Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here.

And today we have Dr. Janelle Howell in the house.

She is the owner and founder of V rehab services and also affectionately known on Instagram and TikTok to thousands as vagina rehab doctor.

Janelle's a pelvic floor physical therapist who specializes in helping individuals and couples overcome vaginismis, vulva dinea, and painful sex via remote one-on-one vaginal fitness coaching and

online education. She started using social media in 2020 to educate on shame-free, entertaining,

and high-quality sex education. Since then, she's garnered hundreds of thousands of followers

in a community of people who needed the open and honest

solutions she provides for people experiencing painful sex. Her practice has grown so much

that she's even taken on another pelvic floor physical therapist named Dr. Tina Mappa.

And together they are working to lower the rates of sexual pain, sexual fear, and sexual

distress among couples who want to experience passionate and pleasurable lasting sexual

relationships.

Yes, we are talking about our vaginas today and we are talking about sex. And this is a crucial

conversation that we need to have. We cannot be scared to go here. We have to go here.

Because in this conversation, I talk about the epidemic we have. We have become a sex-obsessed

culture, but an intimacy absent one.

We need to talk about the fact that every woman who chooses to engage in sex

deserves to have a pain-free and pleasurable experience.

And part of loving our bodies is knowing that we deserve that. And yet, so many women are

experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction, incontinence. We talk about that in this episode,

and abnormal cycles, all of which impact sexual health. So this is the conversation

we need to have. We cannot talk about our bodies and skip over sex and sexual health, which all

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