Not Your Mother’s Pelvic Floor: a guide to Aliya Dhalla’s podcast

There are plenty of things you can reach adulthood without anyone properly explaining. Why you suddenly need to pee when you get home. Why going to the toilet can become a source of worry. What a pelvic floor physiotherapist actually helps with.

The Not Your Mother’s Pelvic Floor Podcast makes those subjects discussable. Host Aliya Dhalla combines short explanations with longer guest conversations, giving you a choice between a particular practical question and a broader discussion.

Who is Aliya Dhalla?

Aliya is a pelvic floor physiotherapist based in Toronto and the founder of Box Wellness Co. Her professional biography describes work covering pregnancy and postpartum care, incontinence, painful intimacy, bowel health and pelvic changes around menopause.

The show's voice is direct and friendly. In Episode 106, she explains a strategy she uses with patients while acknowledging that she doesn't know each listener's situation. That combination of practical detail and clear limits is useful when you're deciding what to take from health content.

What kind of episodes will you find?

The publisher's overview describes two formats. Solo episodes explain pelvic health topics. Guest conversations explore what people were taught about their bodies and how those early messages shape later experiences.

The archive ranges from toilet habits and constipation to exercise and menopause. You can pick a fairly small question without signing up to understand your entire pelvis by Sunday.

Our suggested first listen

Try 5 Steps To Control Strong Urges To Pee if you recognise the sudden dash to the bathroom when you arrive home. In about 15 minutes, Aliya explains a sequence for responding more calmly, including what each step is intended to do.

Our episode guide looks at that sequence alongside NHS context and explains when symptoms deserve assessment. It's a specific starting point, especially if you're looking for something to discuss at an appointment.

Where to go next

Two other episodes already in Happy Floor's Learn collection cover different stages and questions: The Latest Research On Exercise During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Dr. Margie Davenport and Navigating Midlife and Menopause with Amanda Thebe. The publisher lists them as episodes 105 and 111 respectively; their descriptions can help you choose your next conversation.

You can find the show on the publisher's website, Apple Podcasts and Spotify below. For a more personal account of finding help after childbirth, explore Why Mums Don’t Jump too.