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The Wellness Mama Podcast

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The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com

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It’s no secret that our bodies are exposed daily to more chemicals and negative inputs than previous generations, by a large margin. Enter Dr. Shayne Morris, a biochemist and molecular biologist whose life’s work is how the body can achieve detox and rid itself of toxins at a cellular level.. Today, Dr. Morris will explain …
I seriously cannot wait to dive into this episode because we’re going deep on a topic near and dear to every mom’s heart (and sanity)… how to get better sleep! Whether it’s due to kids, working late, electronics addiction, or you plain just can’t sleep… too many of us are skipping precious hours of shut-eye. …
Dr. Mark Hyman just might be a genius. Do you know why? His latest book title puts into words exactly what health-conscious moms in grocery aisles everywhere are thinking… “What the heck should we eat?!” It’s certainly easy to get discouraged when sorting through all the conflicting health information out there. One health book says …
Episode Highlights With Katie KimballWhy life skills are still important (and maybe more so) in today's world How life skills foster confidence and relate to mental healthThe reason for the rise in anxiety and depression in kidsChore wars and balancing responsibility and life skills with kids doing too much workRequire the work, not the resultsThe downside of being overprotective and giving kids the idea that they need someone else to keep them safe How the correct level or risk for kids is a way to build resilience against fearNavigating the progression of toddlers to teens and handing off responsibility Ways to encourage critical thinking with kidsWhy young kids are wired for critical thinking and how to nurture itResources We MentionLife Skills Now - summer campKids Cook Real Food courseiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dane MaxwellWays to create more space and sanity, especially as a momSanity is available right now if you can figure out what your mind is doing or needing How to figure out what your mind is doing and say yes to itWhy women are often not told things that are in alignment with the complexity of who we areThe unconscious scripts running in our minds at all timesIt isn’t necessarily what we think, but what we think about what we thinkLearning to ask, "What is the invisible thought happening that is creating the pain?”How to say yes to your mind and to your pain in order to release itThe process of becoming best friends with your own mindWhy women are wired for success as entrepreneurs and how to tap into this if you want toCommonalities of the most successful businesses and why women innately do these things through building community and solving painResources We MentionDane's business course for women (limited time opportunity!)Start from Zero: Build Your Own Business. Experience True Freedom by Dane Maxwell Start from Zero PodcastStartfromzero.comiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dane MaxwellHow his journey led him to write a children’s book for his daughterHis journey from high-achieving entrepreneur to singerHow Hatha yoga helped him process energy in his body after traumaThe therapies that helped him resolve past traumaHow he's working to avoid passing on negative patterns to his daughterWhat dual sympathetic reset is and how it helped his PTSDHow this led to writing a book for his daughterThe formula you can use to write a book for your children and the resources he sharesResources We MentionThe Mermaid Who Couldn't Pick A Tail by Dane MaxwelliMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Nazlie LafefiWhy most OTC medications are outdated and were created before we understood inflammation and its roleThe reason many products don’t address root causes and aren’t helpful in the long-termSurprising ways that many OTC medications workHow to address the root cause of colds and flu at the inflammatory levelThe respiratory lining is similar to the gut lining and ways to support itOTC products can damage the respiratory lining just like we can damage the gut liningYet another reason to avoid sugar The fascinating way she discovered this new approach when studying signaling moleculesProblems with the conventional approach to handling allergiesHow some OTC products get in the way of the body's natural repair process Why taking allergy medication can make you more prone to getting sickHow aspirin plus omega-3 can help the body build resolvins and shorten the duration of illnessResources We MentionBiovantaReady, Set, FoodiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dr. Gabrielle LyonWhy the body becomes less efficient at protein turnover with age and how to counteract thisThe biggest needle movers when it comes to building muscleWhy not to train to get better and what to do insteadHow to build an effective structure for getting stronger that doesn’t have to take a ton of timeWhy high-intensity training even just once a week, can make a huge differenceWhen you exercise, you sensitize muscles to glucoseThe long-term benefits of training on hormones and agingDifferences between women and men with training and hormonesThe most important workouts women can doWhat to know about sarcopenia and what we can do about itSarcopenia is not a disease of aging but a disease of inactivity How this relates to cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer'sWhat the normal recommendations get wrong about protein consumptionQuality of protein matters and how to optimize thisDietary protein is essential to building and maintaining muscle but quality matters a lotThe normal dietary protein numbers are just the minimum to avoid deficiency and are not adequate for building muscle and being metabolically optimalStandards vs goals for getting betterHow to use technology and tracking to your advantage in making these changesResources We MentionForever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle LyonDr. Gabrielle Lyon - websiteDr. Gabrielle Lyon - PodcastHand Grip StrengtheneriMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dr. Gabrielle LyonWhy she went back to study nutrition after becoming a doctor and what she learnedThe one patient that changed her life and her career trajectory Why we’ve been trying and failing to fix an obesity epidemic for 50 years and why we’ve gotten worse, not betterFat is just a symptom of unhealthy skeletal muscle What happens when a person doesn’t have healthy skeletal muscleThe myth of “healthy sedentary individuals”Having healthy skeletal muscle is the only way to be healthySkeletal muscle is its own organ system and why this is important Why muscle is the best protection for having a healthy pregnancySkeletal muscle is the only organ systemWhat a DEXA is and what it measuresThe division between muscle mass and strengthWhat is happening in the body and the blood with unhealthy skeletal muscleThe loss of lean muscle mass is more detrimental than excess body fat!How waist-to-hip ratio is helpful in understanding where fat is Resources We MentionForever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle LyonDr. Gabrielle Lyon - websiteDr. Gabrielle Lyon - PodcastiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Caroline AlanWhat plant-based minerals are and how they are much different than other forms of mineralsHow we can get minerals from decomposed plants The molecules inside humate: humic and fulvic Minerals fuel the cells via mitochondria in the cellsFulvic is an intracellular molecule that removes toxins from the cell and humic hangs out in the blood to help remove inflammation-causing elementsThese can actually be helpful in removing heavy metalsThere are 70+ minerals in plant-based minerals in the ratio that the body needsHow quickly these can work within the bodyThe reason these can be absorbed even without a healthy gut lining!How humic interacts with the cell wall to help it and can improve hydrationSpecific tips for athletes with minerals Minerals drive all the biosynthesis processes in the body!How minerals relate to bone health and why to think about this differentlyThe problem with megadosing specific minerals without balancing minerals in the bodyOne theory of why some athletes end up with osteopenia at earlier ages Mineral usage for kids and pregnant or nursing mothersHow humic can help with glyphosate exposureResources We MentionBeam MineralsiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Caroline AlanWhy modern humans are experiencing so many mineral deficienciesThe reason modern humans can’t get enough minerals from foodHow minerals impact mitochondria and why this is so importantYour body makes amino acids but minerals must be ingested We are often operating at 40% of the mineral levels we actually needSymptoms of mineral deficiencyHow mineral depletion affects the nervous system and cellular healthHer own experience with mineral depletionHow to get minerals back into the cells correctlyWhat fulvic and humic minerals are and what they do Macrominerals vs micromineralsThe problem with megadosing minerals - your body is not a carResources We MentionBeam MineralsCaroline Alan - WebsiteCaroline Alan - InstagramiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga StevkoWhat resilience is and why it is important Common traits of people who are resilient What kinds of things can lower our resilience How the language we use toward ourselves and our children can impact us drasticallyA way to become the observer in a situation to shift focus and become more resilientWays to cultivate resilience with small daily practicesHow resilience can help us when we go through difficult situationsResources We MentionDr. Olga Stevko - websiteiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dr. Olga StevkoWhat emotional intelligence is and how it affects all areas of lifeWe need to be able to feel to have emotional intelligenceWhat happens when people feel too little or too muchProblems that can arise if someone has very high emotional intelligenceWays to improve emotional intelligence How unconscious programs are formed from trauma and life events or passed geneticallyWhat mirror neurons are and how they can be helpfulHow pets can help with emotional intelligenceWays to deal with unconscious programming Her term: what artificial emotional intelligence isHow she helps people with the unconscious level without using hypnosisGenetic trauma and how it can affect the unconscious level without you even being aware of itResources We MentionDr. Olga Stevko - websiteiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With VeronicaHow we can befriend our bodies and nervous systems to help create the life we wantThe pitfalls that women especially can fall into when it comes to nervous system healthHow this relates to reproductive health, especially for womenDeeper nervous system healing that goes beyond just affirmations and talkingHow to make amends with your body and start to signal safetyWays to build a nervous system healthy environment in our homes and teach our kids good nervous system habits from a young ageHow to integrate nervous system health into your whole dayWhat co-regulation is and how to create it with your partner and kidsResources We MentionVeronica Rottman - websiteVeronica Rottman - InstagramiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With VeronicaWhat somatic healing isThe way this ties into nervous system healingSomatics is a broad term that includes all things that mean healing through the bodyModalities that are included in somatic healing What somatic experiencing isHow we can use the body to help resolve trauma and promote mental wellnessWhat polyvagal theory is and why it is important 80% of thoughts, emotions, and experiences are moving from the body upWhy nervous system healing isn’t just deciding not to be stressed… we have to show our bodies that we are safeWhat the “four Fs” are and why they matter: Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn A ventral vagal state is a state of safetyHow to build capacity for safety in the nervous systemResources We MentionVeronica Rottman - websiteiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Dr. MinaHow hormone changes affect the skinWhy the skin changes at menopause and what to do about itThe reason menopause isn’t a bigger part of the conversation Why acne can happen again in menopause The reason hair loss happens sometimes during menopauseWhat to know about different skincare procedures Procedures that can be helpful and what to avoid (plus risks and downsides)At-home devices that work and ones to avoidResources We MentionThe Skin RealMito Red Light
Episode Highlights With Dr. MinaWhat a minimalist skincare routine is and why keeping it simple can be best Skincare is self-care but it doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensiveThe basics of a skincare routine that works and what you don’t needProducts that can help you age gracefully without any extreme proceduresOver-the-counter products that can workHow a vitamin A cream can be beneficialVitamin C serums and if they can be helpfulWhat different skin types actually need and the real truth about skin typesHow to build skincare habits around your skin type and skin goalsAn inside-out approach to good skinSkincare is whole body careResources We MentionDr. Mary Alice MinaEidonOneSkiniMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Diane DucarmeYou have about 100 billion nerve cells in your body and they're all orchestrated by the vagus nerveThe vagus nerve was discovered in 1872 in medicine but is still not understood in the Western worldVagus comes from the Latin vaga, which means to wander, and it wanders throughout the bodyThe things that get in the way of the vagus nerve working optimallyHow emotions come into play hereWhat brain freeze teaches us about the vagus nerveWhere Western medicine recognizes the connection of emotions to the vagus nerveLiver toxicity can lead to wakeups from 1-3 a.m.Ways to support the vagus nerveHow we can sometimes intuitively avoid foods that are harmful to the vagus nerveResources We MentionMigraine TestNectar HealthiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Diane DucarmeShe speaks seven languagesEnglish is actually her third languageThe genetic aspects of migraines and why they're so intenseThe health benefits of letting go and how this relates to migrainesHope for migraine sufferers and how to actually resolve migraines through a root cause approachHow not letting go impacts our brain and also our body in a massive wayAn incredible story about someone completely recovering from migrainesThe actual process of letting go and some easy tactics to use to do itWhy emotions are actually positive but staying stuck in a single emotion is detrimentalHow to consciously change emotionsPractical suggestions for processing and moving emotionsHow to use foods to help dissipate negative emotionsResources We MentionNectar Health - Diane DucarmeMigraine TestThe Migraine Heroes PodcastLetting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R Hawkins, MD, PhDiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
Episode Highlights With Robby BesnerCreating the safest home environment for healingThe difference between infrared and red light and how to use them bothWhat full-spectrum infrared is and how it includes near, mid, and far rangesWays to create a healthy home environment with protective healing frequenciesHow sleep drastically impacts healing and how to support deep sleepWays to reduce EMFs in our home environment without going crazyWhat EMF harmonizing is and how this can be helpfulHow we already have more than just 5G around usWhat PEMF is, and how it's beneficialThe eight pulsed frequencies that he includes that are the most beneficial 2 PEMF frequencies for parasympathetic, the 2 that work for focus and motivation, and others that are helpful for pain reliefWhat ozone is and how it can be beneficialMany of us age, in part, by lack of oxygen being held in our blood cellsWhy the order of things matters and how to use these optimally How he stacks all of these modalities for the most effect Why he recommends sauna in the morning for optimal effect and how to stack it with other modalities to make it more effective Resources We MentionTherasageiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify
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