Providing you a personalized roadmap to core & pelvic floor healing.
Meet Our Team
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.”
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.
Hello, I’m Catherine, a Pelvic Floor Therapist at Core Essence, PLLC.
I have been practicing as an Occupational Therapist since 1997, with a special emphasis in pelvic health since 2018. I have experience in a wide range of specialties, including adult rehabilitation, orthopedics, and pediatrics.
My personal journey with pelvic floor dysfunction—following childbirth and a hysterectomy—along with the stories of other women facing similar challenges have deeply inspired me to further my education and career in helping women with their often-neglected but incredibly important pelvic health. I have dedicated myself to supporting women in achieving optimal pelvic health.
Outside of my professional life, I enjoy spending time with my two boys, walking my dogs, exercising, traveling, and embracing the joys of lake life.
How We Practice…
We are 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 - we can help you!
We practice a holistic, client-centered approach to therapy. We have never given the same treatment twice, because it's entirely individualized. We believe that receiving therapeutic touch and body work is one of them most important of aspects of healing. We are passionate about normalizing conversations of pelvic and sexual health, and educating and empowering women in our community.
Work With Us
Clinical Experience
Core Essence Team’s Pelvic Health Coursework
Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body (The Institute for Birth Healing)
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
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 Cozean DPT, Pelvic PT Rising)
Colorectal Manual Assessment and Treatment Techniques (Laura Rowan, OT/R)
Pudendal 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)
Certified Birth Healing Practitioner (The Institute for Birth Healing)
Visceral Work Made Simple: A Functional Current Certifications
Restore your Core Teachers Training Certification (Restore Your Core by Lauren Ohayon),
Body Ready Method Approach for Occupational Therapists (Lisa Loveless, OTR/L, TIPHP)
Certifications
Restore Your Core Teacher Training Certification (Lauren Ohayon)
Body Ready Method
Adult and Infant CPR
Cardiac Care Seminar at Holy Family Hospital
ACP Certified Physical Agent Modality Basics (e-stim, ultrasound, & diathermy)
ACP PAMS Training in Sub-Acute Rehab: Herpes Zoster & Post-Therapeutic Neuralgia
Myofascial Release Seminars
Myofascial Release Seminars: Fascial Pelvis x 2, Rebounding, Cervical Thoracic, Women’s Health, Unwinding, MFR 1
Meghan has been an Occupational Therapist since 2003, a Massage Therapist since 2007, and a Myofascial Release Practitioner since 2012. She has spent the past decade plus immersed in education related to women’s core and pelvic floor health, offering workshops, and guest teaching pelvic health courses. She has 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.