The Vital Side Podcast

We’ve heard about the mind-body connection time and time again, but how does this specifically relate to women’s health? This week, Lindsay and Cait are joined by Australia-based women’s health coach, Jema Lee, who explains all things hormone related. Jema dives into how we can regulate our nervous systems to improve hormone health, how we can support different phases of our cycle, and how we can learn to be adaptable and give ourselves grace as our hormones fluctuate. Jema Lee is a menstrual cycle expert, qualified Ayurvedic coach, and the creator of Wellsome. For a decade, she’s helped guide women in over 22 countries to embrace their monthly cycles and deepen body awareness through personalized coaching, online courses, retreats & workshops.   Show Notes: -Jema’s story as a late bloomer; she started menstruating at 15 and describes herself as a tomboy, rejecting her feminine self. -Jema stayed on contraceptives for 12 years until she started working as a coach. She got the diagnosis of leaky gut, PCOS, and she started learning about embodying the feminine and teaching clients. -The role of masculine/feminine energetics -Jema’s journey to understand the role stress & the nervous system play in the state of our hormones -Leveraging both science & spirituality – Jema’s Ayurvedic approach to women’s health & balancing our hormones -Our hormones are like an intricate spider web, linking to other hormones in the body - when we reject the menstrual cycle, we are rejecting our natural human capabilities. -Why do we have menstrual pain? It’s important to look at our entire lifestyle and environment to discover the root of this question. -Stress impacts our hippocampus, pituitary glands, and gonads, which can lead to a dysregulation of hormones. -Our bodies often respond in a freeze survival response, which can delay menstruation. -Cait’s journey with PMDD and going through hormonal healing as a result of burnout -Phases of feminine evolution: the maiden, the mother: (around the age of 25) – doesn’t always mean giving birth to a child. This can mean nurturing and giving birth to a business, new ideas, etc.  -The biggest contributing factors to your menstrual cycles are stress and your relationship to the feminine. -How can we connect to safety? We can create a supportive environment for ourselves to effectively menstruate. -3 health check signs: sex, menstrual cycle and digestion (our bowel movements) -Everything in life is cyclical (i.e. expansion and contraction) – men & non-menstruators run on a 24-hour cycle. Women & menstruators run on a 4-phase hormonal cycle (~25-35 days / roughly 4 weeks in total). -We live in a world that is designed for a 24-hour cycle. ½ of the cycle is yang; and the other ½ is yin (i.e. 1 in half and 1 out half). -The 4 distinct phases of a women’s cycle: menstruation, pre-ovulation, ovulation, post-ovulation -We can learn to adapt our energy to different times of our cycle to respect our hormones and the cyclical menstruation process. -During menstruation or “winter time,” keep yourself warm to regulate your nervous system, supporting the natural flow to let go. -To keep yourself warm, use a heated blanket, take a bath, eat warm foods, and create space for yourself when you need it.   Resources -Visit Jema’s Website -Visit Jema’s Facebook and Instagram -Free Love Your Cycle Tracker to start tracking your cycle here -20% off Jema’s 5-day Love Your Cycle mini course with Code CYCLELOVE here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast   Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Do you ever feel like life (or at least 1 aspect of your life) seems just a little bit (or maybe even significantly) harder than it really needs to be? This week, Lindsay and Cait are joined by Dani and Paloma, the founders of In the Cortex to talk about brain reorganization and how we can reorganize our brains and unlearn patterns by recreating early movement in our bodies. In today’s episode, Dani and Paloma share their individual journeys that led them to discover brain reorganization and how they help people move from a disorganized brain to an organized one (and what that means). You’ll learn the symptoms of a disorganized brain; why babies crawl & the specific way the human brain develops; why how you move tells the story of your nervous system and how to better support your children’s learning habits to set them up for success as an adult.   Show Notes: - Paloma’s story: her brother’s childhood journey experiencing a disability in Mexico City & finding brain reorganization to help him in his ADHD challenges, in his relationships, and experiencing a fuller life - Dani’s story: her brother’s journey, being challenged with developmental issues and recognizing her own developmental issues, which led her family to discover brain reorganization - Definition of a disorganized brain: the neurological foundation of the brain is not working as optimally as can be - Definition of primitive reflexes: movement patterns that correlate to parts of the brain that are meant to be automatic (breathing, digestion, regulating heart rate, REM sleep, coordinating left and right hemispheres) - Kids spend less and less time moving on the floor which can negatively impact their ability to integrate primitive reflexes - Signs of a disorganized brain: attention challenges like ADHD, low energy levels, crippling anxiety, certain behavioral patterns – such impulsivity, impatience, and procrastination; responding to your environment in a survival-based way - How to support your child’s brain development: 1) start with yourself & model what you want your kids to do 2) prioritize connection & attachment 3) remember that “less is more”  - You can do everything to aid your children in their development, but many times they need extra assistance in forming primitive reflexes - “The way you move tells us exactly what’s happening in your brain” - Simple physical movements can shift and reorganize the brain - Modeling to children what you want them to do and how to behave is the key step in regulating the nervous systems of your children - Before one year of age, make sure your baby’s default position is on their tummy (do it on and off as much as possible all day long) - Anxiety is the #1 sign that you are in survival mode because your brain is processing your life as threatening - “We all have the power to take charge of our brains.” - Start with “creeping” and integrating the “fear paralysis reflex” as an adult - In The Cortex’s brain reorganization program: work on 10 different primitive reflexes and integrate them through basic movements (i.e. creeping and crawling) & rewire any subconscious limiting beliefs   Resources -Sign up for In the Cortex program in 2022: take advantage of the Dec. sale for 22% discount -Sign up for In the Cortex program in 2023: use coupon code REWIRE for 20% off -Book: Reflexes, Learning & Behavior by Sally Goddard -Free intro to brain reorganization course -Brain quiz -In the Cortex Instagram: @inthecortex_us -In the Cortex Facebook: @inthecortex_us -In the TikTok: @in_the_cortex -Visit their website: www.inthecortex.com -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Are you wanting to set intentions rather than resolutions for the new year? With 2023 right around the corner, Lindsay and Cait talk about ways to avoid falling off the New Year’s resolution bandwagon come February by not only setting specific intentions that resonate with your goals, but also by addressing your current environment, distinguishing the difference between instinct and intuition, and tapping into the idea of what you THINK you should have. Show Notes: - Resolution vs. Intention: resolution - a firm decision to do something; intention - a determination to act in a certain way to achieve an aim or goal - How setting intentions (instead of resolutions) can allow us more flexibility and adaptability - Reflecting & taking inventory on the year you just had - Ask yourself: “Who do I want to be next year?” - Lindsay’s process: drawing pictures, visuals, and words to take inventory of her last year to get focus & clarity on who she is and where she’s going - Every year, our process of reflection can look very different, we can evolve this process as we continue to curate our growth mindset - Cait’s process: asking herself, “What feels good?” then balancing that with, “What might I be resisting that might serve me?” - We can be intentional about our end-of-year environment in order to give ourselves the space we need to reflect - Get clear on core desired feelings - when we use this process daily over the course of a few weeks, we can begin to feel our bodies and ask ourselves, “What does my body want and need?” - Cait uses Danielle Laporte’s process to identify 3-5 core feelings that allow her to connect to meditate on the word, then see if she has the somatic response to it - Being able to sit with a word & discover how your body is impacted by the word - Words are the meaning we give them; if you’re someone that wants to get clear on your core desired feelings, you can give yourself the space to let your body tell you to activate the feelings you want to feel - The RAS (Reticular Activating System) in our brain and the role it plays in allowing us to focus in on particular themes in our daily lives - Ideas to connect with reflection: take one page in your journal and make a list of the things that you did, lessons learned, themes, feelings felt, experiences had, etc. over the past year - Keep it simple – choose 1-3 words that you want to be the theme for the next year of your life   Resources -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website -Information on Danielle Laporte   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Cait & Lindsay are excited to announce a Rewire Holiday Giveaway happening between Dec. 6 - Dec. 13! Giveaway details – here are the products & services included in the giveaway bundle: 1 FREE introductory 1 hour coaching or reiki session PLUS 50% off one of Soulfully’s individual packages from Meghan Read, Energy Healing & Life Coach Check out Ep. 14 to hear more from Meghan Access to Cait's Signature Talk Academy course to help you uplevel your public speaking and storytelling skills from Cait Ross, CEO & Founder of Potential Haus 1 month of free access to Reset from Lindsay Mitchell, CEO of Vital-side 1 free 1:1 Human Design session from Bethany Bubenzer, Brand & Business Mentor Check out Ep. 20 to hear more from Bethany Signed copy of Growing Joy and a free 1- month membership to Garden Party from Maria Failla Check out Ep. 47 to hear more from Mari 1 Grounding Bag and 1 Faraday Bag from Justin Frandson  Check out Ep. 28 to hear more from Justin How to enter the giveaway: Leave a 5 star review on Rewire on Apple podcast Leave a RAVING review in the comment section Take a screenshot of that review and email it over with your name & address to rewirethepodcast@gmail.com One lucky winner will be randomly chosen & emailed with details to claim your goodies! Episode Description: Do you ever find yourself wondering how science and spirituality can coexist equally? And how you can use both to manifest the things you want in life? Lindsay and Cait are joined by transformational mentor, Suzanne Adams, to discuss her self-actualization journey and why at a certain point in her life she decided to question everything. Suzanne talks about the inevitable discomfort that can often come when you find yourself on a personal healing journey, how to embody the frequency of what you truly desire, and why certainty is an illusion. Suzanne is a seasoned speaker who has taken the mic on NBC, The CW, and Fox—as well as on stages ranging from TEDx, Hay House, The American Heart Association, LuluLemon, and many more. Suzanne is also a bestselling author, transformational mentor and strategist with book endorsements from Lewis Howes, Gabby Bernstein, and Lisa Nichols. Her latest book, Quantum Vibes – which was inspired by her groundbreaking Tedx Talk (that has garnered over two million views by the way), is an inspiring read that demonstrates how the combination of the Law of Attraction, spirituality, and science can work brilliantly in your favor to deliver you the contentment and success you’ve long desired.    Show Notes: - Suzanne’s story: in 2011, she went to a luxury spa retreat in Sedona & dove head-first into shamanic astrology, chakra clearing, and tarot card reading - Suzanne's journey living “a surface level life” up until 2011 - She has a “soul resonance” moment in this retreat - she felt something in her body when her mind didn’t understand what was going on - In 2013, she had a “quantum moment” or “dark night of the soul,” where everything in her life started to change - Feelings she had pushed down for years started to bubble up, and she drank wine to numb the pain of these scary feelings - Divine intervention: when Suzanne’s clock never changed from 4:59 PM, so she couldn’t drink during her 5 pm daily happy hour. This is when she started to question everything - She started researching self-help, joy, and happiness. This is when she attended retreats and hired coaches to reconnect with authentic herself - Suzanne’s first steps: learning to override her logical, rational mind and understanding energy & frequency and how it feels in her body - Certainty is an illusion, a falsified sense of safety - There is always going to be discomfort in the healing journey - we can do things like practice self-love, self-care, and find a community to connect with our overall mission - “I have to believe in me more than I believe in my fear” - The definition of energetics – the intention of what you say & your actions; who you are being and what you are embodying; it’s a feeling - Understanding our own triggers, desires, missions, etc. that informs how we tune into our own energy and the frequency of what we want to create - Science brings understanding to spirituality; when we understand we all have a vibration, we can make the feelings tangible - Start with small habit changes: changing what you watch on TV or meditating for 10 minutes/ day - The importance of learning how to balance our masculine (do) with our feminine (be/receive) energies - Dreaming from the field of what you desire (without needing to know the how) vs. dreaming from what you’ve already seen being done - Asking yourself, “What is my soul desire?” Then, you start becoming an energetic match to what you desire. Then, do one step at a time - The importance of marinating in your successes & “pinch me” moments   Resources -Visit Suzanne’s Website -Suzanne’s Instagram: @suzanneadamsinc  -Related Podcast Episodes: Ep. 56 - Unbottle Your Truest Potential -Suzanne’s books: Girl Awakened and Quantum Vibes -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast   Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Cait & Lindsay are excited to announce a Rewire Holiday Giveaway happening between Dec. 6 - Dec. 13! Giveaway details – here are the products & services included in the giveaway bundle: 1 FREE introductory 1 hour coaching or reiki session PLUS 50% off one of Soulfully’s individual packages from Meghan Read, Energy Healing & Life Coach Check out Ep. 14 to hear more from Meghan   Access to Cait's Signature Talk Academy course to help you uplevel your public speaking and storytelling skills from Cait Ross, CEO & Founder of Potential Haus   1 month of free access to Reset from Lindsay Mitchell, CEO of Vital-side   1 free 1:1 Human Design session from Bethany Bubenzer, Brand & Business Mentor Check out Ep. 20 to hear more from Bethany   Signed copy of Growing Joy and a free 1- month membership to Garden Party from Maria Failla Check out Ep. 47 to hear more from Maria 1 Grounding Bag and 1 Faraday Bag from Justin Frandson  Check out Ep. 28 to hear more from Justin BONUS ITEM: $100 off Rainbow Reset (3 week meal program) from Heather Emerson, Founder of Prep to Your Door Organic Zero-Waste Food Delivery  Check out Ep. 2 to hear more from Heather How to enter the giveaway: Leave a 5 star review on Rewire on Apple podcast Leave a RAVING review in the comment section Take a screenshot of that review and email it over with your name & address to rewirethepodcast@gmail.com One lucky winner will be randomly chosen & emailed with details to claim your goodies! Episode Description: Are you looking to start your own business but are unsure of where to start? Or perhaps you’re already on an entrepreneurial journey and are looking to gain inspiration & momentum by surrounding yourself with other like-minded people on a similar path? Lindsay and Cait are joined by Shark Tank alum, Anthony France, CEO & Founder of M.C. Squares to talk about all of the ingredients that go into running a successful business. Anthony shares his experience & learning lessons of being featured on the popular network show, Shark Tank. He also shares more on why leading with kindness is key in any business, the importance of running your business with sustainability in mind, and how to build & structure your support systems – both your team & your support at home. Anthony & M.C. Squares have been featured on Good Morning America, Bloomberg, USA Today, BuzzFeed and many more well-known publications for the work they are doing to increase sustainability and reduce waste. Along with founding 6 different successful companies and holding dozens of patents, Anthony has held leadership positions in creative direction, feature film post-production, technological architecture, marketing automation, enterprise product development, and product manufacturing.   Show Notes: - Anthony’s background as a serial entrepreneur and his background in design thinking & Technology - Dealing with a 5 year non-compete and pivoting into the physical products space. - The center of brainstorming: the white board + sticky notes - Starting M.C. Squares & launching their first product in 2016 - When you organize, you are conquering your chaos - this allows you to calm and clear - Trying out for Shark Tank 5 different times + Anthony’s desire to be part of the Shark Tank Community - Being at Shark Tank... “the worst best week of my life” - The 3 archetypes of people that are casted on Shark Tank: 1) the hero 2) the villain and 3) the fool - Anthony making a deal with Kevin on Shark Tank - Anthony’s learning lessons & mistakes made while on Shark Tank.... Overpreparing in an effort to appear as a true company (vs. just a product) made him feel & appear to be less organized - Anthony’s experience as a founder of multiple startups - cultivating passion is the first thing you need to start a business. - Reference to the Princess Bride - “What’s your noble cause?” Reconnecting with that cause is a great reminder to be reignited about passion, especially during the days that feel stressful. - How to cultivate a team with similar values - hiring is the most important thing that founders can do - There are benefits to working in a startup like building your career path, so hiring is a part of creating that company culture - Hiring a team that can fill in the gaps with what you aren’t great at as the founder/leader of the business - Kindness is key - looking for kind team members is key in growing your business - Leading from a place of servant leadership – you, as the founder is there to serve the employees. - Kolbe A Index: Assessment that measures the instinctive ways you take action when you strive. Use your custom Kolbe A Index Results to be more productive, less stressed, and unlock joy in your business. Kolbe A can also be used in the hiring process as you bring on new team members. - “Nothing is sustainable” -- all we can do is try our best based on the value system that we have. - Building a sustainable business – facility is 100% wind power; helping people stay organized and feel better mentally. - Our values are unique to us - we do our best as humans to do our best in order to create ripple effects in the world - Anthony’s current biggest challenge: scaling & finding the capital to scale - Finding a support system at home + having a team you can rely on is one of the most critical pieces to building a successful business - Best advice for starting a business - “Don’t do it.” And if this talked you out of starting a business, starting a business is not for you.   Resources -Visit Anthony’s Website and use Discount Code Welcome20 -Visit Anthony’s LinkedIn here -Take the KOLBE A™ INDEX here -Purchase Strength Finders here -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

How do you proactively grieve as a busy person? This week, Lindsay and Cait are joined by licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Mekel Harris, to discuss how you can address grief from a body-mind-spirit perspective. They dive into how understanding grief helps us better pinpoint how it shows up in the body, how grief impacts our personal growth with entrepreneurship, and simple & actionable tools you can use to begin to process grief. Mekel offers training, consultation, and supervision services to organizations around the world and holds an advanced certification in grief counseling, and has presented at over 30 domestic and international conferences. She focuses on pediatric, family, and community health issues, including grief and loss throughout the past 10 years.  She is a TEDx speaker, FOX13 Memphis mental health expert, blogger, magazine and podcast contributor, author, and course creator.  Show Notes: -Mekel’s story - starting her career in the 90s, working with children in developmental differences, and she started working with parents who were grieving their kids’ physical losses. -In Dec 2012, her mom died, and she started to make grief and loss her main focus. -Grief shows up in situations that you don’t anticipate - we can identify it as an emotion like irritability, anger, and sadness. -Spiritual questions also come along with loss - how do I make sense of this loss in my life? What does this say about me? What does it say about my belief system? -We associate grief with the physical death of an individual, but there is “hidden grief.” This is the loss of experiencing joyful times, and we can be grieving different routines. -We can widen our scope when it comes to understanding grief which helps us better pinpoint how grief shows up – both when it’s obvious and when it comes in a more subtle way. -Steps to take to grieve:  1.) Name it (as to not bypass an emotion) 2.) Claim it - owning your current reality to explore what’s happening around me and within me  3.) Don’t shame it. -Lindsay shares her experience navigating grief when a good friend & colleague passed away and how it manifested as “buzzing” at nighttime and how it affected her sleep. -Grief can live within the gap between what we envision for our lives vs. reality. -Simple tool: Cast a vision for yourself each day. Name and process the reality & tension that exists between the two. Move into action to address any grief and emotions that come up. -Anticipatory grief: proactive steps we can take to prepare for any future grief,  loss or shifts/changes in our businesses   -Set a 5 minute timer & ask yourself these 4 WH questions:  1.) Where are my thoughts taking me? 2.) What do I notice in my body? 3.) What’s happening around me? 4.) What can I do to help myself at this moment? -We have 50,000 - 80,000 thoughts per day (and most are “negative”). -We can utilize self-compassion and self-care as tools to address grief and be proactive about processing it. -As entrepreneurs, we grieve financial losses, expectations around launches, and other losses; we toggle between vision casting and reality. -Mekel has been an entrepreneur for 3 years, and the reality of ALL the freedom is that we also deal with loss of expectations, and understanding this is a step towards self-care. -Schedule self-care: Full Focus Planner: offering you quarterly goals that break things down into goals - “What can I do for myself?” -As entrepreneurs, we may pivot and find that our original passions don’t match the outcome of our vision and we experience great loss as a result - we can allow ourselves to pivot. -If you have not reached quarterly goals at the end of 2022, look at your calendar, and spend time anchoring into your needs with Mekel’s resources.   Resources: CLAIM YOUR DISCOUNT CODE - ELEVATE 50 and REWIRE20 -Rewire, The Vital-Side Membership (claim 20% off for the year) use the code REWIRE20 -Elevate (claim 50% for your first month) use the code ELEVATE50 *Use these links to claim your discount by TONIGHT @ 4 PM CT.* -Visit Dr. Harris’ Website -Visit Dr. Harris’ Facebook -Dr. Harris’ Instagram: @drmekel  -“What’s Happened To You?” By Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey -Find the Full Focus Planner here -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Do you feel lost, overwhelmed, and inundated by ANOTHER detox remedy in your healing journey? Lindsay is joined this week by Vital-Sider, Lori Weir, who discusses what it was like after being diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Post Orthostatic Hypotension (POTS), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Lori also details what led her to find the Rewire community and begin brain-retraining. She describes some of her major transformational moments - going from being hospitalized with intense adrenaline surges to today, riding roller coasters at Disneyland with her 3 children and husband. Lori Weir has a background in psychology, but it wasn’t until she and her children began to suffer from chronic conditions that she discovered just how important the nervous system was to her healing. She has been in the holistic health world for nearly 10 years She credits brain-retraining as being the missing piece to her healing puzzle. She is passionate about sharing her story and helping others see their own capability for self-healing. In 2022, she started partaking in community group sessions in Vital-Side Ed and taking her retraining journey to the next level in Elevate: Brain Retraining 2.0. Lori now works as the Vital-Side Community Manager, and she shares her story of healing with thousands of members on the Vital-Side Network and has reconnected with herself and her health in a massive way. Show Notes: -Lori’s story of first dealing with the sickness of her kids 4 years ago and becoming aware of her own need to heal in 2021 -Recognition of how from the darkest times in life come light and joy -Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) diagnosis of two of her children -Discovering modalities like homeopathy that helped her children find symptom relief -Finding Rewire after being in the Lyme community and learning about brain retraining -When Lori had her eyes dilated and was diagnosed with MCAS… that was the moment she realized this wasn’t about the eyedrops - it was her body’s response to the eyedrops. -Having 911 called twice during adrenaline surges was Lori’s catalyst for change to start Rewire in July 2021 -After 3 months, she started to notice changes where she was calm and sleeping through the night when her kids were asleep. -Lori also noticed she was adventurous and confident to take her children out to hike in nature.  -She started asking herself, “Who am I?” after brain retraining for over a year; she went on a journey to rediscover who she was now that she was feeling better. -Starting Elevate has made her healing journey more fun and filled with purpose. -Lori recognizes that the Elevate videos are shorter, simpler, and easier than she thought, and she is now recommitting to brain retraining as a result. -Describing her experience as “wild,” looking back to where she and her children were suffering just 4 years ago to riding roller coasters and road-tripping to Disneyland from Texas today. Resources: CLAIM YOUR DISCOUNT CODE - ELEVATE 50 and REWIRE20 -Rewire, The Vital-Side Membership (claim 20% off for the year) -Elevate (claim 50% for your first month)  SALE begins 11/25 @ 12 PM CST and ENDS 11/29 @ 4 PM CST -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Cara Barone, CEO of Heal the Hustle, discusses rewiring how we work, earn, and lead to experience more ease and joy. Topics include: healing the nervous system, shifting mindset, understanding dysregulated nervous system, acknowledging emotional reactions, and recognizing the brain-body connection.

Trauma-informed somatic coach and mentor Samantha Johnson discusses the practice of Somatics and how it can help us reach our full potential. They explore the importance of recognizing patterns in our lives, being connected with all parts of ourselves, and cultivating safety through somatic practices. They also discuss the significance of self-awareness, emotion processing, and listening to intuition in living a fulfilling life.

Are you a new parent wondering how to regulate your nervous system? Lindsay and Cait are joined by Dr. Alex Mosley, a Texas-based chiropractor and a holistic wellness practitioner where they dive into the complexities of managing your nervous system while navigating the world of parenting. Alex discusses why she believes fight or flight isn’t always a “negative” response, why and how we can let go of “Mom-shaming”, and how we can begin to normalize temporary nervous system dysregulation as a new parent. Show Notes: -Alex’s personal story of how she discovered nervous system regulation work and her journey with allopathic medicine, leading her to realize the need for a more holistic view on health as a chiropractor -The difference Alex felt between being in the waiting room of a chiropractor vs. a traditional medical doctor -Alex’s experience as a new parent -- feeling contradictory emotions all at once, along with the dichotomy of being pregnant and being a new mom -Alex’s choice to do a home birth -Alex’s journey with postpartum high-functioning anxiety + weaving in old threads of her life with new threads of being a Mom & parent -Shifting your mindset away from “How can I decrease or get rid of this stress response?” to “How can I allow myself to be in this stress response effectively because it's a normal part of being a new Mom?” -Alex’s experience with “Mom rage” when her daughter was ~3 months old -- this is a sign of unmet needs -Parents need to take a step back and do their own healing work; as a result of mirror neurons, parents condition children to feel what they feel and act how they act -Being a parent allows you to tap into a whole new level of surrender, which allows parents to learn & grow -Babies need to securely attach to their caretakers. -Debunking the myth of babies “sleeping through the night” and how that relates to Attachment Theory -Relearning as your baby grows & develops – Alex’s experience with a “new baby” every month that her daughter, Georgia grows -Gaining confidence and alignment in the decisions you are making as a Mom – through collective learning; community & support; and connecting to your own intuition – as anecdotes to “Mom shaming” -Alex’s advice on regulating your nervous system in a realistic way as a new Mom – get back to basics & release expectations: 1) Make sure your decisions are in alignment with YOU – “if it doesn’t feel right to you, it’s not right for you” 2) Showering more often – let freezing cold water pour over you at the end of your shower 3) Make sure to eat – one-handed foods are helpful for easy eating on-the-go 4) Alex’s adrenal cocktail that is necessary to replenish minerals that are depleted after being in a state of fight-flight 5) Addressing in resources you need like counseling, housekeeping, or Instacart Resources: -Visit Alex’s Website -Alex’s Instagram: @thespecificatx -Listen to Alex’s Podcast You Crack Me Up: The Chiropractic Show -Book: “Mama Rising” by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz -Regulation station: 1 Week of Free Access! Click ‘join now.’  -Visit the Vital-Side Homepage here -Sign up for the Rewire: The Vital-Side Membership -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitrossco -Visit Cait’s Website Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer