Crunchy Mom Club

Description: Dr. Mindy Pelz is on the podcast to talk about one of the most powerful tools for unlocking your body's self-healing power, fasting . She shares the compelling scientific data that supports the use of fasting as a "first line" intervention for many chronic health conditions, because of its ability to deliver results and reverse illness. If you're new to fasting, intimidated by the ide...

Description: This week, I had the honor of getting to interview my hero in the functional-food-as-medicine space, registered dietitian Ali Miller. She is an integrative functional dietitian, author of Naturally Nourished, The Anti-Anxiety Diet, and The Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook, and has over a decade of clinical experience using a whole foods ketogenic diet, to help others regulate their stress r...

Description: In this episode of the Wirth Wellness podcast, Erika reveals six sneaky symptoms that might indicate your Body Partnership practice could use support. In The Episode: Turn off “auto-pilot-" the secret killer of Body Partnership. Numbing can look like a lot of things. Connecting with your pain, rather than silencing it, supports healing. What resentment might be trying to tell you Has...

Description: Today, I'm delighted to share with you my guest, Samantha Gladish. She is a registered holistic nutritionist, metabolic balance weight loss coach, and hormone “fixer-upper. Samantha has been working with clients, in the health and wellness space, for over 15 years. She founded HolisticWellness.ca, a website designed to empower women, all over the world, to achieve their weight goals a...

Description:  In this episode, Erika invites you to re-imagine the way you engage with difficult emotions, in crisis. Instead of being problems to "solve,"  what if you allowed your painful feelings to became bearers of illumination and clarity, shedding light on the things you value most? In turbulent times, your emotions don’t have to dictate your actions, as sometimes allowing them to...

Description: Get ready to get nerdy! In this episode, Erika dives into the topic of gut health. You'll learn more about: - The brain-gut-microbiome connection - Potential digestive supporting supplements to try - And peek into Erika's current routine for daily digestion optimization. Time to show the tummy some love! Related Episodes: Episode #8- Interview with guest Colin Stuckert: https://anchor...

Description: This week, on the Wirth Wellness podcast, Erika breaks down and demystifies the functional medicine approach to healing, what this model of healthcare provides that the conventional model lacks, and what she wishes someone would have told her about alternative medical treatment, at the onset. Oftentimes, a functional medicine practitioner is sought out only after all other resources h...

Description: In this episode, Erika is sharing with you how to access the FREE guide she created, packed full with her favorite resources to support emotional health, and help you move stuck emotions through, and out of your body. To get the guide,  join our email list, by following the link below: Sign Up to Get Erika's 3 Tips for Regulating Big Emotions:  When you sign up, you can look...

Description: Are you taking the path of most “emotional resistance,” when it comes to managing your daily stressors? The way of resistance and anxiety, is narrow and contracted, and doesn't produce long-term satisfactory outcomes. What if there was a different way to encounter your stress, that would lead to a more favorable emotional climate? In this episode, Erika offers a strategy for addressin...

Description: The Body Partnership approach to nutrition, is focused on honoring the body’s feedback, and embracing a food strategy that promotes healing, as the foundation of a vibrant life. Are you ready to break into true “food freedom,” and out of diet dogma? If so,  then this episode is for you. Together, let's make food a part of your empowerment strategy! I want to help you build a nutr...

Description: This is episode, Ben and Erika Wirth, discuss together, the power of embracing a healing mindset, as the foundation for lasing transformation.  In This Episode: - Mindset as the element you CAN own, when so much feels out of control. - Adopting a mindset, in the face of external stressors, that becomes a source of peace and serenity, rather than chaos and pain - Identifying what...

Description:  It's time to check the "vital signs" of your relationship with your body! This is the first, of a mini series, where Erika is sharing the fundamentals of Body Partnership, and giving you easy to implement strategies, for incorporating the principles into your everyday life. More than simply another "self-help," message, this is about refusing to show up any longer as a "half-sel...

Description: My husband opens up about the challenges he has faced with food addiction, body shame, self-loathing, and yo-yo dieting, as well as what has now inspired him to adopt "healing as a way of life." In this Episode: - Why food is a terrible "therapist" - What can stand in the way of prioritizing our own healing - Embracing the "process" of healing, as healing in-it-of-itself - Rejecting t...

Description: Allison is a former middle school teacher, turned Bar Method instructor, after finding the workout while attending grad school, in San Francisco, CA. She came to The Bar Method, looking for a way to get in better shape, but it quickly grew to be more. In Bar class, she found refuge from the stress of balancing grad school, city life, and teaching full time, in what was becoming an inc...

Description:  In this episode, Erika gives 5 tips for strengthening your internal resources, in times of high stress.  Regardless of whether or not your circumstances are changing for the better, you can learn to create " inner shift ", access more " heart-ease ," and stay connected to the core of who you are. So drop into the present, and get ready to gain greater body intelligence. You...

Description: I invite you to join me for a 10 minute meditation, to remedy a sense of safety within your body. Whether you’re a meditation veteran, or newly exploring the practice, you are welcomed here. This is an opportunity to extend a hand of kindness to yourself,  and honor the body you dwell in. A time to observe your beautiful emotions, and show up, curious, about what feels heavy in y...

-Description-  I was honored to have the opportunity to speak with Colin Stuckert, CEO and Founder, of Wild Foods, on the podcast this week. As a young man, Colin became interested in health and wellness, but found the typical approach to exercise and dieting, left much to be desired. A year after joining CrossFit he found the Paleo diet, where he began to pay closer attention to what he was...

Show Description: Are you exhausted in every way imaginable, but cannot pinpoint why? Does life feel heavy, all the time? Has your creativity been suppressed? Are activities that were once energy-boosting, now draining you? Do you find yourself shrinking away from situations that require large empathetic capacity? Do you feel disconnected from your heart and passion, in your day-to-day life, on a...

Description: --In this episode-- 1.) Erika shares about the year-long journey back to health, after severe gut dysfunction, that required her to reorient all of life around healing.  2.) The importance of exhibiting agency over the healing process, and taking an active role on your own "treatment team." 3.)  Why "self-care" is about more than doing what f eels good! To support the show,...

This week's episode reveals Erika's personal story of eating disorder recovery, and how her journey to healing inspired the birth of Wirth Wellness. Her mission is to walk with you on your journey to building a harmonious friendship with your body, where you are its best friend, advocate, and expert.  Marc David of The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https://psychologyofeating.com/ To...

Description: This episode is a guide to learning how to re-frame the stories we're telling ourselves about why we are suffering- mentally, psychically, or emotionally- and receive strategies for cultivating a relationship with the body, where you become its greatest friend, teammate, and supporter.  The tools covered in this episode include: 1. Mantra  2. Understanding Your Self-Parentin...

Description: In this episode, I had the priviledge of talking with budding enterpreneur, Morgan Wirth, of Morgan Wirth Photography! She shares her personal journey of building a successful, passion-filled, business, with no formal training or experience. You'll learn about how her greatest success has been discovering her own capibility and confidence. For Morgan, success is loving and being inspi...

Description: In this episode, we will dive deeper into how to move through anxiety with resilience, learn techniques for calming the nervous system when your body feels threatened, and re-frame how we see these instances of anxiety, so as not to get stuck in a shame cycle, or accumulate unhelpful, "emotional debt." Resources mentioned in the episode: Article- “Emotional Debt” (Marc Brackett, Found...

Welcome to the Wirth Wellness Podcast! In this episode, Erika introduces the podcast, and shares an overview for listeners about what to expect in future episodes.