The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Julie What we know about autism and why it isn’t just isolated to the brain Where she starts when working with people with autism and how removing inflammatory foods and adding nutrient dense foods can help The top things she recommends avoiding in general and especially for anyone with autism Types of improvements she sees in her work with children and how much improvement...

Episode Highlights With Sheila Her personal journey with nervous system health and the energetic side of healing Kids resonate with the predominant adult in their household and how to improve this The difference between healing and curing and how the nervous system comes into play An amazing case study of one of her patients who had dramatic improvement Simple tips for supporting the nervous syste...

Episode Highlights With Sheila How she has four kidneys and jokes that if anyone needs a kidney to call her Setting the foundation before supplements and what this means How digestion and cellular health come into play for true wellness Why the cell wall matters and how we often ignore this piece How to create healthy cell walls Her order of events for supplements to optimize gut and cell wall hea...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why sunlight is essential for mitochondria and cellular energy The role of light in hormone balance, mood, sleep, and immunity Why the right kind of light exposure reduces disease risk How to safely and effectively get sun (without fear) Myths about sunscreen, windows, and indoor lighting Tactical shifts to optimize circadian biology and light signaling Resources Ment...

Episode Highlights With Jaban What PANS and PANDAS are, and what the key differences are The different causes of the same neuropsychiatric symptoms and figuring out the underlying issue There are adult versions of these conditions as well Early warning signs of PANS and PANDAS to watch for in children and the autism connection Autoimmune encephalitis symptoms in kids and why this can be so dramati...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Jaban Why mold exposure is so common and yet still so unknown Mold is everywhere, but it's the amount and type of mold that matters in a home environment Common mold symptoms that many people miss and specific symptoms in kids The tests he runs to see if a person has mold exposure and home tests he uses Sodium and potassium levels as indicators of chronic stress or mold...

Episode Highlights With Angela Her incredible story from starting as a biochemist to being on American Ninja Warrior The dramatic and shocking moment that happened to her on national TV How she learned to shift from everything that was wrong to openness to “What if it all goes right?” The journey back for her and learning to release parts of her identity that were tied to her competitions Putting...

Episode Highlights With Aimee Why perimenopause is a misunderstood phase of life and common vs normal  Commonly overlooked symptoms of perimenopause that are helpful to understand  How to look at midlife changes as an opportunity rather than a challenge Core mindset shifts that can make a massive difference Listening to symptoms as messengers of your body working hard to protect you Estrogenic thi...

Episode Highlights With Aimee The pivotal moment in her career that led her to blend conventional and holistic medicine Normal doesn’t have side effects and what this actually means How normal lab ranges are calculated and why they aren’t as straightforward as you think Thyroid and thyroid testing: what to know and what results mean The actual ideal TSH range, what to look for, and what ideal lab...

Episode Highlights With Emily Manifesting: consciously creating a life you love Why we're manifesting all the time, whether we're conscious of it or not Mindfulness: handling stress in the now, meditation: handling stress in the past, manifesting: handling the future Simplest manifestation formula: feel good, place the order; place the order, feel good Visualize, alchemize, magnetize  The same mus...

Episode Highlights With Emily Her unique journey into meditation and how it led to her work today How she had insomnia and was going grey at 27 before finding meditation What makes her method of meditation different and how it gives your body rest that is 5x more effective than sleep Investing just 2% of your day helps the other 98% be even more amazing The mind thinks involuntarily, just like the...

Episode Highlights With Joseph His amazing story that led to his bestselling book and how great books often come from the author's great pain Thoughts vs thinking and why this is important The core questions he asked himself were: Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I have so many negative thoughts? Learning to question the root of negative thoughts and ask if they're true How to separate yourself fro...

Episode Highlights With Jessica Why does cardiovascular disease risk rise in menopause to match the rate of men? What happens to hormones and the heart when a woman goes through menopause? 45% of women have some marker of cardiovascular disease How the loss of estrogen in menopause is the tipping point 1 in 3 women will die of cardiovascular disease which is more than all cancers combined What to...

Episode Highlights With Jessica She was a surprise twin and she and her sister could communicate in their own language before they could even talk What reparenting is and how we have the ability to give ourselves what we might not have gotten ACE scores and what we know about how highly traumatized people suffer from diseases at much higher rates The difference in how women and men respond to stre...

Episode Highlights With Shefaly The difference between soluble and insoluble fiber and what they each do Most plant foods that are fiber rich have a mix of both soluble and insoluble fiber What fiber does in the body and its roles in the body How fiber benefits gut ecology What resistant starch is and how it works differently in the body and are connected to short chain fatty acids and gut and sys...

Episode Highlights With Shefaly What Vitamin J is and why it is a crucial nutrient in our life (and not a typical nutrient) Vitamin C, which stands for community and why it is so important How these in particular can have such a profound impact on our health The downstream effects of joy and community on so many aspects of physical health Habit stacking in a way that builds joy and community into...

Episode Highlights With Tiffany What stress actually is and how it is more far-reaching than you might expect Your body can be experiencing stress even if you don’t “feel” stressed Even things like nutrient deficiencies are a form of stress for the body If we are in fight or flight, we can’t rest, digest, and heal We actually need stress, and not all stress is bad- how to get it in balance Exercis...

Episode Highlights With Tiffany Her first home birth story was also a breech birth, a connection she and I share! What is happening in the body when someone is diagnosed with autoimmunity When the immune system gets confused and attacks part of your body Autoimmune diseases are treated as different problems, but they share a common component and causes Why are women affected by autoimmunity more t...

Episode Highlights With Gina How our relationship with food is a mirror into our inner world and how this starts the day we are born Every single person on the planet develops a relationship with food and how this impacts us Associations we can develop around food, like food being a source of love and affection Knowing how to eat healthy is only about 5% of our drive and decision making when it co...

Episode Highlights With Dani Her own story and dramatic experience with adverse childhood experiences The childhood trauma she had and how her health problems started in high school from those experiences Data on ACE (adverse childhood experiences) and how a score of 4 or more is linked to a 20 year reduction in life expectancy How she addressed her own trauma and what she recommends to her patien...

Episode Highlights With Dani Her 24 years spent with chronic lifestyle diseases like IBS, Lupus, urticaria, and others She was 24 years in before a doctor asked what she was eating  If you were born healthy… you do not have to live sick! How quickly the body can adapt when given the right inputs Healing is incredibly simple, but not easy She starts with diet first and then builds from there… the i...

Episode Highlights With Roudy The fun way that drinking cacao at night leads to him being super energetic and extroverted while usually an introvert  How he incorporates dance into his life What he learned by living with no artificial light and how it drastically changed his life You can’t get healthy in the same light environment that got you sick The quality of our life is entirely dependent on...

Episode Highlights With Sharon A massive reframe in understanding fevers and the approach to handling them What homotoxicology is and how understanding this response is helpful  Supporting vs repressing the body’s natural immune and detoxification responses  What a fever actually is and why it is so helpful Reasons to consider not bringing down a fever What happens when we don’t let our bodies hav...

Episode Highlights With Sharon Why we can forget the pause part of menopause and why this can mean much more than just the pause or end of the menstrual cycle This is a physiological process and also an important emotional and spiritual inflection point Why she suggests women write their eulogies at this age as a way to recenter  How to reverse engineer the life we want to have as we go through me...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) helps regulate your body’s pH and CO2 levels How it boosts endurance and athletic performance (and why it was once banned in sports!) The surprising ways baking soda supports kidney health, inflammation, digestion, and more Safe dosing guidelines and how to use it for energy, recovery, and even oral health When and how to take it f...