About the show
The Hole Shebang
Brazenly and unashamedly exposing the truth about all things pelvic health.
The show
The Hole Shebang is a weekly podcast about the parts of the body most of us were taught not to mention: bladders, bowels, pelvic floors, vulvas, vaginas and everything they get up to through pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and menopause. The name is spelled H-O-L-E, and the pun is the point.
Each episode is a conversation between host Kristen Parise and a clinician or researcher about one question people are usually told to live with. Leaking when you run. Prolapse and pessaries. Sex that hurts. Constipation that started in childhood. Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy. Joint pain, fatigue and low libido in perimenopause. Kids who still wet the bed. The guests are named in every episode title, their credentials are in every description, and the answers are clinically grounded and said out loud in plain language.
New episodes come out every Thursday. There are more than 100 numbered episodes in the catalogue, all free to stream on this site, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify and on iHeartRadio.
The host
Kristen Parise, BSc MSc BHScPT, is a pelvic health physiotherapist who has practised for more than 25 years and who became her own patient along the way. She founded Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health and Pediatrics in Dundas, Ontario, in 2017. The clinic is multidisciplinary: pelvic health physiotherapy, pediatric care and mental health care under one roof, for bladder, bowel and sexual health concerns at every age.
Beyond the clinic, Kristen runs The Pleasure Principle, a conference on pelvic health and sexual wellness, teaches continuing education courses for clinicians, and speaks on pelvic health and on running a healthcare practice. Her professional profile is on the Blueberry Therapy website.
Who listens
People in their thirties through fifties whose bodies have changed and who are quietly furious about how little useful information they were handed. Also the physiotherapists, physicians, midwives, nurses and therapists who care for them and want to hear the research explained by the people who did it.
Why it exists
Because the only awkward conversation is the one we're not having.