The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Adrienne Her story of autoimmune recovery and how it led her to learning about cold exposure Why she was taking over 20 prescriptions daily and how she recovered The reason cold exposure is the one healing modality she would choose  Drastic effects she noticed when she started doing ice baths Why ice baths can be so helpful and the physiological ways they help the body How...

Episode Highlights With Barbara The power of listening, especially with our children How understanding human design can drastically change how we parent The way a child's design can affect how they learn and the school environment they need How our kid's type can affect how they eat and why we might call it picky eating The only thing that heals is love  Importance of viewing our children as an as...

Episode Highlights With Barbara Her incredible background and journey and what led to her work The wisdom she found in not needing to be or have power over other people Her friendship with Ra and Eckhart Tolle What human design is and how it can help us understand our gifts  How human design is unique and what the different types are in human design The four basic types in human design: projector,...

Episode Highlights With Justin The real root cause of obesity and why it isn’t what you think Why diet can be so frustrating and why so many of us are recovering dieters The average woman tries 126 diets in the course of their lifetime Obesity often stems from unmet emotional and psychological needs The antidote to this problem How we inherit programmed thoughts from our parents about food and die...

Episode Highlights With Paola Telfer Navigating parenting in an increasingly technological world How to maximize the benefits of technology for kids and minimize the addictive potential A relationship-focused approach to parenting around technology Some practical tips for managing technology in the home The most important part of managing a relationship with a teenage child  Her litmus test for ho...

Episode Highlights With Sens.ai Her story that led to her creating at-home brain training that actually works How a brain injury and PTSD impacted her life and how she reversed it What is brain training and how it can be so impactful This is basically neurotechnology-assisted meditation What the different brain waves and brain states are and how to benefit from them How to access self-directed neu...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Tom O'Bryan The inflammation equation and all the variables we face in the modern world Bottom-line principles that affect inflammatory status 14 of the 15 largest killers are chronic inflammatory conditions Why inflammation is the trigger that pulls on the chain to break the weakest link The most common environmental toxins we are seeing in the modern world How mold af...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Anthony Gustin What he learned from his stay with a hunter-gatherer tribe and how it changed his life Huge takeaways he had from witnessing a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and how this actually shifted his viewpoint away from just the physical aspects of health toward human wholeness His experience with mold exposure, detox, and getting to healing A drastic mindset shifts h...

Episode Highlights with Dr. Anthony Gustin The problems with the current food supply chain How complex the meat supply chain is  What regenerative agriculture is and why it is so important for the planet, especially now The point we are fast approaching that will be a big problem for our food supply and the planet Regenerative agriculture is a way to produce food that helps and not harms the plane...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Ryan Lazarus Pillars of health: Move, Rest, Nourish, Learn, Connect, Challenge, Spark The details on nutrition: the EAT plan Salt should not be demonized and what we need to know about salt consumption How 3-5 grams of salt a day can be really helpful Practical tips for getting enough high-quality sleep: routine, environment, timing, exercise Movement tips you can do at...

Episode Highlights With Ryan Lazarus The life-altering event that drastically changed the course of his life and led to the work he does now An indoor soccer injury that led to severe health problems for him including type 1 diabetes What he learned in his own recovery and how this led to him helping people  His epiphany that led to incredible results in his work The four reasons people make chang...

Episode Highlights With Cameron Chesnut The things he does differently in parenting that make him a “weird” parent too Tinfoil hat topics for him with his kids and family Things he avoids with his kids: vegetable oils, sugar, EMFs Why he almost completely avoids sugar with his kids How insulin response as children can affect insulin sensitivity as adults Even more reasons to avoid vegetable oils c...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Cameron Chesnut What sets him apart as a surgeon  How he trains like an athlete to show up best in surgery Recovery protocols that set him apart from other surgeons  How he makes sure he can show up for peak performance every time he enters the operating room Inflammatory states optimized - what to do His routine for getting into flow state for every single surgery A fu...

Episode Highlights What life looked like 10 years ago! What has changed on the Wellness Mama business side How my mindset has changed over this past decade Physical health vs mental/emotional health - or both? How I lacked a work-life balance back then What I wish I knew 10 years ago: light, protein, sleep, inner work The real 80/20 is light, sleep, stress, community, and then nutrition and supple...

Episode Highlights With Rori Her own transformative journey with trauma and healing How intimacy extends far beyond romantic relationships and some ways to help address it Why she disconnected after childhood trauma and how she learned to reconnect What the 13 pathways of intimacy are and how she learned them Wounds around intimacy related to competition among women The most common thing that come...

Episode Highlights With Rori What craniosacral therapy is and how she got into it What somatic emotional release is The power of tuning into the subconscious mind and how to begin to tune into it Connection of breath and the subconscious mind The four areas of the subconscious that she helps people work on One simple way to tap into your intuition daily Resources We Mention Desire for Intimacy

Episode Highlights With Michelle Grosser Three lifestyle factors that help support nervous system health How to incorporate moments of stillness every day and how just 10 minutes a day can help Movement as a healthy lifestyle factor for nervous system health The importance of ten minutes of play a day (and different forms of play/redefining that term) What language our nervous system speaks and ho...

Episode Highlights With Michelle Grosser Regulated vs dysregulated nervous system states Why a regulated nervous system doesn’t mean we are calm all the time Sources of nervous system stress in our modern lifestyles  The different nervous system responses to stress and how they look different in different people Acute steps you can try to regulate the nervous system in the moment Ways to respond a...

Episode Highlights With Ryan Blaser Why indoor air can be more contaminated than outdoor air The most common problems with indoor air quality How to test the air quality in your home CO2 levels in the home and what to do about it What to know about mold in the home and how to test for it Why mold is the biggest unknown health problem we are dealing with 70% of homes have a mold problem they don’t...

Episode Highlights With Ryan Blaser The most common EMF problems we encounter in our home environments Our bodies run on electrical signals, so things like EMFs can affect our bodies Technology isn’t going anywhere, but how to minimize any damage from it How the wiring in your home can create EMFs you don’t know about More reasons that spending time in nature is so beneficial  Why nature is the go...

Episode Highlights Why I make an effort to get more sun exposure, not less The many benefits of light beyond just vitamin D exposure How light improves our cells and is a huge health hack The reason I consume a LOT of salt water and feel great when I do The one natural ingredient I treat like the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding treats Windex and use for everything Resources Mentioned Jaspr Air Fil...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Elisa Song The state of children's health today, and why we are seeing some type of problem Alarming data about the rise of autoimmune disorders in children  Why teenagers are at the highest risk and the most rapidly rising segment of the population for autoimmunity What to know about antibiotic use  The time and place for antibiotics and what to do if kids need them Wh...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Elisa Song How she got into integrative pediatrics and holistic wellness for kids What whole child resilience is and how we can nurture it in our kids The foundation of resilience in children  What cellular resilience is and how to increase it Why illnesses spike in the winter The number one thing we can do to uplevel resilience in kids How the gut microbiome is the key...

Episode Highlights With Mira Dessy The problem with fragrances and why she calls the cleaning product aisle "the aisle of death" How chemicals and fragrances affect the body and why it matters Why fragrance-free isn’t always a better alternative Fragrances can have a lot of harmful compounds involved and they aren’t required to list them  The easiest and most important first things to swap out in...

Episode Highlights With Mira Why preparedness is a growing trend  How financial concerns are leading to more interest in having preparedness pantries The problem with most long-term food storage — highly processed foods  Why access to clean water is so important with stored foods How much food and water do we need to store ahead A reason to have a regular pantry and a preparedness pantry  How to f...