5 tips to help you poop better

May 11, 2026 · 23 min · YouTube

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0:00You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:07Hey, it's Marielle.
0:09I had this friend who was visiting me must have been 10 years ago now, but I still remember something she said.
0:16We were sitting at my kitchen table.
0:18I got up to go to the bathroom.
0:19And when I came back, she goes, did you poop?
0:23I was like, girl, what did you just say to me?
0:26For a moment, I was embarrassed.
0:28I actually hadn't pooped, but just the idea that she knew that I do that sometimes was distressing.
0:35It also made me laugh and feel a lot more comfortable with her.
0:38Like, if we could talk about pooping, we could talk about anything.
0:41Yeah, I think that's a really keep that friend.
0:43Yeah.
0:44Don't lose that one.
0:44She's a keeper.
0:45This is Dr.
0:45Tricia Pesricha.
0:47She's a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
0:51She also teaches at Harvard Medical School and has a column in the Washington Post called Ask a Doctor.
0:56Tricia says, many of us are pooping wrong.
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