerns can, in turn, impact mental wellbeing.

Together we discuss the anatomy and function of the pelvic floor, how fight-or flight aggects pelvic tension, why pelvic floor care is important for all…