Follow Your Gut Podcast

After being bullied as a child, my dear friend Jody struggled with anorexia. Can you relate? At the young age of 20 she decided to get breast implants because she thought they would help her love herself more. Those implants would "fix" her.  She could have never dreamed they would send her on a several year health journey. One where she had completely lost hope and didn't know how...

There are so many misconceptions about silver.  I remember the very first time I heard of it being used as a natural supplement. It was well before I had children. Well, except for my bloodhound puppy named Olive. She was my first baby. She came to us with so many health issues and after the vet put her on several rounds of antibiotics and steroids I knew I needed to try something else. I went to...

Medical freedom goes beyond having the autonomy to make your own medical choices. It means taking precautionary measures to really own your health. It means doing everything you can to separate your family from our broken system that is profit driven and doesn’t give a shit about your health. It means educating yourself so you have enough self trust to be free. This episode will validate and inspi...

I have a very vivid memory of when my son was really unwell. He was six months old and we were back at the pediatrician for the third time that week because I knew something was terribly wrong. In addition to being covered in an eczema rash, he had so much mucus in his poop and while he was still breastfeeding, there were clumps of stringiness that just didn’t seem right. Then there was blood and...

It is so easy for us to feel alone and scared when our children are unwell. We naturally isolate ourselves when our babies are covered in red oozing rashes, or our toddlers experience speech delays or children melt down with violent behavioral issues because we feel embarrassed and ashamed that our children are suffering. The truth though is that none of us are on this journey alone. So many other...

As a first time mom, fevers terrified me. I always thought that fevers were bad and scary but as it turns out, fevers are one of our bodies' superpowers.  So often with the slightest fever, we flood our own or our children’s bodies with over the counter medications and we unknowingly stop our bodies from doing the job they were designed to do.  It has taken me having four children and learnin...

Antibiotics not only kill the bad bacteria in your body, they also kill the good bacteria. There are some amazing studies that have recently came out showing that one course of antibiotic for something like an upper respiratory infection or maybe a urinary tract infection, or whatever the need - this one course increases your chance of a major depressive episode by 24% in the next 12 months, and t...

Every parent's worst nightmare is their child being taken away from them. In today's episode we get to hear the tragic story from a mama whose child was medically kidnapped. Something I didn’t even know was a thing but is horrifically common. Really early in the episode you will realize how any of us could find ourselves in this situation and how vulnerable we are. I invited Hillary on t...

We have all been told that you have to take antibiotics for ear infections. And if you don’t finish the complete cycle, your ear drum could explode.  This isn’t an anti antibiotic episode but rather a deep dive into what is behind ear infections and how antibiotics exacerbate the problem.  Most of us know that ear infections stem from an infection somewhere in the body that lands in the middle ear...

A huge component to healing is our spiritual well being. This is an area that is so often overlooked and when we experience trauma it is equally important that we heal our spirit along with our physical bodies. I am just now going through the repercussions of this. Of not healing my soul after fighting for my sons health. That was over 7 years ago and it is just now surfacing. I think this happens...

Did you know that the majority of the population is experiencing some variation of gut imbalance right now without even knowing it? Someone you know, likely several people you know - have leaky gut whether they know it or not. Gut imbalance is an umbrella term that includes conditions like leaky gut, SIBO, candida yeast overgrowth, H.pylori and even parasites. All of these conditions stem from a g...

When you are a nurse in a system that fails you, it makes you rethink your career and this is exactly what happened to Krysti. Today we are get to hear her story and how she was a traditional nurse for 13 years in all areas from ICU to Home health. About her own health scare experience in the traditional healthcare system with severe, chronic diverticulitis and how she decided to become the leader...

Hey! I'm Juniper and I am so happy you are here! My mission with this podcast is to humanize our children and our motherhood experiences. To empower you with education that strengthens your health from the foundation of your body - your gut.  We will be talking all things poop, vaginal infections, skin rashes, behavioral issues and everything in between. And of course, how all of it ties into...