Welcome to Positively Balanced and the Be HEaRd Women’s Health Platform
We’re focused on bridging the gap in women’s health and giving you the knowledge, resources and community you need!
What is Positively Balanced?
Positively Balanced was founded by Cassandra McCoy MAT, ATC, LAT with one goal in mind: to help improve the health and wellness of women everywhere and bridge the gaps seen in their care. Today, Cassandra works with women who are currently pregnant, postpartum or recovering from injury. The non-profit branch of Positively Balanced is called the Be HEaRd Women’s Health Platform. This platform strives to bridge the gap in women’s health by providing resources, education and conversation to all women.
Cassandra McCoy MS ATC LAT
Founder
As Oklahoma’s only Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer who is specialized in prenatal/postpartum care and rehab performance exercise, she focuses on utilizing the best rehab exercise techniques and whole body science based methods to providing her patients with a comprehensive approach to transforming their health. Her mission is to help women transform their health and empower them to live their most fulfilled life.
Cassandra is a full time ATC at Advanced Orthopedic in the physical therapy department with outreach to a local high, Collinsville High School. She is also an adjunct professor at Tulsa Community College where she teaches Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology.
When she isn’t empowering women or working, she is playing with her son and husband outside, gardening, cooking, and teaching movement classes.
Be HEaRd Women’s Health Platform
Financial Health
Intellectual Health
You’re Not a Fraud, You’re Just Experiencing Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome tends to be a high achiever trait, and approximately 70 percent of all adults will experience it at some point in their life. Perfectionism is a closely related trait, where people feel like they have to be performing at 110% and firing on all cylinders at all times.
Mental Health
Queen Lizzo Soulmate…
by Leslie Ann Ellingburg As Queen Lizzo sings: 'Cause I'm my own soulmate (Yeah, yeah) I know how to love me (Love me) I know that I'm always gonna hold me down Yeah, I'm my own soulmate (Yeah,...
Occupational Health
Finding Happiness
Finding Happiness by Mary Holtrop I work at my local library in administration. In November when we had to close our doors again due to the increase in the COVID cases, the director and myself...
Physical Health
A Tale of Two Births
by Cassandra McCoy MAT, LAT, ATC, RYT I didn't think I was going into labor that night. In fact, when my doula told me she was coming out to my house just to check in, I thought man I don't want to...
Sexual Health
The Origin Story
by Cassandra McCoy MS, ATC, LAT Everyone loves a good origin story, right? From superheroes, world leaders, actors, and to all the influencers of old, we can always trace their history back. So,...
Social Health
The Importance of a Routine
A routine, according to Merriam-Webster, is a habitual or mechanical sequence of an established procedure; a grind, groove, pattern, every-day, garden-variety, boring state or situation1. Routines are so ingrained in us that we don’t have to think or process in order to do. Many people like to cite celebrity routines as “goals” or what everyone should be doing, but your routine should be formed around you and your needs.
Spiritual Health
Your Love Sign
by: Audrey Wint With Valentine’s Day approaching it got me thinking about love. More specifically, self-love. Not the commercialized “TREAT YO SELF” kind of ‘self-care’ that may...