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About the Guest:

Polly is a pelvic floor physical therapist with a wealth of experience in helping women to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. With a background in physical therapy and a specialization in pelvic floor health, Pauli has contributed to the growth of women's health programs in various clinics. Her commitment has expanded from hands-on patient care to the world of online coaching, where she offers her expertise through programs like "No Kegels University." Pauli stands out as an entrepreneur who not only helps women with their health but is also passionate about curating her dream life, balancing professionalism with motherhood, and advocating for an abundant life for all women.

Episode Summary:

In this insight-packed episode of "Building the Abundant Woman," host Samantha Cook engages in a profound conversation with Pauli, a dedicated pelvic floor physical therapist from Beyond the V Clinic. Polly opens up about her journey into a niche that she had initially found challenging but has since grown to champion with enthusiasm and expertise. She discusses how her experiences with patients who struggled with pelvic floor issues have driven her to provide life-changing support and therapy.

The conversation takes a deeper dive as Polly shares her transition from clinic work to creating an online presence, all while navigating the early stages of motherhood. Her determination to provide women with the tools they need to be better mothers highlights the core theme of this episode: the endeavor to balance personal aspirations with the responsibilities of family life. Listeners will get an inside look at how Polly, together with her husband, juggles entrepreneurship, parenting, and homeschooling, striving to achieve a fruitful and well-rounded family life. The episode is rich with insights on the power of unity, mutual respect, and shared goals in marriage and business.

• Pauli's professional journey and her dedication to helping women led her to specialize in pelvic floor physical therapy.
• The impact of her work extends beyond the clinic as she adapts her knowledge to online platforms for broader reach.
• Her entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with her role as a mother, sheds light on the possibility of creating a dream life without sacrificing family values.
• Pauli's family dynamic includes homeschooling, joint business ventures with her husband, and the pursuit of shared life goals, demonstrating a team-focused relationship.
• The episode emphasizes the influence of positive perspectives on the responsibilities of life and encourages embracing power for good.

Resources:

• Polly's website: Beyond the V Clinic - beyondthev.com
• Instagram: Beyond the V by Polly - @beyondthev.bypolly
• Kegels University (mentioned as part of Polly's online program offering)
• Sam's web development services www.digitalabundance.co

Tune in to the full episode for an empowering discussion that melds the pursuit of professional passion, family life, and the quest for personal fulfillment. Ensure you don't miss out on future episodes that promise to enrich and inspire by following "Building the Abundant Woman."

[TRANSCRIPT]

0:00:02 - (Sam): All right, guys. Welcome back to another episode of building the abundant woman. This is Samantha Cook, and I am here today with paly. She is a pelvic floor physical theraist. I will. I will edit this out. She is a pelvic floor physical therapist at beyond the v clinic, and she's here to tell you about all the amazing things of how she's curated her dream life through taking care of all wonderful women. So, Polly, let us. Tell us who you are. Tell us all about you.

0:01:00 - (Polly): I really wanted to help women with mastectomy care. So after they've had breast cancer and they have that breast tissue removed, I. That I just. That's what I wanted to do. And turns out, the first rotation that I had, we were doing all pelvic floor, and I looked for a way to get out. And I don't often tell that story because I feel a little bit of shame and embarrassment because I didn't want to. But yet here I am talking about the pelvic floor, talking about peeing and pooping and intimacy and all the things that we don't really talk about very often because I wanted out of treating the pelvic floor initially because I thought it was, quote, inappropriate.

0:02:16 - (Polly): She was convinced she was going to embarrass her family and the woman who thought her husband was being unfaithful to her because it was hard for her to be intimate with her husband without pain. And she just wanted to know what her options were. And so these two women, I'll never forget them because they were so instrumental that their lives were radically impacted. And I felt a sense of obligation that I had some answers as a student, that I could help them. And the rest is history.

0:03:07 - (Polly): So I came right out of school treating the pelvic floor. I was very fortunate to start that specialty really early, and I was able to help four clinics, either from scratch, grow their women's health section of their clinic, or grow their waitl list and just grow the program. And we. After I got married, I knew that I wanted to be a mother. And it was always very important to me. In fact, that's one of the big reasons I wanted to be a physical therapist, because I knew there was ways for me to still be home with my kids.

0:04:27 - (Polly): And so it was actually my husband who brought it up that, well, you could help women online. People do stuff like this all the time. And so I started my first beta program while I was pregnant with Ava. I would. I mean, I won't get graphic, but I would go to the bathroom, and the morning sickness would show up at whatever time of day, and then'd go back to the couch. And I was working on typing up that beta program and sending it out to my participants every week. And because I didn't know if what I had, working one on one with women.

0:04:58 - (Polly): Worked generically, I didn't know. And so that's why I had done that beta group. And it was really incredible. To hear all of their responses after doing this program. And some of them didn't even do that great of a job, and they still were making remarkable change. And so I thought, okay, maybe that was my glimmer. Maybe I can have this life where I'm home with my little one, because you never know if you have a second or a third.

0:05:25 - (Polly): And I can still help women be better mamas, but I don't necessarily have to sacrifice, like, being away from my little girl. And so it took a little bit to kind of for me to eventually leave where I was working and start my own practice and then eventually start the online version of all of this. No, Kegegles University, where I took that original program, that beta program. I wrote sick on the couch, which I think I'll always hold that near and dear to my heart just because it was a labor of love and it was hard to do. I don't know if any, I feel like if you're sick, you just kind of go lay on the couch. But I felt so called that women, women needed this.

0:06:38 - (Polly): It's hard to be a really great, outstanding mother if you don't have your health. Yeah, it's really incredible on my end to watch women be able to be better mothers and do the things they want to do just because we've changed some things for them.

0:07:19 - (Sam): And there are lots of really great practitioners now that, like, can help you. Even, like, if it has to be in a local setting or even online is like, there are so many options now. And I think that's such a beautiful part of what you do is that you're leading the way and like, hey, like, I am trying to create this life where I get to be a mother first and a business owner second. And I always say, like, if you're not winning at home, then you're not winning at all.

0:08:21 - (Sam): You just don't really know what you're gonna go through until you go through it. But the second time is, like, the first time I laid in bed for six weeks after I had my child. Like, I did not want to get up unless somebody made me get up. And. And with Kelan, I was, like, leaving the house three days after I had him to go pick my parents up from the airport. Like, did you. Did you really just have a baby? And I was like, yeah, but it came down to, like, the preparation.

0:09:15 - (Sam): Tell us what you do now.

0:09:26 - (Sam): Early.

0:10:14 - (Polly): But here we are. We own several businesses together, and we also thought that our kids life experience, them being stuck at school and in this is just our opinion, being sheltered and being around kids of their own age without getting to see. Okay, well, mom and dad want to, you know, have extra streams of income, and this is why it's important to have extra streams of income, that they get to watch us figure it out, and they get to watch us struggle and have a bad day, but still see us come out victorious.

0:11:20 - (Polly): And she says, grown ups have a bad day. And I said, yes, honey. And she said, why? And I said, well, I messed up. I made a mistake. And she o and I I, mama messes up, too. And anyways. And so we talked through it about, like, how I messed up, but I also made sure, which was really great for me, too. I think I wanted her to see how I wasn toa, you know, take action and try to overcome it. It was great for me to hear because I thought, yeah, I don't actually know how I'm goingna overcome this, but I sure better come up with something quick so that she, she has a takeaway. But it's just been really incredible that she comes to me to ask questions or even the language and verbiaage that I use.

0:12:36 - (Polly): Have to be disciplined, but it'll give you that freedom. And that's how I feel like our life has been in order to create this freedom with our children and our family unit, but also really help raise them in the way that we feel like is going to allow them to be incredibly successful when they leave the nest.

0:13:26 - (Sam): I mean, whether it is you go to school, you get a job, you go down that route, because that is, like, not everybody is meant to be an entrepreneur, and that's okay. But if you just get into your job and you get settled, like, it's not gonna change anything for your life. But if you continue to learn and grow and develop into this really great person, one, it could be, you know, raises, job, promotions, whatever, but it also translates into your relationships. And that's the biggest thing.

0:14:26 - (Sam): And those things are great, but I, like, innately have always had this desire for, like, this isn't it. Like, this isn't what? Like, this isn't my stopping place. And so when I started getting into this entrepreneurial circle is like, there's so many people who desire more, and it was just so encouraging. And so when I have those conversations, when Quinn gets frustrated with her bike, and I'm like, hey, if you don't keep trying, like, you're never gonna. Like, you're never gonna get the end result that you want.

0:15:38 - (Sam): And that's when everything's the most packed. It gives you the flexibility to enjoy life while everybody else is, like, living life.

0:15:47 - (Sam): So, you know, one thing I would love for you to touch on is, you know, your relationship with your husband and talk about how you guys like one. Like, how, you know, how much your marriage impacts the way that you do things. But also, he has a very interesting work life as well, and how you overcome those things and still are an entrepreneur. So I'd love for you to touch on that.

0:16:28 - (Sam): We.

0:16:53 - (Polly): He got really mad, actually. And I remember being, like, confused because I'd never seen him this way. And later that afternoon, I was at the gym working out with a friend of mine. My girl, my girlfriend, Runless, a girl not. Anyways. And she. Gina, she said, polly, I think he, like, was trying to hit, like he might want to do. You're, like, nodding your head. And I was over here being so clueless. Anyways, so our first house that we moved into, we renovated that thing, actually, while I was doing the beta course.

0:17:50 - (Polly): We do the best when we're working on something. And I. My guess is it, which is odd because when people hear this, they'll say, well, that's when ours is.

0:18:02 - (Polly): Right. And I don't. I think part of it is I have this level of respect for my husband that I know he's going to try his darndest to make happen whatever I dream up or whatever, you know, I want. But I also know and, and respect that he has opinions, too, that even though I'm the, the woman, he can have opinions on this. And so anyway, so we, we have renovated several projects together and we have rental properties.

0:19:12 - (Polly): But then when they need him out in the field, like, I mean, he's gone now at the time of thise we're doing, I won't tell you when, but he. It's the ultimate goal is that he just can go out when he needs to and then come and come home. So for us, it's really hard right now because the kids miss daddy all the time and he's typically in a different time zone than we are and so it's hard to connect so they can even see him. And I worry about them not having quality time. But I also know that because we approach everything as a team mentality, this is what's best for the team, that he can be in a place where we can still have money to go but, you know, buy this place because I don't think we're, you know, becoming multi billionaires by the time we're 45 because that's just a few years away from it, from us.

0:20:36 - (Polly): That's probably the worst advice we, we don't do.

0:21:13 - (Sam): And then, like, we go through and we have our values and it's like, okay, these are the goals. These are what we value and how does that play out? And then you just, like, work your way back to where you are today. And so I think that's a lot of, like, you know, and I know you guys have strong values as a family, too. And I think a lot of that, especially with women, they're like, I have these big goals, dreams, but there's not that, like, central tie that, like, drives the family back together.

0:21:48 - (Polly): Kayla Crra.

0:21:55 - (Polly): It's probably always kaya Kraft.

0:22:14 - (Polly): Right.

0:22:47 - (Sam): Because I I just listened to. I listen to podcasts a lot, and it was like, if money's the goal, then everything else is missed. And so, like, that's, you know, where you were talking about. I was like, we don't need, like, a ton. We just need what's gonna fit for this goal that we have.

0:23:05 - (Sam): And I think that's something that people could really get from what you said is like, hey, just find what your lifestyle is, what that means for you, and then make decisions that are best for the team. Like, I love that.

0:23:46 - (Polly): And I find a lot that a lot of women say, oh, man, you're. Which, again, I'm not probably telling the full story because we don't have time. And also, my husband's not here to pitch in his two cent either. Like that. Like, I think that's kind of always unfair when.

0:24:09 - (Polly): And it's always interesting because they'll say things like, wow, it sure feels like you never have a break or you have a lot on your plate. And sometimes I do, but I also think, like, again, I have that flexibility. And, yes, my to do list is probably bigger than my husband's, but I. There's just different things required of me. And. And the thing that I'll. That I'll even add here, and I forget this sometimes, too.

0:25:02 - (Polly): But, yes, that's a lot of power and responsibility, but also what an incredible position that I get to be in, that I get to have so much influence over our businesses and our relationships and our family and my kids homeschool. Like, that's a lot. And I don't. I mean, I'm not trying to, like, relate it back to being a queen, necessarily, although most of my things I.

0:25:29 - (Polly): Yeah. When I. When I sign off on my YouTube channel and my podcast, I always say you're an heiress and a queen and everything in between. But I also think, like, I'm not trying to sound like hoity toity, but, like, I have dominion over a lot of things in my life, and I think that some people feel burdened and weighed down by that, and I get it. But I also think that you have so much power and power for good, but I think that part gets neglected sometimes.

0:26:32 - (Sam): It'like, we are supposed to walk in that obedience and that. I'm not saying it won't be hard, but it will be full of ease in terms of the feeling of, like, oh, hey, I have. I get to. I get to do these things. I get to educate my children in a way that works for our family. And that, in turn, gets, you know, not saying that children will be perfect, but because I'm trying to get to this place of where they become, you know, very self sustaining, able to do the things that they want to and become well rounded people.

0:27:33 - (Polly): They.

0:27:48 - (Polly): So.

0:28:19 - (Sam): Oh, sure.

0:28:52 - (Polly): So that's my website. And on Instagram. Instagram. It's beyond the v period by Polly. And if you have any questions about anything we talked about, even if it's not even related to your pelvic floor, or if I can help you, I'm happy to continue this conversation because I think women are a lot more powerful than what they give themselves credit for. So.