The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Meg The eight pillars of women’s health and the connections between them Order matters when it comes to these pillars, especially with things like detoxification Why starting with detox can be counterproductive and a helpful order to work through Most women are living in fight or flight and the importance of balancing the nervous system A two minute practice that can really...

Episode Highlights With Meg What histamine is and how it can be causing symptoms you may not even realize The different parts of the immune system and how they're important to understand Link to stomach acid and digestion What’s happening when histamine is out of balance Sometimes anxiety and insomnia might be the only responses and symptoms of histamine issues Why histamine purposefully causes in...

Episode Highlights With Jonathan How he almost opened a pie shop- a wild story and his journey into the world of chocolate  What the real story of chocolate is, and all of the components that can be in chocolate  The dark side of chocolate and how it can be a healthy food when it’s done right How heavy metals can be in chocolate if it isn’t sourced well Why you crave chocolate and why this might n...

Episode Highlights With Erica The role of the fascia in the pelvic floor and deep core muscles Why this is important, especially if we’ve been pregnant and had vaginal or c-section births An at-home test and analysis of the pelvic floor An alternative viewpoint on kegels and what might be more effective What to do for optimal pelvic floor function and how this involves our deep core How using your...

Episode Highlights With Erica What fascia is and why it's so important Why fascia is our body’s superpower and how we create more and stronger fascia Muscular strength vs fascial strength and how these are different Fascia will form the way our body moves Body-mind vs mind-body connection  Ways to support fascia to elongate it and help get us out of pain How to wake up the deep core and support in...

Episode Highlights With Katie Which test I took that showed my biological age substantially lower than my actual age Different ways to test biological age and how they're calculated The things this particular test looks at and things I think helped me in each category Factors I think contributed to my biological age being so low Resources Mentioned Just Thrive Eidon Beam Minerals Carolyn Dean's Mi...

Episode Highlights With Betsy The microbiome you might not have even known you have!  How the gut and brain microbiome connection comes into play Understanding the vaginal microbiome The feedback loop to the vagus nerve. If vaginal microbiome is off this can affect fertility and libido as well How the vaginal microbiome is connected to birth and the baby’s health The direct fertility connection an...

Episode Highlights With Shay The common problems with most conventional diet models  What’s going on when we feel like we're doing everything right but nothing is changing  We start losing muscle in our 30s if we aren’t working to increase it. How this affects metabolism and what to do about it The problems with calories in and calories out and why there's more to the story Mindset shifts away fro...

Episode Highlights With Darin  Why the mind is the most powerful healing tool we have and how mindset comes into play with healing You have more nerve endings in the gut than in the brain, and the gut/brain connection comes into play here in a big way How to utilize the brain to influence what happens downstream Primal trust and other programs that can help with the mindset piece The subconscious...

Episode Highlights With Darin  Lyme disease is actually a bacterial infection The mysterious collection of symptoms associated with Lyme disease There are over 100 symptoms associated with Lyme and why it's often misdiagnosed Can Lyme be transmitted in other ways beyond just ticks? About 20% of people who do antibiotic therapy still go on to have chronic Lyme His own journey and how he actually go...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why your body needs safety, not just supplements, to heal The difference between stress signals and safety signals—and how your body is always listening How under-eating, poor sleep, and even loneliness send silent danger signals to your nervous system Simple, free ways to tell your body “you’re safe now”—starting today Why nourishment, movement, and sunlight are more...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Anne Marie Fine What happened with autism and why rates have risen from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 31 Some of the multi-faceted reasons that it might be on the rise What the literature actually says… you might be surprised Beyond the genetic theory… the interaction between genes and environment  Genes load the gun, environment pulls the trigger Women with the highest BPA expos...

Episode Highlights With Katie Dim lights, not willpower, is the best sleep hack Creating a nighttime ritual helps your nervous system feel safe Sleep is a multiplier—optimize it and everything else gets easier You don’t need perfection—just presence and intention Resources Mentioned ChiliPad Doc Pro Cacao Calm Magnesium supplement Ublockout shades Full spectrum and red light bulbs Annmarie Gianni...

Episode Highlights With Deborah When to consider hormone testing and symptoms to be aware of One big clue that your hormones could be the issue  Symptoms of too much or too little estrogen and progesterone  How thyroid hormones come into play  What to look for in hormone testing  The different types of hormone testing available and the pros and cons of each one How timing matters, especially for h...

Episode Highlights With Deborah Why testosterone is important for women and often not talked about as much Women can have up to 10x as much testosterone as estrogen Testosterone is important for sexual health, bone health, and how we feel Birth control pills can lower testosterone and why this matters Stress and cortisol can lower testosterone as well How testosterone protects bones and muscles an...

Episode Highlights With Katie Why sunlight and salt first thing supports energy and hormones The oral detox ritual that supports your microbiome and immune system Which supplements to take on an empty stomach (and why) The movement hack that supports lymph, fascia, and mood Why protein before caffeine is the ultimate hormone hack How to time your supplements for max absorption The no-screen mornin...

Episode Highlights With Robyn Common misconceptions about nutrition and skin health Food fears around skin health: i.e., dairy/gluten is bad for the skin Top ways to support skin from the inside out Fixing the environment the food is landing in vs restrictive diets forever  When it is helpful to avoid certain triggers for a short term and how to then retrain and be able to eat them again The minds...

Episode Highlights With Robyn Her own journey with acne and all the extreme things she tried before discovering what worked The functional approach to healing that changed her life What to understand about the conventional methods of targeting acne and why things like steroids and birth control don’t work long term  The foundational things that support skin health Foundational diet and minerals fo...

Episode Highlights With Sarah What AMH is and how it comes into play with fertility  Her own journey with fertility  AMH does not predict your ability to get pregnant naturally and it doesn’t test egg quality It's really just looking at how well you’ll do with IVF How AMH levels can actually improve and why women aren’t told this Most people are able to get pregnant naturally, and women aren’t giv...

Episode Highlights With Ashley  What are the foundational differences between Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine?  It’s all about constitution in TCM and what the differences are here What it might mean if you wake up at 3 am each morning  The way TCM looks at taste and temperature of foods and supplements  The elements and how they pertain to organs in TCM- and how they all show up How to k...

Episode Highlights With Katie What the research actually says about the benefits of walking Is there any magic in the 10K steps a day number? Timing considerations for maximum benefit The physiological benefits of walking When adding a weighted vest can be useful How much to walk for the most benefit How to build the habit of walking Resources Mentioned Weighted vest My Take on the Weighted Vest T...

Episode Highlights With Jill Foos Her background in equestrianism as a kid and how she has five kids She essentially grew up in a barn  How she took charge of her own health by age 16 after deciding she wanted a different outcome than others in her family  Finding your “why” for changing your health Ways to help our kids find their own equations Stepping into the active vs passive role in your hea...

Episode Highlights With Katie My recovery journey from Hashimoto's What my most recent labs show with no medication for over two years All of the factors I feel contributed to my healing How long this approach took and what I wish I’d learned earlier The uncommon factors that made a big difference for me Resources Mentioned Just Thrive probiotics Masszymes Pectasol Kion Aminos Eidon Beam Minerals...

Episode Highlights with McCall McPherson Why we can’t put our blind trust in practitioners when it comes to thyroid health and the tools to step into being your own primary healthcare provider for thyroid health If you have thyroid symptoms, TSH is not enough Labs to get: TSH, Free T3, T4, Reverse T3 (full thyroid function panel) Women also need to be screened for Hashimotos with TPO  There is not...

Episode Highlights with McCall McPherson How GLPs were developed and how they became popular for weight loss What GLPs actually are and how they work  The inflammatory pieces related to GLP use and her theory that they may reduce inflammation Inflammation is a common factor in chronic disease but tough to pinpoint and affect, though easy to test She measures HS-CRP on labs to check inflammation  H...