Rachel Welch, is a women’s health advocate, prenatal and postnatal fitness expert + pioneer. Her life-elevating fitness method and body education app, Revolution Motherhood, empowers women with the knowledge and skills to understand, heal and embody motherhood from the inside-out.
With 20+ years experience teaching and studying human physiology, yoga, barre, Eastern medicine, and fitness, Rachel has forged lasting relationships across the medical and fitness industries. She frequently partners with physicians and pelvic PT’s to treat + strengthen pre and post-natal conditions including; rehabilitating scar tissue, pelvic floor functionality, organ prolapse, incontinence and diastasis recti. Every mom deserves to make a full and active recovery from pregnancy and childbirth, every time.
She discusses her signature program, Revolution Motherhood, which focuses on understanding women's bodies, especially postpartum. More than 1/3 of postpartum women experience lasting health problems including pelvic pain, incontinence, pain with sex, chronic back, wrist, neck, and shoulder pain, and overall aching. Every woman deserves to make a full and active recovery from pregnancy and childbirth every time.
Whether you’re pregnant, newly postpartum, an active athlete, or starting fitness for the first time ever, RM delivers cutting-edge information about your body, health, and fitness—delivered in inspirational, habit-forming workouts that keep you motivated and showing up daily.
Soundbites:
00:00 The Journey of Motherhood: A Personal Reflection
02:30 Revolution Motherhood: A New Approach to Wellness
09:45 Understanding the Postpartum Experience
15:04 The Importance of Mindful Movement
25:13 Pelvic Floor Health: Myths and Realities
34:56 The Connection Between Mindfulness and Motherhood
37:39 Shifting Expectations in Fitness Postpartum
40:21 Emotional Literacy and Mental Health
43:33 Navigating Birth Expectations and Realities
51:12 Empowerment Through Self-Knowledge and Movement
56:54 Building a Legacy of Women's Health Awareness
Episode Resources:
