Providing you a personalized roadmap to core & pelvic floor healing.

My Why….

Hi, I’m Meghan, the lead therapist and owner of Core Essence PLLC. I’m so happy you are here! Both my personal experiences of pelvic floor dysfunction post-childbirth and the shared stories of many women in my life, inspired me to build a practice supporting women, centered on empowering an underserved population in our healthcare system through pelvic health.

My grandmother transitioned through menopause believing she was very sick, and did not understand what was happening with her body. She once shared with me, “No one ever told me. We didn’t know about those things.” 

My cousin’s passing from ovarian cancer was a transformative part of my journey. I watched as she courageously coped with the physical changes in her body that came from multiple abdominal surgeries, the loss of her ovaries, and lymphedema. I learned from her as she shifted from being labeled by a diagnosis towards healing. She redefined herself through her strength and wisdom, without shame from her scars. She empowered others - she empowered me. And I want to pay her message forward.

Both clients and friends have echoed similar stories of myths and disservice - including hearing, “Sex is supposed to be uncomfortable”; “My doctor said just do Kegels”; “ It’s normal to leak urine postpartum”; “I’ll never have a strong core again.”

I am committed to educating, empowering, and advocating for women to expect better postpartum. Sex can and should be pleasurable; Diastasis and Prolapse are not life sentences to stop being active; it is not normal to leak urine because you’ve had a baby.

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, it may be common, but it isn’t normal - I can help you!

I believe in practicing a holistic, client-centered approach to therapy. I have never given the same treatment twice, because it's entirely individualized. I believe that receiving therapeutic touch and body work is one of them most important of aspects of healing. I am passionate about normalizing conversations of pelvic and sexual health, and educating and empowering women in our community. 

In my spare time, I enjoy being with family and friends, playing soccer, gardening, yoga, lake life, and the outdoors. Most importantly, I am a mother of two wonderful little boys who bring me so much joy. I am especially passionate about prenatal and postpartum support as I became a single mother when I was pregnant with my second child. I learned how difficult it was to find the time for self-care and how crucial it was for survival, maintaining my creativity and the things that lit me up before motherhood. Motherhood is a transition that many women go through, but it is not given enough attention, honor, and acknowledgement. I know new mothers don’t have the time for exercise programs and that the gym is a luxury! Please allow me to show you how to create support systems, rediscover your own body, to use your daily activities to strengthen your core and pelvic floor - and to heal.

Work with Meghan

My Clinical Experience

I have been an occupational therapist since 2003, a massage therapist since 2007, and a myofascial release practitioner since 2012. I have spent the past five years immersed in education related to women’s core and pelvic floor health, offering workshops, and guest teaching at pelvic health courses. I also supported women experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor and core dysfunction, and through transitional times such as pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause, at an outpatient therapy clinic.

Pelvic Health Coursework

  • Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body and Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body (The Institute for Birth Healing,)

  • Advanced Treatment of the Postpartum Body ( The Institute for Birth Healing)

  • Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment and Treatment Techniques Course ( Laura Rowan, Essential Pelvic Health),

  • Bowel Health and the GI System in the Post Natal Population (Susan Clinton PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS,COMT, FAAOMPT with Embodia)

  • The Upledger Institute Cranial Sacral Therapy Level 1 Workshop

  • OT Pioneers: Introduction to Pelvic Floor Therapy for Occupational Therapists (Lindsey Vestal MS OTR/L, The Functional Pelvis)

  • Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute: Pelvic Floor Therapy Level 1 Level 1

  • An OT Learning Intensive in Perinatal Health (Melissa Lapointe), Interstitial Cystitis: Holistic Evaluation and Treatment, (Nicole Cozean DPT Pelvic PT Rising)

  • Rectal Evaluation and Treatment (Nicole Cozaean DPT, Pelvic PT Rising)

  • Colorectal Manual Assessment and Treatment Techniques (Laura Rowan, OT/R)

  • Teacher Assistant and Guest instructor x 4 Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment and Treatment Techniques Course ( Laura Rowan, Essential Pelvic Health)

  • Interstitial Cystitis: Holistic Evaluation and Treatment (Nicole Cozean DPT, Pelvic PT Rising)

  • Pudental Neuralgia and Complex Pelvic Pain Solutions (Tracy Cher DPT, Pelvic Guru Academy)

  • Pelvis Pro (Sarah Duvall DPT, Core Exercise Solutions)

  • Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist 2.0 (Sarah Duvall DPT, Core Exercise Solutions)

  • OT Elevate: The Biopsychosocial Approach to Colorectal Conditions (Lindsey Vestal MS/OTR/L, The Functional Pelvis)

  • Floor to Core: Mapping the Relationship. Coherently. (Lauren Ohayon and Dr. Courtney Conley, Pelvic Floor Education)

  • What the Psoas (Lauren Ohayon and Brea Johnson, Pelvic Floor Education)

Current Certifications

  • Restore your Core Teachers Training Certification ( Restore Your Core by Lauren Ohayon),

  • Body Ready Method

  • Certifications In Progress

  • Certified Birth Healing Practitioner ( The Institute for Birth Healing),

  • PCES 2.0 Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (Sarah Duvall DPT Core Exercises Solutions)

Myofascial Release Seminars:

  • Myofascial Release Seminars: Fascial Pelvis x 2, Rebounding, Cervical Thoracic, Women’s Health, Unwinding, MFR 1