The Wild Gut

When your child is sick, everything narrows. You’re watching fevers, counting vomits, listening to their breathing — and doing your best to stay calm while their body works hard. In this episode, Dr. Rachel walks through what’s actually happening inside a child’s body during illness, why fevers and stomach bugs are part of a larger healing response, and how recovery doesn’t always end the moment s...

The first 1,000 days of life, from conception through toddlerhood, quietly shape a child’s gut, immune system, and long-term health. In this episode of The Wild Gut , Dr. Rachel explores how a baby’s microbiome is formed through birth, feeding, early foods, and everyday exposures and why these early years matter far beyond digestion. You’ll learn how the gut and immune system are programmed to rec...

In this first episode, Dr. Rachel welcomes you into  The Wild Gut , a podcast about raising resilient kids by reconnecting with the rhythms of nature and the intelligence of the gut. She shares her own story: how years in pediatric practice and motherhood reshaped everything she thought she knew about health. You’ll learn what  The Wild Gut  really means and why the wild places of the world, untou...