The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Casey Means Why underpowered cells and metabolic dysfunction are the root cause of many of our health problems The reason we're getting sicker despite spending more money on healthcare Why over 90% of adults have markers of metabolic dysfunction  Which biomarkers are most helpful and cost-effective for understanding your metabolic health How this all relates to hormones, an...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Bradley Nelson What the Emotion Code is Thinking of the body on an energy level  What a Heart-Wall is and how to release them The heart puts out a magnetic field that surrounds the body  93% of people have a wall around their hearts How to know if physical symptoms are related to emotions The way to tap into the subconscious mind How to ask questions and get answers fro...

Episode Highlights With Mike How he ended up sending the first tweet from space Why Neil Armstrong was his hero growing up and how he got to meet him as an adult What his first tweet from space was The profound impact that seeing our world from a different perspective had on him What changed in his daily experience from being in space How his body changed from being in space and how it resolved wh...

Episode Highlights With Alex His personal story and how he got into the trauma healing work he does now The definition of trauma and how he defines it to help people understand it How small childhood experiences can shift how we relate to ourselves and our emotions The core emotional needs of children and what happens when they aren’t met Core emotional needs: boundaries, safety, and love  What a...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Youn How he played guitar and sang in a Jimmy Buffet cover band What he means by autojuvenation and how to use this to his advantage The four major causes of skin aging and what we can do about it: collagen degradation, oxidation, inflammation, advanced glycation end products (AGEs), buildup of cellular waste We lose about 1% of the collagen in our skin each year after...

Episode Highlights With Maggie Her journey with autoimmunity and how she healed What total toxic burden is and how to assess it  The body is much smarter than any doctor in the world and how to listen to yours How to be your own primary healthcare provider and what labs to run Why to test your micronutrient levels and how to do it Ways to use testing you can do on your own to support your healing...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Gervais His story and how he got into the work he does Why we are biologically wired to attune to other people's opinions  The difference between not caring about what other people think and not worrying about what other people think What identity foreclosure is and what to do about it Performance based identity vs purpose based identity  Important strategies for workin...

Episode Highlights With Michael How his first time ever meditating was with Deepak Chopra and what it was like Why indoor air quality is so important We breathe 20,000 times per day and the air we breathe can make a huge difference Why there can be mold problems even in homes that are immaculate and always kept clean How mold gets into our homes and it isn't always a water leak What he recommends...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Martone How he raised a deer!  The real truth on the optimal sleep position and why we can have trouble sleeping that way Best sleep posture tips and how to benefit from them Sleeping on the left side during pregnancy and how to get back to good sleep posture after birth- is it really true not to sleep on the back during pregnancy? The reasons we toss and turn at night:...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Whitfield Why he and I both love the show Ted Lasso and highly recommend it What breast implant illness is and why it can be difficult to pinpoint and how much of the body it can affect Do all women experience problems from breast implants or do some do ok? Factors that make women more at risk for BII What to be aware of with explant surgery and considerations to unders...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Amy She didn’t play with Barbies as a kid but the funny thing she played with instead Why she switched from emergency medicine to the work she does now The connection between sexual health and longevity Correlation between people who are more sexually active and lower all cause mortality Some of the reasons for the decline in libido  The importance of being able to acti...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Nashat Her journey from ER doc to functional medicine fertility doc How cortisol interferes with hormone production and can be related to infertility Her own journey with IUI and IVF and why she’d do it differently if she knew what she knew now Why male and female fertility matter in the fertility equation What happens in the 90 days pre conception directly influences e...

Episode Highlights With Lisa How she shifted from IT into her current work Action speaks louder than words but experience trumps action How she teaches life lessons through kitchen skills The importance of experiments How to shift mindset through food experiences with kids Kids are so capable of understanding and making good choices about food and about life Her take on stem classes and their poss...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Christy Why she started researching iron overload and eventually wrote a book on it The unknown dangers of both high iron and low iron and how to get a correct understanding of if you have either one Why females are typically more likely to have low iron issues but this can change as women get older Kids are more at risk for being low in iron  Calcium binds to iron and...

Episode Highlights With Catharine Algae is a food and not a supplement and was the first food on earth Macro algae vs micro algae Why algae is the most nutrient rich food in the world The reason you actually want farm grown algae and not wild grown algae Spirulina vs Chlorella Algae shows up when there are toxins or bacteria and works as a cleanup crew It also works as a clean up crew in the body ...

Episode Highlights With Gina The real deal with our sugar consumption, especially this time of year Harmful effects of sugar and the long term problems with too much sugar consumption The average consumption of sugar for kids on halloween is 3 cups! Sugar can be highly addictive and have a similar impact as drugs There are over 260 ways to say sugar on a label so it might be in something and you n...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Afrouz How she went from wanting to do neurosurgery to the work she does now in naturopathic medicine Why the things people come in for her to help with often aren’t the things they need to work on The mind and body connection and how she uses biopsychology in her practice Modalities she uses to help address the subconscious and inner emotional aspects Better questions...

Episode Highlights With Cameron How he used to own monkeys and piranhas and how this was actually part of his own health journey The total health collapse he had that led him into health and wellness and how he discovered Kava Desperation and inspiration are the two main pathways to growth  What Kava is and where it grows natively  How Kava impacts the body  The unique effects of Kava and how it c...

Episode Highlights With Shawn How he didn’t eat a salad until he was 25! And what led to his nutritional shifts What led to his massive health transformation Fascinating data about how our social connections impact our health Science-backed reasons that family meals are so important People who have healthy social ties have about a 50% reduction in all-cause mortality Families that eat together onl...

Episode Highlights With Ashley Her experience as an amateur beekeeper and how she got into it How being around bees can help with parasympathetic Understanding the importance of rest and the actual definition How rest can help us do hard things and improve other areas of life Recovering from her trauma as part of her healing journey  Simple practices to learn rest and connect to the body How natur...

Episode Highlights With Katie Sharing some life lessons, new directions, new shifts, and letting go Where we’ve come from -  the journey to more integrated health How nothing shifted substantially for my health until I also addressed the inner mental/emotional side and worked on letting go How I've changed over the past 100 episodes What some of my biggest adjustments in life have been How I've na...

Episode Highlights With Julie How she found the love of her life in her fifties Her own story with autoimmunity that led her to the work she does now What the inflammation spectrum is and how to address chronic inflammation The biggest drivers in inflammation and autoimmune disease How toxins contribute to inflammation and autoimmunity  Why we need 6-9 cups of vegetables a day for micronutrients ...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Inna The fun life turn that happened when she decided to learn English as an adult How hormones shift at different phases of life for women The first hormone to drop in perimenopause  Progesterone is a natural anti-anxiety hormone Understanding progesterone, testosterone, and estrogen for women in perimenopause and menopause  How perimenopause and menopause can affect t...

Episode Highlights With Katy Breast health through the lens of movement Understanding why breasts need to move and how to do that without injury The way you move moves your body in a particular way If you want breasts that are well supported, do movements that build strength in support Movements like pushups or hanging as a test of chest movement and strength  How carrying babies and breastfeeding...

Episode Highlights With Brian Why he repelled down a building to raise money for charity and help kids The common factors he sees as contributing to the rise in chronic disease in society  Why the current system supports disease and not optimal health His 5 keys to the wellness lifestyle: DREAM- Diet, Relaxation, exercise, adjustment, and mental wellness  Diet is everything that goes into your bod...