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Keeping Healthy Down Under with Mary O’Dwyer

January 2, 2011 by

[HTML1] Susun Weed interviews Mary O’Dwyer, pelvic floor physiotherapist and author of Hold it Sister: The Confident Girl’s Guide to a Leak Free Life.

Mary O’Dwyer is a pelvic floor physiotherapist, trained at the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne. With more than 30 years clinical and teaching experience Mary is now bringing her expertise to women to help them improve their quality of life.

Everyday in her clinical work  Mary heard women’s stories of pelvic floor failure and pain. Through her guidance and physical retraining these women developed life changing self awareness, a feeling of empowerment to control pelvic floor problems and gain a renewed enjoyment of life.

Hoping to reach more women than her professional practice allowed Mary now is a full time educator, author and workshop facilitator.  Her current book Hold it Sister is set to transform women’s knowledge of their pelvic floor and its central role in the female body.

Having witnessed the effect of pelvic floor dysfunction from her patients’ stories, Mary is determined to educate women about their pelvic floor health, to enlighten and empower them in the management of relevant problems, while giving them the confidence to make informed decisions.

Mary O’Dwyer’s Hold it Sister: The Confident Girl’s Guide to a Leak Free Life covers all ages, from athletic younger women, through pregnancy and post-birth recovery and into menopause and the older pelvic floor. Practical and written for everyday women Hold it Sister is based on current research and explains in detail the what, why and how of this important element of women’s body knowledge.

If you don’t know the 10 Healthy Habits for the pelvic floor and the lifestyle factors that damage it you really need this book. And so does your mother, your girlfriends and your daughters. This book goes way beyond Kegel exercises and will give you a new understanding of pelvic floor health and maintenance. You might even avoid expensive and unnecessary surgery by following the Hold It Sister program. Visit Mary O’Dwyer at HolditSister.com.

Susun Weed, guest host at WomensRadio.com is the author of the acclaimed best seller Wise Woman Herbal Series. Her health books for women offer Wise Woman approaches to common women’s ailments including menopause, childbearing, fertility, cancer prevention and treatment, breast health, and reproductive health. Susun Weed offers women safe and easy solutions to common problems, visit her at SusunWeed.com for 3000 pages of Wise Woman wisdom and wit.

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About Susun Weed

Susun Weed began studying herbal medicine in 1965 and wrote her first book Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year in 1985. In addition to her writing, Ms. Weed trains apprentices, oversees the work of more than 300 correspondence course students, coordinates the activities of The Wise Woman Center, and is a High Priestess of Dianic Wicca, a member of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and a Peace Elder.

Susun is one of America's best-known authorities on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women's health. Her four best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known physicians and are used and cherished by millions of women around the world.

Susun is also the Host of Wise Woman Way on WomensRadio. Wise Woman Wayoffers interviews and commentary on health and well-being.

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