258. Why Your Pelvic Floor Might Be the Missing Link to Better Sex

Honeydew Me

Cassandra Anderson

Self-improvement, Education, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Pelvic floor health is one of the most overlooked parts of our bodies, and for many people with vulvas, it’s the missing link to better pleasure, stronger orgasms, and feeling more connected to their body. This week, we’re joined by Jana Danielson, founder of Bloom Better, a longtime Pilates instructor, pelvic floor educator, and creator of the Cooch Ball, a pelvic floor fitness tool designed to help people reconnect with their bodies. Jana shares her personal journey from years of chronic pain and medical dismissal to becoming a leader in pelvic floor education. We talk about why pelvic floor health matters for everything from core strength to sexual pleasure, how shame has kept many of us disconnected from this part of our body, and the small things you can start doing today to support pelvic floor health. We cover: Jana’s journey from chronic pain to pelvic floor advocacy. How years of unexplained pain, medication, and medical dismissal led Jana to explore movement, Pilates, and the pelvic floor as a path toward healing. Why the pelvic floor is so misunderstood. How shame, lack of education, and gaps in traditional health care have left many people disconnected from this important part of their anatomy. The role the pelvic floor plays in pleasure and sexual function. Why pelvic floor health impacts arousal, orgasm, and sensation more than most people realize. How movement and breath affect pelvic floor health. The connection between the nervous system, breath, posture, and pelvic floor engagement. Common pelvic floor issues many people experience. From tension and pain to weakness and lack of awareness, and why these challenges are more common than most people think. How Pilates and body awareness can improve pelvic floor function. Why strengthening, relaxing, and reconnecting with the pelvic floor can transform both physical comfort and sexual wellbeing. The inspiration behind the Cooch Ball. How Jana created the first pelvic floor fitness tool designed specifically to help people release tension and reconnect with their pelvic floor. Why pelvic floor care matters at every stage of life. From postpartum recovery to aging and menopause, and why this part of the body deserves attention long before problems show up. CLICK HERE to get your own Cooch Ball! Connect with Jana on Instagram or TikTok. ⁠Interested in 1:1 coaching with Cass & Em? Book a FREE strategy sesh HERE!⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, you're a gem shine when the light grows dim. See one, two, three, four, three, two, one. Because no one can do it like we do it, like who we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it. Because no one can do it like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it. Hello and welcome to Honey Do Me podcast. I'm Emma. And I'm Cass. And this is our podcast where we talk
0:23.3	about sex, relationships, mental health, all of the things that just feel a little bit harder
0:28.1	than we thought they were going to, or don't feel as hard as we thought they would.
0:33.7	But you're not alone. There is nothing wrong with what you're going through.
0:37.8	There is nothing wrong with you.
0:39.4	And we just wanted to create a space where we could talk about those kind of like
0:42.2	shamy, embarrassing things and realize we are all experiencing the exact same thing.
0:47.4	So none of us have to be embarrassed or we can all be embarrassed together.
0:50.2	Either way.
0:50.8	Yes.
0:51.4	Either way.
0:52.0	Exactly.
0:53.8	Little update. Well, I guess way. Exactly. Little update.
0:55.3	Well, I guess two updates.
0:56.9	One literary update is that I have started half his age, the new Jeanette McCurdy
1:02.2	book.
1:03.8	It is so good.
1:06.2	But I think it's interesting to bring it up because this book is about like students
1:14.9	inappropriate like infatuation with her teacher.
1:18.5	And there is some just like explicit material in it.
1:24.0	And I think it's important to bring up because I thought it was kind of hot. But the thing is,
1:30.1	is that it's like, it's not hot because there's like inappropriate behavior with a mind,
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