The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Carrie Winter was never meant to make us feel miserable  Why some people feel worse in winter and what it means in our bodies The unique aspects of winter that can make it deeply healing Understanding circannual rhythms and how this impacts the body Many of us try to live winter like it is perpetual summer How this creates a mismatch in the body What happens in the body sta...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why, after 1,100 episodes, health was never really the destination How my view of the body shifted from something broken to fix to an intelligent, adaptive system The difference between supporting your body and obsessively monitoring it Why optimizing health is a means to living more fully, not the end goal How attachment to identity and others’ perceptions can quietl...

Episode Highlights With Peter Humans are photosynthetic and why this is important to understand Photosynthetic means synthesizing usable energy from photons Water is photoelectric and what this means Humans are photosynthetic because water is photoelectric We are 99% water by molecule count and 70% by weight so we are essentially a water solar panel Why many humans are a solar battery operating at...

Episode Highlights With Laurie What children are subtly learning about being human by our own presence and reactions Our children can bump into places in us that are not resolved What they learn about if sadness or anger is welcome even within themselves How to shift so your child isn’t inadvertently responsible for managing our nervous system for us The most powerful things we can model for our c...

Episode Highlights From Laurie Why just knowing why we do something isn’t enough to shift it Her start in psychology and what she learned through her own experience as well How to be freer inside moments that used to run you  What does the body have to do with changing emotional patterns It isn’t that behavioral change is unimportant; it is just a doorway, not the destination Often, the pattern st...

Episode Highlights With Angel What iridology is and how it actually works Her work with thousands of people and how the eye can be an insight into health How she got into this work and how this has been practiced for centuries There are 28,000 nerve endings that come into the eye Iridology can’t see blood pressure or blood, but can see most other things This is not a diagnostic tool but a compleme...

Episode Highlights With Laila How to create a strong family foundation with structure, values, healthy habits and connection Boxing was her outlet when she was younger and what she learned through that Why she wrote a children's book to inspire kids to follow their spark The importance of physical outlets for kids  Why her dad didn’t want her to box and why she did it anyway Resources Mentioned Co...

Episode Highlights With Lora and Elmira How they got into looking deeper at the oral microbiome and the connection to oral health Root cause factors of oral health that many people don’t realize  Oral health can be a missing part of the puzzle that most people don’t look into What oral testing is and what it can help reveal The specific pathogens they test for and the ones they actively work on Or...

Episode Highlights With Christine Over-functioning and why capable, efficient people end up doing everything, but how to break the cycle This can look like competence but be connected to control and safety starting in childhood How can we actually break the pattern of over-functioning  “If I stop doing all this, bad things will happen” and the myth of that belief The question of "will I still be v...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why light is the most important “nutrient” your body receives each day How natural light and darkness influence metabolism, hormones, gut health, and circadian rhythm How blue light after dark affects melatonin, glucose, mood, and inflammation Why sunrise light is nature’s most important daily reset button The difference between UV, visible light, and infrared ... and...

Episode Highlights With Colleen How hormones affect hair health for women Why hair loss can increase in perimenopause  The reason thyroid and medication can affect hair Nutritional deficiencies that affect hair  How PCOS affects hair health and growth Insulin resistance can come into play as well Understanding the connection of thyroid problems and hair loss Hypo and hyperthyroidism both can cause...

Episode Highlights With Torrie How living in Thailand inspired her current work and what she learned about Eastern medicine Her own health story and how this inspired the work she does Biggest missing factors in health and wellness that some people miss In Asia, they look at lifestyle first, and how this shifted her approach What she learned about herbalism on her own journey The root cause of all...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why your identity (especially your “I am…” statements) shapes biology more than any protocol How the nervous system responds chemically and electrically to the language you use about your body The difference between identifying with your symptoms vs. identifying as someone who is healing How subconscious narratives can keep you stuck in illness patterns, even when you...

Episode Highlights With Ian Understanding detox and why harsh ones can be too much for the body The things you don’t know that you’re breathing in and how to avoid accumulating it How to avoid becoming an aggregator of air toxins All of us have been poisoned in some way in the modern world  Can we have perfect health? And what’s the alternative Why indoor air is more polluted that outdoor air and...

Episode Highlights With Lauren How she went from health blogger to an incredible inner and outer journey to writing about some even bigger topics Why healing the body can also lead to questioning deeper topics It’s hard to open to truth when we’ve been manipulated by fear unless we know there is more love on the other side What did Jesus actually say vs how it has been changed throughout history B...

Episode Highlights With Degree Free The shocking data around college now, and how many jobs actually require a degree What has shifted in the last couple of decades, and why new data is important to consider Most people who are employed in the US do not have college degrees Less than one in five jobs even mention a degree as preferred  How is this a simple supply and demand problem  The real deal...

Episode Highlights With Scott How we track so many things, but often don’t know what’s going on with bowel and urinary health His path into this- both of his parents are doctors Is there something we can learn from our poop that we are missing? How stress comes into play with gut health The big factors related to gut health that people don’t always get right We know gut health affects the whole bo...

Episode Highlights With Mindy Cutting through the myth… can women fast and what we need to do differently How to navigate fasting with a female hormone cycle and why it is so important  The three types of women and how each fasts differently  There are times when women shouldn’t fast and times when it can be a game changer We have two metabolisms: glucose and ketones and how to use them differentl...

Episode Highlights With Stef His work with gold medalists, special forces soldiers and elite entrepreneurs and the wound that always shows up What people call chemistry is actually nervous system dysregulation We move toward what feels familiar even if it is dysfunctional The nervous system is a hidden matchmaker often operating in the background Why do we want to create situations that feel famil...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why healing often requires unlearning more than learning The invisible beliefs, identities, and patterns that kept me stuck … even when I was doing “all the right things” How clinging to control, perfection, and certainty created more stress than peace The surprising nervous-system science behind letting go (and why your biology resists it) How my identity as a “fixer...

Episode Highlights With David Why living an adventurous lifestyle is so good for your brain and body Being sedentary is one of the biggest things that threatens brain health- here’s why Why he considers brain defenders the most urgent and important thing he’s ever written What the brains immune system is and why this is vital to understanding long term brain health Microglial cells and why these m...

Episode Highlights With Nat Her experience with homesteading, homeschooling and native plants Reasons to plant some native things in your yard! Her recovery from Autoimmune disease with circadian health How she reversed Hashimoto's naturally  We are circadian beings, and our cells need light to produce the proper hormones and responses Nonna-maxxing and living like Italian grandmas Intuition getti...

Episode Highlights With Matt His wild health journey and how he got into the work he does now Overcoming Lyme, Babesia, Epstein-Barr, parasites, mold, and heavy metals  What mineral balancing is and how it is important  Why he prioritizes hair mineral analysis as a form of testing over a blood test What makes HTMA different than other forms of testing My personal experience with mineral balancing ...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why sunlight is essential for hormones, energy, mitochondria, circadian rhythm, and Vitamin D production What a “solar callus” is and why the skin needs gradual training — just like muscles How to safely build sun tolerance in early spring without burning The internal factors that determine whether sunlight helps or harms you: minerals, hydration, antioxidants, and fa...

Episode Highlights With Caroline Her story with minerals and fertility and what she learned the tough way The long road to having her two kids and how her health suffered after What makes fulvic and humic minerals different and why her job is to make these famous  Why she considers these compounds the celebrities of mineral replenishment A new way of thinking about the body and fuel  Minerals are...