Birth Healing Summit Podcast

Lynn Schulte, PT

We are here for meaningful conversations that will transform how you work with pregnant and postpartum clients. Whether it is a new perspective, tool, or technique, you’ll be able to implement it into your practice today.

  1. Clinical Mastery with Nari Kaur: Boundaries, Alignment & Authentic Care

    1D AGO

    Clinical Mastery with Nari Kaur: Boundaries, Alignment & Authentic Care

    How does doing your own inner work help you as a practitioner?  In this powerful conversation, Nari challenges the traditional, performance-based definition of mastery and reframes it as deep alignment, boundaries, and self-trust. She shares how honoring your unique style, rather than copying others, allows for more authentic and effective patient care. The discussion dives into blending intuition with clinical reasoning, meeting patients where they are, and releasing the pressure to “fix” everything. This episode is a refreshing and thought-provoking invitation to evolve your practice from the inside out. ✨ Key Takeaways for Practitioners: Be you, fully: Clinical mastery comes from embodying your unique voice and approach.You’re not for everyone: Clear boundaries and aligned clients lead to better outcomes and less burnout.Meet patients where they are: Tailor your approach to their readiness – one meaningful step is enough.Do your own inner work: Your ability to hold space, stay non-reactive, and create transformation is directly tied to your personal healing.Join Nari Kaur for the 2026 Birth Healing Summit: Inner Work to Clinical Mastery taking place live online May 2 - 3, 2026 or as a recorded offering when the timing works for you with the VIP Access Pass. 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 About Today’s Speaker Nari Kaur (Clemons), PT and Educator Nari Kaur has been a pelvic therapist for 18 years. She has been teaching for Herman Wallace Pelvic Rehab for 10 years and loves merging science and anatomy with softer skills. For Herman Wallace, Nari teaches the pelvic floor series, courses she has authored on manually treating the nerves of the lumbar and sacral plexus, and a course on boundaries and self care for health care providers. Nari’s passion is helping empathic healers to be well as they work. Her interest in this field came from being an unknowing empath, picking up too much from patients, over-functioning and living the archetype of the wounded healer, before finding another way. She owns Portland Pelvic Therapy, a boutique practice where she combines highly specific visceral, neural and fascial work with the intersection of spirit and held stories in the body. Most of her patients are unknowing empaths who finally heal when they release held stories, often that were never theirs to carry, in their tissues. She also works at a conventional hospital and enjoys the full realm of health care. Speaker’s Website: https://www.portlandpelvictherapy.com/ Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    43 min
  2. Clinical Mastery with Suzanne Scurlock: Finding Your True Clinical Calling

    APR 7

    Clinical Mastery with Suzanne Scurlock: Finding Your True Clinical Calling

    What does it mean to find your true clinical calling? Is this the key to clinical mastery? In this deeply insightful and heart-opening conversation, Lynn Schulte sits down with Suzanne Scurlock, founder of Healing from the Core®, CST-D, author and educator, to explore these questions and what it truly means to evolve as a pelvic health therapist – not just in skill, but in presence, clarity, and purpose. With over four decades of experience, Suzanne shares a perspective that many clinicians feel, but have yet to name. Mastery isn’t about doing more. It’s about refining who you are in the treatment room. This conversation gently challenges the belief that more certifications or techniques will lead to fulfillment. Instead, Suzanne reveals the subtle but powerful shifts that create sustainable, meaningful careers. ✨ Key Takeaways for Practitioners The surprising trait that separates skilled clinicians from truly masterful onesWhy “feeling off” in a session is actually your greatest clinical cueHow knowing who not to treat elevates your results and prevents burnoutThe grounding practice that transforms how you show up in every sessionWhat to do when your own triggers disrupt connectionPerhaps most powerful is Suzanne’s invitation to trust that when you align with your gifts, the right clients will find you – and the ones who aren’t meant for you won’t. What you’ll hear may challenge how you’ve been taught to practice and open the door to results that finally feel aligned and sustainable.  This episode isn’t just about becoming a better therapist. It’s about stepping fully into your calling to become the practitioner you are meant to be. Don’t miss Suzanne Scurlock’s session in the 2026 Birth Healing Summit taking place live online May 2 - 3, 2026 and as a recorded offering with the VIP Access Pass. 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 About Today’s Speaker Suzanne Scurlock, CST-D, Author, Educator, Founder of  Healing from the Core® Suzanne Scurlock is one of the world’s leading authorities on conscious awareness and its transformational impact on the healing process. She is one of the original instructors personally mentored by the late Dr. John E. Upledger. She also collaborated with the late Emilie Conrad for almost two decades. Together they integrated Emilie’s Continuum Movement with Suzanne’s Full Body Presence® to teach other practitioners how to accelerate and deepen the healing process. Check out her website at https://healingfromthecore.com/ for more information about her courses, including a class to help teach people embodiment.  Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    20 min
  3. Clinical Mastery with Tami Lynn Kent: Going Deep Into Practice

    MAR 30

    Clinical Mastery with Tami Lynn Kent: Going Deep Into Practice

    What is clinical mastery to you?  Today, we continue the exploration of clinical mastery with another great in pelvic and women’s health, Tami Lynn Kent, PT, Founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™. In today’s conversation, Tami discusses with Lynn what she sees as the essentials for true clinical mastery.  In this important conversation, Tami Lynn Kent encourages therapists to move beyond quick knowledge and step into the deeper work needed to help clients heal fully. She shares how curiosity, mentorship, and thousands of hours of hands-on experience shape the kind of presence that transforms patient outcomes. ✨ Key Takeaways for Practitioners Mastery transforms outcomes – why developing the intelligence of your hands, trusting your embodied awareness, and nurturing your creative energy can dramatically elevate your clinical effectiveness.Discern depth in a fast-information world – how social media and AI provide knowledge, but true wisdom comes from lived experience and mentorship.Curiosity drives clinical growth – why following what fascinates you in practice leads to deeper insight and innovation.Sustaining your creative energy prevents burnout – by nourishing your body, mind, and curiosity you can fuel long-term clinical excellence.If you want your treatments to go deeper, your confidence to grow, and your clinical results to improve, this conversation will expand how you think about mastery in practice. This is an episode you don’t want to miss.  Learn with Tami Lynn Kent in the 2026 Birth Healing Summit – attend live online May 2 - 3, 2026 or catch the sessions after with the VIP Lifetime Access pass that includes session recordings and transcripts. Have a comment or question about today’s episode? Message Lynn on Instagram or Facebook. To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com About Today’s Speaker Tami Lynn Kent, PT, Founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™ Tami Lynn Kent, MSPT is a women’s health physical therapist, educator, and founder of Holistic Pelvic Care™, the first integrative model combining physical and energetic approaches to the female pelvic bowl. She is the author of the Wild Book Series: Wild Feminine, Wild Creative, and Wild Mothering, and has taught her original methods to thousands of practitioners worldwide. With a master’s in physical therapy from Pacific University and advanced training in bodywork, birth trauma resolution, and energy-based approaches, Tami bridges modern medicine with women’s innate wisdom to support healing, creativity, and vitality.  For over 25 years, she has worked with more than 20,000 women, helping practitioners deepen their understanding of pelvic health through both physical and subtle energetic patterns. Based in Portland, Oregon, Tami continues to teach, write, and guide women’s health practitioners in cultivating the full potential of the female body. Tami’s Website: https://www.wildfeminine.com/ Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    29 min
  4. Why Releasing the Pelvic Floor After Birth Isn’t Enough

    MAR 23

    Why Releasing the Pelvic Floor After Birth Isn’t Enough

    What if persistent pelvic floor tension, heaviness, or pain postpartum isn’t primarily a muscle problem – but a stability problem the muscles are trying to solve? In this short but powerful clinical reminder, Lynn Schulte challenges pelvic health therapists to rethink how they assess and treat the postpartum pelvis. She explains why working with pelvic bones and pelvic floor muscles together can dramatically improve outcomes and why releasing muscles alone can sometimes make symptoms worse. This episode highlights a critical but often overlooked relationship that can transform how you treat the postpartum pelvis. ✨ Key Takeaways for Practitioners Pelvic floor muscles often compensate for unstable or malpositioned pelvic bones, especially after birth.Releasing pelvic floor tension without addressing the pelvic bones first may worsen pain or heaviness.Muscle tone patterns can reveal what the pelvic bones are doing biomechanicallyCombining external bone work with internal pelvic floor treatment can rapidly restore strength, function, and symptom relief.This episode will challenge practitioners to start listening to the bones, not just the muscles, when evaluating postpartum pelvic dysfunction. Learn more at https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/treating-postpartum-pelvis/. 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

    8 min
  5. Clinical Mastery for Practitioners: Presence, Listening, and Patient Collaboration

    MAR 16

    Clinical Mastery for Practitioners: Presence, Listening, and Patient Collaboration

    In this conversation, physical therapist, educator and world-class presenter (presenting in the 2026 Birth Healing Summit), Susan Clinton shares lessons from decades of clinical experience and how true clinical mastery develops through presence, curiosity, and collaboration with clients. She discusses how clinicians often over-educate and over treat, when in reality meaningful change happens through listening deeply and simplifying care.  This conversation highlights how small shifts – both for clinicians and patients – can create powerful outcomes over time. Susan emphasizes that empathy and self-awareness allow practitioners to build stronger therapeutic relationships and better results.  ✨ Key Takeaways for Practitioners Presence improves outcomes: Brief “micro-bliss” moments of mindfulness can improve clinician presence and nervous system regulation during patient care.Listen with curiosity: Asking questions like “What are you most worried about?” often reveals the real driver behind a patient’s symptoms or fears.Simplify education: Patients typically retain only about 10% of what they hear, so prioritize the most meaningful take-home message.Collaborate instead of prescribing: When patients help choose one realistic focus, adherence and progress improve.Small changes matter: Consistent 1% shifts in habits or behaviors can create significant long-term change for both clinicians and patients.If you’ve ever felt pressure to have all the answers, this episode will challenge that mindset and offer a refreshing, practical approach to creating meaningful change in your clinical practice. 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 About Today’s Speaker:  Dr. Susan Clinton, PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS, FAAOMPT, is the founder of LTI Physio and a leader in helping healthcare providers and women beyond their reproductive years move beyond health concerns, self-doubt, and career challenges to create meaningful, inspired change. With over four decades of clinical experience, she brings deep wisdom and practical insight to guiding people through complex transitions. Through Pinnacle Coaching, Dr. Clinton empowers women to embrace their health as the foundation for living with vitality and confidence during transformative life stages such as menopause. Through Pivotal Coaching, she mentors healthcare professionals to overcome burnout, navigate career stress, and cultivate sustainable, fulfilling practices. Speaker’s Website: https://ltiphysio.com/ Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    43 min
  6. Sacral Slope, Parity & The Overlooked Pelvic Outlet

    MAR 9

    Sacral Slope, Parity & The Overlooked Pelvic Outlet

    In this episode, Lynn breaks down why the pelvic outlet – not just the sacroiliac joint – may be a key contributor to postpartum pain, heaviness, and persistent pelvic floor tension. She explores the biomechanics of birth, how the inlet and outlet function as a reciprocal system, and why most traditional treatment approaches only address the top half of the pelvis. She shares clinical examples of pregnant and postpartum clients whose pain, tailbone tension, and pelvic heaviness resolved quickly once the ischial tuberosities and sacrum were mobilized and brought back toward midline. She also shares emerging research on sacral slope changes with parity and why sacral flexion often remains long after delivery – even decades later. Episode Highlights ✨ The inlet and outlet function as a seesawSacral flexion & widened ischial tuberosities drive symptomsMobility matters more than positionRebalancing bones + resetting muscles changes outcomes fastIf we want faster recoveries and truly resolved postpartum symptoms – we have to start treating the pelvic outlet. 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 YouTube:  To learn more about the Mommy Monitor visit: https://operationmist.org/ Message me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instituteforbirthhealing/ Message me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InstituteForBirthHealing/ Email Me: support@instituteforbirthhealing.com 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.  Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    18 min
  7. Embodiment Before Exercise: What Clients Need First

    MAR 2

    Embodiment Before Exercise: What Clients Need First

    If you work with pelvic pain, chronic pain, trauma, high-performing athletes, or clients who don’t fit the protocol, this episode will help. In this powerful conversation, Lynn Schulte sits down with seasoned Occupational Therapist, Elizabeth McBride, of North Texas Therapy Innovations to unpack what it really means to work with neurodiverse populations in pelvic and orthopedic practice. They explore masking, sensory processing, executive function, trauma, and why many clients are profoundly disconnected from their bodies – even when they are elite performers. Episode Highlights ✨ Why a directive, protocol-driven approach often fails this populationHow sensory integration and pelvic health overlap more than we thinkThe importance of building safety first with neurodiverse clienteleWhy embodiment and nervous system regulation must precede strengtheningHow your own grounding directly impacts clinical outcomesThis episode challenges us to blend orthopedic skill with psychological awareness – to provide therapeutic support that matches our clients’ needs. If you’re ready to expand how you think about regulation, trauma, and embodiment in your practice, press play. 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 About the Speaker:  Elizabeth McBride is an occupational therapist with nearly 40 years of clinical experience and the owner of North Texas Therapy Innovations. She specializes in sensory integration, manual therapy, and pelvic health, blending decades of hands-on experience with a deep understanding of neurodivergence and nervous system regulation. Known for her creative, whole-person approach, Elizabeth integrates craniosacral therapy, myofascial techniques, and executive function training to help clients move out of fight-or-flight and into embodiment. Her work bridges sensory processing, trauma-informed care, and pelvic health for both children and adults. https://www.sensorytherapydallas.com/about-us.html Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

    35 min
  8. The Ischiorectal Fossa: The Missing Piece in Postpartum Pelvic Floor Recovery

    FEB 23

    The Ischiorectal Fossa: The Missing Piece in Postpartum Pelvic Floor Recovery

    If you’ve ever assessed a postpartum client and wondered whether a pelvic floor “defect” was really a tear, or something else entirely, then this episode gives you the answers. Lynn shares a newly discovered and surprisingly powerful way to release the ischiorectal fossa, a structure that can quietly inhibit pelvic floor function and stall progress. What looks like weakness or a missing contraction may simply be tissue that can’t move. In this episode, Lynn reveals a simple but game-changing connection between the ischiorectal fossa and the adductors that can unlock rapid change. If you’re ready to stop second-guessing your findings and start seeing immediate shifts, don’t miss today’s episode. ✨ Episode Highlights: Why pelvic floor “divots” may not be true muscle defectsThe hidden role of the ischiorectal fossa in postpartum dysfunctionHow sphincter mobility impacts deeper pelvic tissuesA powerful new IRF release using adductor compressionWhy IRF assessment belongs in every postpartum evaluationHave 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

    9 min
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We are here for meaningful conversations that will transform how you work with pregnant and postpartum clients. Whether it is a new perspective, tool, or technique, you’ll be able to implement it into your practice today.

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  • Creator
    Lynn Schulte, PT
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    167
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Birth Healing Summit Podcast
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    Birth Healing Summit Podcast

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