The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Sara Banta Why the liver is so important and why it might be sluggish even if you don’t realize it Symptoms related to liver sluggishness Why detoxing is mandatory in today’s world  Everything has to go through the liver, and how to know if yours is sluggish What sulfur foods (broccoli, cabbage, onions, garlic, etc.) do to the body and when you can’t process them All the th...

Episode Highlights With Calocurb What GLP-1 is and what it does in the body GLP-1 activation drugs and what is going on in the body when people take them What semaglutide is and how it impacts the body The difference between semaglutide and the natural GLP-1 that our bodies make Hormone effects throughout the body from GLP-1 drugs and what we still don’t know How GLP-1 drugs can affect insulin lev...

Episode Highlights With Brian Johnson What we need to know about air quality and the big factors you might not be aware of We spend as much as 80% of our time indoors, so indoor air quality is a big deal It’s much more than just air filtration What to know about building materials and how they can impact air quality The biggest impact things we can do to improve air quality in an existing home Wha...

Episode Highlights With Patrick Sullivan My experience with leg cramps, especially during pregnancy Patrick’s experience with leg cramps The two different types of leg cramps and the root cause of each What is the difference between leg cramps during exercise and at other times, and why is this different Is potassium deficiency the root problem? Why it sometimes isn’t  How calcium and magnesium wo...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga Stevko She is an identical twin and was born on February 29th so her birthday only comes every four years! Her twin sister is also a medical doctor  The common patterns people experience when they have sleep issues How quickly addressing unconscious programs can resolve even chronic and deep issues Specific things we can do to improve sleep What the Instant Sleep T...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga Stevko Why having a strong and pleasant-sounding voice is so important My own story of working on my voice with Dr. Olga How genetic and generational events can impact us, even biologically, and how she addresses these  The way she uses quality of voice to help determine what her clients are struggling with What unconscious drawings are and how she uses this in her...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Marty Makary What we need to know about allergens and our kids Why we are seeing an epidemic of allergies in kids that isn’t happening in other parts of the world Where the misinformation about peanut allergies came from The basic concept of immune tolerance that experts ignored and why early exposure can be helpful What we need to know about responsible antibiotic use...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Marty Makary Why humans resist new ideas so strongly  What dogma is and the psychology behind it  The reason our minds are so happy and comfortable with one belief and why we resist new ideas What impeccable objectivity is and how to cultivate it The founder's effect and how what we hear first can be so impactful  Red flags of unquestioned authority and how to recognize...

Episode Highlights With Eli Harwood How to tell if your relationship with your child is secure or insecure Ways to strengthen the attachment with your child Attachment is like a dance and how this is helpful to understand  A strong attachment with parent/child only depends on us being responsive and “getting it right” 30-50% of the time This is not a perfection game… it's about showing up enough s...

Episode Highlights With Eli Harwood How she had a body part eaten by a bear! What attachment theory is when it comes to parenting  How the quality of our caregiving relationships in childhood affect our development What attachment figures are and why this matters Attachment is the study of close relationships What the indicators of healthy attachment are and how to understand these relational patt...

Episode Highlights With Mastin Kipp A reason to move away from categorizing emotions as good or bad Every emotional response we have makes sense from a safety perspective Why he doesn’t believe in self-sabotage, and why self-protection is different How shifting understanding of emotions can change our experience drastically  We have to recognize and shift childhood conditioning around the nervous...

Episode Highlights With Mastin Kipp Why the nervous system is so important and impacts so many areas of health How to set the nervous system up for success Understanding how young children are co-regulated to our nervous systems Different nervous system states have different metabolic demands on the body How our metabolic energy can be diverted into stress hormones What vagal tone is, and why this...

Episode Highlights With Lauren and Marsha The very early diagnosis that Lauren received and the amazing journey that unfolded  How a mother’s intuition was so important in the early days of diagnosis The amazing spiritual experiences that unfolded for them How she trusted her intuition and said no to steroids  The journey to healing How they navigated the teenage years and rebellion Resources We M...

Episode Highlights With Susan Fox What it means to cycle sync with the seasons Things we may not know about the menstrual cycle and what we can learn from our cycles What are the seasons related to our cycles, and how to sync with them How to nourish yourself through different parts of our cycles  The importance of light and of getting more in alignment with natural light cycles If you track your...

Episode Highlights With Susan Fox Why she feels that infertility as a diagnosis is incomplete, and what we need to know about it The difference between subfertility and infertility and why the distinction is important  Diagnostic codes that go along with infertility and why it doesn’t tell the whole story Shocking statistics around fertility and why this is important to understand What the 5-eleme...

Episode Highlights With Cristina from Everbella How she went from living in a city to living on a homestead with her kids and growing food and raising animals Her health journey that led to the work she does today Hair health is an inside story, and internal nutrients make a big difference What hair is made out of and how to support it from the inside out How stress can affect hair health What cor...

Episode Highlights With Emma and Helen What is going on in the body when we have brain fog or mom brain How hormones come into play with brain fog  The most impactful small habits you can add for your brain health Supplements that can be most helpful Ways to improve sleep quality naturally Why it's important to model making time for ourselves to our kids How modeling teaches our kids to support th...

Episode Highlights With Emma and Helen How each of them got into the field of brain health  Why brain health is important for women to understand and be aware of  When brain fog isn’t just brain fog and why to pay attention to it Why women are more at risk than men for brain health issues 1 in 11 women will get breast cancer… 1 in 6 will get Alzheimer's A brain-first approach to wellness Yet anoth...

Episode Highlights With Kristin and Maria What midlife women need to know about metabolic health as we age Nutrition and what needs to change  Concerns about cholesterol and cortisol changes as we age Shifts in the microbiome and insulin sensitivity as we age The changes in inflammation in the body that happen due to hormone shifts and what to do about it Why exercising more and eating less doesn’...

Episode Highlights With Kristin and Maria What the great menopause myth is Why these myths are not serving women and what is important to understand  Important things to understand about HRT Menopause as a definition - one day after 12 months of not having a cycle, but this isn’t a medical or clinical definition but more an arbitrary definition created to draw a starting line Why the menstrual cyc...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Katie Deming Her unique perspective on cancer and healing Perspective on how to talk to people with cancer and show up with more empathy and compassion The importance of curiosity  Words that can be really triggering for people with cancer, like survivor, fight, and battle language The ideal place for healing happens in peace How she learned the importance of language a...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Katie Deming How she was a professional athlete before transitioning to her current work Her background in neuroscience and biology and how she ended up in medicine A fascinating shared death experience that shifted the course of her life and her work Why she feels that we might be completely off base with some aspects of current models The connection between emotional...

Episode Highlights With Drew Canole The real story of how to build muscle, lose fat, and get healthier as we age "Whydentity" process — the why that makes you cry and how to find yours Feeling creates your reality and how to start here How to create a ritual around mindset and healthy habits When you change your unconscious mind, you change your reality  Why he recommends 1 g of protein per pound...

Episode Highlights With Drew Canole There are about 80,000 toxins in the environment each year and why this matters Miracle foods that help protect the body and that are higher in nutrition than regular foods RDA was created in WW2 but the food supply has changed and they’ve modified the recommendations How Drew got into researching superfoods and the ones that will actually make a difference The...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Jill Carnahan Why this topic is so important to her What she means by manifesting miracles and the formula of belief, act, wait  The balance of holding a vision and letting go of attachment to the details of the how How to stay in a state of love and compassion and cultivate it toward yourself  Autoimmune disease: attack on self - could it be connected to not accepting...