The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Savannah What fascia is and where it is in the body Fascia is the web of connective tissue that covers the entire body and is an incredible electrical substance  It's made up of collagen fibers and is very hydration dependent Fascia has more nerve endings than the skin! How fascia gets stuck and how age and hormones affect it  Ways to ideally support the fascia for its best...

Episode Highlights With David What sound healing is and why he’s sensitive around the term healing  His invitation through his music is for people to feel deeply  Science and spirituality and how they can meet in the realm of sound  The universe is full of things that vibrate, and while humans can only see and hear a small part of the visible and audible spectrum, we can feel more His albums are t...

Episode Highlights With David Where the name The Human Experience came from and how he realized that creativity came through him and not from him His incredible journey with creativity and why the world doesn’t innately reward creatives  How experiences of guilt, blame, or shame kill our creativity as children and how to remember and tune back into it  Ways to access the creative spirit and how we...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why chronic fight-or-flight is not an emotional problem but a physiological state driven by your biology How the nervous system decides whether you’re safe or unsafe — often without your conscious awareness The specific ways stress, trauma, overwhelm, and modern life keep the body stuck in survival mode Why you can’t heal digestion, hormones, immunity, energy, or infl...

Episode Highlights With Melissa Her story that led to the work she does now What she means by you’re not broken, just misaligned  Her journey through Lyme and Mold toxicity  How two-minute micromoments can shift the whole baseline of our lives Different brainwave states and how they affect our mood and other parts of life A short tool that she uses daily that shifted her brain waves dramatically ...

Episode Highlights With Andrew His health crisis that led to a spiritual journey and the work he does now We are not just electromagnetic beings but truly beings of light Science and history show that we are light beings and can transition with our bodies into a higher dimension What he means when he talks about ascention and the two types he encountered in his research Examples of this light asce...

Episode Highlights With Katie Drama triangle roles and the language that sustains each Family and relationship examples: how roles rotate and recruit each other Sneaky savior behaviors and why they keep the cycle spinning The Law of Request and why consent protects dignity and growth Language shifts: identity, experience, should, choice, fixing, witnessing Role-specific practices to move toward Cr...

Episode Highlights With Katie Perimenopause vs menopause vs post-menopause (high level) Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): estrogen, progesterone ± testosterone, different delivery methods Why hormone replacement is such a hot topic right now What the new HRT label changes do and don’t mean My core philosophy – foundations before hormones and why I’m cautious about jumping straight to HRT The ligh...

Episode Highlights With Miki Her amazing story, growing up half Indian and half Japanese and the winding journey of her entrepreneurial success How she went from being a professional athlete to opening a gluten-free restaurant in NYC, to other start-ups as well Every baby goes through up to 6,000 diapers that take hundreds of years to break down Her revelation with diapers and baby poop and how th...

Episode Highlights With Jessica Menopause is not a pause but a biological evolution Her perspective to give women the information to make informed and empowered decisions The dichotomies that we set up that are not helpful to women and the gray area in between Misconceptions that still exist around menopause and hormone shifts Does hormone therapy actually cause breast cancer? What the data actual...

Episode Highlights With Jessica What the gender health gap is and how this negatively impacts women  The reason women weren’t included.. It wasn’t necessarily malicious, just assumed that the physiology was the same and just adjust based on height and weight Women and men’s physiology is very different and this impacts a lot in medicine and fitness How hormones come into play in fitness Why functi...

Episode Highlights With Phoenix Most people aren’t stuck, they’re predictable and they’re playing it safe How to break the pattern of predictability  Presence helps break the predictability issue and the overwhelm and how to do it Anxiety comes when you’re living in the future or the past, not the present  Why motherhood is perhaps the biggest identity shift a person can go through How to surrende...

Episode Highlights With Katie What photobiomodulation (PBM) is and how red/NIR light affects cells Core mechanism in plain English: cytochrome-c oxidase, nitric oxide displacement, ATP boost, secondary ROS and Ca² signaling Wavelengths and depth: red (630–660 nm) for skin/surface; NIR (810–850 nm) for deeper tissues; why 980 nm behaves more thermally Evidence overview: where PBM helps most (pain,...

Episode Highlights With Christina Her ten-day silent retreat and what she learned from this experience (and my four days in a dark cave, also in silence, and what I learned) Why she loves playing truth or dare as a social hack, and why she uses it at events People also actually love being told what to do The four pillars of conscious relationships and the paradigm shifts they offer Mastering consc...

Episode Highlights With Katie What enzymes are, how they differ with and without food, how to read activity units, when and how to use them, and cautions. Action steps: 7-day digestive trial, 14-day systemic trial (if appropriate), meal hygiene checklist, post-meal walk habit. Resources: enzyme unit guide, timing cheat sheet, meal hygiene checklist. Timing cheat sheet (for your recording notes) Di...

Episode Highlights With Paul His journey to get to the work he does now  The metaphor of dance and how it relates to everything Somatic healing and how it comes into play “It’s sacred, not serious.” What the Habit Finder is and how this gives different information than regular personality tests Inductive assessments vs deductive assessment like the Habit Finder  Identity is very fluid and trauma c...

Episode Highlights With Katie What the liver actually does  How the liver is a metabolic hub: carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism; glycogen storage and release. Bile production: emulsifies fats, carries out bilirubin, cholesterol, and conjugated toxins via stool (enterohepatic circulation). Signs the liver or biliary system may be struggling and red flags to quickly check out. Labs you need...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why your home environment influences your nervous system more than any supplement, diet, or protocol How light, sound, temperature, clutter, and even colors communicate “safety” or “threat” to your biology The difference between a home that keeps you in fight-or-flight and one that supports calm, digestion, sleep, and resilience How to create circadian-friendly lighti...

Episode Highlights With Katie Grounding basics: the Earth is an electron reservoir; skin contact equalizes your body’s electrical potential and lowers body voltage. Native vs non-native EMFs: native = Schumann/geomagnetic background; non-native = wiring and wireless sources.  Aim to increase exposure to native signals (nature time) and reduce unnecessary non-native exposure, especially during slee...

Episode Highlights With Divya Fertility is one of the most natural aspects of being human, and we are seeing it significantly decline The male fertility factor that comes into play in as much as 70% of cases, and 1 in 6 couples face infertility Thyroid disorders affect 20 million Americans, with women 5-8x more likely to be affected We're exposed to over 80,000 chemicals daily, with less than 1% t...

Episode Highlights With Katie Your body has more lymph than blood — and why that matters The critical role of the lymphatic system in detox, immunity, and energy Practical ways to boost lymph flow daily (walking, rebounding, breathwork, massage, hydration, natural light) Lesser-known supports for lymph health, from vibration plates to castor oil packs Signs your lymph may need support and how to r...

Episode Highlights With Devon The challenges of modern parenting and how to navigate them Ways to simplify our routines, environments, etc. How to cultivate a calm environment in the home that helps support parenting Creating a “yes space” for younger kids where they can play without any safety concerns How can we encourage movement in children rather than restrict it? And how this helps regulate...

Episode Highlights With Devon  What is happening mentally and biologically when a child is not calm and feeling triggered The lower part of the brain is more developed in young children and they aren’t as strong in impulse control and other skills yet All parenting moments are opportunities for learning and growth How to start asking questions from a place of a growth mindset vs a fixed one Awaren...

Episode Highlights From Katie Why controlling kids’ food often backfires and leads to power struggles The surprising research on kids’ natural ability to self-regulate food intake How to create structure without micromanaging meals Why removing “good” and “bad” food labels helps prevent negative food relationships Practical strategies I use to raise intuitive eaters at home Resources Mentioned Com...

Episode Highlights With Robyn How she came to question supplements and how this led to a deep expose book Why what we call “vitamin D” as a supplement isn’t actually vitamin D and why she questions taking it It isn’t just about good supplement vs bad supplement, but how to evaluate to know what's helpful and what's not Why some vitamin D supplements have poison control warnings for pets  When supp...